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Sanity vs Storyblok
Which one to pick in 2026 — comparing 🇺🇸 Sanity with the European alternative 🇪🇺 Storyblok on the things that actually decide who can read your data.
🇺🇸 Sanityvs🇪🇺 Storyblok
Verdict
Who has stronger privacy guarantees by law?
Storyblok — GDPR-native and outside the US CLOUD Act / FISA 702 reach.
Which one encrypts your data end-to-end by default?
Neither ships full E2E by default — check the table for nuance.
Which one tracks you for ads?
Sanity relies on ad tracking. Storyblok doesn't.
Which one is open source?
Storyblok is not fully open source — check details.
Side-by-side
Sanity vs Storyblok — full comparison
Criteria
🇪🇺 Storyblok
🇺🇸 Sanity
Headquarters
Vienna, Austria
United States
Jurisdiction
Austria
United States (US CLOUD Act)
Data location
EU (configurable)
United States
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
Yes
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
No
No
Ownership
Private
US Corporation
Founded
2015
0
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