MediaValet, Contentstack, Kontainer, 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”.
Everything else
Verdict
A cloud DAM billed by storage and configuration rather than seat count, aimed at agencies and distributed marketing teams with large or growing user bases where per-seat pricing would balloon.
An enterprise headless CMS and composable DXP for developer-led teams needing multi-channel content delivery, with a native asset-management module that's newer and thinly reviewed.
A Nordic/European DAM, with optional PIM, aimed at mid-market brand, retail and ecommerce teams wanting fast onboarding without heavy IT involvement, backed by a 30-day no-commitment trial.
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
No
No
No
No
Billed on
Not per user — the vendor states unlimited users and permission groups
Quoted per customer
Depends on configuration; several features are priced separately
Monthly active users
Deployment
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
No
Yes
No
No
Free trial
No
No
Yes
No
Transparency index
20%
30%
20%
30%
Most common complaint
The promise not to charge per user is prominent, but there is no figure to compare it against
A free start exists, but the terms for moving to a paid tier are not on the page
Feature-level add-on pricing makes the final figure hard to anticipate before a quote
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.
MediaValet
The promise not to charge per user is prominent, but there is no figure to compare it against — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Contentstack
A free start exists, but the terms for moving to a paid tier are not on the page — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
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.
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.
No email required — the page prints as it stands.