Side-by-side comparison
| Category | Daminion | Filecamp |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per-image, subscription or lifetime license | Flat-rate, unlimited users, $29–89/moWinner |
| Deployment | Cloud + on-premiseWinner | Cloud only (Swiss company, EU hosting) |
| Metadata round-trip | 100% IPTC fields preservedWinner | 68% IPTC fields preserved |
| RAW & format support | 100+ formats incl. RAW, CAD, 3DWinner | No RAW intelligence, basic video preview |
| Search at scale | 0.3s / 25k · 0.9s / 200kWinner | Fine at 15k, limiting past 100k |
| Version control | True check-in/check-out, restore in placeWinner | Simple file replacement, no version stacks |
| Branding & white-label | Not a documented focus | Custom per-workspace themes + agency white-label resaleWinner |
| Free trial | Yes | 30 days, no cardWinner |
| AI tagging | Add-on from $3/1,000 images, human review queue, facial recognitionWinner | Basic auto-tagging, Advanced tier and up |
Measurements from our June 2026 test cycle. Daminion is priced per image or via lifetime license; Filecamp publishes a flat-rate rate card. Checked July 2026.
Winner by category
Daminion — deployment, metadata, RAW, search, versioning, AI tagging. 6 of 9 rows.
Filecamp — pricing model, branding, trial length. 3 of 9 rows.
Daminion ★ — 9.4 vs 8.1, and the pick is clear for anyone managing a real photo archive.
Cost and timeline, concretely
These two budget-tier tools solve the pricing problem from opposite directions. Daminion charges per image rather than per seat, and can run entirely on your own storage — a genuine bargain for a small team with a large, growing archive and zero cloud storage fees. Filecamp charges nothing per seat at all; every plan includes unlimited users, with only storage moving the bill. Worked example: a photography-led team with a 200,000-image archive and 3 staff gets Daminion's budget-tier, per-image pricing with full metadata fidelity and no storage fee beyond hardware already owned. A 40-person company mostly distributing approved files to a large, casual audience gets Filecamp's $59–89/month unlimited-user plan — a fraction of what per-seat licensing on the same headcount would cost. The deciding question is whether your bottleneck is archive depth or headcount.
Final verdict
Daminion and Filecamp both live at the budget end of the DAM market, but they were built for different problems. Daminion is a real archive engine: full metadata fidelity, genuine RAW and CAD support, true version control, and search that holds up at 200,000 assets — all at per-image pricing that stays cheap as an archive grows, not as headcount grows. Filecamp solves a narrower, different problem well: giving an unlimited, casual crowd organized, branded access to approved files without a per-seat bill. Our own Filecamp review says it plainly — if you're managing a RAW archive or need real metadata, look at Daminion instead.
Choose Daminion if…
- You manage a real photography or RAW-heavy archive
- Metadata fidelity and true version control are non-negotiable
- You want on-premise economics on storage you already own
Choose Filecamp if…
- You need to give 20+ people access without per-seat costs
- Your library is gigabytes of finished files, not a RAW archive
- Agency white-label branding matters to your business
FAQ
Which is better, Daminion or Filecamp?
Daminion (9.4, rank #1 of 23) beats Filecamp (8.1, rank #9) on almost every feature axis — metadata fidelity, search speed at scale, RAW/format support and true version control. Our own Filecamp review explicitly says teams that manage RAW archives or need real metadata should see Daminion instead. Filecamp's advantage is its flat-rate, unlimited-user pricing, which nothing about Daminion's per-image model directly matches.
Is Filecamp cheaper than Daminion?
It depends on the shape of your team. Filecamp's flat-rate plans ($29–89/month) include unlimited users, which is unbeatable for a large, casual user base. Daminion is priced per image rather than per seat, and can run entirely on your own storage with no cloud fees — a genuine bargain for a small team with a large archive. Compare based on whether your constraint is headcount or archive size.
Does Filecamp support RAW files like Daminion does?
No. Filecamp's own review documents "no RAW intelligence" — RAW files are handled as generic files with no special preview or metadata support. Daminion supports RAW from every major camera brand with dedicated preview generation, which is why it anchors our photographer-focused ranking.
Sources & references
- Daminion review — PhotoLib, 238,000-asset stress catalog test, June 2026.
- Filecamp review — PhotoLib, two-week 15k-asset library test including a 60-account permission stress test, June 2026.
- PhotoLib test lab — June/July 2026, identical IPTC round-trip and search-latency methodology across both tools. See how we test.