PicaJet
Search Build shortlist

Brandfolder, Lytho, ResourceSpace, IMatch

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

Lytho

No

ResourceSpace

Yes

IMatch

Yes

Everything else

Brandfolder
Lytho
ResourceSpace
IMatch
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.
A combined creative-operations platform pairing brand-portal DAM with proofing and approval workflows, for in-house teams that want both under one roof rather than a DAM-only search specialist.
An open-licence, self-hosted DAM for teams with in-house server admin capability, trading a free licence for the time to run upgrades, tune dependencies and troubleshoot it themselves.
A Windows-only photo cataloging tool for large image libraries (50,000+ files), built by a single developer, sold as a one-time perpetual licence instead of a subscription.
Price published
No
No
No
No
Billed on
Quoted per customer
Team size, product mix and configuration
Self-hosted: no licence fee. Hosted: a user ceiling per tier
Perpetual licence, no subscription
Deployment
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud, On-premise
On-premise
Free plan
No
No
Yes
No
Free trial
No
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
0%
10%
60%
60%
Most common complaint
Two tiers with no figure and no trial offered on the page
The tiers are named but cannot be compared on cost
The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you
Windows only, so it is out of the question for a team on Macs

“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.
Lytho The tiers are named but cannot be compared on cost — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
ResourceSpace The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
IMatch Windows only, so it is out of the question for a team on Macs — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.