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Daminion vs Extensis Portfolio

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Organize Corporate Digital Assets

Advanced AI and batch tagging tools to quickly and accurately organize vast media collections.

Centralize Access to Your Media Archive

A single access point to an organized structure of all corporate marketing and sales materials - for every team member.

Secure Storage

Daminion’s on-premise version stores all your data securely behind your firewall, with no file storage fees.

Maximize Your Digital Assets’ Value

Efficiently repurpose and reuse your assets to enhance productivity and ROI.

Organize Centralize Secure Reuse

Trusted by 800+ Companies for business growth with Daminion.

While other DAM providers keep shifting their focus to the cloud, we believe that Daminion's local version is our strength.

Where Daminion differs from Extensis Portfolio

Native Integration with Your File Server

Daminion’s on-premise version is installed on the same infrastructure as your file storage server or NAS, providing the fastest and most secure way to access and manage your media files.

More Efficient Asset Search

With multi-layer filters, facial recognition, and geo-tags, you no longer need to stress out over finding specific files. Using our quality preview features, you can easily preview files (incl. rotating 3D models) to make sure you select the right file.

Smarter Metadata Organization

Our higher-precision AI features save you time by batching and auto-tagging your assets, allowing you to develop your business-specific vocabulary and keep your file library organized the way you want.

Effortless Migration and Integration

Switching from Extensis Portfolio? Our experienced IT and support teams are here to guide the entire process, ensuring a seamless setup from start to finish.

Greater Security and Access Control

At Daminion, we prioritize the security of your digital assets. You can confidently manage permissions at a more granular level and choose which team members can access sensitive files.

Faster File Importing

Don’t limit your creativity to a handful of file formats. With Daminion, you can quickly import and manage over 100+ supported file formats, with new ones added regularly.

what are our plans?

Discover Daminion's Development Plans up to 2026

1st half of 2024

Improved 3D File Support

Easily manage 3D files with rotatable previews for faster selection
and better organization of your assets. Plus 30+ other new features.

2nd half of 2024

Enhanced AI tagging with ChatGPT

Auto-tag assets faster with our new ChatGPT integration.
Our Web Client now supports MacOS, making collaboration seamless between Windows and Mac teams.
Plus 23+ other new features.

1st half of 2025

Linux Support and Project Sections

Discover Daminion Server on Linux for a more stable environment.
For all Daminion users, create separate sections for your projects or goods
and retrieve the assets you need with robust filtering. Plus other new features.

2nd half of 2025

Video Transcoding and Image Cropping

Convert video formats and crop images within Daminion, streamlining your workflow
and ensuring data safety with built-in tools. Plus other new features.

1st half of 2026

Daminion Portals

Access Daminion remotely without VPN and share collections with email notifications.
Plus, upload media directly from your Android or iOS device with our mobile app for on-prem users.

And many more to come…

The Similar User-Friendly Interface

Daminion’s intuitive design and easy-to-use tools help you make the most out of the DAM system, even if your team doesn’t have extensive tech expertise.

Over 20 Years
of Proven DAM Expertise

With over 20 years as a leading on-prem DAM provider, we’re more than a vendor—we’re a dedicated partner focused on optimizing your asset management and ensuring your success.

Zero Storage Costs and Scalability

Yes, on-prem solutions can be scalable too. As your local asset library grows, Daminion will assist you with handling hundreds of files without slowing down your system. With our on-prem solution, you don’t have to worry about increasing subscription costs or unwanted add-ons.

Flexible Customization Options

With Daminion, you can tailor the system to your unique needs. From custom tags and filters to user permissions and workflows, you can create a digital asset management experience that enhances your team's productivity and collaboration.

Roadmap for up to 2028

Daminion has a comprehensive product roadmap planned through to 2028, ensuring ongoing innovation and growth.

Best-In-Class Support—Always Available

Additionally, we also offer tutorials and resources to help your team maximize the potential of Daminion on-prem.

Daminion VS Extensis Portfolio

Can't decide what suits you best? See below a feature comparison table and note what is most important to you. Looking at other options too? See our overview of Extensis Portfolio alternatives.

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Deployment & Maintenance

Maintenance versions

On-premise (physical or virtual server)

Easy deployment

User Experience & Interface

User-friendly interface

Drag and drop function

High-resolution previews
for 3D formats

Media Handling & Formats

Preview available

Supports 100+ media formats

Management Features

Advanced search

Version Control

Recognition of duplicates

Integration with
professional tools

Security & Storage

Access control

Advanced security features

No limits on file storage

Additional Features

High profitability

Face Recognition

Real Reviews

Success Stories from Our Valued Customers

Discover how our customers successfully utilize our solution to achieve greater efficiency and productivity.

We needed a solution to organize our archive.

As an engineering company, we take a lot of pictures when working on different projects. When starting a new project, it’s always good to look at similar projects we’ve already worked on — but this was impossible because our files were scattered all over the server.

We had many protocols in place to keep the server organized, but over time it got messy. That’s why we needed a solution to organize our archive.

Henrich Henriksen

Business Development, President

Before Daminion, we would spend hours looking for photos.

Before Daminion, we would spend hours searching for the right file to use in our presentations. We did try a different application, but we found it difficult to navigate.

Sara Gomez Payol

Graphic and Motion Designer

Daminion strikes a perfect balance.

Daminion strikes a perfect balance between standalone ‘wannabe’ catalog software and DAM suites that are way too expensive and complicated for our purposes.

During those hectic festival days without Daminion, we had to choose between getting some sleep and delivering the best results. Now, with Daminion, we can do both!

Stijn De Naeyer

Archivist

Daminion has helped our business become significantly more efficient.

Each employee spends less time searching through folders and more time growing the company. As a systems director, it gives me a nice, clean feeling to know all our media is properly organized and can be located within a few short clicks.

I consider Daminion’s excellent support team to be one of the best insurance policies we ever bought.

Kedar Tilak

Systems Director

The benefit is easy access to all our digital assets — securely in-house.

I think the benefit is that you’ve got easy access to all your digital assets, and I’m a firm believer in keeping all your images in-house and not having them floating around. You want to keep your information nice and secure when it comes to your images.

A great feature is that multiple users can access and make changes to images, but with everything in one place and version control history, you can see exactly who made those changes and when.

Adrian Lawson

Project Manager / Online Marketing

Daminion undeniably saves a considerable amount of time.

The time saved really depends on what the artists are searching for. If it’s a niche item they’re sure we’ve drawn before but can’t recall where — which is common after 14 years — it can save hours of drawing.

If they’re looking for something they know we’ve used frequently and just need a starting point, it can save them around 10 to 15 minutes. In all cases, it’s a valuable tool.

Ethan Sting

Technical Director

Our priority was a quick visual snapshot without opening large CAD files.

Our priority was finding a solution that allowed us to have a visual representation, a quick snapshot, such as a PDF, without the need to navigate through large AutoCAD or Revit files. The ability to swiftly scan a floor layout plan, which contained all the essential details, was what we aimed for.

Leeann Wedlake

Business Manager, Senior Associate

Definitely — Daminion is highly effective for managing metadata and file organization.

Would you recommend Daminion?

Definitely. I think it’s a highly effective system, particularly if you’re dealing with substantial metadata and file organization requirements. The capability to add extensive metadata to files and maintain an organized file system is definitely a strong point.

We genuinely appreciate the feature that allows us to create categories and subcategories, going beyond mere keywords. The visual representation of these categories is quite user-friendly.

Darcy Leabourn

Medical Illustrator

We’ve reduced searching time from hours to minutes with Daminion.

I knew for sure that there was a photo, but I could not remember where. That began my 4-hour marathon of searching for one photo — and then I realized everything had gone too far. I needed a special solution.

The underlying problem we solved with Daminion is time. We’ve reduced searching time from hours to minutes.

Karen Tuomey

Media Design Manager

Switching to Daminion is Easy!

Switching from Extensis Portfolio to Daminion is seamless, with dedicated support ensuring a smooth transition and minimal workflow disruption.

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