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Pixelboxx, Contentstack, Brandfolder, Piwigo

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.

Pixelboxx

Yes

Contentstack

No

Brandfolder

No

Piwigo

Yes

Everything else

Pixelboxx
Contentstack
Brandfolder
Piwigo
Verdict
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Not checked
Price published
No
No
No
Yes
Billed on
Quoted per customer
Quoted per customer
Quoted per customer
Flat price per account by storage; users are unlimited
Deployment
On-premise, Cloud, Hybrid
Cloud
Cloud
On-premise, Cloud
Free plan
No
Yes
No
Yes
Free trial
No
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
20%
30%
0%
100%
Most common complaint
No prices, though it does name three deployment models including fully managed on-premise
A free start exists, but the terms for moving to a paid tier are not on the page
Two tiers with no figure and no trial offered on the page
A ten per cent price rise is announced for 1 September 2026

“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.

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.
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.
Brandfolder Two tiers with no figure and no trial offered on the page — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Piwigo A ten per cent price rise is announced for 1 September 2026 — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.