Headless CMS · Next.js & Sanity

We Offer Headless CMS Apps

We pair Sanity.io, a flexible content platform, with a fast Next.js front end. Editors get a clear workspace and live previews. Your site gets updated within moments of publishing, with no developer in the loop.

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Why headless

Content and code, kept apart on purpose.

A traditional CMS ties your content to one theme. A headless one stores content on its own and sends it wherever it is needed.

Write

Sanity Studio

Where your team writes and manages content, in a workspace shaped to your own content types.

Store

Content Lake

Sanity's hosted database for your content, available through a fast API with history for every change.

Show

Next.js front end

Your website or web app, fetching content on the server and rendering fast pages for every visitor.

Marketing edits without developers

Change a headline, add a landing page or publish a post without a ticket or a deploy.

One source, many places

The same content can feed your website, your web app, a mobile app and your emails.

Redesign without migrating

Because content is separate from design, you can rebuild the front end and keep every page of content.

How it works

Your content model is code.

In Sanity you describe each content type in a short TypeScript file. That file defines the editing form, the validation rules and the shape of the data.

Pages then ask for exactly the fields they need with GROQ, Sanity's query language, and Next.js renders the result on the server.

Schemas live in your repository and are reviewed like any other code
Validation stops incomplete content before it goes live
TypeScript types can be generated from your schema and queries

sanity/schemas/post.ts

import { defineType, defineField } from "sanity";

export const post = defineType({ name: "post", type: "document", fields: [ defineField({ name: "title", type: "string", validation: (rule) => rule.required(), }), defineField({ name: "slug", type: "slug", options: { source: "title" }, }), defineField({ name: "body", type: "array", of: [{ type: "block" }, { type: "image" }], }), ], });

app/blog/[slug]/page.tsx

import { defineQuery } from "next-sanity";
import { client } from "@/sanity/client";

const POST_QUERY = defineQuery(`
  *[_type == "post" && slug.current == $slug][0]{
    title, body, "author": author->name
  }`); export default async function Post({ params }) { const { slug } = await params; const post = await client.fetch(POST_QUERY, { slug }); return <Article post={post} />; }

For your editors

A workspace people actually like using.

We shape Sanity Studio around your team's real tasks, so the screen shows what they need and hides what they do not.

Live visual editing

Preview the real page while writing, and click an element on it to jump to the field that controls it.

Work together in real time

Several people can edit the same document at once and see each other's changes as they happen.

Rich, structured text

Portable Text keeps articles as clean data, with images, quotes and callouts you define.

Smart image handling

Set a focal point once and images crop sensibly everywhere. Files are served from a fast CDN.

Drafts and history

Work privately in a draft, publish when ready, and roll back to an earlier version if needed.

Roles and permissions

Decide who can write, who can publish and who can only look, so nothing goes live by accident.

Some features, such as advanced roles and content releases, depend on the Sanity plan you choose. We will tell you which one fits.

For your site

From Publish to live page in moments.

Pages are fast because they are prepared ahead of time. When content changes, only the affected pages are rebuilt.

An editor publishes

They click Publish in Sanity Studio. The change is saved in the Content Lake.

A webhook fires

Sanity sends a signed message to your Next.js app saying which document changed.

Pages revalidate

Next.js refreshes only the pages that use that content, using on-demand revalidation.

Visitors see it

The next visitor gets the updated page from the CDN, with no full rebuild and no downtime.

What we deliver

Everything between the editor and the visitor.

Content modelling workshopWe map your pages, products and posts into content types that are easy to edit and reuse.

A custom Sanity StudioOrganized navigation, helpful field descriptions, validation and roles for your team.

A Next.js front endApp Router pages, reusable components, draft-mode preview and on-demand revalidation.

SEO and performance built inTitle and description fields, social images, sitemaps and optimized images on every page.

Migration of existing contentWe move posts and pages from WordPress or other systems into Sanity, with redirects so links keep working.

Training and documentationA walkthrough for your editors and a short guide they can keep.

Is it right for you?

A headless CMS is powerful. It is not always the simplest choice.

A good fit when

Your site has many pages, products or posts that change often
The same content must appear on a website, an app and elsewhere
You want speed and a design that is not limited by a theme
Several editors need their own workflow and permissions

Think twice when

It is a small brochure site that rarely changes
You have no developer to maintain the front end
You need a point-and-click page builder with no developer help at all

In those cases a traditional CMS or a site builder may serve you better, and we will say so.

Tools we work with

Sanity Sanity Studio GROQ next-sanity Next.js TypeScript Portable Text Tailwind CSS Vercel

Ready to take publishing off your developers' plate?

Tell us what you publish and who edits it. We reply within one business day with a suggested content model and next steps.

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