| Vendor | Portfolio DAM, LLC (Axle AI) | Frontify AG |
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| HQ | USA (Woburn, MA) | Switzerland (St. Gallen) |
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| Founded | 2026 | 2013 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Axle AI, Inc. (acquired from Extensis/Monotype, 2026-03-09) | independent, VC-backed (Revaia, EQT Ventures, Blossom Capital, HighSage Ventures, Tenderloin Ventures) |
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| Target market | SMB to enterprise workgroups (on-premise, archives, creative and print teams) | Enterprise |
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| Deployment | On-premise, Private cloud | SaaS |
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| Hosting regions | Not public | US, EU |
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| Pricing model | subscription by seats, asset limit and add-on modules; quote-based | quote-only, monthly-active-user (MAU) based with six-month averaging |
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| SSO | LDAP, kerberos | SAML, OIDC |
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| Certifications | None published | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, TISAX, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA, Microsoft SSPA |
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| Analyst coverage | Not public | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Challenger · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Contender |
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| API style (overview) | REST, SOAP | GraphQL |
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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | No | Yes |
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| Official MCP server | No | YesFrontify MCP Server, hosted, tool packs; beta |
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| API base URL | http(s)://{server}:8090/api/v1 (HTTPS on 9443); self-hosted | https://{tenant}/graphql |
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| API styles | REST, SOAP | GraphQL |
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| Authentication | session, API key | OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, Personal token |
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| Token lifetime | Session expires on inactivity (duration Not public); API Token never times out | OAuth 1 week-3 months (configurable); single-use refresh; dev tokens up to 1 year |
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| Rate limit | Not public (self-hosted server; no documented throttle) | 2,500 requests per 5-min rolling window; HTTP 429; query complexity cap |
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| Pagination | offset (startingIndex + pageSize, default 1,000) | offset (page/limit, default 25, max 100); cursor for searchAssets |
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| Webhooks (API) | none; server-side JavaScript event scripts (no longer actively supported) | API-managed (GraphQL), asset events only, HMAC-SHA256 signed, 10 retries |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1 (63 paths / 73 operations, 2018) + deprecated SOAP WSDL | GraphQL SDL per member (no downloadable schema; assembled copy in specs/) |
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| Official SDKs | none current; legacy SOAP sample clients (Java, C#, PHP) | No server-side SDK; official JS/TS Finder, Authenticator, Brand SDK |
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