Identifying problems with your Sanity website

Sanity CMS problems

A slow website that is difficult to maintain is obviously a big source of frustration, but it is often a hidden liability that’s silently costing companies money. When your website is built on Sanity, technical frustrations can cause additional stress because fixing them often requires help from a more specialized team. You may even be left wondering if Sanity is the right CMS for you to be using, or if you should transition to another platform instead.

To help calm these frustrations and give you a path forward, we’ve put together a quick checklist that will help you identify where your problems actually lie.

Problems with your implementation

Bad implementation can ruin a great product. Your Sanity website may have been poorly built and improperly configured. If your main frustrations fall into this category, then your problem is likely with how your site was built, not with Sanity itself.

Your problems are implementation-related if:

  • Your page templates and components are clunky, break often, or don’t meet your needs

  • Finding and editing your site content feels like an Easter egg hunt

  • Your site is unbearably slow

  • Your site has poor technical SEO/AIO performance

  • Your UI/UX (or lack thereof) is confusing to visitors

  • You don’t have the analytical insights you wish you did

If you are struggling with any of the problems above, then the best course of action is to reach out to the developer who built your site and see if they can improve the affected parts. If that isn’t an option, there are plenty of other developers and agencies who can help you get to the bottom of your frustrations and implement fixes. For example, you could book a call with us and get a free audit of your Sanity implementation. :)

Problems with Sanity CMS

While Sanity is an industry-leading CMS, it’s not for everyone. Even with all the expert developer help in the world, Sanity just might not be what you are looking for. The list below will help you figure out if you would be better served by a different CMS.

Your problems lie with the Sanity CMS if:

  • You want full visual control over the design of your website, more than Sanity’s Presentation Mode provides

  • You care more about making frequent design changes than you do about content management (for example, creating blogs and new pages)

  • Your website needs to be configured to run with a traditional SQL database

  • You don’t have the budget to have a developer or agency make consistent improvements to your website

If any of the above sound like you, then you may consider finding a developer or agency to build you a new website on a different CMS. If you love the frontend but hate the Sanity backend, an agency can rebuild the site with the same design using a new CMS and/or framework to fit your needs. First, get to know your options, then select an agency who can help you implement the new CMS.

At USDP, we work with more than just Sanity. If you want our expert team on the case, see our CMS experience to figure out if we are the right fit for you.

For more information about Sanity or anything else digital marketing-related, check out our Digital Marketing Frequently Asked Questions.