| Vendor | Keepeek SAS (Papirfly group) | Alchemy |
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| Founded | 2008 | 1996 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Papirfly Group (majority-owned by Verdane) | independent (privately held French SARL) |
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| Target market | Enterprise | SMB to enterprise (companies, public sector, photographers) |
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| Hosting regions | EU | Not public |
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| Pricing model | quote-only (by solutions chosen + company size), 12-month contracts, optional modules | 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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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: parent Papirfly rated Contender (Keepeek not named) | Not public |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Custom | Yes |
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| Official MCP server | Nonot yet publicly documented | No |
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| API base URL | https://{tenant}.keepeek.com/api | Phrasea: https://api-databox.{domain}/ · Phraseanet: https://{host}/api/v3/ |
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| Authentication | Basic auth, JWT | 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 | JWT lifetime set by client (exp; sample 60 s); no refresh; max Not public | Phrasea: Keycloak realm setting (Not public); Phraseanet v1: tokens do not expire |
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| Rate limit | Not public | Phraseanet v1: none; Phrasea SaaS plans: 5-40 concurrent requests + request quotas |
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| Pagination | page-based (page/size, default 20; max Not public) | Phrasea: page + limit (max 100); Phraseanet v3: offset/limit or page/per_page (max 100) |
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| Webhooks (API) | Not in the documented API; possible via custom scripts | Phrasea: admin-managed entity events, unsigned; Phraseanet: per OAuth app, 17 events |
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| API spec | Swagger 2.0 (per instance, /api/doc/swagger.json) | 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 server-side; Keepicker web component (official) | Phraseanet PHP SDK (last release 2021); no official Phrasea SDK |
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