| Vendor | Adobe Inc. | MediaValet Inc. |
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| HQ | USA (San Jose, California) | Canada (Vancouver, BC; US HQ Menlo Park, CA) |
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| Founded | 1982 | 2010 |
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| Ownership | public (NASDAQ: ADBE) | PE-backed (STG, acquired 2024-04-02; delisted from TSX) |
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| Target market | Enterprise | Mid-market |
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| Deployment | SaaS, Private cloud, On-premise | SaaS |
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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 custom configuration (unlimited users; driven by storage, modules, integrations) |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, OIDC |
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| Certifications | HIPAA-ready, CMMC L2 | SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA |
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| Analyst coverage | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Leader · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Leader | G2 DAM Grid Report Spring 2026: Leader (vendor-reported) |
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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 | No |
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| API base URL | https://author-p{program}-e{env}.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets | https://api.mediavalet.com |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, JWT | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, oauth2-password, API key |
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| Token lifetime | ~24 h (IMS access token, expires_in; refresh rules for user flows Unknown) | Access token 1 h (expires_in 3600); auth code 60 s; refresh lifetime not published |
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| Rate limit | Not public (429 + exponential backoff; thresholds via support ticket) | Daily request quota on Developer Plan, higher on Enterprise; figures not public |
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| Pagination | cursor (limit 1-50 + opaque cursor) | offset/count query params (count default 50); TotalRecordsFound in envelope |
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| Webhooks (API) | Adobe I/O Events: webhook (RSA-SHA256 signed), journal, EventBridge | SkyHOOK: API-managed, CloudEvents 1.0, 8 events, webhook or Azure Event Grid |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.3 (6 archived spec files, 2026.07) | Postman collection (362 requests) + APIM operation lists; OpenAPI exports lack paths |
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| Official SDKs | No generated SDK; Node.js upload/events libs and Java AEM SDK (official) | None official (C# upload sample on GitHub) |
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