| Vendor | Portfolio DAM, LLC (Axle AI) | Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) Limited (Storyteq brand) |
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| HQ | USA (Woburn, MA) | United Kingdom (ITG, Birmingham); Storyteq originated in Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Founded | 2026 | 2016 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Axle AI, Inc. (acquired from Extensis/Monotype, 2026-03-09) | subsidiary of Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), PE-backed (Bridgepoint majority since 2022; Equistone minority) |
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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 | EU, US, APAC |
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| Pricing model | subscription by seats, asset limit and add-on modules; quote-based | quote-only (Enterprise and Professional editions, standalone products; implementation fee + annual licence, licensed by user tiers) |
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| SSO | LDAP, kerberos | Not public |
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| Analyst coverage | Not public | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2026: Leader (vendor claim) · Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Leader (vendor claim) · Gartner MQ Content Marketing Platforms 2026: Leader (vendor claim) · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2024: Strong Performer |
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| API style (overview) | REST, SOAP | REST |
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| Webhooks (overview) | No | Yes |
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| Official MCP server | No | NoAgent Console uses internal MCP servers for its own agents; no customer-facing MCP server documented |
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| API base URL | http(s)://{server}:8090/api/v1 (HTTPS on 9443); self-hosted | https://enterprise.api.storyteq.com/cmp/v2 (CMP V2); https://api.{region}.storyteq.com/v4 (CA) |
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| API styles | REST, SOAP | REST |
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| Authentication | Session login, API key | OAuth 2.0 password, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, API key |
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| Token lifetime | Session expires on inactivity (duration Not public); API Token never times out | Not public (token response has expires_in; refresh_token grant supported) |
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| Rate limit | Not public (self-hosted server; no documented throttle) | CMP V2: 5,000 requests/min and 500,000/month per account |
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| Pagination | offset (startingIndex + pageSize, default 1,000) | offset (listing-offset + listing-limit 20/50/100); v4 media lists 50 per page |
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| Webhooks (API) | none; server-side JavaScript event scripts (no longer actively supported) | Asset events set up by App Support (API key, batched, 5 retries); v4 render callbacks |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1 (63 paths / 73 operations, 2018) + deprecated SOAP WSDL | OpenAPI 3.1: CMP V2 (36 ops) + Storyteq API v4 (5 ops, 5 webhooks) |
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| Official SDKs | none current; legacy SOAP sample clients (Java, C#, PHP) | none official (archived, incomplete PHP client for v4) |
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