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Drupal to Sanity Migration Services

Move your Drupal site to Sanity and a fast Next.js front end, without losing content, rankings or a day of publishing. RW Infotech handles the whole move: audit, content model, migration scripts, build, SEO and launch.

  • Fixed-scope quote after a free migration audit
  • Every URL kept or 301-redirected, so rankings stay put
  • No planned downtime at launch
5.0on Clutch2012 building for the web since

Get your free Drupal migration audit

We will review your site and send a fixed-scope plan within 5 working days.

  • Reply within 1 business day
  • Free, fixed-scope quote
  • NDA on request
No obligation. We reply within one business day.
4–8 weeksTypical project for a mid-size site
ZeroPlanned downtime at cutover
100% URLsMapped and redirect-tested
30 daysAftercare included after launch
Why teams leave Drupal

The Drupal problems a move to Sanity solves

If these sound familiar, your site has outgrown Drupal. Here is what changes after the migration.

Module updates and major upgrades

Core and contributed module updates, plus version-to-version upgrades, are projects in their own right.

Sanity is fully hosted. There are no plugins or servers to patch.

Slow pages without heavy caching

Views, paragraphs and server rendering need layers of caching to stay fast.

Next.js pages are pre-built and served from a global CDN.

Security advisories to track

Every contributed module is something to monitor and patch.

No CMS server runs on your domain; the live site is static.

Complex content architecture

Nodes, paragraphs, taxonomies and views are powerful but hard to untangle and reuse.

Structured content that feeds your site, apps, emails and AI search.

A difficult editing experience

Deep forms and layout options leave editors leaning on developers to publish.

A Sanity Studio built around your team, with live visual preview.

Hard to grow into new channels

Multi-site, apps and new languages add more modules and more configuration to maintain.

One content source for any number of front ends and locales.
Drupal to Sanity

Is Drupal holding your site back?

Module updates, major upgrades and a heavy editing experience cost your team time and your site revenue every month. We move it to Sanity in 4–8 weeks, keeping your URLs, content and rankings intact.

  • Free audit and fixed-scope quote in 5 working days
  • Every URL mapped, redirected and crawl-tested
  • No planned downtime at cutover
What's included

End-to-end Drupal to Sanity migration services

One team owns the whole move, from the first crawl to the last redirect.

Migration audit and roadmap

We crawl the whole site and inventory every content type, paragraph, view, taxonomy, module and integration.

  • Content model and URL map
  • Module review and replacement plan
  • Fixed scope, timeline and price

Sanity content modeling and setup

We design schemas around how your team works, then set up Sanity Studio for your editors.

  • Typed schemas in TypeScript
  • Roles, workflows and desk structure
  • Reusable SEO and media objects

Automated content migration

Repeatable scripts move nodes, paragraphs, taxonomies, files and media from Drupal into Sanity, with dry runs before go-live.

  • Pages, posts and custom fields
  • Images re-uploaded with alt text
  • Count and diff report after every run

Next.js front-end development

A fast, accessible Next.js site built on reusable components that map to your Sanity content.

  • Your current design rebuilt, or a refresh
  • Static and incremental rendering
  • Visual editing and draft preview

SEO and redirect protection

Rankings are protected from day one: every URL, title, meta tag and schema is carried across.

  • 301 map for every changed URL
  • Metatag and path alias data migrated
  • Search Console monitored after launch

Integrations, training and aftercare

We reconnect forms, CRM, analytics and search, train your team and stay on for 30 days after launch.

  • HubSpot, GA4 and form integrations
  • Editor training session
  • 30 days of post-launch support
Technology stack

The technology behind your new site

A proven headless stack we use on every Sanity project.

Content platformSanity

Hosted Content Lake with real-time APIs and a customizable Studio.

Front endNext.js

React framework for static and incremental pages with great Core Web Vitals.

GROQ
Query languageGROQ

Fetches exactly the fields each page needs, nothing more.

PT
Rich textPortable Text

Structured rich text that renders anywhere: web, app or email.

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HostingVercel or Netlify

Global edge hosting with preview deployments for every change.

Your toolsIntegrations

HubSpot, GA4, search, forms and any API your site depends on.

301
SEORedirect map

Every changed URL mapped and crawl-tested before launch.

CI
DeliveryGit and CI

Version control, automated checks and preview builds for every change.

Before and after

What changes when you move to Sanity

Today on Drupal

  • PHP server, database and caching to maintain
  • Core and module updates plus major upgrades
  • Content spread across nodes, paragraphs and views
  • Speed depends on layered caching
  • CMS admin running on your public domain
  • One website, one channel

After moving to Sanity

  • Fully hosted content with no servers to run
  • No plugins to patch or break
  • Structured, reusable content
  • Pre-built pages served from a global CDN
  • No CMS server on the live site
  • One content source for site, apps and channels
How we work

A proven 6-step migration process

Typical timings for a mid-size site (4–8 weeks). Your exact plan is confirmed after the audit.

  1. 01Week 1

    Audit

    Crawl, content inventory, extension review and a fixed-scope plan.

  2. 02Week 1–2

    Model

    Sanity schemas and editing experience designed with your team.

  3. 03Week 2–4

    Migrate

    Scripted imports with dry runs and diff reports.

  4. 04Week 3–7

    Build

    Next.js front end on reusable components.

  5. 05Before launch

    Protect SEO

    301 map, metadata and structured data, tested by crawl.

  6. 06Launch + 30 days

    Launch

    Delta import, DNS cutover, monitoring and training.

Why RW Infotech

A Sanity partner that owns the outcome

Migrations fail in the details: a missed redirect, a broken embed, an editor who can't find anything. We plan for all of it.

Talk to a Sanity expert

Headless is all we do

We are a headless commerce and CMS agency. Modern stacks like Sanity and Next.js are our everyday work, not a side offering.

Fixed scope, no surprises

You get a fixed-scope quote after the audit, so the price doesn't grow halfway through the project.

SEO handled by specialists

Our in-house SEO team owns the redirect map and watches Search Console after launch.

Three offices, round-the-clock progress

Teams in the US, UAE and India keep work moving across time zones.

Rated 5.0 on Clutch

Verified clients rate our delivery, communication and quality 5.0 out of 5.

Jaswinder Singh, CEO, RW Infotech
Jaswinder SinghCEO, RW Infotech
Leadership

Led by the CEO, delivered by specialists

Every migration is delivered by our engineers, SEO specialists and project managers across offices in the US, UAE and India, under the leadership of our CEO.

2012
Building for the web since
5.0
Rating on Clutch
3
Offices: US, UAE, India

Ready to leave Drupal behind?

Get a free audit and a fixed-scope Sanity migration plan within 5 working days.

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FAQ

Drupal to Sanity migration: common questions

It depends on how much content you have, how many custom fields and integrations there are, and whether you want a redesign. After the free audit we send a fixed-scope quote, so the price is agreed before any work starts.