Verdict
A visually organized, board-based DAM for photo/image-heavy creative and marketing teams, with a genuinely usable free tier and a history of shifting, steep paid-tier pricing.
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.
An open-source DAM, CMS, and PIM platform combining asset, content, and product management for mid-to-large enterprises in banking, insurance, and retail.
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
No
Yes
Billed on
Credits; users are not billed
Quoted per customer; the licensing model was preserved through the change of owner
Cloud service: billed by storage capacity (GB) plus which optional modules you select; user accounts are unlimited/uncapped. No public price list — pricing is obtained via a configurator/calculator or by requesting a quote. On-premise/hosted deployments use Free, Standard, and Enterprise license editions (feature-gated), also quote-only. A non-commercial Free Edition exists with no disclosed price.
Flat price per account by volume; the vendor states there are no per-user fees
Deployment
Cloud
On-premise
Cloud, On-premise
Cloud, On-premise
Free plan
Yes
No
No
Yes
Free trial
Yes
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
60%
25%
Not checked
90%
Most common complaint
The free tier is described in detail while the paid tiers are named only
It changed hands in March 2026, so anything written before that date describes it as an Extensis product
Not checked
On-premise is available only in the enterprise tier, whose price is not published