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Optimizely, Nextcloud, Air

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.

Optimizely

No

Nextcloud

Yes

Air

No

Everything else

Optimizely
Nextcloud
Air
Verdict
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Price published
No
Yes
No
Billed on
Quoted per customer
Subscription per user per year, cheaper at volume
Credits; users are not billed
Deployment
Cloud
On-premise, Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
No
Yes
Yes
Free trial
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
0%
80%
60%
Most common complaint
Not one tier and not one figure on the pricing page
It is a file platform with DAM features rather than a DAM: asset-level metadata and rights are thinner
The free tier is described in detail while the paid tiers are named only

“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.

Optimizely Not one tier and not one figure on the pricing page — 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.
Air The free tier is described in detail while the paid tiers are named only — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

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