| Vendor | Acquia | Montala Limited |
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| HQ | USA (Boston, MA; DAM team rooted in Madison, WI) | UK (Watchfield, Oxfordshire) |
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| Founded | 2007 | 2006 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Acquia (majority-owned by Vista Equity Partners) | independent (100% employee-owned via an Employee Ownership Trust since 2020-10) |
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| Target market | Mid-market to enterprise | Mid-market |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | UK |
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| Pricing model | quote-only tiers (Workgroup, Mid-Market, Enterprise) + add-ons | free open-source software (BSD-style licence); paid annual hosting + support packages (4 public tiers) |
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| Public pricing | No | Yes |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, LDAP |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA-ready, GDPR | ISO 27001 |
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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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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | PartialAPI Webhooks plugin: user-triggered outbound POST buttons, no event subscriptions |
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| Official MCP server | YesMCP Server for Acquia DAM, read-only | NoMCP API interface on the official 11.1 roadmap, planned 2027-02-23, status Scoping; unreleased prototype in a public SVN branch |
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| API base URL | https://api.widencollective.com/v2 | https://{host}/api/ |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, Personal token | API key, Session login |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth: non-expiring, or 8 h access + 6-month single-use refresh | User key: no expiry documented; session key tied to login session |
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| Rate limit | 50 req/s per access token (HTTP 429); monthly call allowance by plan | None documented (API throttling on the 11.2 roadmap, not yet scheduled) |
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| Pagination | offset (limit max 100, offset max 10,000) or scroll_id for large sets | offset (do_search fetchrows "offset,limit" returns total + data; offset param) |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed, 9 asset events, optional HMAC signing; retries Not public | none (API Webhooks plugin = user-triggered outbound POST buttons) |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1: v2 (78 operations) + v1 (49 operations) | none published (KB-described per-instance OpenAPI generator absent from 11.0 code) |
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| Official SDKs | TypeScript/JavaScript (official, npm acquia-dam-sdk) | none official (built-in API test tool generates PHP and cURL code) |
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