Daminion vs MediaFiler
Daminion
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| Figure | Daminion | MediaFiler |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $27.50/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Digital Asset Management Software | 8.8 (#9) | 7.6 (#90) |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Approval workflows | Yes | Yes |
| Supported asset types | raster,vector,camera RAW,video,3D,CAD,audio,office documents | Photos,videos,documents,presentations,press releases,PDFs,audio files,illustrations,Photoshop files and InDesign files |
| File support | Daminion says it handles over 150 file types, including RAW camera files, high-resolution video, PDFs, and Microsoft Office documents. | The FAQ says MediaFiler can archive all file formats and create previews for more than 100 formats. |
| Guest sharing | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Listed integrations include Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Microsoft Office, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and ArcGIS; Daminion also offers an API and XMP metadata exchange. | The product lists CMS, Apple and Android apps, Maps/GIS, SSO, distribution, API, XML, ODBC, FTP, workflows, and Web2Publish integrations. |
| Metadata and tagging | Yes | Yes |
| Security | The feature list states role-based permissions, Active Directory/LDAP/SAML sign-on, SSL/TLS in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest, and audit logging. | The FAQ says MediaFiler uses a firewall and supports encrypted HTTPS connections; hosted data is kept at data centers in Apeldoorn and Deventer. |
Plans
Daminion
- Self-hosted$330 a month
- On your server$330 a year
- Daminion CloudPrice not published
In their own words
Daminion
Daminion is digital asset management software for teams organizing, finding, reviewing, and sharing company assets stored on a server or in the cloud. It supports raster and vector images, camera RAW, video, 3D, CAD, audio, and office documents, and says it handles more than 150 file types. Search includes full-text queries, filters, Boolean and fuzzy search, saved searches, and visual similarity. Teams can use custom metadata and embedded IPTC, XMP, and EXIF data, with automatic tagging for objects, scenes, and faces. Collaboration features include comments, annotations, approval workflows, shared review collections, file locking, and version rollback. Expiring, password-protected links can have download limits and activity reports. Daminion offers self-hosted deployment or managed cloud hosting, plus integrations with creative, office, storage, and mapping tools. Self-hosted pricing starts at $330 per month, billed annually, and requires the customer's hardware and IT support; cloud hosting and storage are charged separately. There is no free plan, and a 14-day trial can be requested after a quote and demo.
MediaFiler
MediaFiler has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.