Keepeek is a French SaaS digital asset management platform, founded in Paris in 2008 and part of the Norwegian Papirfly group since 2023. It targets marketing and communication teams of large organisations, mainly in French-speaking Europe. Distinctive traits are a highly configurable metadata model (forms, multilingual thesauri, statuses and attribute-based access), brand portals, and a large catalogue of connectors (notably Akeneo PIM). Its hypermedia (HAL) REST API is documented with a public Swagger spec. Since the acquisition it is also sold together with Papirfly's template-based content creation.
Key facts
| Vendor / HQ | Keepeek SAS, Paris (registered office 2 rue de la Roquette, 75011); second office in Rennes (R&D) S80 S82 S99. Founder and general manager: Thomas Larzillière S82 S98 |
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| Founded | 2008 (company registered 2008-07-22) S82 S99 |
| Ownership & funding | Acquired by Papirfly (Oslo), itself majority-owned by the growth investor Verdane since early 2022; announced 2023-05-16, terms not disclosed S97 S98 S103. Keepeek is presented as "a Papirfly group brand" S79 |
| Employees (approx.) | "80 DAM experts" (vendor home page, 2026) S79; 40 employees and €2.7M revenue in 2017 S102 Unverified old figure |
| Product line-up | Keepeek DAM (back office + user portals), Brand portal, template-based content creation (Papirfly templates), Keepicker content picker, Peek new contribution interface (2026), Dynameek dynamic resizing, CDN (Cloudflare), Azure-based large-file storage, AI modules (auto-tagging, semantic search, quality control, face recognition) S79 S81 S85 S86 S89 S90 S91 S66 S67 S87 |
| Deployment & hosting regions | Cloud (SaaS) "hosted in Europe", "end-to-end encrypted" S79. Help articles still distinguish the "Keepeek Cloud platform" from instances "hosted on your own servers or a third-party host" S60 S61; SaaS and on-premise are both available S115. Core cloud hosting provider: Not public (Azure is named for the large-file storage option S91; AWS Bedrock in Stockholm for semantic search S46) |
| Notable customers (public references only) | Orange, Airbus, EDF, Club Med, Auchan S79 S80; Yves Rocher, Stellantis S97; Veolia S98. Customer count: "more than 350 companies" S79 S96 vs "over 300 companies" S80 Unverified figures differ between vendor pages |
Positioning
- Positions itself as a DAM for "leading international brands" and large companies, with the DAM "at the heart of your brand strategy" S79; press materials call it the French DAM market leader S97 S98 (vendor claim).
- Strong retail/e-commerce angle: product-media flows to PIM (Akeneo connector "Akepeek"), e-shops and marketplaces S79 S95; public retail references include Auchan S79.
- After the acquisition the offer combines DAM with Papirfly's templated content creation and "Governance and insights" S81 S86; Papirfly's group-level pitch is brand management across 8 European countries and ~600 client companies (group figures) S97.
- Competitors as perceived by the market: Unknown from neutral sources for the Keepeek brand specifically. CMSWire lists Papirfly (not Keepeek) among 2026 DAM options S104.
Pricing & licensing
- Not public: no prices; the quote depends on the solutions chosen (DAM, templated content creation, or both) and company size; contracts typically start at 12 months; demo on request S81.
- The DAM pack lists as included: central library, AI metadata/auto-tagging, rights and access control, versioning and expiry dates, advanced filters, natural-language search, branded portals with a WYSIWYG page editor, collections, validation workflow, comments/annotations, audit trail, Office/Adobe/Canva access, PIM integrations, API access for custom integrations; optional add-on modules: facial recognition and media quality control S81 (French pricing page).
- Other features documented as activated on request: semantic AI search (via CSM/support), boards, Google Drive export, bulk jobs from API ("requires a licence") S46 S54 S24. Storage is quota-based; increases go through the account manager S61.
Security & compliance
- Certifications for Keepeek: none published (no ISO 27001 / SOC 2 / HDS statement found on keepeek.com or in the help center) S79 S80. Papirfly publishes security claims for its own platform, not explicitly for Keepeek — Unknown whether they cover Keepeek.
- Data location: hosted in Europe S79; the privacy policy states user personal data is not transferred outside the EU S83. Exceptions documented for AI: ChatGPT auto-tagging sends 607 px previews to OpenAI with processing in the USA under EU Standard Contractual Clauses (30-day retention, no training) S47; semantic search sends thumbnails (≤ 1200 px) and chosen metadata to AWS Bedrock in eu-north-1 (Stockholm), embeddings stored at Keepeek S46.
- Authentication: login/password, Google sign-in, SSO "automatic connection", LDAP-managed accounts; a Keycloak-based IAM with OIDC/SAML endpoints is exposed per instance S63 S64 S65 S41 S42; both SAML and OIDC SSO are available to customers S115. SCIM provisioning: Unknown (not documented). 2FA/MFA: Unknown.
- Access control: rights by folder (inherited, no elevation on sub-folders), by status (lifecycle), and attribute-based "selective diffusion" (ABAC); 4 group levels; IP filtering for back office and portals S48 S62.
- Audit: item history, statistics on logins/views/downloads/searches/imports; "complete audit trail" listed in the DAM pack S72 S57 S81.
- GDPR tooling claimed (consent/privacy automation) S79. DPA, SLA, pen-test reports: Not public. Support severity levels 1–4 defined S69; incidents are logged on a help-center page rather than a status site S68.
Analyst & market recognition
| Year | Recognition | |
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| 2026 | Forrester Wave: DAM Systems, Q1 2026 — parent Papirfly rated "Contender"; Keepeek not named, and whether the evaluated offer includes Keepeek is Unknown | S104 (report paywalled) |
| — | Gartner / IDC / G2 positions for Keepeek | Unknown |
History
| Date | Milestone | |
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| 2008-07-22 | Keepeek registered in Paris; founded by Thomas Larzillière | S82 S99 |
| ~2013 | Rennes office opened for R&D (≈5 years before a ~2018 article) | S102 S99 Unverified approximate |
| 2017 | €2.7M revenue, 40 employees (Paris/Rennes) | S102 |
| 2018 | Lean management programme started | S99 |
| 2023-05-16 | Acquisition by Papirfly (Verdane-backed) announced | S97 S98 |
| 2023-08-03 | First npm release of the Keepicker web component | S43 |
| 2024-05-22 | Akeneo app "Akepeek" published on the Akeneo App Store | S105 |
| 2025-08-13 | Release 4.127 (latest public release note) | S40 |
| 2025-12-17 | Help center migrated to the Papirfly support portal | S3 |
| 2026-03 | "Peek" new contribution interface documented | S66 |
| 2026-08-20 | Semantic AI search (AWS Bedrock) documented | S46 |
Hosting regions1EU · SaaS, On-premise
PricingQuote onlyquote-only (by solutions chosen + company size), 12-month contracts, optional modules
ComplianceNone publishedSAML · OIDC SSO