Brandfolder
brandfolder.comBuild Difficulty: 4/5
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The #1 digital asset management platform for enterprise usability
How to Replace BrandfolderOverview
Features
79 features across 17 categories
Administration(2)
Manage several independent teams, brands or customers within Brandfolder
Manage users and their permissions in your Organization, Brandfolders and Collections from one portal
Analytics(4)
Get insights into your top-performing assets and how they're being used
Analyze performance and usage metrics for entire Brandfolders and Collections
Report on your Brandfolder data from your favorite BI tools
Track usage and understand how users are engaging with assets
Automation(2)
Set up if/then rules that automatically execute taxonomy at scale based on triggers or industry leading AI
Create rules that automatically convert embedded metadata into Brandfolder tags or custom fields
Branding(3)
Change Brandfolder page colors, fonts and more customization options for enterprise users
Customize your Brandfolder URL for a more branded experience
Add logo, custom header and custom header image to tailor the look and feel of your Brandfolder
Collaboration(4)
Add comments on assets or pin annotations directly on assets with numbered pins and historical timeline view
Enable creation of branded materials with editable text fields and images for user input directly from Brandfolder
Execute efficient processes with teams by integrating Brandfolder into workflow platforms
Elevate content production by coordinating, providing visibility into, and parallelizing creative and marketing work streams
Distribution(8)
Embed your entire Brandfolder on external websites
Embed individual assets on external websites
Generate a print-optimized preview page of assets alongside their prioritized custom fields
Give view-only access of assets to end users enabling them to initiate download request flow for approval
Customizable feature that enables users to email brand materials to printing companies directly from Brandfolder
Create shareable links for assets and collections with customizable permissions
Intelligently embed assets with smart responsive features
Build customer trust through consistent branding of print materials world-wide with fast local on-demand printing
Edit(6)
Edit video files without a video editor - transcode, watermark, add closed captioning, and clip videos
Convert file formats and resize assets in bulk to get everything you need exactly how you need it
Convert file formats on export without needing to open creative software programs
Users can crop assets on their own with admins able to create controlled preset sizes for frequently used formats
Take advantage of editable metadata, colorspace conversions and more
Users can change an asset's pixel dimension during download with aspect ratio locking to prevent distortion
Integration(2)
Eliminate downloads with Brandfolder's Adobe plugin - embed assets in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
Open API for custom integrations and development
Management(7)
Combines multiple files into one asset as attachments
Organize groups of assets by relocating multiple assets to their logical Section
Add and remove tags across multiple assets simultaneously to control search and filter results
Bulk update and upload thousands of assets with ease
Select assets in bulk and export into a CSV, edit in Excel, and import back for efficient batch updating
AI-powered detection and alerts to users when files with similar attributes are being imported
View each attachment's Version History in a dashboard to track edits and restore previous versions
Notifications(1)
Access and set alerts for access requests, recently added files, asset updates and more
Organization(9)
Group multiple files together inside a single asset to organize content based on product, campaign or use-case
Curate the right assets for specific audiences with unique user permissions and expiration settings
Create fields specific to your company such as product name, type and SKU with prioritization of top 5
Use labels as an enhanced organization feature like playlists where any asset can be assigned to multiple labels
Keep track of frequently favorited and used assets in one convenient location from your Profile
Customizable homepage for assets that curate specific asset experiences for any use case or stakeholder
Refine, organize and customize how your content is grouped in your Brandfolder by logical asset type
Quickly sort assets by date, name, position, and popularity with customizable default sort order
Asset thumbnails are automatically added upon upload and are customizable per asset
Search(9)
Tag assets on import with artificial intelligence to make searching for images with specific criteria faster
Metadata is extracted upon ingestion allowing users to quickly discover assets when searching
AI-powered Auto-Tagging automatically adds logical tags to assets upon import for intuitive discovery
OCR technology indexes in-document text and images to make them searchable
Filter by Tags, Custom Fields, Metadata, Orientation, Favorites and more to quickly discover assets
Smart searching tools that locate words within your document to retrieve relevant in-document keywords
Save frequently-used search terms by pinning them for future use within your Brandfolder
Automatically recommends popular searches as you type your query into the search field
Auto-tags, scene count detection, speech-to-text transcription and text extraction for video files
Security(10)
Continuous antivirus protection for all stored assets
Manage content lifecycles by setting automatic publish and expiration dates
Set expiration dates on Collections to control content lifecycle
Security of brand assets with multiple levels of security to protect and backup files
Manage user identity and access across the platform
Manage which assets are visible to the public and which are only visible to internal organization
Enable users to request access to restricted assets with approval workflow
Manage and control rights for assets and their usage
Enhanced permissions and team support via SAML and SSO for single sign-on integration
Unlock more granular control over assets and how they're viewed
Storage(2)
Cost effective storage for assets that haven't been used recently while maintaining access to all files in one place
Supports all file formats including images, video, audio and documents in a wide array of file types
Support(6)
Professional asset curation assistance
Brand guidelines documentation and templates
Community forum for user support and knowledge sharing
Personal account manager for enterprise support
Comprehensive documentation and help resources
Comprehensive onboarding support for new users
Upload(3)
Drag and drop individual or hundreds of files at once to quickly populate into Brandfolder
Quickly ingest large file sizes and quantities of assets from an FTP server directly into Brandfolder with smart rules automation
Create a portal for external partners to easily upload files without requiring access
Workflow(1)
Select administrators who can approve assets before they become visible to others within the Brandfolder
Pricing
Premium
- ✓Asset analytics
- ✓Document intelligence with OCR
- ✓Easier administration at scale
- ✓Bulk update and upload thousands of assets
- ✓Single sign-on integration
- ✓Enhanced permissions and team support via SAML and SSO
- ✓Asset availability controls
- ✓Video AI with auto-tagging and speech-to-text
- ✓More tagging capabilities
- ✓Built-in analytics
Enterprise
- ✓Custom Automation
- ✓Tighter asset permissions
- ✓Finer organizational controls
- ✓Enterprise creative tooling with editable metadata and colorspace conversions
- ✓Insights data connector for BI tools
- ✓Vanity URL
- ✓Significant storage, user, and distribution requirements
- ✓Robust automation and control of assets and metadata
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Integrations
10 known integrations