| Vendor | MediaValet Inc. | Montala Limited |
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| HQ | Canada (Vancouver, BC; US HQ Menlo Park, CA) | UK (Watchfield, Oxfordshire) |
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| Founded | 2010 | 2006 |
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| Ownership | PE-backed (STG, acquired 2024-04-02; delisted from TSX) | independent (100% employee-owned via an Employee Ownership Trust since 2020-10) |
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| Deployment | SaaS | SaaS, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | Not public | UK |
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| Pricing model | quote-only custom configuration (unlimited users; driven by storage, modules, integrations) | 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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| SSO | SAML, OIDC | SAML, LDAP |
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| Certifications | SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA | ISO 27001 |
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| Analyst coverage | G2 DAM Grid Report Spring 2026: Leader (vendor-reported) | Not public |
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| OpenAPI spec | Partial | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | 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://api.mediavalet.com | https://{host}/api/ |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 password, API key | API key, Session login |
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| Token lifetime | Access token 1 h (expires_in 3600); auth code 60 s; refresh lifetime not published | User key: no expiry documented; session key tied to login session |
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| Rate limit | Daily request quota on Developer Plan, higher on Enterprise; figures not public | None documented (API throttling on the 11.2 roadmap, not yet scheduled) |
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| Pagination | offset/count query params (count default 50); TotalRecordsFound in envelope | offset (do_search fetchrows "offset,limit" returns total + data; offset param) |
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| Webhooks (API) | SkyHOOK: API-managed, CloudEvents 1.0, 8 events, webhook or Azure Event Grid | none (API Webhooks plugin = user-triggered outbound POST buttons) |
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| API spec | Postman collection (362 requests) + APIM operation lists; OpenAPI exports lack paths | none published (KB-described per-instance OpenAPI generator absent from 11.0 code) |
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| Official SDKs | None official (C# upload sample on GitHub) | none official (built-in API test tool generates PHP and cURL code) |
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