| Vendor | Frontify AG | Hyland Software |
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| HQ | Switzerland (St. Gallen) | USA (Westlake, Ohio; Nuxeo historically New York and Paris) |
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| Founded | 2013 | 2000 |
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| Ownership | independent, VC-backed (Revaia, EQT Ventures, Blossom Capital, HighSage Ventures, Tenderloin Ventures) | subsidiary of Hyland Software (Thoma Bravo portfolio company) |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, Private cloud, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | US, EU, APAC |
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| Pricing model | quote-only, monthly-active-user (MAU) based with six-month averaging | quote-only (Nuxeo Cloud subscriptions with Standard/Enhanced service levels; AWS Marketplace private offers) |
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| SSO | SAML, OIDC | SAML, OIDC, cas, kerberos |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, TISAX, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA, Microsoft SSPA | SOC 2 Type 2 |
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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: Contender (per trade press) · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2024: Strong Performer · Omdia Universe DAM 2023: Leader · Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q4 2019: Strong Performer (as Nuxeo) · Gartner MQ Content Services Platforms 2017-2020: Visionary (as Nuxeo) |
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| API style (overview) | GraphQL | REST, webdav |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | No |
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| Official MCP server | YesFrontify MCP Server, hosted, tool packs; beta | YesNuxeo MCP Server, open source in the nuxeo GitHub org, self-hosted, v0.1.0; support level Unknown |
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| API base URL | https://{tenant}/graphql | https://{host}/nuxeo/api/v1 |
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| API styles | GraphQL | REST, WebDAV |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, Personal token | Basic auth, Personal token, JWT, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, OAuth 2.0 client credentials |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth 1 week-3 months (configurable); single-use refresh; dev tokens up to 1 year | OAuth2 access ~1 h (expires_in 3599 in docs) + refresh token; login tokens: Not public |
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| Rate limit | 2,500 requests per 5-min rolling window; HTTP 429; query complexity cap | Not public (no throttling documented; Nuxeo Cloud reports API activity monthly) |
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| Pagination | offset (page/limit, default 25, max 100); cursor for searchAssets | offset (currentPageIndex/pageSize/offset; pageSize max 1,000 by default) |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed (GraphQL), asset events only, HMAC-SHA256 signed, 10 retries | none native (server-side event listeners; Zapier add-on notification hooks) |
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| API spec | GraphQL SDL per member (no downloadable schema; assembled copy in specs/) | none static; runtime Swagger 1.2 explorer via optional, unmaintained add-on |
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| Official SDKs | No server-side SDK; official JS/TS Finder, Authenticator, Brand SDK | Java, JavaScript, Python (official); PHP partial; .NET archived |
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