IMatch, Daminion, HyperCMS, Portfolio
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
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 DAM offered as both cloud and on-premise, aimed at small-to-mid teams that want fast metadata-driven search over large asset libraries and want files to stay on their own infrastructure.
An open-source DAM, CMS, and PIM platform combining asset, content, and product management for mid-to-large enterprises in banking, insurance, and retail.
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.
Price published
No
No
No
No
Billed on
Perpetual licence, no subscription
Annual subscription covering all features, integrations, updates and support
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
Deployment
On-premise
Cloud, On-premise
Cloud, On-premise
On-premise
Free plan
No
No
No
No
Free trial
Yes
No
No
No
Transparency index
60%
30%
Not checked
25%
Most common complaint
Windows only, so it is out of the question for a team on Macs
Like the platforms it competes with, it asks for a form submission before naming a price
Not checked
It changed hands in March 2026, so anything written before that date describes it as an Extensis product
“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.
Daminion
Like the platforms it competes with, it asks for a form submission before naming a price — 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.