digiKam
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”.
Everything else
Verdict
Not checked
Price published
Yes
Billed on
Free software, no licence fee
Deployment
On-premise
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
No
Transparency index
100%
Most common complaint
It has no collaboration, permissions or approvals by design
“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.
digiKam
It has no collaboration, permissions or approvals by design — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
No email required — the page prints as it stands.