| Vendor | Esko (MediaBeacon product line) | Hyland Software |
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| HQ | Belgium (Esko HQ, Ghent); MediaBeacon originated in Minneapolis, MN (USA) | USA (Westlake, Ohio; Nuxeo historically New York and Paris) |
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| Founded | 1989 | 2000 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Esko, part of Veralto (NYSE VLTO) since 2023-09-30 | subsidiary of Hyland Software (Thoma Bravo portfolio company) |
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| Deployment | SaaS, On-premise | SaaS, Private cloud, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | Not public | US, EU, APAC |
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| Pricing model | quote-only (vendor cloud subscription or on-premise licence) | quote-only (Nuxeo Cloud subscriptions with Standard/Enhanced service levels; AWS Marketplace private offers) |
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| SSO | SAML, LDAP | SAML, OIDC, cas, kerberos |
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| Certifications | None published | SOC 2 Type 2 |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q2 2018: Strong Performer | 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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| Official MCP server | No | 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://{tenant}/wf/restapi/v2/{endpoint} | https://{host}/nuxeo/api/v1 |
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| API styles | REST | REST, WebDAV |
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| Authentication | API key, Basic auth, session | 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 permanent by default; expiring keys can be created from workflows | OAuth2 access ~1 h (expires_in 3599 in docs) + refresh token; login tokens: Not public |
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| Rate limit | Not public | Not public (no throttling documented; Nuxeo Cloud reports API activity monthly) |
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| Pagination | page index (pageIndex + pageSize, default 100) on search endpoints | offset (currentPageIndex/pageSize/offset; pageSize max 1,000 by default) |
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| Webhooks (API) | none; server-side workflow triggers on asset events instead | none native (server-side event listeners; Zapier add-on notification hooks) |
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| API spec | none public (JSDoc / Javadoc HTML reference only) | none static; runtime Swagger 1.2 explorer via optional, unmaintained add-on |
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| Official SDKs | none official; server-side Workflow JS API and browser Client JS API | Java, JavaScript, Python (official); PHP partial; .NET archived |
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