| Vendor | Esko (MediaBeacon product line) | Pimcore GmbH |
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| HQ | Belgium (Esko HQ, Ghent); MediaBeacon originated in Minneapolis, MN (USA) | Austria (Salzburg) |
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| Founded | 1989 | 2013 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Esko, part of Veralto (NYSE VLTO) since 2023-09-30 | independent (venture-backed; Series B led by Nordwind Growth, 2022) |
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| Target market | Enterprise | Mid-market, enterprise |
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| Deployment | SaaS, On-premise | On-premise, Private cloud, PaaS |
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| Pricing model | quote-only (vendor cloud subscription or on-premise licence) | annual subscription per edition (no per-user fees); Community free below EUR/USD 5M revenue; PaaS tiers |
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| Public pricing | No | Yes |
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| SSO | SAML, LDAP | OIDC |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q2 2018: Strong Performer | Gartner MQ PIM 2026: Visionary (vendor-reported) · Gartner MQ MDM 2026: Niche Player · Gartner MQ DXP 2025: included (placement not stated) · Gartner Peer Insights VoC DXP 2024: Customers' Choice |
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| API style (overview) | REST | REST, GraphQL, webdav |
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| OpenAPI spec | No | Partial |
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| Webhooks (overview) | No | YesDatahub Webhooks, Enterprise edition only |
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| Official MCP server | No | Yesself-hosted, experimental: Datahub Simple REST MCP endpoint (Enterprise) and Pimcore Agent MCP tool groups |
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| API base URL | https://{tenant}/wf/restapi/v2/{endpoint} | https://{host}/pimcore-graphql-webservices/{config} · https://{host}/pimcore-studio/api |
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| API styles | REST | REST, GraphQL, WebDAV |
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| Authentication | API key, Basic auth, Session login | API key, Session login, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, Personal token |
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| Token lifetime | API keys permanent by default; expiring keys can be created from workflows | OAuth 2.1 (experimental): access 1 h, refresh 30 days (defaults); API keys static |
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| Rate limit | Not public | Studio API 500 req/min per IP, MCP 3,000/min (defaults, configurable); Datahub: none documented |
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| Pagination | page index (pageIndex + pageSize, default 100) on search endpoints | GraphQL first/after offset; Studio page/pageSize; Simple REST page_cursor (search_after) |
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| Webhooks (API) | none; server-side workflow triggers on asset events instead | Datahub Webhooks (Enterprise): UI-configured, custom headers, no signature, one attempt |
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| API spec | none public (JSDoc / Javadoc HTML reference only) | OpenAPI 3.1 for Studio API on GitHub (POCL, not archived); GraphQL schema per endpoint |
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| Official SDKs | none official; server-side Workflow JS API and browser Client JS API | none official (PHP API in-process; Studio UI SDK for plugins) |
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