| Vendor | Acquia | Hyland Software |
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| HQ | USA (Boston, MA; DAM team rooted in Madison, WI) | USA (Westlake, Ohio; Nuxeo historically New York and Paris) |
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| Founded | 2007 | 2000 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Acquia (majority-owned by Vista Equity Partners) | subsidiary of Hyland Software (Thoma Bravo portfolio company) |
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| Target market | Mid-market to enterprise | Enterprise |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, Private cloud, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | US, EU, APAC |
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| Pricing model | quote-only tiers (Workgroup, Mid-Market, Enterprise) + add-ons | quote-only (Nuxeo Cloud subscriptions with Standard/Enhanced service levels; AWS Marketplace private offers) |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, OIDC, cas, kerberos |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA-ready, GDPR | 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) | Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Contender (per trade press) · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2024: Strong Performer · Omdia Universe DAM 2023: Leader · Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q4 2019: Strong Performer (as Nuxeo) · Gartner MQ Content Services Platforms 2017-2020: Visionary (as Nuxeo) |
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| API style (overview) | REST | REST, webdav |
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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | No |
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| Official MCP server | YesMCP Server for Acquia DAM, read-only | YesNuxeo MCP Server, open source in the nuxeo GitHub org, self-hosted, v0.1.0; support level Unknown |
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| API base URL | https://api.widencollective.com/v2 | https://{host}/nuxeo/api/v1 |
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| API styles | REST | REST, WebDAV |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, Personal token | Basic auth, Personal token, JWT, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, OAuth 2.0 client credentials |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth: non-expiring, or 8 h access + 6-month single-use refresh | OAuth2 access ~1 h (expires_in 3599 in docs) + refresh token; login tokens: Not public |
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| Rate limit | 50 req/s per access token (HTTP 429); monthly call allowance by plan | Not public (no throttling documented; Nuxeo Cloud reports API activity monthly) |
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| Pagination | offset (limit max 100, offset max 10,000) or scroll_id for large sets | offset (currentPageIndex/pageSize/offset; pageSize max 1,000 by default) |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed, 9 asset events, optional HMAC signing; retries Not public | none native (server-side event listeners; Zapier add-on notification hooks) |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1: v2 (78 operations) + v1 (49 operations) | none static; runtime Swagger 1.2 explorer via optional, unmaintained add-on |
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| Official SDKs | TypeScript/JavaScript (official, npm acquia-dam-sdk) | Java, JavaScript, Python (official); PHP partial; .NET archived |
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