| Vendor | Aprimo | ImageKit Private Limited (India), with US subsidiary ImageKit Inc |
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| HQ | USA (Chicago, IL) | India (New Delhi); US entity in Newark, Delaware |
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| Founded | 1998 | 2016 |
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| Ownership | PE-backed (Marlin Equity Partners) | independent, privately held (no external funding round disclosed) |
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| Target market | Enterprise | SMB to mid-market (self-serve plans); Enterprise plans for SSO, governance and custom limits |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU, Australia | US, Canada, EU, in, sg, Australia |
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| Pricing model | quote-only, by products/modules and number of users; AI Elite add-on; contracts typically 12 months | Media Processing + DAM: Free, Lite $9/mo, Pro $89/mo plus usage overage; Enterprise quote-only; separate DAM-only plans |
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| Public pricing | No | Yes |
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| SSO | Not public | SAML |
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| Certifications | SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, FedRAMP Low | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2 |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Leader · Gartner MQ DAM 2025: Leader · Gartner MQ Marketing Work Management 2025: Leader · IDC MarketScape DAM 2024: Leader | Not public |
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| Official MCP server | YesAprimo MCP Server — DAM + PM tools, requires AI Elite license | Yes3 hosted remote servers - DAM, Admin (OAuth) and DevTools (public) |
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| API base URL | https://{tenant}.dam.aprimo.com/api/core/ | https://api.imagekit.io/v1/… (management); https://upload.imagekit.io/api/v1|v2/files/upload |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE | Basic auth, API key, JWT, OAuth 2.0 PKCE |
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| Token lifetime | Access 1-60 min per registration; refresh (PKCE only) 60 min-10 days, rotated | API keys: no expiry (rotate with 0 h to 7 d grace); client upload signature/JWT ≤ 1 h |
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| Rate limit | Per environment, shared by all clients; e.g. 15 req/s + burst 100; HTTP 429 | Burst + sustained per endpoint, HTTP 429; ~40 reads/s, 5-20 writes/s advised; Upload API unlimited |
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| Pagination | cursor (nextCursor); also skip/take, page/pageSize (max 1,000; records 100) | offset (skip/limit, max 1,000) on file listing; cursor on tag listing |
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| Webhooks (API) | DAM: UI-configured rules with HTTP POST action; PM: API webhooks, HMAC-signed | Dashboard or API, 15 event types, Standard Webhooks HMAC-SHA256, max 3 endpoints |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.2 (219 paths) + OpenAPI 3.0.1 (content, PM) + Postman | OpenAPI 3.1.0 (1 file, 60 operations), Apache-2.0 |
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| Official SDKs | None official (JS Content Selector; unsupported open-source samples) | Node.js/TS, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, .NET, PHP, JS, React, Vue, Angular, Next.js, Astro, iOS, Android |
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