Storefront: Investigate Sanity CMS

[Thunear]

I want to test Sanity to make an estimation on how much work it would take to implement it on the Storefront.

• Data structure and schema
• Next.js
  • How does it integrate
  • Test live preview
• How easy is it to use the interface for editors
• Media library and file storage
• How does using reusable blocks / components work in the page builder
• Pricing model
• Deployment and datasets
• How does menus work and linking pages to it
• What field types does it support

[Thunear]

I tested using Sanity with Next.js in a small POC and had an overall really great experience.

• It was easy to work with the schema system to create the data structure, and it worked fine for what we need with the Storefront.
• The new live preview system was a bit buggy. It worked most of the time but sometimes didn't sync the data properly between the editor UI to the website preview. This will get better over time.
• I liked the interface / UI that is presented to the editors to create content. It is very easy to use and it has everything we need.
• The media library and file storage seemed to work just fine.
• The pricing seemed very reasonable with 15 dollars per seat per month.
• There are 2 datasets (databases) available that I think will work fine for what we want to do.
• Deployments are super easy for both the source code and for updating the database from the UI.
• Creating static menus with Sanity worked just fine. I had a bit more trouble when the menus had to be dynamic based on the document structure. More research has to be done on this, it seems possible.
• Sanity has all the field types that one would need. Texboxes, images, checkboxes and so on.