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ImageKit, ResourceSpace, Brandfolder, Frontify

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.

ImageKit

No

ResourceSpace

Yes

Brandfolder

No

Frontify

No

Everything else

ImageKit
ResourceSpace
Brandfolder
Frontify
Verdict
An image and video CDN with an API-first asset library, built for fast developer integration, billed on flat monthly tiers with per-GB overage once bandwidth or storage limits are exceeded.
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 polished, search-first brand asset DAM sold standalone under Smartsheet ownership, priced for mid-market and enterprise budgets around a $24,700/year median contract.
A brand-management platform built around a single, always-current source of truth for guidelines, logos and templates, aimed at brand teams working with internal staff and external agencies.
Price published
Yes
No
No
No
Billed on
Bandwidth, storage and user seats, with published per-unit rates above the limits
Self-hosted: no licence fee. Hosted: a user ceiling per tier
Quoted per customer
Monthly active users
Deployment
Cloud
Cloud, On-premise
Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
Yes
Yes
No
No
Free trial
Yes
No
No
No
Transparency index
70%
60%
0%
30%
Most common complaint
Several units are metered at once: bandwidth, storage, video units and seats
The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you
Two tiers with no figure and no trial offered on the page
The MAU model favours occasional users, but there is no figure to verify that with

“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.

ImageKit Several units are metered at once: bandwidth, storage, video units and seats — 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.
Brandfolder Two tiers with no figure and no trial offered on the page — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Frontify The MAU model favours occasional users, but there is no figure to verify that with — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

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