| Vendor | Brandworkz Ltd | MediaValet Inc. |
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| HQ | UK (London) | Canada (Vancouver, BC; US HQ Menlo Park, CA) |
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| Founded | 1997 | 2010 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Spinakr Solutions LLC (USA) | PE-backed (STG, acquired 2024-04-02; delisted from TSX) |
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| Target market | Mid-market to enterprise | Mid-market |
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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 custom configuration (unlimited users; driven by storage, modules, integrations) |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, OIDC |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, CYBER-ESSENTIALS-PLUS | SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA |
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| Analyst coverage | Real Story Group DAM vendor evaluations: covered since 2014 · G2 DAM High Performer (Spring 2019) | G2 DAM Grid Report Spring 2026: Leader (vendor-reported) |
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| OpenAPI spec | No | Partial |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Unknown | Yes |
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| API base URL | {api_url}/v{api_version}/{client_id}/… (resolved via api.brandworkz.com/getAPIURL) | https://api.mediavalet.com |
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| Authentication | oauth2-password, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, API key | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, oauth2-password, API key |
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| Token lifetime | expires_in 1,200 s (20 min) in the doc example; refresh_token grant | Access token 1 h (expires_in 3600); auth code 60 s; refresh lifetime not published |
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| Rate limit | Not public | Daily request quota on Developer Plan, higher on Enterprise; figures not public |
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| Pagination | simpleSearch from/size (default 50, max 500); start/numberOfResults, limit/offset | offset/count query params (count default 50); TotalRecordsFound in envelope |
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| Webhooks (API) | Unknown (only a webhookId parameter on importAsset) | SkyHOOK: API-managed, CloudEvents 1.0, 8 events, webhook or Azure Event Grid |
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| API spec | Postman collections: API v1.6 (159 requests) + Essentials API (5 requests) | Postman collection (362 requests) + APIM operation lists; OpenAPI exports lack paths |
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| Official SDKs | none official; assetInsert JS examples on GitHub | None official (C# upload sample on GitHub) |
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