| Vendor | Frontify AG | Tenovos Corporation |
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| HQ | Switzerland (St. Gallen) | USA (New York, NY) |
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| Founded | 2013 | 2018 |
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| Ownership | independent, VC-backed (Revaia, EQT Ventures, Blossom Capital, HighSage Ventures, Tenderloin Ventures) | independent, VC-backed (S4S Ventures, BDMI, Progress Ventures, Revel Partners, Dublin Capital Partners, UCIG) |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU | Not public |
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| Pricing model | quote-only, monthly-active-user (MAU) based with six-month averaging | quote-only (demo request); Tenovos Glass also listed on AWS Marketplace |
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| SSO | SAML, OIDC | Not public |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, TISAX, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA, Microsoft SSPA | SOC2 |
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| Analyst coverage | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Challenger · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Contender | IDC MarketScape Worldwide Intelligent DAM 2024: Leader · Forrester Wave DAM for Customer Experience Q1 2022: Strong Performer |
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| API style (overview) | GraphQL | REST |
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| OpenAPI spec | No | Yes |
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| Official MCP server | YesFrontify MCP Server, hosted, tool packs; beta | No |
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| API base URL | https://{tenant}/graphql | https://api.tenovos.io/v1 (v1.5, all customers); UAT: https://api.uat.tenovos.io/v1 |
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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 | API key, JWT, OAuth 2.0 authorization code |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth 1 week-3 months (configurable); single-use refresh; dev tokens up to 1 year | Access token 1 h; refresh token usable up to 30 days |
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| Rate limit | 2,500 requests per 5-min rolling window; HTTP 429; query complexity cap | Not documented; x-ratelimit-limit 60000 / reset 60 seen on a 401 (observed) |
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| Pagination | offset (page/limit, default 25, max 100); cursor for searchAssets | offset from/limit (max 100, search window 10,000); cursor scan for deep paging |
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| Webhooks (API) | API-managed (GraphQL), asset events only, HMAC-SHA256 signed, 10 retries | API- or admin-UI-managed; HMAC-SHA256 signed; 8 attempts with back-off |
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| API spec | GraphQL SDL per member (no downloadable schema; assembled copy in specs/) | OpenAPI 3.0 (v1.5, 127 ops) + Content Intelligence API + webhooks OpenAPI 3.1 |
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| Official SDKs | No server-side SDK; official JS/TS Finder, Authenticator, Brand SDK | none official (Node.js training samples only) |
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