| Vendor | Portfolio DAM, LLC (Axle AI) | MediaValet Inc. |
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| HQ | USA (Woburn, MA) | Canada (Vancouver, BC; US HQ Menlo Park, CA) |
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| Founded | 2026 | 2010 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Axle AI, Inc. (acquired from Extensis/Monotype, 2026-03-09) | PE-backed (STG, acquired 2024-04-02; delisted from TSX) |
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| Target market | SMB to enterprise workgroups (on-premise, archives, creative and print teams) | Mid-market |
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| Deployment | On-premise, Private cloud | SaaS |
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| Pricing model | subscription by seats, asset limit and add-on modules; quote-based | quote-only custom configuration (unlimited users; driven by storage, modules, integrations) |
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| SSO | LDAP, kerberos | SAML, OIDC |
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| Certifications | None published | SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA |
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| Analyst coverage | Not public | G2 DAM Grid Report Spring 2026: Leader (vendor-reported) |
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| API style (overview) | REST, SOAP | REST |
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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | Partial |
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| Webhooks (overview) | No | Yes |
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| API base URL | http(s)://{server}:8090/api/v1 (HTTPS on 9443); self-hosted | https://api.mediavalet.com |
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| API styles | REST, SOAP | REST |
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| Authentication | session, API key | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, oauth2-password, API key |
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| Token lifetime | Session expires on inactivity (duration Not public); API Token never times out | Access token 1 h (expires_in 3600); auth code 60 s; refresh lifetime not published |
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| Rate limit | Not public (self-hosted server; no documented throttle) | Daily request quota on Developer Plan, higher on Enterprise; figures not public |
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| Pagination | offset (startingIndex + pageSize, default 1,000) | offset/count query params (count default 50); TotalRecordsFound in envelope |
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| Webhooks (API) | none; server-side JavaScript event scripts (no longer actively supported) | SkyHOOK: API-managed, CloudEvents 1.0, 8 events, webhook or Azure Event Grid |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1 (63 paths / 73 operations, 2018) + deprecated SOAP WSDL | Postman collection (362 requests) + APIM operation lists; OpenAPI exports lack paths |
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| Official SDKs | none current; legacy SOAP sample clients (Java, C#, PHP) | None official (C# upload sample on GitHub) |
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