| Vendor | Smartsheet Inc. (Brandfolder by Smartsheet) | Orange Logic |
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| HQ | USA (Brandfolder founded in Denver, CO; parent Smartsheet in Bellevue, WA) | USA (Irvine, CA) |
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| Founded | 2012 | 1998 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Smartsheet (itself PE-owned by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners since 2025-01-22) | PE-backed (Bregal Sagemount strategic growth investment, 2023; stake not disclosed) |
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| Target market | Mid-market | Enterprise |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | Not public |
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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; packaged by team and module ("For Teams", 2026) |
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| Certifications | SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, CSA STAR, TX-RAMP, PCI DSS |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Contender (Smartsheet/Brandfolder, per CMSWire) | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Leader · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Leader · Frost Radar DAM 2025: Leader |
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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | Partial |
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| Official MCP server | No | Yeshosted MCP server at /mcp per instance, asset search only |
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| API base URL | https://brandfolder.com/api/v4 | https://{tenant}/ (/webapi, /api, /API/DataTable) |
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| Authentication | API key | OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, Personal token |
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| Token lifetime | Not public (no expiry, rotation or refresh documented) | Client credentials 2 h (example); auth-code access 24 h, refresh 30 d |
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| Rate limit | Not public; HTTP 429 per API key | Not public |
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| Pagination | page-based (page/per, default 100, max 3,000) | page-based (pagenumber/countperpage, default 100; max Not public) |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed, per Brandfolder, 3 asset events, up to 15 retries, no signature | API-managed, HMAC-signed (opt-in), up to 5 retries |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.3 (45 paths / 73 operations) | OpenAPI 3.1 (44 per-endpoint files); full Swagger behind login |
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| Official SDKs | Python, PHP (inactive), Panel UI SDK (official) | None server-side; Content Browser SDK (JS/React, official) |
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