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Cavok Digital Asset Management | AI DAM Platform

Cavok • Cavok Digital Asset Management • On-prem friendly DAM (data sovereignty)

Digital Asset Management On-prem and cloud options Mid-market December 31, 2025

AI-powered digital asset management for Mid-market teams

Headquarters

Darmstadt, Germany

Founded

July 2, 1905

Company size

Ownership

Private

Executive Summary AI & Automation Integrations TdR Verdict Vendor Website

Executive Summary

Cavok Digital Asset Management is positioned as on-prem friendly dam (data sovereignty) for mid-market organizations. It supports dam with file-server style organization; integrations; team collaboration with asset organization; metadata; search; permissions; integrations. AI focus: Cavok offers an AI option including AI-powered facial recognition and AI-assisted search designed for data sovereignty and local control. Common integrations include File server structure support; metadata; permissions. Best fit: GDPR-conscious teams that want DAM with local AI options for facial recognition and search.

Overview

Company profile

Vendor: Cavok

Website: Visit

Headquarters: Darmstadt, Germany

Founded: July 2, 1905

Employees:

Ownership: Private

Industries: Organizations with GDPR/data sovereignty requirements

Product snapshot

Product: Cavok Digital Asset Management

Category: On-prem friendly DAM (data sovereignty)

Deployment: On-prem and cloud options

Target customer size: Mid-market

Supported use cases: DAM with file-server style organization; integrations; team collaboration

In-depth product summary

Cavok Digital Asset Management is a on-prem and cloud options on-prem friendly dam (data sovereignty) for mid-market teams. Core capabilities: Asset organization; metadata; search; permissions; integrations. AI highlights: Cavok offers an AI option including AI-powered facial recognition and AI-assisted search designed for data sovereignty and local control.

AI & Automation

AI features overview

Cavok offers an AI option including AI-powered facial recognition and AI-assisted search designed for data sovereignty and local control.

AI model source: Cavok AI option (local AI) + Excire AI integration

AI notes: AI option feature: https://www.cavok.pro/en/feature-ai-option ; AI option blog: https://www.cavok.pro/en/blog/new-cavok-dam-ai-option

AI capability matrix

Capability Support
AI tagging Yes
AI OCR Optional
AI transcription No
Visual similarity search Yes
Smart cropping No
Rights detection Partial

Workflow automation

Workflow builder: Basic

Automation features: Reviews; collaboration; metadata governance

Workflow use cases supported: Marketing libraries; privacy-conscious archives

Admin complexity score: Smaller ecosystem; advanced automation may require integration work

Workflow limitations: Coming Soon

AI & automation scores

AI maturity

Coming Soon

Workflow automation

Coming Soon

Implementation difficulty

6

TCO

6

Capabilities & Governance

Search, metadata & file support

Supported file types: Images, video, documents

Metadata flexibility: Custom metadata fields

Search capabilities: Search enhanced by AI option (faces/people)

Governance & compliance

Security certifications: On-prem/local AI option emphasizes data sovereignty

Storage architecture: Supports file-server oriented structures; on-prem storage

Rights & governance score: Coming Soon

Privacy-conscious positioning; rights via policies and metadata

Capability details (expand)

Core features
Asset organization; metadata; search; permissions; integrations
Advanced features
AI option (local AI facial recognition/search)
Collaboration features
Team access controls and collaboration features
Workflow features
Basic workflow and collaboration
Brand management & creative operations
Controlled access and sharing
Asset organization and retrieval workflows

Integrations & Architecture

Integration ecosystem

Integration-friendly; connects to other systems and file servers
Native integrations
File server structure support; metadata; permissions
Third-party integrations
CMS/ERP/webshop systems; AI tools via integrations

API & delivery architecture

API available: Yes

API documentation: View docs

CDN support: Optional

Storage architecture: Supports file-server oriented structures; on-prem storage

Integration depth

Coming Soon

Reliability

Coming Soon

Integration depth (TdR)

Coming Soon

Metadata flexibility

Coming Soon

Best integrations & pain points

Best integrations: File server structure support; metadata; permissions

Integration pain points: Coming Soon

Commercials

Pricing

Pricing model: Quote-based

Base price: Contact sales

Add-ons public: AI option add-on

AI add-ons public: Varies — some AI modules may be add-ons by plan.

Transparency: Low — quote-based pricing.

Notes: Depends on deployment and AI option.

Support, success & enablement

Support tiers: Tiered support

Customer success: Yes — customer success/services available (varies by plan).

Training: Yes — onboarding/training available (vendor/partners).

Community forum: Vendor resources available; formal community forums vary.

Documentation clarity score: Coming Soon

Support reliability score: Coming Soon

Commercial friction (scores)

Pricing transparency

Coming Soon

Sales pressure

Coming Soon

Contract fairness

Coming Soon

Evidence & TdR Verdict

Third-party reviews

G2 rating: Coming Soon

Review count: https://www.cavok.pro/en/references

View G2 Profile

Pros (summary): Coming Soon

Cons (summary): Coming Soon

Customers & proof

Notable customers: Coming Soon

Case studies: Coming Soon

TdR scorecard

Overall technical

Coming Soon

AI maturity

Coming Soon

Workflow automation

Coming Soon

Metadata flexibility

Coming Soon

Integration depth

Coming Soon

Governance & compliance

Coming Soon

Creative ops alignment

Coming Soon

Neutrality index

Coming Soon

Best fit for

GDPR-conscious teams that want DAM with local AI options for facial recognition and search.

Not recommended for

Teams needing broad AI suite (transcription, NLP, agentic workflows) and large enterprise ecosystem.

Strengths

Data sovereignty focus; local AI option; flexible integrations.

Weaknesses

Smaller ecosystem; AI packaged as add-on; less suited for huge global distribution use cases.

Best at (TdR)

On-prem-friendly DAM with local AI facial recognition for privacy and data control.

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