Daminion vs Simple Asset Manager

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.

Simple Asset Manager is a web-based digital asset management platform that keeps brand and marketing assets in a searchable library. It supports image, video, audio, document, and creative design files, including Adobe formats; uploads are limited to 2GB. Search uses AI-assisted tagging, OCR, and custom metadata. Teams can run multi-tier approval workflows and compliance checklists, and usage-rights and licence-expiry controls can withdraw assets at the appropriate time. Version history supports comparison, tracking, and rollback while helping distribute the latest approved version. Users can securely share assets with internal and external stakeholders through role-based permissions and download audit trails. Built-in conversion creates channel-specific sizes and formats. Integrations include Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, and Microsoft Teams; approved campaign assets in Simple Admation can be published directly into the library. The service works in supported browsers without software installation. Simple says customer data is hosted, stored, and backed up in Australia, with production and disaster recovery in Melbourne. Pricing is available on request, and there is no free plan.