Every Sanity feature, and where to see it in this demo.

Feature catalogue

• GAAll plans

  Content Lake

  Hosted, real-time JSON document database with drafts, versions and history. SaaS only: it cannot be self-hosted.

  AEM:

  JCR / Oak repository (self-hosted or AEMaaCS)

  Strapi:

  Your own SQL database

  In this demo:

  Everything in this demo is stored here

• GAAll plans

  Sanity Studio v6

  Open-source React editing app, configured in code. v6 (June 2026) builds 2–9× faster on Vite 8. Hosted by Sanity or self-hosted.

  AEM:

  AEM author UI (Sites console, Page Editor)

  Strapi:

  Strapi admin panel

  In this demo:

  codeland.sanity.studio and sanity.codeland.it

• GAAll plans

  Schemas as code

  Content types, fields and validation are TypeScript files in git, reviewed and deployed like any other code.

  AEM:

  Templates, component dialogs, Content Fragment Models

  Strapi:

  Content-Type Builder (UI that writes schema files)

  In this demo:

  studio-codeland-sanity/schemaTypes

• GAAll plans

  GROQ

  Query language that filters, joins references and shapes the response in one request. Sanity-specific: the main lock-in to plan for.

  AEM:

  JCR-SQL2 / QueryBuilder; GraphQL for Content Fragments

  Strapi:

  REST filters and GraphQL

  In this demo:

  Studio → Vision

• GAAll plans

  GraphQL API

  A GraphQL endpoint generated from the schema, for teams that prefer GraphQL over GROQ.

  AEM:

  GraphQL for Content Fragments

  Strapi:

  GraphQL plugin

• GAAll plans

  Portable Text

  Rich text stored as structured JSON, not HTML, so it renders anywhere and AI can edit it safely.

  AEM:

  Rich Text Editor (HTML)

  Strapi:

  Blocks editor (JSON)

  In this demo:

  News articles (code, tables, callouts, images)

  See it →: Portable Text
• GAAll plans

  Real-time collaboration

  Several editors in the same document at once, with presence and live updates; no page locking.

  AEM:

  Page locking / check-out

  Strapi:

  Not native (community plugins)

  In this demo:

  Open one document in two browsers

• GAAll plans

  Visual Editing (Presentation)

  Click any text on your own frontend to edit it, with a live draft preview and drag-and-drop section reordering.

  AEM:

  Page Editor / Universal Editor

  Strapi:

  Live Preview (Growth plan)

  In this demo:

  Studio → Presentation

  See it →: Visual Editing (Presentation)
• GAAll plans

  Live Content API

  Published changes reach the website in about a second, without rebuilds or cache purges.

  AEM:

  Replication + Dispatcher cache flush

  Strapi:

  Webhooks + rebuild / revalidate

  In this demo:

  Publish, then watch localhost:3000

• GAAll plans

  TypeGen

  Generates TypeScript types from the schema and every GROQ query, so the frontend is type-safe end to end.

  In this demo:

  Demo/web/src/sanity/types.ts

• GAAll plans

  Localisation

  Document-level (a copy per language) or field-level (values per language) via official plugins; unlimited locales on every plan.

  AEM:

  Language copies, MSM, translation connectors

  Strapi:

  Built-in i18n

  In this demo:

  Translations menu; Team (field level)

  See it →: Localisation
• GAAll plans

  GROQ-powered webhooks

  HTTP callbacks filtered and shaped with GROQ (2 on Free, 4 on Growth).

  AEM:

  Workflow launchers / event handlers

  Strapi:

  Webhooks

  In this demo:

  Demo/web /api/revalidate

• GAAll plans

  Sanity Functions

  Serverless handlers that run on content events, schedules or other functions; 500k invocations per month included.

  AEM:

  OSGi event handlers / App Builder

  Strapi:

  Lifecycle hooks (self-hosted code)

  In this demo:

  Publish an English case study → Italian draft in ~6 s

• ExperimentalAll plans

  Agent Actions

  AI on documents from code: Generate, Transform, Translate, Prompt, Patch. Uses AI credits (1,000/month included).

  In this demo:

  Used by the translate-case-study Function

• GAAll plans

  Content Agent

  Schema-aware AI assistant: finds, fixes, translates and creates content in bulk. Changes are staged for review; publishing is always a separate step.

  AEM:

  Adobe AI features (separate products)

  Strapi:

  Strapi AI (Growth plan)

  In this demo:

  sanity.io Dashboard → Content Agent

• GAGrowth

  AI Assist

  In-Studio AI instructions on any field, plus translation of whole documents or fields.

  In this demo:

  Any field → sparkle icon

• GAAll plans

  MCP server

  Lets AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code) query and edit content with full schema awareness.

  AEM:

  n/a

  Strapi:

  MCP server

• GAGrowth

  Comments & Tasks

  Field-level comments and assignable tasks inside the Studio.

  AEM:

  Annotations, Inbox tasks

  In this demo:

  Document header

• GAGrowth

  Scheduled drafts

  Schedule a single draft to publish at a set time (pausable since Studio v6.15).

  AEM:

  Scheduled activation

  Strapi:

  Releases (Growth)

• GAEnterprise

  Content Releases

  Bundle many changes, preview them together and publish or schedule them as one release. Worked on our Growth trial (tested 24/09); pricing lists it as Enterprise.

  AEM:

  Launches

  Strapi:

  Releases (Growth)

• GAEnterprise

  Media Library

  Organisation-wide DAM with custom metadata (aspects), versions and video streaming. This demo uses the free media plugin instead.

  AEM:

  AEM Assets (full enterprise DAM)

  Strapi:

  Media Library (new version in beta)

  In this demo:

  Studio → Media (plugin)

  See it →: Media Library
• GAAll plans

  Image pipeline

  Every image is resized, cropped around a hotspot and converted to modern formats on the fly by URL.

  AEM:

  Dynamic Media

  Strapi:

  Responsive formats on upload

  See it →: Image pipeline
• GAGrowth

  Roles & permissions

  Free: Administrator and Viewer. Growth adds Editor, Developer and Contributor (writes but cannot publish).

  AEM:

  Fine-grained ACLs and groups

  Strapi:

  RBAC with custom roles in every tier

• GAEnterprise

  SSO, custom roles, audit trail

  SAML SSO, custom roles with GROQ-filtered access, full audit trail and uptime SLA.

  AEM:

  Adobe IMS SSO, ACLs, audit log

  Strapi:

  SSO add-on / Enterprise; audit logs (Enterprise)

• BetaAll plans

  Workflows

  Editorial stages defined in TypeScript and queryable with GROQ (announced at Everything NYC 2026).

  AEM:

  Workflow engine

  Strapi:

  Review Workflows (Enterprise)

• BetaAll plans

  Knowledge Bases

  Pre-built, reconciled topic index over datasets, websites and PDFs, served to AI agents.

• BetaAll plans

  Canvas

  AI-assisted free-form writing space that maps drafts into Studio fields.

• Closed betaEnterprise

  Content Variants

  Personalised variants of content stored next to the base content and selected via your CDP.

  AEM:

  Experience Fragments + Adobe Target

• Coming soonAll plans

  Durable Functions

  Long-running, multi-step publish pipelines that survive third-party failures.