| Vendor | Esko (MediaBeacon product line) | Montala Limited |
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| HQ | Belgium (Esko HQ, Ghent); MediaBeacon originated in Minneapolis, MN (USA) | UK (Watchfield, Oxfordshire) |
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| Founded | 1989 | 2006 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Esko, part of Veralto (NYSE VLTO) since 2023-09-30 | independent (100% employee-owned via an Employee Ownership Trust since 2020-10) |
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| Target market | Enterprise | Mid-market |
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| Hosting regions | Not public | UK |
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| Pricing model | quote-only (vendor cloud subscription or on-premise licence) | free open-source software (BSD-style licence); paid annual hosting + support packages (4 public tiers) |
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| Public pricing | No | Yes |
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| Certifications | None published | ISO 27001 |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q2 2018: Strong Performer | Not public |
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| Webhooks (overview) | No | PartialAPI Webhooks plugin: user-triggered outbound POST buttons, no event subscriptions |
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| Official MCP server | No | NoMCP API interface on the official 11.1 roadmap, planned 2027-02-23, status Scoping; unreleased prototype in a public SVN branch |
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| API base URL | https://{tenant}/wf/restapi/v2/{endpoint} | https://{host}/api/ |
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| Authentication | API key, Basic auth, Session login | API key, Session login |
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| Token lifetime | API keys permanent by default; expiring keys can be created from workflows | User key: no expiry documented; session key tied to login session |
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| Rate limit | Not public | None documented (API throttling on the 11.2 roadmap, not yet scheduled) |
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| Pagination | page index (pageIndex + pageSize, default 100) on search endpoints | offset (do_search fetchrows "offset,limit" returns total + data; offset param) |
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| Webhooks (API) | none; server-side workflow triggers on asset events instead | none (API Webhooks plugin = user-triggered outbound POST buttons) |
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| API spec | none public (JSDoc / Javadoc HTML reference only) | none published (KB-described per-instance OpenAPI generator absent from 11.0 code) |
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| Official SDKs | none official; server-side Workflow JS API and browser Client JS API | none official (built-in API test tool generates PHP and cURL code) |
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