PicaJet
Search Build shortlist

ResourceSpace, Contentstack, Air, 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.

ResourceSpace

Yes

Contentstack

No

Air

No

Brandfolder

No

Everything else

ResourceSpace
Contentstack
Air
Brandfolder
Verdict
An open-licence, self-hosted DAM for teams with in-house server admin capability, trading a free licence for the time to run upgrades, tune dependencies and troubleshoot it themselves.
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 visually organized, board-based DAM for photo/image-heavy creative and marketing teams, with a genuinely usable free tier and a history of shifting, steep paid-tier pricing.
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
No
No
No
Billed on
Self-hosted: no licence fee. Hosted: a user ceiling per tier
Quoted per customer
Credits; users are not billed
Quoted per customer
Deployment
Cloud, On-premise
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Free trial
No
No
Yes
No
Transparency index
60%
30%
60%
0%
Most common complaint
The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you
A free start exists, but the terms for moving to a paid tier are not on the page
The free tier is described in detail while the paid tiers are named only
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.

ResourceSpace The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you — 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.
Air The free tier is described in detail while the paid tiers are named only — 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.

No email required — the page prints as it stands.