Adobe Experience Manager Assets vs Acquia DAM (Widen)

Adobe Experience Manager Assets9.3Visit Acquia DAM (Widen)9.1Visit

Higher score Adobe Experience Manager Assets #1 in Digital Asset Management Software 9.3/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Adobe

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Acquia DAM (Widen) #3 in Digital Asset Management Software 9.1/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Acquia DAM

• Adobe Experience Manager Assets fits best

  Large enterprises in the Adobe ecosystem

• Acquia DAM (Widen) fits best

  Enterprise teams needing portals and analytics

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Side by side

Feature	Adobe Experience Manager Assets 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Acquia DAM (Widen) 9.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	9.1
Ranking	#1 in Digital Asset Management Software	#3 in Digital Asset Management Software
Best for	Large enterprises in the Adobe ecosystem	Enterprise teams needing portals and analytics
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop	Cloud, Mobile
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Docs	Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7
Integrations	12 integrations	80+ integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Adobe Experience Manager Assets 5/5 · Acquia DAM (Widen) 5/5
Metadata and tagging	✓	✓
Approval workflows	✓	✓
Version history	✓	✓
Guest sharing	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Specs
Storage limit	Not checked yet	1000 GB
Supported asset types	images, videos, documents, audio clips, rich media	audio, brand guidelines, documents, images, PDFs, videos, work-in-progress files
Our review
Pros	Rich metadata, tagging, workflows, approvals, and version control Dynamic Media, AI tagging, visual search, and asset monitoring Broad Adobe, third-party, and REST/OpenAPI integrations	Advanced search, AI tagging, duplicate detection, and transcription Multi-stage approvals, online proofing, version control, and retained metadata Portals, transformations, analytics, mobile apps, and REST API access
Cons	Pricing requires a contact-sales process There is no free plan Best suited to organizations already aligned with Adobe tools	Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than published numeric prices No self-serve free trial; access begins with a guided demo The broad feature set may exceed the needs of small teams
Our verdict	Adobe Experience Manager Assets is an enterprise digital asset management platform for organizations that need to centralize, organize, govern, search, review, and distribute digital content. It supports images, videos, PDFs, 3D assets,… Read the review →	Acquia DAM (Widen) is a web-based digital asset management platform for mid-market and enterprise organizations. It centralizes images, videos, documents, audio, PDFs, brand guidelines, and work-in-progress files, then adds metadata… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Adobe Experience Manager Assets — where it wins

  • Rich metadata, tagging, workflows, approvals, and version control
  • Dynamic Media, AI tagging, visual search, and asset monitoring
  • Broad Adobe, third-party, and REST/OpenAPI integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a contact-sales process
  • There is no free plan
  • Best suited to organizations already aligned with Adobe tools

• Acquia DAM (Widen) — where it wins

  • Advanced search, AI tagging, duplicate detection, and transcription
  • Multi-stage approvals, online proofing, version control, and retained metadata
  • Portals, transformations, analytics, mobile apps, and REST API access

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than published numeric prices
  • No self-serve free trial; access begins with a guided demo
  • The broad feature set may exceed the needs of small teams

• Adobe Experience Manager Assets9.3/10 · Pricing on request

  A deep enterprise DAM for Adobe-centered teams that need governance, delivery, and automation.

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• Acquia DAM (Widen)9.1/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad DAM for enterprise content operations, portals, workflows, and analytics.

  Visit Acquia DAMFull verdict →