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MediaValet, Contentstack, ResourceSpace, Filecamp

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.

MediaValet

No

Contentstack

No

ResourceSpace

Yes

Filecamp

No

Everything else

MediaValet
Contentstack
ResourceSpace
Filecamp
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.
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 team file library billed as a flat monthly fee with unlimited users, aimed at organisations where most people only need to download an approved file a few times a month.
Price published
No
No
No
Yes
Billed on
Not per user — the vendor states unlimited users and permission groups
Quoted per customer
Self-hosted: no licence fee. Hosted: a user ceiling per tier
Flat price per account — users are not a billing unit
Deployment
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud, On-premise
Cloud
Free plan
No
Yes
Yes
No
Free trial
No
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
20%
30%
60%
70%
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
The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you
Storage ceilings are modest next to enterprise platforms, so large video libraries outgrow the tiers quickly

“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.
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.
Filecamp Storage ceilings are modest next to enterprise platforms, so large video libraries outgrow the tiers quickly — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.