MediaValet pricing in 2026: plans, real cost, alternatives

MediaValet pricing in 2026 is quote-only: MediaValet publishes no tiers and no list prices, and every subscription is a custom quote built on storage, features, integrations, onboarding and support, with unlimited users included. Its FAQ names 1 TB of storage as the most popular package, and third-party sources report figures from about $5,000 a year at the entry level to a median of $131,500 a year across larger contracts. MediaValet is an enterprise digital asset management (DAM) platform built on Microsoft Azure.

MediaValet rows read on mediavalet.com on 2026-11-05. Reported figures are third-party estimates, not MediaValet prices; G2, Capterra and TrustRadius list MediaValet as "contact vendor", and Vendr publishes no MediaValet buyer guide.

For a company of 40 with an IT team and a Microsoft agreement, a quote is a normal way to buy a DAM. For a team of five that needs a searchable library, branded sharing and review by next month, the quote process is part of the cost, and so is a contract sized for a much larger organization. Brault is a creative file management platform that combines AI search, libraries, review, Boards, integrated file transfer and white-label branding in one plan, with prices published on brault.app/pricing. The wider market is covered in the digital asset management cost guide, and how to choose at small-team size is in the DAM for small business guide.

How much does MediaValet cost in 2026?

MediaValet's pricing page, read on 2026-11-05, has no dollar figure on it. The headline is "Get Your Custom DAM Pricing", the page states there are "No forced tiers", and the call to action is a demo. MediaValet frames this as a feature: pricing that "grows with your library" instead of fixed packages or per-user fees, with "clear pricing guidance from the first call."

Three public facts frame the quote:

1. Users are not the unit. MediaValet includes unlimited users, unlimited permission groups and unlimited categories, and its FAQ adds unlimited product support and unlimited training. The price moves with what the library holds and what it connects to, not with headcount.
2. Storage is the anchor. The FAQ states that "our most popular package is 1 TB of storage", and the pricing page names video-heavy libraries as a reason storage needs grow.
3. Services are part of the price. MediaValet lists implementation, migration and onboarding support, and ongoing customer success, among the factors that set the quote.

What is included in a MediaValet subscription?

A MediaValet subscription includes the platform, unlimited users and the support around it, and MediaValet is clear that this is the value it is selling. The included items, from its own pages read on 2026-11-05:

• Unlimited users and permission groups, so a marketing team, regional offices, agencies and partners can all have accounts without a seat count.
• Unlimited categories for the taxonomy, plus unlimited product support and unlimited training.
• Structured onboarding with a customer success team.
• Hosting on Microsoft Azure, with the customer choosing the Azure region where its assets live, geo-redundant storage, encryption in transit (TLS 1.2) and at rest (AES-256).
• Security certifications listed on its security page: SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, with GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA and PIPEDA compliance, and single sign-on through Azure Active Directory, Okta or SAML 2.0.

That list is the case for MediaValet. An organization with hundreds of occasional users, a security review to pass and a preference for Azure gets those things in the base contract rather than as add-ons. For video libraries, MediaValet also offers automated transcription and recognition, covered in the media asset management software guide.

What can add to a MediaValet quote?

The base subscription is only part of the first-year bill. MediaValet's own pricing page lists the items that can be priced on top: asset migration, metadata and taxonomy setup, advanced integrations or custom workflows, AI-powered features or analytics, and expanded storage or bandwidth.

What does MediaValet cost a team of five per month?

MediaValet's cost for a team of five is the cost of the organization's contract, because users are unlimited: five people pay what fifty would pay for the same storage and services. With no published price, the only figure a small team can budget against is a reported one, ITQlick's starting price of $5,000 a year, which is about $417 a month. The table puts that next to the tools a team of five would compare it with, each priced for five people per month.

Checked on 2026-11-05, USD before tax. MediaValet: reported by ITQlick (updated 2026-02-15), not a MediaValet price. Canto: AWS Marketplace listing, $25,000 per 12 months for 2 TB and 5 power users. Dash: dash.app/pricing, US monthly price. Playbook: playbook.com/pricing, Pro at $10 per member a month billed annually. Filecamp: filecamp.com/pricing, Basic. Each self-serve row is the lowest published plan that admits five people. Brault: brault.app/pricing.

Brault Growth is the plan built for a team: $70 a month billed annually ($85 month to month) with 5 TB and 4 users included, and $4 a month for each extra user, so five people pay $74 a month and ten pay $94. Solo readers have a smaller plan, Pro at $12 a month for 2 TB with up to 3 users, billed annually. Per terabyte, Growth works out to $14 a month. If the reported $5,000 entry figure buys the 1 TB package MediaValet calls its most popular, that is about $417 per terabyte per month; we could not confirm which storage size the reported figure covers, so treat that number as an order of magnitude.

Why do MediaValet price estimates disagree so much?

MediaValet price estimates disagree because none of them is a MediaValet price: each source reports a different kind of deal, and a vendor that prices on storage and services has no single number to report. The four figures a buyer finds in November 2026 sit far apart.

• ITQlick reports MediaValet "starts at $5000 per organization" on its comparison pages, updated 2026-02-15. It is an entry figure and does not say what storage it buys.
• Baseline, a DAM vendor, published a guide on 2026-09-25 estimating about $3,600 to $5,000 a year at small scale. It compiles other estimates rather than contracts, and it sells a competing product.
• CostBench reports a median contract of $131,500 a year across four third-party buyer reports and labels the figure indicative market pricing. Four contracts are a small sample, and large enterprise deals pull a median up.
• MediaValet itself publishes none of these and offers "clear pricing guidance from the first call."

The practical reading for a small team: the entry figures describe the smallest contracts, the median describes what larger organizations sign, and the only number that counts is a written quote at your real storage size. Ask for the quote at today's library size and at double it, because storage is the line that grows.

Is MediaValet worth the price?

MediaValet is worth its price for organizations that use what the base contract includes: unlimited users across departments and partners, Azure hosting with a chosen region, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, single sign-on, and an onboarding team that sets up the taxonomy and moves the library. Those organizations also benefit from buying through the Azure Marketplace, where a transactable offer launched in 2021 lets a company count the subscription toward its Microsoft consumption commitment.

Unlimited users are the feature to weigh honestly. For a company with 300 people who download logos twice a year, unlimited users can be worth more than any per-seat discount. For a team of five, the same feature is paid for and barely used, and the bill is decided by the storage and the services in the quote.

Which MediaValet alternatives fit a small team?

The MediaValet alternatives that fit a team of 4 to 20 people are the DAMs that publish their prices and let a team start without a call. Enterprise peers such as Canto, Bynder and Brandfolder follow the same quote model as MediaValet; their numbers are in the Canto pricing, Bynder pricing and Brandfolder pricing guides. Three self-serve options:

Brault Growth covers the work a small team uses a DAM for every day. Brault AI Search finds files by what is in them across 50+ formats, including RAW, PSD and video. Brault Boards track status, owner and due date on the files themselves, in gallery, kanban or table views, on every plan. Review is frame-accurate on video and pinned to the pixel on images. Brault Transfer (BTransfer) sends files up to 250 GB on Growth with a branded download page, and the app, shared links and transfer pages carry your logo and colors. Onboarding is self-serve, with no implementation fee and no annual contract on the self-serve plans.

MediaValet keeps the edge on unlimited users at scale, Azure procurement, region choice and a managed migration; the full comparison with enterprise DAMs is on the Brault vs DAM page, and the broader field is in the best DAM software roundup.

How should a small team prepare for a MediaValet renewal?

A small team prepares for a MediaValet renewal by measuring what it uses before the call, so the quote can be compared line by line with a self-serve plan. Five checks cover most of it:

1. Storage used today and growth per year. Take the number from your MediaValet account or the current invoice. This is the figure every alternative is priced on.
2. People who upload, tag or approve. Unlimited users matter less than the count of people who do the work; a self-serve plan prices on them.
3. Integrations in daily use. List the ones the team would miss, such as Adobe Creative Cloud or a CMS, and check them against the alternative before deciding.
4. Portals and share links in use. Note which external links partners rely on, so they can be recreated as branded links or brand portals elsewhere.
5. Metadata worth keeping. Export categories, keywords and custom attributes with the files, so the taxonomy moves with the assets.

With those five checks done, the renewal becomes a comparison of two concrete bills: MediaValet's written quote, and the monthly price of the plan that fits. For a team of five with up to 5 TB, the self-serve side of that comparison is $74 a month on Brault Growth, billed annually.

Frequently asked questions

How much does MediaValet cost in 2026?

MediaValet does not publish prices in 2026; every subscription is a custom quote built on storage, features, integrations, onboarding and support, with unlimited users included. Third-party figures vary widely: ITQlick reports a starting price of $5,000 a year per organization (updated 2026-02-15) and CostBench reports a median contract of $131,500 a year from four buyer reports. MediaValet says its most popular package is 1 TB of storage. Figures checked on 2026-11-05.

Does MediaValet charge per user?

No. MediaValet includes unlimited users, unlimited permission groups, unlimited product support and unlimited training in every quote, and prices on storage, features, integrations and services instead. For a team of five, unlimited users add little value; the storage size and the services in the quote decide the bill.

Does MediaValet have a free trial or a free plan?

MediaValet has no free plan. Its FAQ offers a free sandbox account with full system functionality, requested through the sales team rather than a self-serve sign-up. Brault, by comparison, has a permanent Free plan with 2 GB, AI search, Boards and Brault Transfer at $0 with no form.

Can you buy MediaValet through the Azure Marketplace?

Yes. MediaValet is a transactable offer on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace since November 2021, so companies with a Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) can count the subscription toward it, and the marketplace also accepts credit cards. The price is still a custom quote; the marketplace changes how the bill is paid, not its size.

What is a lower-cost MediaValet alternative for a small team?

For a team of five, Brault Growth costs $74 a month billed annually for 5 TB of storage, with 4 users included and $4 per extra user, and it covers AI search, review, Boards, branded sharing and transfers up to 250 GB. Other self-serve options with public prices are Filecamp Basic ($29 a month for 20 GB, unlimited users), Playbook Pro ($50 a month for five members billed annually, 6 TB) and Dash Start Up ($109 a month for 10 GB, unlimited users). Prices checked on 2026-11-05.

Key takeaways

• MediaValet's 2026 pricing is quote-only, with no tiers and no list price; the quote is built on storage, features, integrations, onboarding and support.
• Every MediaValet quote includes unlimited users, permission groups, categories, support and training, and runs on Microsoft Azure with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.
• MediaValet's most popular package is 1 TB. Reported figures run from $5,000 a year at the entry level (ITQlick) to a $131,500 median across four larger contracts (CostBench); none is a MediaValet price.
• For five people, the reported MediaValet entry figure is about $417 a month, against $29 on Filecamp Basic (20 GB), $50 on Playbook Pro (6 TB), $74 on Brault Growth (5 TB, billed annually) and $109 on Dash (10 GB), checked on 2026-11-05.
• MediaValet fits large organizations that need unlimited users, Azure procurement and enterprise security; a team of 4 to 20 should price its renewal against a self-serve plan with its real storage and user numbers.