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Phraseanet, Nextcloud, Optimizely

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.

Phraseanet

Yes

Nextcloud

Yes

Optimizely

No

Everything else

Phraseanet
Nextcloud
Optimizely
Verdict
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Price published
Yes
Yes
No
Billed on
No licence fee; implementation and support services may be paid
Subscription per user per year, cheaper at volume
Quoted per customer
Deployment
On-premise
On-premise, Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
Yes
Yes
No
Free trial
No
No
No
Transparency index
90%
80%
0%
Most common complaint
The product is mid-generation: Phrasea is announced to replace Phraseanet in 2026
It is a file platform with DAM features rather than a DAM: asset-level metadata and rights are thinner
Not one tier and not one figure on the pricing page

“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.

Phraseanet The product is mid-generation: Phrasea is announced to replace Phraseanet in 2026 — 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.
Optimizely Not one tier and not one figure on the pricing page — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

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