| Vendor | Smartsheet Inc. (Brandfolder by Smartsheet) | Hyland Software |
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| HQ | USA (Brandfolder founded in Denver, CO; parent Smartsheet in Bellevue, WA) | USA (Westlake, Ohio; Nuxeo historically New York and Paris) |
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| Founded | 2012 | 2000 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Smartsheet (itself PE-owned by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners since 2025-01-22) | subsidiary of Hyland Software (Thoma Bravo portfolio company) |
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| Target market | Mid-market | Enterprise |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, Private cloud, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | US, EU, APAC |
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| Pricing model | quote-only tiers (Core/Basic, Premium, Enterprise) + add-ons (CDN bandwidth, video streaming, Content Automation, Insights Data Connector) | 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 | SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type 2 |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Contender (Smartsheet/Brandfolder, per CMSWire) | 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 | Yes | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | No |
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| Official MCP server | No | 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://brandfolder.com/api/v4 | https://{host}/nuxeo/api/v1 |
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| API styles | REST | REST, WebDAV |
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| Authentication | API key | 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 | Not public (no expiry, rotation or refresh documented) | OAuth2 access ~1 h (expires_in 3599 in docs) + refresh token; login tokens: Not public |
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| Rate limit | Not public; HTTP 429 per API key | Not public (no throttling documented; Nuxeo Cloud reports API activity monthly) |
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| Pagination | page-based (page/per, default 100, max 3,000) | offset (currentPageIndex/pageSize/offset; pageSize max 1,000 by default) |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed, per Brandfolder, 3 asset events, up to 15 retries, no signature | none native (server-side event listeners; Zapier add-on notification hooks) |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.3 (45 paths / 73 operations) | none static; runtime Swagger 1.2 explorer via optional, unmaintained add-on |
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| Official SDKs | Python, PHP (inactive), Panel UI SDK (official) | Java, JavaScript, Python (official); PHP partial; .NET archived |
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