| Vendor | Esko (MediaBeacon product line) | Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) Limited (Storyteq brand) |
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| HQ | Belgium (Esko HQ, Ghent); MediaBeacon originated in Minneapolis, MN (USA) | United Kingdom (ITG, Birmingham); Storyteq originated in Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Founded | 1989 | 2016 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Esko, part of Veralto (NYSE VLTO) since 2023-09-30 | subsidiary of Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), PE-backed (Bridgepoint majority since 2022; Equistone minority) |
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| Deployment | SaaS, On-premise | SaaS |
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| Hosting regions | Not public | EU, US, APAC |
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| Pricing model | quote-only (vendor cloud subscription or on-premise licence) | quote-only (Enterprise and Professional editions, standalone products; implementation fee + annual licence, licensed by user tiers) |
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| SSO | SAML, LDAP | Not public |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q2 2018: Strong Performer | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2026: Leader (vendor claim) · Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Leader (vendor claim) · Gartner MQ Content Marketing Platforms 2026: Leader (vendor claim) · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2024: Strong Performer |
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| OpenAPI spec | No | Yes |
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| Webhooks (overview) | No | Yes |
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| Official MCP server | No | NoAgent Console uses internal MCP servers for its own agents; no customer-facing MCP server documented |
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| API base URL | https://{tenant}/wf/restapi/v2/{endpoint} | https://enterprise.api.storyteq.com/cmp/v2 (CMP V2); https://api.{region}.storyteq.com/v4 (CA) |
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| Authentication | API key, Basic auth, Session login | OAuth 2.0 password, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, API key |
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| Token lifetime | API keys permanent by default; expiring keys can be created from workflows | Not public (token response has expires_in; refresh_token grant supported) |
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| Rate limit | Not public | CMP V2: 5,000 requests/min and 500,000/month per account |
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| Pagination | page index (pageIndex + pageSize, default 100) on search endpoints | offset (listing-offset + listing-limit 20/50/100); v4 media lists 50 per page |
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| Webhooks (API) | none; server-side workflow triggers on asset events instead | Asset events set up by App Support (API key, batched, 5 retries); v4 render callbacks |
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| API spec | none public (JSDoc / Javadoc HTML reference only) | OpenAPI 3.1: CMP V2 (36 ops) + Storyteq API v4 (5 ops, 5 webhooks) |
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| Official SDKs | none official; server-side Workflow JS API and browser Client JS API | none official (archived, incomplete PHP client for v4) |
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