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Cloudinary, Nextcloud, Razuna, OpenAsset

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.

Cloudinary

No

Nextcloud

Yes

Razuna

Yes

OpenAsset

No

Everything else

Cloudinary
Nextcloud
Razuna
OpenAsset
Verdict
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Price published
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Billed on
Credits: one credit is 1,000 transformations, or 1 GB of storage, or 1 GB of video bandwidth
Subscription per user per year, cheaper at volume
Flat price per account by volume; the vendor states there are no per-user fees
Quoted per customer
Deployment
Cloud
On-premise, Cloud
Cloud, On-premise
Cloud
Free plan
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Free trial
Yes
No
Yes
No
Transparency index
60%
80%
90%
0%
Most common complaint
Prices are published for the API but not for the DAM, so the product being compared with a DAM still has no price
It is a file platform with DAM features rather than a DAM: asset-level metadata and rights are thinner
On-premise is available only in the enterprise tier, whose price is not published
A page titled pricing that contains a benefit calculator instead of prices

“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.

Cloudinary Prices are published for the API but not for the DAM, so the product being compared with a DAM still has no price — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Nextcloud It is a file platform with DAM features rather than a DAM: asset-level metadata and rights are thinner — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Razuna On-premise is available only in the enterprise tier, whose price is not published — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
OpenAsset A page titled pricing that contains a benefit calculator instead of prices — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.