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Pixelboxx, ImageKit, Frontify, Brandfolder

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

ImageKit

No

Frontify

No

Brandfolder

No

Everything else

Pixelboxx
ImageKit
Frontify
Brandfolder
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 image and video CDN with an API-first asset library, built for fast developer integration, billed on flat monthly tiers with per-GB overage once bandwidth or storage limits are exceeded.
A brand-management platform built around a single, always-current source of truth for guidelines, logos and templates, aimed at brand teams working with internal staff and external agencies.
A polished, search-first brand asset DAM sold standalone under Smartsheet ownership, priced for mid-market and enterprise budgets around a $24,700/year median contract.
Price published
No
Yes
No
No
Billed on
Quoted per customer
Bandwidth, storage and user seats, with published per-unit rates above the limits
Monthly active users
Quoted per customer
Deployment
On-premise, Cloud, Hybrid
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
No
Yes
No
No
Free trial
No
Yes
No
No
Transparency index
20%
70%
30%
0%
Most common complaint
No prices, though it does name three deployment models including fully managed on-premise
Several units are metered at once: bandwidth, storage, video units and seats
The MAU model favours occasional users, but there is no figure to verify that with
Two tiers with no figure and no trial offered on the 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.

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.
ImageKit Several units are metered at once: bandwidth, storage, video units and seats — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.
Frontify The MAU model favours occasional users, but there is no figure to verify that with — 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.

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