When comparing MediaBeacon vs Daminion Software, the Slant community recommends Daminion Software for most people. In the question“What are the best digital asset management (DAM) solutions?” Daminion Software is ranked 14th while MediaBeacon is ranked 69th.
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Pros
Pro Drag-and-drop
Pro Active directory / LDAP compatible
Users can be authenticated against AD/LDAP, decreasing the password management and security audit overheads.
Pro Intuitive interface
The desktop experience in the browser.
Pro Metadata embedded in the asset files
Strongly Attached Metadata: Embedded in the assets themselves so you'll never lose it. Ever.
Pro Easy photo and document management
Pro Great tech support
Pro Affordable for small teams with tight budgets
Pro Allows to assign people to pictures
But no face recognition. So it works like a keyword.
Cons
Con Thumbnail preview slower than others
Other tools display the thumbnail preview images in the overview much faster. For example ACDSee is extremely fast, StudioLine is faster, too. On Daminion I first see a gray box then after at least 1 second the thumbnail is displayed. Also Lightroom 5 doesn't have such loading times.