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Contentstack, Pimcore, ResourceSpace, Excire

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

Pimcore

Yes

ResourceSpace

Yes

Excire

Yes

Everything else

Contentstack
Pimcore
ResourceSpace
Excire
Verdict
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Price published
No
Yes
No
No
Billed on
Quoted per customer
Annual licence per edition, not per user
Self-hosted: no licence fee. Hosted: a user ceiling per tier
One-off purchase, no subscription
Deployment
Cloud
On-premise, Cloud
Cloud, On-premise
On-premise
Free plan
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Free trial
No
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
30%
100%
60%
60%
Most common complaint
A free start exists, but the terms for moving to a paid tier are not on the page
It is a broader platform than a DAM — some capability has to be built rather than switched on
The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you
The amount is not on the product page — it lives on the reseller’s storefront

“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.
Pimcore It is a broader platform than a DAM — some capability has to be built rather than switched on — 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.
Excire The amount is not on the product page — it lives on the reseller’s storefront — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.