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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MediaValet

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AMediaValet’s Digital Asset Management platform makes enterprise digital libraries accessible, discoverable, and shareable to the organization's entire ecosystem – globally.N/A

    Xinet

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ANorth Plains Systems in Toronto now offers and supports Xinet, a digital asset management platform with an emphasis on collaboration and sharing. The California company Xinet, the platform's original developer, was acquired by North Plains Systems in 2012.N/A
    Pricing
    MediaValetXinet
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MediaValetXinet
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MediaValetXinet
    Considered Both Products
    MediaValet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
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    Features
    MediaValetXinet
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of MediaValet and Xinet
    Feature
    MediaValet
    7.2
    12 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Xinet
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content analytics6.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM Features
    Comparison of DAM Features features of MediaValet and Xinet
    Feature
    MediaValet
    7.7
    22 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Xinet
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    Ratings
    Uploading assets8.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Downloading assets8.322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Categories8.721 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset storage9.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset sharing8.121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset search8.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tagging system8.520 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content editing6.615 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collections8.315 Ratings00 Ratings
    User access8.519 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM Integrations7.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM API6.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow automations5.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Related asset discovery6.713 Ratings00 Ratings
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    MediaValetXinet
    Small Businesses
    Adobe Bridge
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Adobe Bridge
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cloudinary
    Score9 out of 10
    Cloudinary
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Score8 out of 10
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MediaValetXinet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (37 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MediaValetXinet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    MediaValet
    MediaValet is well suited for DAM specific use cases, it provides robust features and functionality for sorting, segmenting and searching data so team members can easily access what they are looking for without knowing the platform. We find our Sales and Marketing teams both love this software for keeping marketing assets properly organized and available on demand whenever it's needed. This DAM solution is one of the most advanced out there and well suited for large teams looking to break silos.
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    IgniteTech
    Xinet is great for print marketing users that have a lot of copy in their artwork. Xinet is not especially useful for 3D artwork production.
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    Pros
    MediaValet
    • We love Portals, as a means of creating, editing and sending collections of pictures
    • The tagging system allows for end users to find our photos, without knowing where we put them
    • The system is quick
    • Apart from our initial edit for size, customers gets full sized uncompressed files
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    IgniteTech
    • Tracking rights-managed assets. Xinet provides advanced features such as watermarking and expiration notifications.
    • Integration with Adobe. Xinet can be configured to access assets from right within the apps.
    • Desktop integration. Xinet can be accessed by the browser but also as a mountable server volume on the desktop. Unlike Box, Dropbox, etc., the mounted volume does not require consumption of hard drive space.
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    Cons
    MediaValet
    • I would love to have an improved MediaValet app. People send me pictures to my phone that need to go into the DAM, and it would be easier for me to upload from my phone rather than email to myself and then upload on the computer.
    • I would love to see upload dates displayed when searching for photos to add to the Portals I create.
    • I wish the delete feature didn't delete ALL of the pictures, even when they're in different categories.
    • It would be cool to somehow integrate MediaValet as a folder on the computer like dropbox.
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    IgniteTech
    • For my position, I didn't learn enough of Xinet to truly utilize the whole program, only one or two people in my department understood it inside and out.
    • During my time at the agency, we were unable to get the annotations to work on assets. And that would have been helpful to have to streamline our process of asset quality control.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    MediaValet
    It is not only likely, but we have been doing it for more than 6 years. We have even had the service since before I joined the company. The service works well for me and I hope that this service will continue to be renewed next year, as not having it would make my job more complicated.
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    IgniteTech
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    Usability
    MediaValet
    I gave MediaValet a 7 for overall usability because it is reliable and effective once you’re familiar with it, but it has a learning curve. The platform is powerful and well suited for managing large volumes of assets, but the interface can feel complex at times and some common actions take more steps than expected. With simpler navigation and a smoother onboarding experience for new users, usability could be even stronger.
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    IgniteTech
    Xinet is intuitive to use. It is perhaps the only DAM that features a traditional mounted volume, so anyone working in an environment with local servers will love it. Search is accurate and faceted searches allow users to narrow search results. Setup requires a lot of training if you want to leverage all of its complex workflow capabilities.
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    Support Rating
    MediaValet
    The team is very responsive to requests and makes a point to provide feedback or status updates before confirming solutions.
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    IgniteTech
    Support is handled by third-party server integrators. Our partner, NAPC, has always been there when we've needed them and also develops unique plugins to expand XInet's capabilities.
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    Implementation Rating
    MediaValet
    I mainly use MediValet to send special medical images to our partners. Collaboration with other companies is very simplified through MediaValet. The qualitatively uploaded images can be excactly assigned and organised through various filters. It is much clearer and easier for our partners to understand when the images have been accurately labelled and assigned beforehand.
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    IgniteTech
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    Alternatives Considered
    MediaValet
    MediaValet is much better and easier to use than File Explorer. MediaValet lets us search for photos, control who can access them, and not worry about our assets being deleted at random. This is critical for a government organization that oftentimes needs to search for assets from the distant past. MediaValet makes it much easier to tag our photos, add post dates, and set usage rights for each photo.
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    IgniteTech
    We selected Xinet based on having a large number of potential users and wanted unlimited web seats. Paying a one time software fee versus a monthly seat payment was a big draw. Telescope was four to five times more expensive and was not feasible at the time. We liked Basecamp but we needed a local solution for storage, not hosted.

    Xinet is a great platform to build off of. We use it in combination with Enfocus Switch which has greatly improved the automation capabilities and we use Xinet as the portal for external users. Our internal users very rarely interact with the Xinet GUI.
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    Return on Investment
    MediaValet
    • While we have had MediaValet only for a short period, we are already seeing improvements in how quickly certain projects can be completed.
    • I recently created an Annual Report which had a lot of big image files and data tables and using a Lightbox with our design agency to share these files saved us a huge amount of time.
    • As we roll out MediaValet to the teams, staff are becoming more aware of the quality, amount, and value of our best assets.
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    IgniteTech
    • Increased employee efficiency.
    • Assets are found more quickly.
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