Verdict
An on-premise DAM known for deep metadata and search, for existing Portfolio users who size and maintain their own server, now under Axle AI ownership after a March 2026 acquisition.
An open-source, community-governed digital repository platform on Drupal, for libraries, archives, and museums to manage digital collections.
A team file library billed as a flat monthly fee with unlimited users, aimed at organisations where most people only need to download an approved file a few times a month.
A cloud asset library for small-to-mid ecommerce and DTC brands, priced as a flat monthly fee with unlimited users, tiered by storage and downloads.
Price published
No
No
Yes
Yes
Billed on
Quoted per customer; the licensing model was preserved through the change of owner
No published price on islandora.ca — the core software is free open source ("free to use and always will be"). Paid options are hosting/installation/migration/support/training contracts sold by independent third-party service providers listed on islandora.ca/service-providers (e.g. Born-Digital, discoverygarden); islandora.ca itself does not publish their rates or billing units.
Flat price per account — users are not a billing unit
Flat price per account; users are unlimited, tier set by storage and downloads
Deployment
On-premise
On-premise, Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
No
No
No
No
Free trial
No
No
Yes
No
Transparency index
25%
Not checked
70%
60%
Most common complaint
It changed hands in March 2026, so anything written before that date describes it as an Extensis product
Not checked
Storage ceilings are modest next to enterprise platforms, so large video libraries outgrow the tiers quickly
The tier is capped by download count as well as volume, which is a less familiar unit to budget against