| Vendor | Brandworkz Ltd | Esko (MediaBeacon product line) |
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| HQ | UK (London) | Belgium (Esko HQ, Ghent); MediaBeacon originated in Minneapolis, MN (USA) |
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| Founded | 1997 | 1989 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Spinakr Solutions LLC (USA) | subsidiary of Esko, part of Veralto (NYSE VLTO) since 2023-09-30 |
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| Target market | Mid-market to enterprise | Enterprise |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | EU, US | Not public |
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| Pricing model | per-user plan tiers (free Essentials; Core, Professional, Enterprise quote-only), unlimited storage | quote-only (vendor cloud subscription or on-premise licence) |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, LDAP |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, CYBER-ESSENTIALS-PLUS | None published |
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| Analyst coverage | Real Story Group DAM vendor evaluations: covered since 2014 · G2 DAM High Performer (Spring 2019) | Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q2 2018: Strong Performer |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Unknown | No |
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| API base URL | {api_url}/v{api_version}/{client_id}/… (resolved via api.brandworkz.com/getAPIURL) | https://{tenant}/wf/restapi/v2/{endpoint} |
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| Authentication | oauth2-password, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, API key | API key, Basic auth, session |
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| Token lifetime | expires_in 1,200 s (20 min) in the doc example; refresh_token grant | API keys permanent by default; expiring keys can be created from workflows |
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| Pagination | simpleSearch from/size (default 50, max 500); start/numberOfResults, limit/offset | page index (pageIndex + pageSize, default 100) on search endpoints |
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| Webhooks (API) | Unknown (only a webhookId parameter on importAsset) | none; server-side workflow triggers on asset events instead |
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| API spec | Postman collections: API v1.6 (159 requests) + Essentials API (5 requests) | none public (JSDoc / Javadoc HTML reference only) |
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| Official SDKs | none official; assetInsert JS examples on GitHub | none official; server-side Workflow JS API and browser Client JS API |
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