| Vendor | Acquia | Portfolio DAM, LLC (Axle AI) |
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| HQ | USA (Boston, MA; DAM team rooted in Madison, WI) | USA (Woburn, MA) |
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| Founded | 2007 | 2026 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Acquia (majority-owned by Vista Equity Partners) | subsidiary of Axle AI, Inc. (acquired from Extensis/Monotype, 2026-03-09) |
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| Target market | Mid-market to enterprise | SMB to enterprise workgroups (on-premise, archives, creative and print teams) |
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| Deployment | SaaS | On-premise, Private cloud |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | Not public |
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| Pricing model | quote-only tiers (Workgroup, Mid-Market, Enterprise) + add-ons | subscription by seats, asset limit and add-on modules; quote-based |
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| SSO | SAML | LDAP, kerberos |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA-ready, GDPR | None published |
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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) | Not public |
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| API style (overview) | REST | REST, SOAP |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | No |
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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 | http(s)://{server}:8090/api/v1 (HTTPS on 9443); self-hosted |
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| API styles | REST | REST, SOAP |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, Personal token | session, API key |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth: non-expiring, or 8 h access + 6-month single-use refresh | Session expires on inactivity (duration Not public); API Token never times out |
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| Rate limit | 50 req/s per access token (HTTP 429); monthly call allowance by plan | Not public (self-hosted server; no documented throttle) |
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| Pagination | offset (limit max 100, offset max 10,000) or scroll_id for large sets | offset (startingIndex + pageSize, default 1,000) |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed, 9 asset events, optional HMAC signing; retries Not public | none; server-side JavaScript event scripts (no longer actively supported) |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1: v2 (78 operations) + v1 (49 operations) | OpenAPI 3.0.1 (63 paths / 73 operations, 2018) + deprecated SOAP WSDL |
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| Official SDKs | TypeScript/JavaScript (official, npm acquia-dam-sdk) | none current; legacy SOAP sample clients (Java, C#, PHP) |
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