| Vendor | Esko (MediaBeacon product line) | Alchemy |
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| HQ | Belgium (Esko HQ, Ghent); MediaBeacon originated in Minneapolis, MN (USA) | France (Paris) |
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| Founded | 1989 | 1996 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Esko, part of Veralto (NYSE VLTO) since 2023-09-30 | independent (privately held French SARL) |
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| Target market | Enterprise | SMB to enterprise (companies, public sector, photographers) |
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| Pricing model | quote-only (vendor cloud subscription or on-premise licence) | 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, LDAP | SAML, OIDC |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q2 2018: Strong Performer | Not public |
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| OpenAPI spec | No | Yes |
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| Webhooks (overview) | No | Yes |
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| API base URL | https://{tenant}/wf/restapi/v2/{endpoint} | Phrasea: https://api-databox.{domain}/ · Phraseanet: https://{host}/api/v3/ |
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| Authentication | API key, Basic auth, Session login | 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 | API keys permanent by default; expiring keys can be created from workflows | 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 index (pageIndex + pageSize, default 100) on search endpoints | Phrasea: page + limit (max 100); Phraseanet v3: offset/limit or page/per_page (max 100) |
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| Webhooks (API) | none; server-side workflow triggers on asset events instead | Phrasea: admin-managed entity events, unsigned; Phraseanet: per OAuth app, 17 events |
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| API spec | none public (JSDoc / Javadoc HTML reference only) | 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; server-side Workflow JS API and browser Client JS API | Phraseanet PHP SDK (last release 2021); no official Phrasea SDK |
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