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Kontainer, Nextcloud, Dash, ImageKit

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.

Kontainer

No

Nextcloud

Yes

Dash

No

ImageKit

No

Everything else

Kontainer
Nextcloud
Dash
ImageKit
Verdict
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Price published
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Billed on
Depends on configuration; several features are priced separately
Subscription per user per year, cheaper at volume
Flat price per account; users are unlimited, tier set by storage and downloads
Bandwidth, storage and user seats, with published per-unit rates above the limits
Deployment
Cloud
On-premise, Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
No
Yes
No
Yes
Free trial
Yes
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
20%
80%
60%
70%
Most common complaint
Feature-level add-on pricing makes the final figure hard to anticipate before a quote
It is a file platform with DAM features rather than a DAM: asset-level metadata and rights are thinner
The tier is capped by download count as well as volume, which is a less familiar unit to budget against
Several units are metered at once: bandwidth, storage, video units and seats

“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.

Kontainer Feature-level add-on pricing makes the final figure hard to anticipate before a quote — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Nextcloud It is a file platform with DAM features rather than a DAM: asset-level metadata and rights are thinner — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Dash The tier is capped by download count as well as volume, which is a less familiar unit to budget against — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
ImageKit Several units are metered at once: bandwidth, storage, video units and seats — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

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