| Vendor | Frontify AG | Keepeek SAS (Papirfly group) |
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| HQ | Switzerland (St. Gallen) | France (Paris) |
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| Founded | 2013 | 2008 |
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| Ownership | independent, VC-backed (Revaia, EQT Ventures, Blossom Capital, HighSage Ventures, Tenderloin Ventures) | subsidiary of Papirfly Group (majority-owned by Verdane) |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | EU |
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| Pricing model | quote-only, monthly-active-user (MAU) based with six-month averaging | quote-only (by solutions chosen + company size), 12-month contracts, optional modules |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, TISAX, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA, Microsoft SSPA | None published |
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| Analyst coverage | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Challenger · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Contender | Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: parent Papirfly rated Contender (Keepeek not named) |
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| API style (overview) | GraphQL | REST |
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| OpenAPI spec | No | Yes |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | Custom |
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| Official MCP server | YesFrontify MCP Server, hosted, tool packs; beta | Nonot yet publicly documented |
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| API base URL | https://{tenant}/graphql | https://{tenant}.keepeek.com/api |
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| API styles | GraphQL | REST |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, Personal token | Basic auth, JWT |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth 1 week-3 months (configurable); single-use refresh; dev tokens up to 1 year | JWT lifetime set by client (exp; sample 60 s); no refresh; max Not public |
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| Rate limit | 2,500 requests per 5-min rolling window; HTTP 429; query complexity cap | Not public |
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| Pagination | offset (page/limit, default 25, max 100); cursor for searchAssets | page-based (page/size, default 20; max Not public) |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed (GraphQL), asset events only, HMAC-SHA256 signed, 10 retries | Not in the documented API; possible via custom scripts |
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| API spec | GraphQL SDL per member (no downloadable schema; assembled copy in specs/) | Swagger 2.0 (per instance, /api/doc/swagger.json) |
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| Official SDKs | No server-side SDK; official JS/TS Finder, Authenticator, Brand SDK | None server-side; Keepicker web component (official) |
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