| Vendor | Alchemy | IgniteTech (Ignite Enterprise Software Solutions); product line from Northplains Systems |
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| HQ | France (Paris) | United States (IgniteTech, Austin, TX); Northplains originated in Toronto, Canada |
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| Founded | 1996 | 1994 |
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| Ownership | independent (privately held French SARL) | subsidiary of IgniteTech (ESW Capital group) since the Q1 2021 Aclate merger |
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| Target market | SMB to enterprise (companies, public sector, photographers) | Enterprise |
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| Deployment | SaaS, On-premise | On-premise |
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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 (server licence plus IgniteTech support subscription) |
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| Public pricing | Yes | No |
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| SSO | SAML, OIDC | SAML, LDAP |
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| OpenAPI spec | Yes | No |
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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/ | No public REST base; CGIs at https://{tenant}/webnative/, Portal at https://{portal}/PORTAL/ |
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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, Session login |
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| Token lifetime | Phrasea: Keycloak realm setting (Not public); Phraseanet v1: tokens do not expire | N/A (no tokens documented; Portal uses server-side sessions) |
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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) | Not public (Portal pages via page=; portalDI search has a max-results setting) |
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| Webhooks (API) | Phrasea: admin-managed entity events, unsigned; Phraseanet: per OAuth app, 17 events | none; server-side Trigger Sets run built-in or custom Actions on events |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.1.0 Databox (239 ops) + Expose (37 ops); Phraseanet v3 OpenAPI 3.0.3 (7 ops) | none public (Guide to Development APIs, last v17.7, behind partner login) |
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| Official SDKs | Phraseanet PHP SDK (last release 2021); no official Phrasea SDK | none public; legacy Developer Program SDK licence for integrators |
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