ResourceSpace
UK open-source DAM, free to self-host, with quoted Cloud tiers up to unlimited users
Quick Overview
| Company | Montala Limited |
|---|---|
| Category | digital asset management |
| Headquarters | Watchfield, United Kingdom |
| Founded | 2009 |
| EU Presence | United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA) |
| Data Location | UK data centres (London and Cambridge) for the Cloud tiers |
| Open Source | Yes |
| Compliance | ISO 27001 (stated), Crown Commercial Service Supplier |
| Pricing | Free to self-host (open source, unsupported) / paid Cloud tiers (Team, Business, Enterprise, Platinum), quoted |
| Replaces | Adobe Experience Manager Assets, Bynder, Canto |
Detailed Review
ResourceSpace is built by Montala Limited, a 100%-employee-owned B Corporation in Oxfordshire, and it is the second genuinely open-source option in this category after Pimcore: the software can be downloaded and self-hosted at no licence cost, unsupported, or run on Montala's own Cloud tiers with UK data centres in London and Cambridge, ISO 27001 certification and support included.
That two-track model — free if you run it yourself, paid if you want Montala to run it — mirrors Pimcore's community-versus-enterprise split inside a single, smaller-scale product.
The paid Cloud tiers scale from Team through Business and Enterprise to Platinum, with storage from single-digit terabytes up to 100TB-plus and user counts from 25 to unlimited, priced on application rather than published as flat figures. Montala's status as a Crown Commercial Service Supplier signals UK public-sector procurement experience, which matters for a category where several other vendors quote enterprise deals with no published reference point at all.
ResourceSpace is British, the same adequacy-decision position as Asset Bank, Brandworkz and OpenAsset elsewhere in this list. For a team with the technical capacity to self-host, it is the closest thing in this category to Pimcore's free-and-open proposition outside Pimcore itself; for a team that wants it run for them, the Cloud tiers are a straightforward quoted alternative to Filecamp or Asset Bank.
What ResourceSpace does well
- Genuinely free, open-source self-hosted edition
- ISO 27001-certified Cloud tiers with UK data centres
- Employee-owned B Corporation, Crown Commercial Service Supplier
- Scales from a small team to unlimited users on Cloud
Where ResourceSpace falls short
- Self-hosting the free edition comes with no support
- Cloud tier pricing is quoted, not published as flat figures
- United Kingdom, outside the EEA and dependent on an adequacy decision
- Less brand-portal polish than Bynder, Frontify or Brandworkz
Standout feature. The second free-and-open option in this category: ResourceSpace does for a working library what Pimcore does for the whole DAM-plus-PIM stack.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Genuinely free, open-source self-hosted edition
- ISO 27001-certified Cloud tiers with UK data centres
- Employee-owned B Corporation, Crown Commercial Service Supplier
- Scales from a small team to unlimited users on Cloud
Cons
- Self-hosting the free edition comes with no support
- Cloud tier pricing is quoted, not published as flat figures
- United Kingdom, outside the EEA and dependent on an adequacy decision
- Less brand-portal polish than Bynder, Frontify or Brandworkz
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is ResourceSpace?
ResourceSpace is built by Montala Limited, a 100%-employee-owned B Corporation in Oxfordshire, and it is the second genuinely open-source option in this category after Pimcore: the software can be downloaded and self-hosted at no licence cost, unsupported, or run on Montala's own Cloud tiers with UK data centres in London and Cambridge, ISO 27001 certification and support included.
That two-track model — free if you run it yourself, paid if you want Montala to run it — mirrors Pimcore's community-versus-enterprise split inside a single, smaller-scale product.
Where is ResourceSpace based?
ResourceSpace operates from Watchfield, United Kingdom, which places it under United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA). Compliance: ISO 27001 (stated), Crown Commercial Service Supplier.
What does ResourceSpace cost?
Free to self-host (open source, unsupported) / paid Cloud tiers (Team, Business, Enterprise, Platinum), quoted.
Who is ResourceSpace best for?
Organisations that want an open-source DAM they can self-host for free. The second free-and-open option in this category: ResourceSpace does for a working library what Pimcore does for the whole DAM-plus-PIM stack.
What are the drawbacks of ResourceSpace?
Self-hosting the free edition comes with no support. Cloud tier pricing is quoted, not published as flat figures. United Kingdom, outside the EEA and dependent on an adequacy decision. Less brand-portal polish than Bynder, Frontify or Brandworkz.