Verdict
A DAM offered as both cloud and on-premise, aimed at small-to-mid teams that want fast metadata-driven search over large asset libraries and want files to stay on their own infrastructure.
An enterprise DAM bundled with workflow and creative-review tools, aimed at mid-to-large manufacturing and consumer brands needing deep Adobe/PIM/CMS/e-shop integration and partner-led setup.
An enterprise DAM module within Adobe Experience Manager, for large organizations managing thousands to millions of brand assets across marketing channels.
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
Annual subscription covering all features, integrations, updates and support
Quoted per customer
No public price list; sales quote required for both packages (Prime and Ultimate). Adobe's own on-premise product description sheet lists separate license metrics per component — AEM Assets itself is licensed 'Per Instance', 'Users' are licensed 'Per User', Brand Portal is licensed 'Per Brand Portal User', and Dynamic Media/Personalized Media are licensed by 'Page Views per month' — so billing is multi-metric and only available via custom quote, not a single flat per-user or per-GB rate.
Flat price per account by volume; the vendor states there are no per-user fees
Deployment
Cloud, On-premise
Cloud
Cloud, On-premise
Cloud, On-premise
Free plan
No
No
No
Yes
Free trial
No
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
30%
0%
Not checked
90%
Most common complaint
Like the platforms it competes with, it asks for a form submission before naming a price
The pricing page contains neither tiers nor figures
Not checked
On-premise is available only in the enterprise tier, whose price is not published