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Sanity vs d9: catalog facts
Sanity	d9
Freemium Free to start building, with paid plans and sales-led options for larger teams.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Web	Web, Self-hosted
Content model defined in code Customizable editing studio for non-technical editors	Drop-in replacement for Directus 9 with the same schema Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, CockroachDB, MariaDB and MS-SQL
Requires developer setup before editors can use it Content is stored on Sanity's hosted platform	Based on the older Directus 9 codebase rather than current Directus Smaller maintainer team than the original project
Web application, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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