DAM vendors in the United Kingdom

7 vendors headquartered in the United Kingdom

1. Asset Bank

   Brighton, United Kingdom

   Asset Bank is a UK DAM developed since 2005 by Bright, an independent Brighton software company. It serves marketing, brand and communications teams in charities, universities, housing, tourism and corporates that value ease of use, controlled sharing and governance. It publishes annual pricing, offers EU hosting on AWS and adds AI tagging and natural-language search.

   Best for: UK and European mid-market marketing and communications teams, especially in non-profit, education and public sectors, that want an easy DAM with transparent pricing.

   Mid-marketSMBEU hosting: YesSaaS

2. Brandworkz

   London, United Kingdom

   Brandworkz is a London-based brand management platform, founded in 1997, that combines a DAM with online brand guidelines, print and digital templates, approval workflows and usage reporting. It suits central brand teams in mid-sized and large organisations. US-based Spinakr Solutions has owned it since April 2023, and UK customer data is hosted on AWS in Ireland.

   Best for: Central brand and marketing teams in mid-sized and large organisations that need brand guidelines, templates and approvals alongside a DAM.

   Mid-marketEnterpriseEU hosting: YesSaaS

3. Dash

   Brighton, United Kingdom

   Dash is a Brighton-based cloud DAM built for e-commerce and consumer brands that need a simple, central library for product and marketing content. It offers AI-assisted search, custom fields, branded portals for retailers and direct publishing to Shopify and WooCommerce. All plans include every feature and unlimited users, with published pricing from GBP 79 per month.

   Best for: Small and mid-sized e-commerce and consumer brands, particularly Shopify merchants, that want a simple DAM with predictable pricing.

   SMBMid-marketEU hosting: YesSaaS

4. Imagen

   Willingham, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

   Reuters Imagen, formerly Imagen, is a cloud media asset management and distribution platform for sports bodies, broadcasters, archives and enterprises. Thomson Reuters acquired the Cambridgeshire company in 2023 and runs it inside Reuters News. It specialises in large video archives, live ingest, AI clipping and controlled distribution of media to rights holders, partners and fans.

   Best for: Sports bodies, broadcasters, publishers and archives that need to manage, clip and distribute large video and photo collections to partners and audiences.

   EnterpriseEU hosting: UnknownSaaS

5. Pimberly

   Manchester, United Kingdom

   Pimberly is a UK PIM platform with a built-in DAM module, aimed at mid-market retailers, brands and wholesalers. It bundles AI features for colour, image and copy enrichment, plus catalogues, spec and sell sheets, sizing charts and supplier and customer portals.

   Best for: UK and European mid-market retailers and wholesalers that want PIM and product DAM in a single platform.

   Mid-marketEU hosting: UnknownSaaS

6. ResourceSpace

   Faringdon, United Kingdom

   ResourceSpace is a free, open source DAM first built for Oxfam in 2006 and now developed by Montala Limited, an employee-owned UK B Corporation. Organisations can self-host it with no licence fee or buy hosting and support from Montala. It is widely used by charities, museums, universities and public bodies and includes AI metadata, face recognition and visual search.

   Best for: Charities, museums, universities and public bodies that want an open source DAM with strong AI metadata and rights tracking, self-hosted or managed in the UK.

   Mid-marketSMBEU hosting: NoSaaS, On-premises, Private cloud

7. Third Light

   Cambridge, United Kingdom

   Third Light was a Cambridge, UK, DAM vendor whose flagship cloud product, Chorus, served more than 300 organisations. PhotoShelter acquired it in January 2022, and the Third Light brand has since been retired: its website now states 'Third Light is now PhotoShelter'. Buyers should evaluate PhotoShelter for Brands, which inherited its customers and UK office.

   Best for: Former Third Light Chorus customers reviewing their PhotoShelter contract or planning a replacement DAM.

   Mid-marketEU hosting: UnknownSaaS