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Contentstack, Brandfolder, Razuna, Piwigo

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.

Contentstack

No

Brandfolder

No

Razuna

Yes

Piwigo

Yes

Everything else

Contentstack
Brandfolder
Razuna
Piwigo
Verdict
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Price published
No
No
Yes
Yes
Billed on
Quoted per customer
Quoted per customer
Flat price per account by volume; the vendor states there are no per-user fees
Flat price per account by storage; users are unlimited
Deployment
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud, On-premise
On-premise, Cloud
Free plan
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Free trial
No
No
Yes
Yes
Transparency index
30%
0%
90%
100%
Most common complaint
A free start exists, but the terms for moving to a paid tier are not on the page
Two tiers with no figure and no trial offered on the page
On-premise is available only in the enterprise tier, whose price is not published
A ten per cent price rise is announced for 1 September 2026

“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.

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.
Brandfolder Two tiers with no figure and no trial offered on the page — 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.
Piwigo A ten per cent price rise is announced for 1 September 2026 — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

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