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Pixelboxx, Contentstack, Phraseanet, Razuna

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

Phraseanet

Yes

Razuna

Yes

Everything else

Pixelboxx
Contentstack
Phraseanet
Razuna
Verdict
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.
An enterprise headless CMS and composable DXP for developer-led teams needing multi-channel content delivery, with a native asset-management module that's newer and thinly reviewed.
A free, self-hosted GPLv3 DAM used by French public-sector, cultural and broadcast institutions with in-house technical staff, now being sunset by its vendor in favor of a paid successor, Phrasea.
A flat-fee-per-account DAM and MAM with a free 500GB/5-user tier and unlimited paid users, for teams willing to pilot without much recent independent review evidence.
Price published
No
No
Yes
Yes
Billed on
Quoted per customer
Quoted per customer
No licence fee; implementation and support services may be paid
Flat price per account by volume; the vendor states there are no per-user fees
Deployment
On-premise, Cloud, Hybrid
Cloud
On-premise
Cloud, On-premise
Free plan
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free trial
No
No
No
Yes
Transparency index
20%
30%
90%
90%
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
The product is mid-generation: Phrasea is announced to replace Phraseanet in 2026
On-premise is available only in the enterprise tier, whose price is not published

“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.
Phraseanet The product is mid-generation: Phrasea is announced to replace Phraseanet in 2026 — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Razuna On-premise is available only in the enterprise tier, whose price is not published — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

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