Nextcloud, Portfolio, IMatch

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 · Publishes a price

One of these tells you the order of magnitude before you speak to anyone, and the others do not. That difference sets how long your evaluation takes, whatever the software does.

Nextcloud

Yes

Portfolio

IMatch

Everything else

Nextcloud

Portfolio

IMatch

Verdict

Not checked

Price published

Yes

Billed on

Subscription per user per year, cheaper at volume

Quoted per customer; the licensing model was preserved through the change of owner

Perpetual licence, no subscription

Deployment

On-premise, Cloud

On-premise

Free plan

Yes

Free trial

Yes

Transparency index

80%

25%

60%

Most common complaint

It is a file platform with DAM features rather than a DAM: asset-level metadata and rights are thinner

It changed hands in March 2026, so anything written before that date describes it as an Extensis product

Windows only, so it is out of the question for a team on Macs

“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.

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.

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.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.