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Contentstack, Piwigo, Sitecore Content Hub, Frontify

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

Piwigo

Yes

Sitecore Content Hub

No

Frontify

No

Everything else

Contentstack
Piwigo
Sitecore Content Hub
Frontify
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 self-hosted, permission-based photo/video catalog with album hierarchies, tagging and a large plugin ecosystem, for archives and small orgs willing to maintain their own server as the library grows.
An enterprise DAM/PIM module inside the Sitecore content-operations suite, built for organisations already standardised on Sitecore XM Cloud/XP with developers or an SI partner on hand.
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.
Price published
No
Yes
No
No
Billed on
Quoted per customer
Flat price per account by storage; users are unlimited
Quoted per customer
Monthly active users
Deployment
Cloud
On-premise, Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
Yes
Yes
No
No
Free trial
No
Yes
No
No
Transparency index
30%
100%
0%
30%
Most common complaint
A free start exists, but the terms for moving to a paid tier are not on the page
A ten per cent price rise is announced for 1 September 2026
No tiers and no prices; everything runs through a demo
The MAU model favours occasional users, but there is no figure to verify that with

“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.
Piwigo A ten per cent price rise is announced for 1 September 2026 — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Sitecore Content Hub No tiers and no prices; everything runs through a demo — 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.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.