HyperCMS, Portfolio, ResourceSpace, IMatch
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
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 open-licence, self-hosted DAM for teams with in-house server admin capability, trading a free licence for the time to run upgrades, tune dependencies and troubleshoot it themselves.
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.
Price published
No
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.
Quoted per customer; the licensing model was preserved through the change of owner
Self-hosted: no licence fee. Hosted: a user ceiling per tier
Perpetual licence, no subscription
Deployment
Cloud, On-premise
On-premise
Cloud, On-premise
On-premise
Free plan
No
No
Yes
No
Free trial
No
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
Not checked
25%
60%
60%
Most common complaint
Not checked
It changed hands in March 2026, so anything written before that date describes it as an Extensis product
The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you
Windows only, so it is out of the question for a team on Macs
“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.
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.
ResourceSpace
The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
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.
No email required — the page prints as it stands.