| Vendor | IntelligenceBank Pty Ltd | Alchemy |
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| HQ | Australia (Melbourne, VIC) | France (Paris) |
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| Founded | 2009 | 1996 |
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| Ownership | PE-backed (Five Elms Capital growth investment, 2021; stake size Not public) | independent (privately held French SARL) |
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| Target market | Mid-market to enterprise (regulated industries) | SMB to enterprise (companies, public sector, photographers) |
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| Deployment | SaaS, Private cloud | SaaS, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | US, Canada, UK, Australia | Not public |
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| Pricing model | quote-based packages (users, storage, modules); DAM from USD 567/month billed annually | free open-source licence; SaaS plans by workspaces, storage and request quotas (from €169/month); services packs |
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| Public pricing | No | Yes |
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| SSO | SAML | SAML, OIDC |
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| Analyst coverage | G2 Leader, Digital Asset Management (vendor claim) | Not public |
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| OpenAPI spec | No | Yes |
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| Webhooks (overview) | No | Yes |
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| Official MCP server | Noonly a documentation-lookup MCP server on GitHub | No |
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| API base URL | {apiV3url}/api/3.0.1/{clientid}/… (apiV3url returned at login) | Phrasea: https://api-databox.{domain}/ · Phraseanet: https://{host}/api/v3/ |
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| Authentication | Session login, OAuth 2.0 client credentials | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 password, API key |
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| Token lifetime | sid: user session length; OAuth access token 15 min (Beta) | Phrasea: Keycloak realm setting (Not public); Phraseanet v1: tokens do not expire |
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| Rate limit | 600 calls/min per user (1,800 in collection overview); call allowance per site | Phraseanet v1: none; Phrasea SaaS plans: 5-40 concurrent requests + request quotas |
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| Pagination | offset in path: .limit(offset,n), n max 100, default 10; count returned | Phrasea: page + limit (max 100); Phraseanet v3: offset/limit or page/per_page (max 100) |
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| Webhooks (API) | None documented; Zapier app triggers (21) as workaround | Phrasea: admin-managed entity events, unsigned; Phraseanet: per OAuth app, 17 events |
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| API spec | Postman collection v2.0.0 (146 requests) + legacy v2 collection; no OpenAPI | OpenAPI 3.1.0 Databox (239 ops) + Expose (37 ops); Phraseanet v3 OpenAPI 3.0.3 (7 ops) |
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| Official SDKs | None official; npm UI component libs for integrations; doc-only MCP server repo | Phraseanet PHP SDK (last release 2021); no official Phrasea SDK |
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