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DAM vendors in France

In short

France has an active DAM market led by Paris-based Wedia and Keepeek, the photo-library specialist Ajaris and the open-source publisher Alchemy (Phraseanet). French public bodies and large brands often require hosting in France, French-language interfaces and alignment with SecNumCloud or HDS requirements for sensitive data.

Map of DAM vendor headquarters in Europe 40°N50°N60°N10°W0°E10°E20°E30°E Oslo: FotoWare, Papirfly2Uppsala: MediaflowStockholm: QBankKalmar: ImageVault (Meriworks)Aarhus: Stibo SystemsCopenhagen: KontainerMalmo: inriverManchester: PimberlyZaandam: WoodWing AssetsAmsterdam: BynderWillingham, Cambridgeshire: ImagenGütersloh: 4ALLPORTALFaringdon: ResourceSpaceLondon: BrandworkzKassel: teamnextBrighton: Asset Bank, Dash2Paris: Keepeek, Phraseanet (Alchemy), Wedia3Kehl: DALIM SOFTWARELinz: CELUM, Smint.io2Mühldorf am Inn: pixx.ioMunich: censhareSalzburg: PimcoreSt. Gallen: FrontifyNantes: AkeneoCham: FilecampAix-en-Provence: Ajaris (Orkis)
31 mapped headquarters of active European DAM and PIM vendors. Circle size shows vendors per city.

5 vendors headquartered in France

  1. Ajaris (Orkis)

    Aix-en-Provence, France

    Ajaris is the DAM suite of Orkis, an Aix-en-Provence software publisher acquired by Volaris Group (Constellation Software) in December 2024. It manages photo, video and brand libraries for about 570 clients in government, defence, aerospace, luxury and tourism, and is offered as French-hosted private SaaS or on-premises for sensitive environments.

    Best for: French public bodies, defence and aerospace organisations and premium brands that need a sovereign-hosted or on-premises photo and video library.

    EnterpriseMid-marketEU hosting: YesSaaS, On-premises

  2. Akeneo

    Nantes, France

    Akeneo is a French product experience platform built around PIM, with a native DAM module for organising, editing and delivering product assets. The Akeneo Product Cloud adds supplier data onboarding, syndication to more than 500 channels and agentic AI features for product data quality.

    Best for: Mid-market and enterprise brands and manufacturers that want PIM and product asset management in one platform.

    Mid-marketEnterpriseEU hosting: UnknownSaaS

  3. Keepeek

    Paris, France

    Keepeek is a Paris-based SaaS DAM vendor founded in 2008 and owned by Papirfly since 2023. It combines a media library, brand portal and template-based content creation with AI auto-tagging and AI quality control, hosts data in France, and fits French and European marketing teams that need strong PIM and e-commerce connectors.

    Best for: French and wider European marketing and e-commerce teams that want an EU-hosted SaaS DAM with brand portal, templates and deep PIM connectors.

    EnterpriseMid-marketEU hosting: YesSaaS

  4. Phraseanet (Alchemy)

    Paris, France

    Phraseanet is an open source DAM published by Alchemy, a Paris software company registered in 1996, and released under GPL v3. In 2026 Alchemy is replacing it with Phrasea, a rewritten API-first open source DAM offered as SaaS, on-premises or hybrid. It fits organisations with in-house IT that want source code access and self-hosting.

    Best for: French and European organisations with in-house IT capability that want an open source, self-hostable DAM supported by its original developers.

    Mid-marketEnterpriseEU hosting: UnknownSaaS, On-premises

  5. Wedia

    Paris, France

    Wedia is a Paris-headquartered enterprise DAM vendor whose AI-native platform, Lyvio, combines an asset library with brand compliance checks, governed generative AI variations and multichannel media delivery. It suits large European brands with heavy content volumes, and has been owned by Cathay Capital Private Equity since a 2024 take-private.

    Best for: Large European brands and retailers that need DAM plus brand compliance and governed content variation at scale.

    EnterpriseMid-marketEU hosting: UnknownSaaS

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Which DAM vendors are based in France?

DAM Atlas profiles 5 vendors headquartered in France: Ajaris (Orkis), Akeneo, Keepeek, Phraseanet (Alchemy), Wedia.