| Vendor | Acquia | Alchemy |
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| HQ | USA (Boston, MA; DAM team rooted in Madison, WI) | France (Paris) |
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| Founded | 2007 | 1996 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Acquia (majority-owned by Vista Equity Partners) | independent (privately held French SARL) |
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| Target market | Mid-market to enterprise | SMB to enterprise (companies, public sector, photographers) |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, On-premise |
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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 | free open-source licence; SaaS plans by workspaces, storage and request quotas (from €169/month); services packs |
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| Public pricing | No | Yes |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, OIDC |
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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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| Official MCP server | YesMCP Server for Acquia DAM, read-only | No |
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| API base URL | https://api.widencollective.com/v2 | Phrasea: https://api-databox.{domain}/ · Phraseanet: https://{host}/api/v3/ |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, Personal token | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 password, API key |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth: non-expiring, or 8 h access + 6-month single-use refresh | Phrasea: Keycloak realm setting (Not public); Phraseanet v1: tokens do not expire |
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| Rate limit | 50 req/s per access token (HTTP 429); monthly call allowance by plan | Phraseanet v1: none; Phrasea SaaS plans: 5-40 concurrent requests + request quotas |
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| Pagination | offset (limit max 100, offset max 10,000) or scroll_id for large sets | Phrasea: page + limit (max 100); Phraseanet v3: offset/limit or page/per_page (max 100) |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed, 9 asset events, optional HMAC signing; retries Not public | Phrasea: admin-managed entity events, unsigned; Phraseanet: per OAuth app, 17 events |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1: v2 (78 operations) + v1 (49 operations) | OpenAPI 3.1.0 Databox (239 ops) + Expose (37 ops); Phraseanet v3 OpenAPI 3.0.3 (7 ops) |
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| Official SDKs | TypeScript/JavaScript (official, npm acquia-dam-sdk) | Phraseanet PHP SDK (last release 2021); no official Phrasea SDK |
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