| Vendor | Acquia | Brandworkz Ltd |
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| HQ | USA (Boston, MA; DAM team rooted in Madison, WI) | UK (London) |
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| Founded | 2007 | 1997 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Acquia (majority-owned by Vista Equity Partners) | subsidiary of Spinakr Solutions LLC (USA) |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | EU, US |
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| Pricing model | quote-only tiers (Workgroup, Mid-Market, Enterprise) + add-ons | per-user plan tiers (free Essentials; Core, Professional, Enterprise quote-only), unlimited storage |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA-ready, GDPR | ISO 27001, CYBER-ESSENTIALS-PLUS |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Strong Performer · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2024: Strong Performer · Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q1 2022: Leader (as Widen) | Real Story Group DAM vendor evaluations: covered since 2014 · G2 DAM High Performer (Spring 2019) |
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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | Unknown |
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| Official MCP server | YesMCP Server for Acquia DAM, read-only | No |
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| API base URL | https://api.widencollective.com/v2 | {api_url}/v{api_version}/{client_id}/… (resolved via api.brandworkz.com/getAPIURL) |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, Personal token | oauth2-password, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, API key |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth: non-expiring, or 8 h access + 6-month single-use refresh | expires_in 1,200 s (20 min) in the doc example; refresh_token grant |
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| Rate limit | 50 req/s per access token (HTTP 429); monthly call allowance by plan | Not public |
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| Pagination | offset (limit max 100, offset max 10,000) or scroll_id for large sets | simpleSearch from/size (default 50, max 500); start/numberOfResults, limit/offset |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed, 9 asset events, optional HMAC signing; retries Not public | Unknown (only a webhookId parameter on importAsset) |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1: v2 (78 operations) + v1 (49 operations) | Postman collections: API v1.6 (159 requests) + Essentials API (5 requests) |
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| Official SDKs | TypeScript/JavaScript (official, npm acquia-dam-sdk) | none official; assetInsert JS examples on GitHub |
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