Adobe Bridge vs. Brandfolder

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Bridge
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Bridge is a creative digital asset manager that lets you preview, organize, edit, and publish multiple creative assets (including Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, and Dimension files) with thumbnails and rich previews. Edit metadata. Add keywords, labels, and ratings to assets. Organize assets using collections, and find assets using powerful filters and advanced metadata search features. Collaborate with Libraries and publish to Adobe Stock from Bridge.N/A
Brandfolder
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Brandfolder, from Smartsheet since the 2020 acquisition, supports brands' content and creative assets with adigital asset management software that helps organize, control, create, distribute and measure creative assets across hundreds of formats including 8K video, documents, images and 3D.N/A
Pricing
Adobe BridgeBrandfolder
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe BridgeBrandfolder
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Adobe BridgeBrandfolder
Features
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Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Bridge
9.9
Ratings
33% above category average
Brandfolder
7.3
Ratings
3% above category average
Dashboards10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Standard reports10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data exportability9.30 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Content analytics10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
DAM Features
Comparison of DAM Features features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Bridge
9.2
Ratings
10% above category average
Brandfolder
7.9
Ratings
6% below category average
Uploading assets10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Downloading assets10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Categories9.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Asset storage9.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Asset sharing8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Asset search8.30 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Tagging system9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Content editing8.30 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Embed codes9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Metadata9.70 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Collections9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
User access9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
DAM Integrations9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
DAM API10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow automations9.70 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Related asset discovery8.70 Ratings2.00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
MediaValet
MediaValet
Score 9.1 out of 10
MediaValet
MediaValet
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Adobe BridgeBrandfolder
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
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9.0
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Usability
9.0
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User Testimonials
Adobe BridgeBrandfolder
Likelihood to Recommend
I love to use it when I need to rename a group of photos from one of my photographers because they named the files incorrectly. My team seems happy to use it from now and then in combination with InDesign and Photoshop
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If you're a small, medium-sized, or even big organization, Brandfolder can help you with digital asset and identity management (DAM). It is user-friendly and offers a lot of options that will immensely improve your workflow. It easily integrates with other applications and the whole team can access the files
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Pros
  • selecting files then process them in photoshop
  • use as a sales tool for clients viewing
  • Finding files, it is our go to directory
  • easy to go to servers and acroos the companies computers.
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  • Documents such as contact lists and cooperative programs
  • Featured listings, agents, and maps are just a few examples of creative advertising concepts
  • Provides organization
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Cons
  • It took me a while to figure out how to get Bridge to work faster. Apparently, you need it to cache your entire library and once that library is cached then it can refer to those files quickly.
  • It takes up more space on your computer and you should consider buying a computer with plenty of space and a great graphics card to help this program work at its best.
  • I wish it would recognize that firewall software and virus protection software isn't its enemy and work with them running all the time. This error doesn't always occur for me, but when it does, I am annoyed.
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  • If you have a large collection of images, like we do, and you go 2 or 3 pages deep and select an image, then close the image, the collection snaps back to page 1. It's pretty frustrating.
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Usability
Adobe Bridge is useful as a jumping off point for file organization within the CC environment. It is a little slow and clunky at times but is useful for preliminary photography selection development including contact sheets, file renaming, and the overall selection process.
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Alternatives Considered
Okay so I've actually tried to use Lightroom. Photoshop is its own beast and doesn't have the catalog that Bridge of Lightroom has. Lightroom is not as powerful with being able to check between images, finding files, etc. I wanted to love it, but Bridge won hands down with all the time it has saved me so I can get back to my children instead of complaining that it takes me so much time to narrow down images
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Brandfolder has the best UI/UX for the end user and the administrator. The UI/UX is modern and not just a recreation of a folder system like old OS file systems. Brandfolder is so visual based and loads so quickly that makes it easy for users to find their assets quickly. The templating is totally unique when compared to other options on the market. The tagging system, duplicate detection, collections, and stacking files into an asset makes the platform efficient to manage and use
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Return on Investment
  • Convenience and ease in seeing all images at a glance and being able to select chosen images for use in Photoshop and XD
  • Saved us time through the batch rename functionality
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  • Brandfolder has allowed us to be more efficient in sharing marketing assets
  • We have been able to empower staff to get the assets they need on their own
  • Staff can now edit and update assets without the need of working with a designer every time
  • We can serve images directly to our website via their CDN
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