WordPress vs Sanity
One of twelve models named WordPress first on the direct prompt; one named Sanity. WordPress was named by twelve of the twelve models and Sanity by eleven and WordPress carries 68 labels and Sanity 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By Q13166, founded 2003. Named in six categories this edition.
San Francisco, founded 1995. Named in three categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the content management systems for marketing sites page.
By framing
WordPressFirst choices, of twelve modelsSanity
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, WordPress and Sanity were named in the same answer seventy-four times, of the 200 answers naming WordPress and the 101 naming Sanity. In those answers Sanity took the first choice five times and WordPress eighteen.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | |
WordPress Sanity first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, WordPress on the left and Sanity on the right.The direct prompt
WordPress first, Sanity not the choice
1 of 12 modelsSanity was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Sanity first, WordPress an alternative
1 of 12 modelsWordPress was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
WordPress35%#2 of 11Sanity0%#8 of 11WordPress33%#1 of 13Sanity6%#5 of 13What the models said about WordPress
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“1. WordPress (Most Risky) Why to avoid:” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Managed Monolith (e.g., WordPress VIP, WP Engine) ... Trade-off: High maintenance overhead, security vulnerability surface area, and risk of "plugin bloat"” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“sources are blunt that it's a maintenance burden—plugin conflicts, security patches, and updates consume marketing-team time” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“WordPress remains the undisputed king of budget marketing websites. Because the core software is free and open-source, your only fixed cost is web hosting.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“WordPress is a popular open-source CMS that offers maximum flexibility and customization options, but requires more technical expertise” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“WordPress for control... Best for: Flexible, SEO-heavy content sites, blogs, and custom marketing needs with massive plugin ecosystem” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Sanity
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“may be less suitable for certain organizations or use cases, such as ... Sanity, WordPress VIP” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“it strips away marketer autonomy... headless may slow you down.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest starting with Contentful or Sanity as they balance ease of use with enterprise features” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Contentful/Sanity (Headless) | Dev-led marketing sites | Flexible APIs, fast scaling, marketer-friendly” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“Contentful / Sanity: Best "Headless" options. Very high cost of entry, but extremely scalable.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.