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Contentstack, Optimizely, Kontent.ai, Razuna

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

Optimizely

No

Kontent.ai

No

Razuna

Yes

Everything else

Contentstack
Optimizely
Kontent.ai
Razuna
Verdict
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 DAM module bundled inside the Optimizely CMS/Content Marketing Platform/DXP, for teams already on Optimizely who don't need best-of-breed asset management, bulk operations, or metadata governance.
A headless CMS with a built-in asset library for images and files, not a standalone DAM — it lacks file versioning, rights/expiry management and native video transcoding.
A flat-fee-per-account DAM and MAM with a free 500GB/5-user tier and unlimited paid users, for teams willing to pilot without much recent independent review evidence.
Price published
No
No
No
Yes
Billed on
Quoted per customer
Quoted per customer
Seats, content types and volume
Flat price per account by volume; the vendor states there are no per-user fees
Deployment
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud, On-premise
Free plan
Yes
No
No
Yes
Free trial
No
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
30%
0%
10%
90%
Most common complaint
A free start exists, but the terms for moving to a paid tier are not on the page
Not one tier and not one figure on the pricing page
The calculator shows what drives the price without showing the price
On-premise is available only in the enterprise tier, whose price is not published

“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.
Optimizely Not one tier and not one figure on the pricing page — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Kontent.ai The calculator shows what drives the price without showing the price — 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.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.