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Nextcloud, Pixelboxx, IntelligenceBank, ResourceSpace

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.

Nextcloud

Yes

Pixelboxx

Yes

IntelligenceBank

No

ResourceSpace

Yes

Everything else

Nextcloud
Pixelboxx
IntelligenceBank
ResourceSpace
Verdict
A self-hosted file-sync and collaboration platform some organisations stretch into asset-library duty; tagging, batch metadata editing and dynamic tag-based collections are still limited or missing.
An on-prem, cloud or hybrid DAM aimed at likely DACH-region enterprise manufacturers who need to keep data in-house, with a public review record too thin to lean on without running your own trial.
A compliance-focused DAM with built-in audit trails and multi-stage approval workflows, aimed at regulated industries like pharma, finance, insurance and franchise/multi-brand marketing teams.
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.
Price published
Yes
No
Yes
No
Billed on
Subscription per user per year, cheaper at volume
Quoted per customer
Package, number and type of users, storage and add-ons
Self-hosted: no licence fee. Hosted: a user ceiling per tier
Deployment
On-premise, Cloud
On-premise, Cloud, Hybrid
Cloud
Cloud, On-premise
Free plan
Yes
No
No
Yes
Free trial
No
No
No
No
Transparency index
80%
20%
30%
60%
Most common complaint
It is a file platform with DAM features rather than a DAM: asset-level metadata and rights are thinner
No prices, though it does name three deployment models including fully managed on-premise
Only the floor of the base package is published; everything else is quoted
The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you

“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.

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.
Pixelboxx No prices, though it does name three deployment models including fully managed on-premise — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
IntelligenceBank Only the floor of the base package is published; everything else is quoted — 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.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.