| Vendor | Alchemy | Wedia (Wedia SA) |
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| Founded | 1996 | 2001 |
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| Ownership | independent (privately held French SARL) | PE-backed (Cathay Capital Private Equity, with founder and management; delisted from Euronext Growth 2024-12-04) |
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| Target market | SMB to enterprise (companies, public sector, photographers) | Enterprise |
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| Deployment | SaaS, On-premise | SaaS |
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| Pricing model | free open-source licence; SaaS plans by workspaces, storage and request quotas (from €169/month); services packs | quote-only; Media Delivery billed on monthly credit consumption |
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| Public pricing | Yes | No |
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| SSO | SAML, OIDC | SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, LDAP |
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| Certifications | None published | ISO 27001, TISAX |
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| Analyst coverage | Not public | Gartner MQ DAM Platforms 2025: Niche Player (unconfirmed) · Forrester Now Tech DAM for CX Q2 2021 · Gartner Market Guide DAM 2020 |
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| Webhooks (overview) | Yes | No |
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| API base URL | Phrasea: https://api-databox.{domain}/ · Phraseanet: https://{host}/api/v3/ | https://{tenant}.wedia-group.com/api/rest |
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| Authentication | OAuth 2.0 authorization code, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, OAuth 2.0 client credentials, OAuth 2.0 password, API key | Basic auth, JWT, API key |
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| Token lifetime | Phrasea: Keycloak realm setting (Not public); Phraseanet v1: tokens do not expire | Access 1,200 s (20 min), refresh 86,400 s (24 h) by default; configurable |
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| Rate limit | Phraseanet v1: none; Phrasea SaaS plans: 5-40 concurrent requests + request quotas | Not public |
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| Pagination | Phrasea: page + limit (max 100); Phraseanet v3: offset/limit or page/per_page (max 100) | offset (from/max, default 50, max 200) or continuation tokens (after/before) |
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| Webhooks (API) | Phrasea: admin-managed entity events, unsigned; Phraseanet: per OAuth app, 17 events | No outbound webhook API documented; server-side Java plug-ins |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.1.0 Databox (239 ops) + Expose (37 ops); Phraseanet v3 OpenAPI 3.0.3 (7 ops) | OpenAPI 3.0 generated per server (dam, data, media, json) |
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| Official SDKs | Phraseanet PHP SDK (last release 2021); no official Phrasea SDK | None server-side; Content Picker JS (official) |
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