| Vendor | Brandworkz Ltd | Alchemy |
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| HQ | UK (London) | France (Paris) |
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| Founded | 1997 | 1996 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Spinakr Solutions LLC (USA) | independent (privately held French SARL) |
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| Target market | Mid-market to enterprise | SMB to enterprise (companies, public sector, photographers) |
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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 | free open-source licence; SaaS plans by workspaces, storage and request quotas (from €169/month); services packs |
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| Public pricing | No | Yes |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, OIDC |
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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) | Not public |
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| OpenAPI spec | No | Yes |
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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) | Phrasea: https://api-databox.{domain}/ · Phraseanet: https://{host}/api/v3/ |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 password, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, API key | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 password, API key |
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| Token lifetime | expires_in 1,200 s (20 min) in the doc example; refresh_token grant | Phrasea: Keycloak realm setting (Not public); Phraseanet v1: tokens do not expire |
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| Rate limit | Not public | Phraseanet v1: none; Phrasea SaaS plans: 5-40 concurrent requests + request quotas |
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| Pagination | simpleSearch from/size (default 50, max 500); start/numberOfResults, limit/offset | Phrasea: page + limit (max 100); Phraseanet v3: offset/limit or page/per_page (max 100) |
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| Webhooks (API) | Unknown (only a webhookId parameter on importAsset) | Phrasea: admin-managed entity events, unsigned; Phraseanet: per OAuth app, 17 events |
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| API spec | Postman collections: API v1.6 (159 requests) + Essentials API (5 requests) | OpenAPI 3.1.0 Databox (239 ops) + Expose (37 ops); Phraseanet v3 OpenAPI 3.0.3 (7 ops) |
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| Official SDKs | none official; assetInsert JS examples on GitHub | Phraseanet PHP SDK (last release 2021); no official Phrasea SDK |
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