| Vendor | Keepeek SAS (Papirfly group) | IgniteTech (Ignite Enterprise Software Solutions); product line from Northplains Systems |
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| HQ | France (Paris) | United States (IgniteTech, Austin, TX); Northplains originated in Toronto, Canada |
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| Founded | 2008 | 1994 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Papirfly Group (majority-owned by Verdane) | subsidiary of IgniteTech (ESW Capital group) since the Q1 2021 Aclate merger |
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| Deployment | SaaS, On-premise | On-premise |
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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 | quote-only (server licence plus IgniteTech support subscription) |
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| SSO | SAML, OIDC | SAML, LDAP |
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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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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Custom | No |
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| Official MCP server | Nonot yet publicly documented | No |
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| API base URL | https://{tenant}.keepeek.com/api | No public REST base; CGIs at https://{tenant}/webnative/, Portal at https://{portal}/PORTAL/ |
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| Authentication | Basic auth, JWT | Basic auth, session |
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| Token lifetime | JWT lifetime set by client (exp; sample 60 s); no refresh; max Not public | N/A (no tokens documented; Portal uses server-side sessions) |
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| Pagination | page-based (page/size, default 20; max Not public) | Not public (Portal pages via page=; portalDI search has a max-results setting) |
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| Webhooks (API) | Not in the documented API; possible via custom scripts | none; server-side Trigger Sets run built-in or custom Actions on events |
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| API spec | Swagger 2.0 (per instance, /api/doc/swagger.json) | none public (Guide to Development APIs, last v17.7, behind partner login) |
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| Official SDKs | None server-side; Keepicker web component (official) | none public; legacy Developer Program SDK licence for integrators |
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