eMAM vs Playbook

eMAM is a media asset management platform for finding and using proxy or native-resolution media across local, cloud, and archive storage. Its workflows cover ingest, organization, metadata tagging, search, proxy preview, delivery, archiving, and restoration. It supports audio, video, images, and documents, with approval workflows, version history, guest sharing, and API access. Deployment options include local or on-premise, cloud, and hybrid setups. Workgroup integrates with Adobe Creative Cloud panels and an Apple Final Cut X extension; technology partners are available for Avid Media Composer. Publish supports sharing, external review and approval, embedded video links, and delivery to newsroom, broadcast, VOD, OVP, and CMS platforms. Listed partners span Adobe, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Avid, Blackmagic Design, and Zapier. Plan options include perpetual licenses with annual support, prepaid annual licenses, and cloud services billed monthly or hourly. No plan prices are listed; pricing is available by contacting eMAM. The maker dates its first product version to 2006 and is headquartered in New York.

Playbook is a digital asset management platform for organizing and sharing creative files, including images, video, audio, documents, and 3D models. It supports formats such as JPEG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, MP4, MOV, MP3, PDF, PSD, and AI. Metadata and tagging, approval workflows, version history, guest sharing, and API access are listed capabilities. Playbook is available on the web, iOS, and Android, with a desktop sync app; two-way desktop syncing is restricted to paid plans. Share links can require passwords and have expiration dates, while paid plans add shared-link controls. Security features include encryption at rest, two-factor authentication, backups, and malware scanning. The free plan is free and includes 100GB storage, up to 300 assets, three members, three guests, one publish page, and 1,000 API calls monthly. Pro costs $10 a month when billed yearly, per member, and includes 2TB storage. Plans apply per workspace owned by the account owner.