PicaJet
Search Build shortlist

Brandfolder, Excire, Contentstack, Mylio

Side by side on what we have verified on each vendor’s own pages. Where a fact was not checked, the table says so rather than leaving a blank that reads as “no”.

What decides it · Runs on your own servers

If the files genuinely cannot leave your infrastructure, this is not a close race — the platforms marked No below should not be on the call at all.

Brandfolder

No

Excire

Yes

Contentstack

No

Mylio

Yes

Everything else

Brandfolder
Excire
Contentstack
Mylio
Verdict
A polished, search-first brand asset DAM sold standalone under Smartsheet ownership, priced for mid-market and enterprise budgets around a $24,700/year median contract.
AI-assisted photo search and culling software for photographers with large local archives, sold as a one-time purchase that runs without uploading files to the cloud.
An enterprise headless CMS and composable DXP for developer-led teams needing multi-channel content delivery, with a native asset-management module that's newer and thinly reviewed.
A peer-to-device photo sync and library tool for individuals and families with photos spread across computers, phones and tablets who want them synced without uploading to a public cloud.
Price published
No
No
No
No
Billed on
Quoted per customer
One-off purchase, no subscription
Quoted per customer
Personal, Family and Business plans; no amounts on the page
Deployment
Cloud
On-premise
Cloud
On-premise, Cloud
Free plan
No
No
Yes
No
Free trial
No
Yes
No
Yes
Transparency index
0%
60%
30%
50%
Most common complaint
Two tiers with no figure and no trial offered on the page
The amount is not on the product page — it lives on the reseller’s storefront
A free start exists, but the terms for moving to a paid tier are not on the page
Three plans are named and none is priced on the pricing page

“Not checked” means exactly that: we have not verified it, not that the platform lacks it. Every other value was read off the vendor’s own pages on the date shown on each platform page.

What to ask on the demo

One question per platform, drawn from what actually goes wrong with it — not a generic checklist. Vendors run the demo; this hands the agenda back to you.

Brandfolder Two tiers with no figure and no trial offered on the page — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Excire The amount is not on the product page — it lives on the reseller’s storefront — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Contentstack A free start exists, but the terms for moving to a paid tier are not on the page — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Mylio Three plans are named and none is priced on the pricing page — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.