| Vendor | Esko (MediaBeacon product line) | Tenovos Corporation |
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| HQ | Belgium (Esko HQ, Ghent); MediaBeacon originated in Minneapolis, MN (USA) | USA (New York, NY) |
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| Founded | 1989 | 2018 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Esko, part of Veralto (NYSE VLTO) since 2023-09-30 | independent, VC-backed (S4S Ventures, BDMI, Progress Ventures, Revel Partners, Dublin Capital Partners, UCIG) |
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| Deployment | SaaS, On-premise | SaaS |
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| Pricing model | quote-only (vendor cloud subscription or on-premise licence) | quote-only (demo request); Tenovos Glass also listed on AWS Marketplace |
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| SSO | SAML, LDAP | Not public |
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| Certifications | None published | SOC2 |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q2 2018: Strong Performer | IDC MarketScape Worldwide Intelligent DAM 2024: Leader · Forrester Wave DAM for Customer Experience Q1 2022: Strong Performer |
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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} | https://api.tenovos.io/v1 (v1.5, all customers); UAT: https://api.uat.tenovos.io/v1 |
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| Authentication | API key, Basic auth, session | API key, JWT, OAuth 2.0 authorization code |
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| Token lifetime | API keys permanent by default; expiring keys can be created from workflows | Access token 1 h; refresh token usable up to 30 days |
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| Rate limit | Not public | Not documented; x-ratelimit-limit 60000 / reset 60 seen on a 401 (observed) |
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| Pagination | page index (pageIndex + pageSize, default 100) on search endpoints | offset from/limit (max 100, search window 10,000); cursor scan for deep paging |
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| Webhooks (API) | none; server-side workflow triggers on asset events instead | API- or admin-UI-managed; HMAC-SHA256 signed; 8 attempts with back-off |
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| API spec | none public (JSDoc / Javadoc HTML reference only) | OpenAPI 3.0 (v1.5, 127 ops) + Content Intelligence API + webhooks OpenAPI 3.1 |
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| Official SDKs | none official; server-side Workflow JS API and browser Client JS API | none official (Node.js training samples only) |
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