| Vendor | Adobe Inc. | Hyland Software |
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| HQ | USA (San Jose, California) | USA (Westlake, Ohio; Nuxeo historically New York and Paris) |
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| Founded | 1982 | 2000 |
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| Ownership | public (NASDAQ: ADBE) | subsidiary of Hyland Software (Thoma Bravo portfolio company) |
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| Hosting regions | Not public | US, EU, APAC |
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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 (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 | HIPAA-ready, CMMC L2 | SOC 2 Type 2 |
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| Analyst coverage | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Leader · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Leader | 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 | Partial | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | YesAdobe I/O Events; AEM as a Cloud Service only | No |
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| Official MCP server | YesAEM MCP Server, https://mcp.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/mcp/aem | 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://author-p{program}-e{env}.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets | https://{host}/nuxeo/api/v1 |
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| API styles | REST | REST, WebDAV |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, JWT | 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 | ~24 h (IMS access token, expires_in; refresh rules for user flows Unknown) | OAuth2 access ~1 h (expires_in 3599 in docs) + refresh token; login tokens: Not public |
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| Rate limit | Not public (429 + exponential backoff; thresholds via support ticket) | Not public (no throttling documented; Nuxeo Cloud reports API activity monthly) |
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| Pagination | cursor (limit 1-50 + opaque cursor) | offset (currentPageIndex/pageSize/offset; pageSize max 1,000 by default) |
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| Webhooks (API) | Adobe I/O Events: webhook (RSA-SHA256 signed), journal, EventBridge | none native (server-side event listeners; Zapier add-on notification hooks) |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.3 (6 archived spec files, 2026.07) | none static; runtime Swagger 1.2 explorer via optional, unmaintained add-on |
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| Official SDKs | No generated SDK; Node.js upload/events libs and Java AEM SDK (official) | Java, JavaScript, Python (official); PHP partial; .NET archived |
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