| Vendor | Portfolio DAM, LLC (Axle AI) | IgniteTech (Ignite Enterprise Software Solutions); product line from Northplains Systems |
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| HQ | USA (Woburn, MA) | United States (IgniteTech, Austin, TX); Northplains originated in Toronto, Canada |
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| Founded | 2026 | 1994 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Axle AI, Inc. (acquired from Extensis/Monotype, 2026-03-09) | subsidiary of IgniteTech (ESW Capital group) since the Q1 2021 Aclate merger |
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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 | On-premise |
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| Pricing model | subscription by seats, asset limit and add-on modules; quote-based | quote-only (server licence plus IgniteTech support subscription) |
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| SSO | LDAP, kerberos | SAML, LDAP |
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| API style (overview) | REST, SOAP | REST |
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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | No |
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| API base URL | http(s)://{server}:8090/api/v1 (HTTPS on 9443); self-hosted | No public REST base; CGIs at https://{tenant}/webnative/, Portal at https://{portal}/PORTAL/ |
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| API styles | REST, SOAP | REST |
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| Authentication | session, API key | Basic auth, session |
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| Token lifetime | Session expires on inactivity (duration Not public); API Token never times out | N/A (no tokens documented; Portal uses server-side sessions) |
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| Rate limit | Not public (self-hosted server; no documented throttle) | Not public |
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| Pagination | offset (startingIndex + pageSize, default 1,000) | Not public (Portal pages via page=; portalDI search has a max-results setting) |
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| Webhooks (API) | none; server-side JavaScript event scripts (no longer actively supported) | none; server-side Trigger Sets run built-in or custom Actions on events |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.0.1 (63 paths / 73 operations, 2018) + deprecated SOAP WSDL | none public (Guide to Development APIs, last v17.7, behind partner login) |
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| Official SDKs | none current; legacy SOAP sample clients (Java, C#, PHP) | none public; legacy Developer Program SDK licence for integrators |
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