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HyperCMS, IMatch, Kontent.ai

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.

HyperCMS

Yes

IMatch

Yes

Kontent.ai

No

Everything else

HyperCMS
IMatch
Kontent.ai
Verdict
Not checked
A Windows-only photo cataloging tool for large image libraries (50,000+ files), built by a single developer, sold as a one-time perpetual licence instead of a subscription.
A headless CMS with a built-in asset library for images and files, not a standalone DAM — it lacks file versioning, rights/expiry management and native video transcoding.
Price published
No
No
No
Billed on
Cloud service: billed by storage capacity (GB) plus which optional modules you select; user accounts are unlimited/uncapped. No public price list — pricing is obtained via a configurator/calculator or by requesting a quote. On-premise/hosted deployments use Free, Standard, and Enterprise license editions (feature-gated), also quote-only. A non-commercial Free Edition exists with no disclosed price.
Perpetual licence, no subscription
Seats, content types and volume
Deployment
Cloud, On-premise
On-premise
Cloud
Free plan
No
No
No
Free trial
No
Yes
No
Transparency index
Not checked
60%
10%
Most common complaint
Not checked
Windows only, so it is out of the question for a team on Macs
The calculator shows what drives the price without showing the price

“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.

IMatch Windows only, so it is out of the question for a team on Macs — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Kontent.ai The calculator shows what drives the price without showing the price — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.