| Vendor | MediaValet Inc. | Alchemy |
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| HQ | Canada (Vancouver, BC; US HQ Menlo Park, CA) | France (Paris) |
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| Founded | 2010 | 1996 |
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| Ownership | PE-backed (STG, acquired 2024-04-02; delisted from TSX) | independent (privately held French SARL) |
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| Target market | Mid-market | SMB to enterprise (companies, public sector, photographers) |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, On-premise |
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| Pricing model | quote-only custom configuration (unlimited users; driven by storage, modules, integrations) | 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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| Certifications | SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA | None published |
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| Analyst coverage | G2 DAM Grid Report Spring 2026: Leader (vendor-reported) | Not public |
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| OpenAPI spec | Partial | Yes |
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| API base URL | https://api.mediavalet.com | Phrasea: https://api-databox.{domain}/ · Phraseanet: https://{host}/api/v3/ |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 password, API key | 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 | Access token 1 h (expires_in 3600); auth code 60 s; refresh lifetime not published | Phrasea: Keycloak realm setting (Not public); Phraseanet v1: tokens do not expire |
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| Rate limit | Daily request quota on Developer Plan, higher on Enterprise; figures not public | Phraseanet v1: none; Phrasea SaaS plans: 5-40 concurrent requests + request quotas |
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| Pagination | offset/count query params (count default 50); TotalRecordsFound in envelope | Phrasea: page + limit (max 100); Phraseanet v3: offset/limit or page/per_page (max 100) |
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| Webhooks (API) | SkyHOOK: API-managed, CloudEvents 1.0, 8 events, webhook or Azure Event Grid | Phrasea: admin-managed entity events, unsigned; Phraseanet: per OAuth app, 17 events |
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| API spec | Postman collection (362 requests) + APIM operation lists; OpenAPI exports lack paths | 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 (C# upload sample on GitHub) | Phraseanet PHP SDK (last release 2021); no official Phrasea SDK |
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