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.
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.
Price published
No
No
Yes
No
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
Quoted per customer
Deployment
On-premise
On-premise, Cloud
Cloud
On-premise, Cloud, Hybrid
Free plan
No
No
No
No
Free trial
No
No
Yes
No
Transparency index
25%
Not checked
70%
20%
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
No prices, though it does name three deployment models including fully managed on-premise