| Vendor | Adobe Inc. | Frontify AG |
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| HQ | USA (San Jose, California) | Switzerland (St. Gallen) |
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| Founded | 1982 | 2013 |
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| Ownership | public (NASDAQ: ADBE) | independent, VC-backed (Revaia, EQT Ventures, Blossom Capital, HighSage Ventures, Tenderloin Ventures) |
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| Deployment | SaaS, Private cloud, On-premise | SaaS |
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| Hosting regions | Not public | US, EU |
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| Pricing model | quote-only; packages Assets Prime / Assets Ultimate with user types (Limited, Collaborator, Power, Admin); Dynamic Media Prime/Ultimate add-ons (DM billed on aggregated page views/visits) | quote-only, monthly-active-user (MAU) based with six-month averaging |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, OIDC |
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| Certifications | HIPAA-ready, CMMC L2 | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, TISAX, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA, Microsoft SSPA |
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| Analyst coverage | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Leader · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Leader | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Challenger · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Contender |
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| API style (overview) | REST | GraphQL |
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| OpenAPI spec | Partial | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | YesAdobe I/O Events; AEM as a Cloud Service only | Yes |
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| Official MCP server | YesAEM MCP Server, https://mcp.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/mcp/aem | YesFrontify MCP Server, hosted, tool packs; beta |
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| API base URL | https://author-p{program}-e{env}.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets | https://{tenant}/graphql |
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| API styles | REST | GraphQL |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, JWT | OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, Personal token |
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| Token lifetime | ~24 h (IMS access token, expires_in; refresh rules for user flows Unknown) | OAuth 1 week-3 months (configurable); single-use refresh; dev tokens up to 1 year |
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| Rate limit | Not public (429 + exponential backoff; thresholds via support ticket) | 2,500 requests per 5-min rolling window; HTTP 429; query complexity cap |
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| Pagination | cursor (limit 1-50 + opaque cursor) | offset (page/limit, default 25, max 100); cursor for searchAssets |
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| Webhooks (API) | Adobe I/O Events: webhook (RSA-SHA256 signed), journal, EventBridge | API-managed (GraphQL), asset events only, HMAC-SHA256 signed, 10 retries |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.3 (6 archived spec files, 2026.07) | GraphQL SDL per member (no downloadable schema; assembled copy in specs/) |
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| Official SDKs | No generated SDK; Node.js upload/events libs and Java AEM SDK (official) | No server-side SDK; official JS/TS Finder, Authenticator, Brand SDK |
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