How to Build Your Own Acquia DAM
Replace Acquia DAM with a custom build. Move Faster. Stay On Brand.
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 95 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
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Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 95 features
AI(11 features)
Get AI generated copy and design ideas in the comments functionality of the Workflow proofer
Automatically ensure all images have alt text to make them accessible and search optimized
Turn existing product data into on-brand, search-optimized product descriptions
Industry-specific AI starter packs available for travel, apparel, and food
Make text of transcripts searchable to find videos faster and quickly reuse quotes in content
+6 more in this category
Distribution(10 features)
Share assets and guidelines with external teams quickly in a beautiful branded webpage with no coding required
Distribute product content to multiple sales and marketing channels
Maintain one master asset and update versions everywhere online
Programmatically change the format, adjust size, set the crop, and set background color for assets
Create a block of HTML text to embed in a webpage, email, or other online source
+5 more in this category
Search(9 features)
Limit your search to specific metadata fields to return precise date ranges, file formats, or other values
Filter down search results by color or search for a specific HEX value with algorithm analyzing color composition
Organize and find assets using AI-generated tags for keywords with collaborative classification
Turn controlled metadata values, numeric ranges, or date fields into powerful search filters
Enter terms for a search across all metadata fields and values
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Access Control(8 features)
Secure your content by using assets groups to control the files each role is able to view, order, edit, or delete
Set default asset release and expiration dates and permission them by user role
Begin user experience with a branded login page including logo, color scheme, and hero graphic
Target specific user groups with permissioned, customized dashboard messages to highlight key assets and brand guidelines
Lock down fields to ensure accurate data integrity
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Asset Management(8 features)
Organize, find, and use assets across your business with support for multiple file types
Manage podcasts, music, sound effects, and mnemonics
Store and manage messaging, visual styles, and values
Manage sell sheets, legal documents, reports, and scripts
Store illustrations, logos, photographs, camera raw files, and 360° spin photography
+3 more in this category
Integration(7 features)
Upload, add metadata, and other tasks are all possible through the REST API
Build websites and pages faster by making on-brand assets in Acquia DAM available for web teams in the CMS
Allow creatives to search for and add assets from Acquia DAM to Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, and other design files
Easily integrate with your organization's LLM to use custom prompts to generate metadata
Deliver high-quality product content across sales channels at scale with bi-directional asset and metadata sync
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Security(7 features)
Files are stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) with 99.999999999% durability
Data is transferred over SSL, encrypted at rest, and backed up in cold storage
Your data is redundantly stored and synchronized within multiple geographically separate data centers in two Amazon S3 Regions
Acquia DAM meets the rigorous requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act with Business Associate Agreements
Enterprise security relying on the durability of SOC 2-compliant Amazon infrastructure
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Workflow(7 features)
Enter recipient email addresses, subject line, and email text for custom notifications
Trigger a path when assets are added to an asset group, going to expire, or when a new product is created
Use variables to automatically pull information about trigger events into notification emails
Refine path notifications using asset groups, controlled vocabulary metadata fields, or categories
Set up rule-based notifications to alert users of events throughout the content and product lifecycle without coding
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