| Vendor | Acquia | ImageKit Private Limited (India), with US subsidiary ImageKit Inc |
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| HQ | USA (Boston, MA; DAM team rooted in Madison, WI) | India (New Delhi); US entity in Newark, Delaware |
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| Founded | 2007 | 2016 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Acquia (majority-owned by Vista Equity Partners) | independent, privately held (no external funding round disclosed) |
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| Target market | Mid-market to enterprise | SMB to mid-market (self-serve plans); Enterprise plans for SSO, governance and custom limits |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | US, Canada, EU, in, sg, Australia |
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| Pricing model | quote-only tiers (Workgroup, Mid-Market, Enterprise) + add-ons | Media Processing + DAM: Free, Lite $9/mo, Pro $89/mo plus usage overage; Enterprise quote-only; separate DAM-only plans |
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| Public pricing | No | Yes |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA-ready, GDPR | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2 |
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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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| Official MCP server | YesMCP Server for Acquia DAM, hosted at /mcp on each tenant, OAuth; search, metadata/tag/security updates, rename, delivery links; no upload or delete; GA 2026-11-05, no extra fee | Yes3 hosted remote servers - DAM, Admin (OAuth) and DevTools (public) |
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| API base URL | https://api.widencollective.com/v2 | https://api.imagekit.io/v1/… (management); https://upload.imagekit.io/api/v1|v2/files/upload |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, Personal token | Basic auth, API key, JWT, OAuth 2.0 PKCE |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth: non-expiring, or 8 h access + 6-month single-use refresh | API keys: no expiry (rotate with 0 h to 7 d grace); client upload signature/JWT ≤ 1 h |
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| Rate limit | 50 req/s per access token (HTTP 429); monthly call allowance by plan | Burst + sustained per endpoint, HTTP 429; ~40 reads/s, 5-20 writes/s advised; Upload API unlimited |
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| Pagination | offset (limit max 100, offset max 10,000) or scroll_id for large sets | offset (skip/limit, max 1,000) on file listing; cursor on tag listing |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed, 9 asset events, optional HMAC signing; retries Not public | Dashboard or API, 15 event types, Standard Webhooks HMAC-SHA256, max 3 endpoints |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1: v2 (78 operations) + v1 (49 operations) | OpenAPI 3.1.0 (1 file, 60 operations), Apache-2.0 |
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| Official SDKs | TypeScript/JavaScript (official, npm acquia-dam-sdk) | Node.js/TS, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, .NET, PHP, JS, React, Vue, Angular, Next.js, Astro, iOS, Android |
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