pixx.io
Master your media with digital asset management
About pixx.io
pixx.io is a German digital asset management (DAM) platform that gives teams one shared space to organize, search, approve, and share images, videos, and documents. It adds AI smart tagging and face recognition, license and model-release tracking, and branded media portals for press and partners. The software is made and hosted in Germany.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Reviewers consistently rate it easy to learn; Capterra shows 4.8/5 for ease of use
- Built-in license, model-release, and rights-expiry tracking is rare at this price point
- Branded press and partner portals make it a practical brand-asset hub for PR teams
- AI tagging, face recognition, and alt-text generation cut manual metadata work
- Made and hosted in Germany, which suits GDPR-sensitive European organizations
- Plugins for Adobe, Canva, Office 365, WordPress, and TYPO3 keep assets inside existing tools
Cons
- Priced per admin user with plan minimums (3 on Team, 5 on Business), so costs climb with team size
- Portals, CDN, and read-only users are paid add-ons on top of the plan price
- No free plan; prices shown assume annual billing
- Workflow automation and integration breadth are lighter than large enterprise DAMs
- Strongest in the DACH region; smaller English-language review base and community
Key Features
AI smart tagging and search
Automatic keyword tagging plus filters, autocomplete, and metadata search to find files in seconds.
AI face recognition
Groups people across the media library automatically so photos of the same person are easy to find (Team plan and up).
License and release management
Attach image licenses, model releases, and property releases to files, with reminders before rights expire.
Media portals
Branded, optionally password-protected portals for sharing press kits and brand assets with journalists, partners, and resellers.
Upload links and upload portal
Collect files from colleagues, photographers, and agencies via a link or branded upload portal with predefined metadata.
Proofing and feedback workflows
Comment on assets, request approvals, and track versions directly in the DAM instead of over email.
Automatic conversion and cropping
Convert and crop images to the required format and size on download.
Integrations and API
Plugins for Adobe, Canva, Office 365, WordPress, and TYPO3, plus webhooks, a REST API, and make.com workflows.
CDN delivery
Permalinks served through a CDN add-on for fast, high-traffic delivery to websites and online shops (Business plan).
Security and access control
Custom user permissions, MFA, SSO on Business, and German data hosting on the Open Telekom Cloud.
Pricing
- Min. 1 admin user
- 100 GB storage
- AI smart tagging
- Smart search and filters
- File sharing via link
- Collections
- Proofing and feedback workflows
- Canva and Office 365 plugin
- MFA
- Min. 3 admin users
- 500 GB storage
- Everything in Starter
- AI face recognition
- License, model and property release management
- Converting and cropping
- Webhooks and API
- Adobe, TYPO3 and WordPress plugins
- make.com workflows
- Versioning
- Upload links
- Portal add-on available
- Min. 5 admin users
- 1 TB storage
- Everything in Team
- CDN add-on
- SSO
- Automated alt text generation
- Custom metadata and mandatory fields
- Branding and CI
- Custom workflows
- Customer success manager
- Portal+ and read-only user add-ons
- Everything in Business
- Individual team size
- Custom branding and storage
- Custom workflows and integrations
- Personal customer success manager
- Upload portal add-on
Best For
Marketing asset library
Marketing teams centralize campaign images, videos, and templates with AI tagging so anyone can find the right file fast.
Press and partner portals
PR teams publish branded, password-protected press kits and brand assets for journalists, retailers, and influencers.
Image rights compliance
Organizations attach licenses and model releases to photos and get reminders before usage rights expire.
Collecting files from external creatives
Upload links and portals let photographers and agencies deliver files straight into the DAM with metadata preset.
Delivering assets to websites and shops
CDN permalinks and WordPress or TYPO3 plugins push always-current images to web properties and e-commerce sites.
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