Excire, Portfolio, Censhare
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
AI-assisted photo search and culling software for photographers with large local archives, sold as a one-time purchase that runs without uploading files to the cloud.
An on-premise DAM known for deep metadata and search, for existing Portfolio users who size and maintain their own server, now under Axle AI ownership after a March 2026 acquisition.
An enterprise PIM, DAM and content management platform, for multi-brand retailers, manufacturers and publishers with multilingual product content.
Price published
No
No
No
Billed on
One-off purchase, no subscription
Quoted per customer; the licensing model was preserved through the change of owner
Not published — quote-only (custom enterprise pricing via demo request; no plans, per-user, or per-GB figures disclosed on site)
Deployment
On-premise
On-premise
Cloud, On-premise
Free plan
No
No
No
Free trial
Yes
No
No
Transparency index
60%
25%
Not checked
Most common complaint
The amount is not on the product page — it lives on the reseller’s storefront
It changed hands in March 2026, so anything written before that date describes it as an Extensis product
Not checked
“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.
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.
Portfolio
It changed hands in March 2026, so anything written before that date describes it as an Extensis product — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
No email required — the page prints as it stands.