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Razorpay vs Sanity

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Razorpay

Software

Accept, process and disburse payments with India's leading payments platform

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Sanity logo

Sanity

Software

Headless CMS with real-time collaborative editing and structured content APIs

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Sanity has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Razorpay international card payments cost up to 3% per transaction versus 2% domestically, per razorpay.com/pricing (Aug 2026), and an 18% GST is added on top of the platform fee; Sanity free plan limited to 10,000 documents and 100GB assets

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Razorpay and Sanity actually diverge.

Attributes where Razorpay and Sanity differ
AttributeRazorpaySanity
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modeltransactionsubscription
Free tierNoYes
FoundedUnknown2011

Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Razorpay

Nothing recorded that Sanity does not also cover.

Only in Sanity

  • Content API
  • Collaborative editing
  • Structured content
  • Webhooks
  • Third-party services
  • GROQ query language
  • Cloud support
  • JavaScript SDK support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Razorpay

No use cases recorded yet. See the Razorpay review.

Sanity

  • Headless CMS for structured content managementnot Razorpay
  • Collaborative content editing with real-time multiplayer supportnot Razorpay
  • API-driven content delivery with GROQ query languagenot Razorpay

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Razorpay

  • International card payments cost up to 3% per transaction versus 2% domestically, per razorpay.com/pricing (Aug 2026), and an 18% GST is added on top of the platform fee
  • Instant refunds cost between Rs. 7.99 and Rs. 14.99 per refund on top of the transaction fee, per Razorpay's own pricing page; standard refunds are free but instant ones are not

Sanity

  • Free plan limited to 10,000 documents and 100GB assets
  • Free plan supports only public datasets
  • Growth plan capped at 50 seats maximum
  • Private datasets, scheduled drafts, and comments/tasks require paid plans
  • Annual billing unavailable for Growth plan; Enterprise-only

Pricing, plan by plan

Razorpay

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Razorpay review.

Sanity

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Sanity review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Razorpay if

Nothing in the data separates Razorpay from Sanity on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Razorpay review

Choose Sanity if

  • You need content api.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want collaborative editing.
Sanity review

Questions people ask

Is Razorpay or Sanity better?
Neither clearly leads. Razorpay starts at On request and Sanity at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Razorpay or Sanity?
Sanity has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Razorpay and Free for Sanity.
Does Razorpay or Sanity run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Sanity for free?
Yes. Sanity has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Razorpay starts at On request.
What can Razorpay do that Sanity cannot?
Sanity covers Content API, Collaborative editing, Structured content, Webhooks.
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