| Vendor | ImageKit Private Limited (India), with US subsidiary ImageKit Inc | Hyland Software |
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| HQ | India (New Delhi); US entity in Newark, Delaware | USA (Westlake, Ohio; Nuxeo historically New York and Paris) |
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| Founded | 2016 | 2000 |
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| Ownership | independent, privately held (no external funding round disclosed) | subsidiary of Hyland Software (Thoma Bravo portfolio company) |
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| Target market | SMB to mid-market (self-serve plans); Enterprise plans for SSO, governance and custom limits | Enterprise |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, Private cloud, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | US, Canada, EU, in, sg, Australia | US, EU, APAC |
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| Pricing model | Media Processing + DAM: Free, Lite $9/mo, Pro $89/mo plus usage overage; Enterprise quote-only; separate DAM-only plans | quote-only (Nuxeo Cloud subscriptions with Standard/Enhanced service levels; AWS Marketplace private offers) |
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| Public pricing | Yes | No |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, OIDC, cas, kerberos |
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| Certifications | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2 | SOC 2 Type 2 |
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| Analyst coverage | Not public | 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) | REST | REST, webdav |
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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | No |
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| Official MCP server | Yes3 hosted remote servers - DAM, Admin (OAuth) and DevTools (public) | 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://api.imagekit.io/v1/… (management); https://upload.imagekit.io/api/v1|v2/files/upload | https://{host}/nuxeo/api/v1 |
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| API styles | REST | REST, WebDAV |
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| Authentication | Basic auth, API key, JWT, OAuth 2.0 PKCE | 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 | API keys: no expiry (rotate with 0 h to 7 d grace); client upload signature/JWT ≤ 1 h | OAuth2 access ~1 h (expires_in 3599 in docs) + refresh token; login tokens: Not public |
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| Rate limit | Burst + sustained per endpoint, HTTP 429; ~40 reads/s, 5-20 writes/s advised; Upload API unlimited | Not public (no throttling documented; Nuxeo Cloud reports API activity monthly) |
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| Pagination | offset (skip/limit, max 1,000) on file listing; cursor on tag listing | offset (currentPageIndex/pageSize/offset; pageSize max 1,000 by default) |
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| Webhooks (API) | Dashboard or API, 15 event types, Standard Webhooks HMAC-SHA256, max 3 endpoints | none native (server-side event listeners; Zapier add-on notification hooks) |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.1.0 (1 file, 60 operations), Apache-2.0 | none static; runtime Swagger 1.2 explorer via optional, unmaintained add-on |
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| Official SDKs | Node.js/TS, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, .NET, PHP, JS, React, Vue, Angular, Next.js, Astro, iOS, Android | Java, JavaScript, Python (official); PHP partial; .NET archived |
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