Verdict
An enterprise DAM module within Adobe Experience Manager, for large organizations managing thousands to millions of brand assets across marketing channels.
An on-premise DAM known for deep metadata and search, for existing Portfolio users who size and maintain their own server, now under Axle AI ownership after a March 2026 acquisition.
A developer-first file upload and CDN/media-processing API for apps, pitched as a lighter, faster-to-integrate alternative to Cloudinary for teams that don't need its full DAM/video/AI stack.
A flat-fee-per-account DAM and MAM with a free 500GB/5-user tier and unlimited paid users, for teams willing to pilot without much recent independent review evidence.
Price published
No
No
Yes
Yes
Billed on
No public price list; sales quote required for both packages (Prime and Ultimate). Adobe's own on-premise product description sheet lists separate license metrics per component — AEM Assets itself is licensed 'Per Instance', 'Users' are licensed 'Per User', Brand Portal is licensed 'Per Brand Portal User', and Dynamic Media/Personalized Media are licensed by 'Page Views per month' — so billing is multi-metric and only available via custom quote, not a single flat per-user or per-GB rate.
Quoted per customer; the licensing model was preserved through the change of owner
Operations, traffic and storage, with published overage rates
Flat price per account by volume; the vendor states there are no per-user fees
Deployment
Cloud, On-premise
On-premise
Cloud
Cloud, On-premise
Free plan
No
No
Yes
Yes
Free trial
No
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
Not checked
25%
70%
90%
Most common complaint
Not checked
It changed hands in March 2026, so anything written before that date describes it as an Extensis product
The free tier is stated as personal use only
On-premise is available only in the enterprise tier, whose price is not published