Canto, Frontify, Salsify, Wedia
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”.
Everything else
Verdict
A DAM built around search and tagging for mid-market teams, with unlimited free view-only accounts but per-seat pricing for editors that only appears after a sales quote.
A brand-management platform built around a single, always-current source of truth for guidelines, logos and templates, aimed at brand teams working with internal staff and external agencies.
Not checked
A DAM, PIM-adjacent and brand-portal platform for large multi-brand enterprises (Michelin, Decathlon, Bayer-scale customers), quote-priced and built around a dedicated admin who configures it.
Price published
No
No
No
No
Billed on
Team size and storage volume
Monthly active users
Not disclosed publicly — pricing page routes to Request Demo / Contact Sales only, no tiers, per-SKU/per-user/per-asset pricing, or plan names shown
Quoted per customer
Deployment
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
No
No
No
No
Free trial
Yes
No
No
No
Transparency index
20%
30%
Not checked
0%
Most common complaint
The tiers are named and described but cannot be compared on cost
The MAU model favours occasional users, but there is no figure to verify that with
Not checked
Neither tiers nor ranges — only a form and a demo
“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.
Canto
The tiers are named and described but cannot be compared on cost — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Frontify
The MAU model favours occasional users, but there is no figure to verify that with — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Wedia
Neither tiers nor ranges — only a form and a demo — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
No email required — the page prints as it stands.