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ResourceSpace, ImageKit, Frontify, Papirfly

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

ImageKit

No

Frontify

No

Papirfly

No

Everything else

ResourceSpace
ImageKit
Frontify
Papirfly
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 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 DAM with built-in templated content production, for multi-market or franchise brands whose local offices need to self-serve on-brand assets without looping in central design.
Price published
No
Yes
No
No
Billed on
Self-hosted: no licence fee. Hosted: a user ceiling per tier
Bandwidth, storage and user seats, with published per-unit rates above the limits
Monthly active users
The set of solutions chosen
Deployment
Cloud, On-premise
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Free plan
Yes
Yes
No
No
Free trial
No
Yes
No
No
Transparency index
60%
70%
30%
10%
Most common complaint
The free route is genuinely free of licence fees but moves hosting, upgrades and support onto you
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
A twelve-month minimum commitment at a price you cannot know in advance

“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.
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.
Papirfly A twelve-month minimum commitment at a price you cannot know in advance — ask them to answer this in writing before the trial.

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