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Digital asset management software statistics 2026
First-party data on the 87 DAM tools Toolradar tracks: Adobe Lightroom at 3.30 from 9,571 reviews, the volume leader and the weakest high-volume score in the cut.
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Key findings
What the data shows.
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87 digital asset management tools tracked, holding 26,861 aggregated third-party reviews. (Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.)
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Adobe Lightroom leads volume at 3.30 from 9,571 reviews. (Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.)
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74% are paid-only. DAM is a paid-first category. (Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.)
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The median paid plan starts at $19 a month, mean $127. (Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.)
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The review-weighted average is 4.05. (Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.)
About the research
How we built this report.
Toolradar tool database. Editorial review with weekly pricing verification.
2026. Snapshot taken September 17, 2026. Refresh due Dec 17, 2026.
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DAM is a paid library with a photographer's default sitting at the bottom of the scores. Toolradar tracks 87 tools holding 26,861 reviews. 74% are paid-only. Adobe Lightroom holds 9,571 reviews at 3.30. That is both the volume leader and the weakest high-volume score in the cut. Plytix, with 534 reviews, sits at 4.70. The catalog tool that creative teams already own is not the one they rate like a DAM.
Every figure below is computed from the Toolradar directory on September 17, 2026. The live dashboard is Digital asset management statistics. The buyer ranking is best digital asset management software.
How large the category is
We track 87 published tools, or 0.8% of the 10,619 tools in the directory. 99% (86 of 87) were added to Toolradar in 2026. "Added" means added to our directory, not founded this year.
A $19 DAM seat is a starter library. The $127 mean is a brand-system contract.
How these tools are priced
74% of the 87 tools are paid-only. 26% offer a free tier or freemium plan (23 tools). 2% are fully free.
How digital asset management software are priced
n = 87 tools, September 17, 2026
For the 19 tools that publish a paid tier, the median entry price is $19 a month and the mean is $127.
Entry price distribution
n = 19 tools with a published paid tier
The catalog-wide median entry is $20 (software pricing statistics).
How these tools are rated
71 of 87 tools carry a rating (82%). Those ratings rest on 26,861 reviews. Unweighted mean 4.34. Review-weighted mean 4.05.
Rating distribution
n = 71 rated tools
The most-reviewed tools on September 17, 2026:
| Tool | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Lightroom | 3.30 | 9,571 |
Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026. Remaining high-volume names sit well behind Lightroom's pile.
Lightroom is tagged here because teams treat it as the asset store. The 3.30 from 9,571 reviews is the useful warning: a photo editor is not a DAM, and the reviews say so.
The highest-rated tools with at least 150 aggregated reviews:
| # | Tool | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plytix | 4.70 | 534 |
| 2 | Ziflow | 4.60 | 1,359 |
| 3 | Laserfiche | 4.60 | 1,332 |
| 4 | IntelligenceBank | 4.60 | 410 |
| 5 | Filestage | 4.60 | 347 |
| 6 | Frontify | 4.60 | 298 |
| 7 | Akeneo | 4.60 | 285 |
| 8 | Catsy | 4.60 | 237 |
| 9 | Wedia DAM | 4.60 | 211 |
| 10 | Filecamp | 4.60 | 159 |
Plytix leads at 4.70.
Review volume by platform:
| Review platform | Tools with a profile | Aggregated reviews | Mean rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | 66 | 17,335 | 4.47 |
| Trustpilot | 4 | 5,962 | 1.21 |
| Capterra | 32 | 3,276 | 4.64 |
| SourceForge | 11 | 288 | 4.27 |
A tool worth opening first is Adobe Lightroom, then compare it with a dedicated DAM rather than assuming the Creative Cloud locker is the category.
How often pricing moves
Our pricing tracker logged 3 pricing changes for these tools in 2026, 0 of them applied.
How this data was measured
Every figure in this report is computed live from the Toolradar directory on September 17, 2026, covering the 87 published tools we categorize under Digital asset management. Pricing model is read from each vendor's official pricing page. The entry price is the cheapest positive monthly tier a tool publishes. Ratings and review counts are aggregated from third-party platforms (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and others), not from Toolradar's own reviews. The leaderboard floor is 150 aggregated reviews. This is a directory snapshot, not a survey.
Cite this report
- APA: Corneloup, L. (2026). Digital asset management software statistics 2026. Toolradar Research. https://toolradar.com/reports/digital-asset-management-software-statistics
- MLA: Corneloup, Louis. "Digital asset management software statistics 2026." Toolradar Research, 17 Sept. 2026, toolradar.com/reports/digital-asset-management-software-statistics.
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