| Vendor | Adobe Inc. | Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) Limited (Storyteq brand) |
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| HQ | USA (San Jose, California) | United Kingdom (ITG, Birmingham); Storyteq originated in Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Founded | 1982 | 2016 |
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| Ownership | public (NASDAQ: ADBE) | subsidiary of Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), PE-backed (Bridgepoint majority since 2022; Equistone minority) |
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| Deployment | SaaS, Private cloud, On-premise | SaaS |
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| Hosting regions | Not public | EU, US, 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 (Enterprise and Professional editions, standalone products; implementation fee + annual licence, licensed by user tiers) |
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| SSO | SAML | Not public |
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| Certifications | HIPAA-ready, CMMC L2 | None published |
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| Analyst coverage | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Leader · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Leader | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2026: Leader (vendor claim) · Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Leader (vendor claim) · Gartner MQ Content Marketing Platforms 2026: Leader (vendor claim) · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2024: Strong Performer |
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| OpenAPI spec | Partial | Yes |
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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 | NoAgent Console uses internal MCP servers for its own agents; no customer-facing MCP server documented |
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| API base URL | https://author-p{program}-e{env}.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets | https://enterprise.api.storyteq.com/cmp/v2 (CMP V2); https://api.{region}.storyteq.com/v4 (CA) |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, JWT | OAuth 2.0 password, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, API key |
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| Token lifetime | ~24 h (IMS access token, expires_in; refresh rules for user flows Unknown) | Not public (token response has expires_in; refresh_token grant supported) |
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| Rate limit | Not public (429 + exponential backoff; thresholds via support ticket) | CMP V2: 5,000 requests/min and 500,000/month per account |
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| Pagination | cursor (limit 1-50 + opaque cursor) | offset (listing-offset + listing-limit 20/50/100); v4 media lists 50 per page |
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| Webhooks (API) | Adobe I/O Events: webhook (RSA-SHA256 signed), journal, EventBridge | Asset events set up by App Support (API key, batched, 5 retries); v4 render callbacks |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.3 (6 archived spec files, 2026.07) | OpenAPI 3.1: CMP V2 (36 ops) + Storyteq API v4 (5 ops, 5 webhooks) |
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| Official SDKs | No generated SDK; Node.js upload/events libs and Java AEM SDK (official) | none official (archived, incomplete PHP client for v4) |
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