| Vendor | Hyland Software | Alchemy |
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| HQ | USA (Westlake, Ohio; Nuxeo historically New York and Paris) | France (Paris) |
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| Founded | 2000 | 1996 |
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| Ownership | subsidiary of Hyland Software (Thoma Bravo portfolio company) | independent (privately held French SARL) |
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| Target market | Enterprise | SMB to enterprise (companies, public sector, photographers) |
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| Deployment | SaaS, Private cloud, On-premise | SaaS, On-premise |
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| Hosting regions | US, EU, APAC | Not public |
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| Pricing model | quote-only (Nuxeo Cloud subscriptions with Standard/Enhanced service levels; AWS Marketplace private offers) | 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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| SSO | SAML, OIDC, cas, kerberos | SAML, OIDC |
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| Certifications | SOC 2 Type 2 | None published |
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| Analyst coverage | Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2026: Contender (per trade press) · Forrester Wave DAM Systems Q1 2024: Strong Performer · Omdia Universe DAM 2023: Leader · Forrester Wave DAM for CX Q4 2019: Strong Performer (as Nuxeo) · Gartner MQ Content Services Platforms 2017-2020: Visionary (as Nuxeo) | Not public |
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| API style (overview) | REST, webdav | REST |
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| OpenAPI spec | No | Yes |
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| Webhooks (overview) | No | Yes |
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| Official MCP server | YesNuxeo MCP Server, open source in the nuxeo GitHub org, self-hosted, v0.1.0; support level Unknown | No |
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| API base URL | https://{host}/nuxeo/api/v1 | Phrasea: https://api-databox.{domain}/ · Phraseanet: https://{host}/api/v3/ |
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| API styles | REST, WebDAV | REST |
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| Authentication | Basic auth, Personal token, JWT, OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, OAuth 2.0 client credentials | 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 | OAuth2 access ~1 h (expires_in 3599 in docs) + refresh token; login tokens: Not public | Phrasea: Keycloak realm setting (Not public); Phraseanet v1: tokens do not expire |
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| Rate limit | Not public (no throttling documented; Nuxeo Cloud reports API activity monthly) | Phraseanet v1: none; Phrasea SaaS plans: 5-40 concurrent requests + request quotas |
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| Pagination | offset (currentPageIndex/pageSize/offset; pageSize max 1,000 by default) | Phrasea: page + limit (max 100); Phraseanet v3: offset/limit or page/per_page (max 100) |
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| Webhooks (API) | none native (server-side event listeners; Zapier add-on notification hooks) | Phrasea: admin-managed entity events, unsigned; Phraseanet: per OAuth app, 17 events |
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| API spec | none static; runtime Swagger 1.2 explorer via optional, unmaintained add-on | OpenAPI 3.1.0 Databox (239 ops) + Expose (37 ops); Phraseanet v3 OpenAPI 3.0.3 (7 ops) |
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| Official SDKs | Java, JavaScript, Python (official); PHP partial; .NET archived | Phraseanet PHP SDK (last release 2021); no official Phrasea SDK |
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