Verdict
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.
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.
An open-source DAM, CMS, and PIM platform combining asset, content, and product management for mid-to-large enterprises in banking, insurance, and retail.
A compliance-focused DAM with built-in audit trails and multi-stage approval workflows, aimed at regulated industries like pharma, finance, insurance and franchise/multi-brand marketing teams.
Price published
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Billed on
Flat price per account by volume; the vendor states there are no per-user fees
No licence fee; implementation and support services may be paid
Cloud service: billed by storage capacity (GB) plus which optional modules you select; user accounts are unlimited/uncapped. No public price list — pricing is obtained via a configurator/calculator or by requesting a quote. On-premise/hosted deployments use Free, Standard, and Enterprise license editions (feature-gated), also quote-only. A non-commercial Free Edition exists with no disclosed price.
Package, number and type of users, storage and add-ons
Deployment
Cloud, On-premise
On-premise
Cloud, On-premise
Cloud
Free plan
Yes
Yes
No
No
Free trial
Yes
No
No
No
Transparency index
90%
90%
Not checked
30%
Most common complaint
On-premise is available only in the enterprise tier, whose price is not published
The product is mid-generation: Phrasea is announced to replace Phraseanet in 2026
Not checked
Only the floor of the base package is published; everything else is quoted