Adobe Bridge vs. MediaValet

Adobe Bridge

Adobe Bridge

53 Reviews and Ratings

MediaValet

MediaValet

45 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting 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
MediaValet	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	MediaValet’s Digital Asset Management platform makes enterprise digital libraries accessible, discoverable, and shareable to the organization's entire ecosystem – globally.	N/A

Pricing

Adobe Bridge

MediaValet

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Adobe Bridge	MediaValet
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Adobe Bridge	MediaValet
Considered Both Products	Adobe Bridge Mark Laurie Owner / photographer / artist / speaker / writer Chose Adobe Bridge we did our searching years ago, nothing to match it too. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Bridge Adobe Bridge is a useful tool within the CC environment but doesn't have much standalone value that I use it for outside of organization of assets and the preliminary asset selection process. Incentivized Helpful? BD Bill Duncan Marketing & Communications Advisor Chose Adobe Bridge Dash is purely a DAM system which can't do nearly as much as Bridge. Incentivized Helpful? SJ Steve Janiak Senior Director of Marketing and Brand Strategy Chose Adobe Bridge Bridge is just easier and quicker. It suits our purposes more. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Bridge I mean, it's the same company so it's really interchangeable. It's like an assistance tool. Incentivized Helpful? IS Isabel Sam Owner Chose Adobe Bridge 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 … Incentivized Helpful?	MediaValet LK Lauren Knutson Marketing Account Executive Chose MediaValet Sharepoint is more useful from a data standpoint. MediaValet is much easier to navigate, organize and view/share content quickly. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaValet Asset sharing and organization is better, more user friendly, and more appealing within MediaValet. The layout and flexibility give these portals a much more professional look and feel. Both internally and externally we have appreciated the output of these specific portals much … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaValet I have not used any other product like MediaValet. Incentivized Helpful? AM Alonso Martinez Marketing Coordinator Chose MediaValet They really are very different platforms. MediaValet offers much more control over who has access to files and how they are downloaded, as well as offering conversions of some files such as JPEG to PNG or TIFF. Also, through user profiles, you can grant access to a specific … Incentivized Helpful? Lauren Gummelt VP of Marketing & Training Chose MediaValet I was not part of the original selection for MediaValet, but I am very thankful to be using it now. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaValet 1. Business file systems - this ends up being based on the logic of whomever first set it up, and is typically not very flexible, and terrible search capabilities. 2. Teams - a little better than above due to some control of access, but still painful searching process. 3. Custom … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaValet I think MediaValet far exceeds the ability of Dropbox Business in many instances - - It offers a better search engine. You can find more easily searchable files without having to actually re-name individual files. It offers multi-segmentation. Files can sit across several … Incentivized Helpful? Denise Huza Human Resources Specialist Chose MediaValet NA Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaValet Apples and oranges Incentivized Helpful? Erik Uppman Vice President of Marketing Chose MediaValet I've had extensive experience using the proprietary DAM system built for General Motors to manage their image and creative assets. While a number of years have passed, MediaValet offers all of the features and more as technology has rapidly evolved with additional capabilities … Incentivized Helpful? Maggie Akins Digital Account Coordinator Chose MediaValet I have not used other products that are comparable to MediaValet Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaValet I have used asset management systems based in on-premise storage such as Drobos or other raid systems and web-based DAMs, such as Canto which are more comparable to how MediaValet works on a cloud-based system. Nothing beats MediaValet in reliability, ease of use, and customer … Incentivized Helpful? Michelle (Hartwell) Manuel Senior Graphic Designer Chose MediaValet I can't remember the other products we looked at, but I think the other contender t had an overwhelming user interface. Incentivized Helpful? HT Heather Truelove Graphic Design and Digital Media Manager Chose MediaValet I'd used one with another company called MediaBank which had been very difficult to use—to the point where I was wary of using a D.A.M. Have been pleasantly surprised with MediaValet after that first exposure to D.A.M. systems. Incentivized Helpful? Jack Rowley Digital Asset Manager Chose MediaValet MediaValet has a much better search tool. The site map is visible immediately. Videos play and upload much more smoothly on MediaValet. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaValet More cost efficient and better searching capabilities. Incentivized Helpful? JZ Jeorge Zepeda Regionl Director of Sales Chose MediaValet Different Platforms, yet need both due to their excellent access Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Adobe Bridge

MediaValet

Reporting & Analytics

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	Adobe Bridge 9.9 Ratings 33% above category average	MediaValet 8.0 Ratings 12% above category average
Dashboards	10.00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Standard reports	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Custom reports	10.00 Ratings	7.60 Ratings
Data exportability	9.30 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Content analytics	10.00 Ratings	7.90 Ratings

DAM Features

Comparison of DAM Features features of Product A and Product B
	Adobe Bridge 9.2 Ratings 10% above category average	MediaValet 8.1 Ratings 3% below category average
Uploading assets	10.00 Ratings	8.50 Ratings
Downloading assets	10.00 Ratings	8.70 Ratings
Categories	9.30 Ratings	8.40 Ratings
Asset storage	9.30 Ratings	8.60 Ratings
Asset sharing	8.30 Ratings	8.40 Ratings
Asset search	8.30 Ratings	7.60 Ratings
Tagging system	9.00 Ratings	7.50 Ratings
Content editing	8.30 Ratings	7.80 Ratings
Embed codes	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Metadata	9.70 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Collections	9.00 Ratings	8.40 Ratings
User access	9.00 Ratings	8.30 Ratings
DAM Integrations	9.00 Ratings	7.90 Ratings
DAM API	10.00 Ratings	7.70 Ratings
Workflow automations	9.70 Ratings	7.80 Ratings
Related asset discovery	8.70 Ratings	7.40 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Adobe Bridge	MediaValet
Likelihood to Recommend	9.3 (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.8 (0 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.6 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Adobe Bridge	MediaValet
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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	MediaValet is an exceptional tool for our end users. We upload the images and they find them. Most often with great ease. Had we known how many images we would be adding, and our different audiences from the start, we might have set up our file structure a little differently. Incentivized KJ Kirk JORDAN Photogarpher Read full review
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. Incentivized Mark Laurie Owner / photographer / artist / speaker / writer Read full review	We love Portals, as a means of creating, editing and sending collections of pictures The tagging system allows for end users to find our photos, without knowing where we put them The system is quick Apart from our initial edit for size, customers gets full sized uncompressed files Incentivized KJ Kirk JORDAN Photogarpher Read full review
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. Incentivized IS Isabel Sam Owner Read full review	More flexibility/features when using Lightboxes Replace an old version of an asset with a newer one without having to check-out, then check-in Sharing an asset or a set of assets via a share link -- would be great to generate shorter, dynamic URLs for sharing as opposed to the longer string URLs it currently generates Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	The product is the best we've seen. Others on staff who use our partner's DAMs have commented that our Media Valet DAM is far and away the best they've seen. I can't say enough about Media Valet's customer service. It has been consistently helpful, quick to respond and very reliable. Jack Rowley Digital Asset Manager Read full review
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	New staff is able to use our DAM with an hour of training. Jack Rowley Digital Asset Manager Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	The team is very responsive to requests and makes a point to provide feedback or status updates before confirming solutions. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	I mainly use MediValet to send special medical images to our partners. Collaboration with other companies is very simplified through MediaValet. The qualitatively uploaded images can be excactly assigned and organised through various filters. It is much clearer and easier for our partners to understand when the images have been accurately labelled and assigned beforehand. Incentivized AY Ayse-Nur Yildiz Study Nurse Read full review
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 Incentivized IS Isabel Sam Owner Read full review	They really are very different platforms. MediaValet offers much more control over who has access to files and how they are downloaded, as well as offering conversions of some files such as JPEG to PNG or TIFF. Also, through user profiles, you can grant access to a specific path to some users and not others, so it has a lot of customization. The other platforms are just for storage and sharing but there is no user control. Incentivized AM Alonso Martinez Marketing Coordinator Read full review
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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Easier to send specific files to other people Can combine different assets in an aesthetically pleasing website like platform with Portals to present Gives peace of mind knowing that our files could be deleted from our system, but MediaValet has the backup Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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