Frontify alternative for small teams
Frontify is the enterprise suite for large brand teams. Branddoq is the lighter option: a modular brand guide website, an AI design check and a media pool, hosted in Germany, from €69 a month with no minimum term.
Who Frontify is for, and who Branddoq is for
Frontify is an enterprise brand platform: guidelines, digital asset management, templates and approval workflows, built for large brands and distributed teams with SSO requirements and a DAM at the centre.
Branddoq is brand guidelines software for the other end of the market. As a Frontify alternative it suits agencies, in-house teams and mid-sized companies that need a living brand guide online and want to check layouts against it, without buying an enterprise suite. Branddoq does not replace a DAM; it replaces the PDF brand manual.
Branddoq vs Frontify at a glance
| Branddoq | Frontify | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus / target group | Living brand guides for agencies, in-house teams and mid-sized brands | Enterprise brand platform for large brands and global teams |
| Pricing model | Fixed monthly plans, published prices | On request, quote-based |
| Entry price | €0 trial, paid plans from €69 per month incl. VAT | Third-party sources cite roughly USD 1,200–1,800 per year for small team plans; check the vendor's website |
| Brand guidelines builder | Modular, vertical stacking, live preview, draft and published state | Yes, part of the suite |
| AI design check | Yes: JPG, PNG, WebP or PDF checked against the guide on six criteria | Not known to us |
| Media pool / downloads | Folders and ZIP downloads | Full digital asset management |
| Client portal | Yes (German UI today) | Check the vendor's website |
| Hosting location | Germany (EU) | Cloud, Swiss company |
| Contract term | Monthly, cancel any time | Check the vendor's website |
| Free trial | Trial plan at €0, no credit card | Check the vendor's website |
| SSO, API, integrations | Not available yet | Strong integrations and SSO for enterprise |
Where Branddoq is the better fit
You want a price you can see. Branddoq publishes its plans: Standard €69 a month, Premium €149, Enterprise from €499. Monthly payment, monthly cancellation.
You want a brand guide, not a platform project. Pages are built by stacking modules: colour palette with HEX, RGB, CMYK, Pantone and RAL, self-hosted typography, logo showcase with clear space, minimum size and forbidden uses, do/don't pairs, gallery, video and downloads. A first guide takes an afternoon.
You want to check layouts against the guide. The AI design check takes a JPG, PNG, WebP or PDF (up to 10 pages) and compares it with your guide on colours, typography, logo, imagery, layout and tone. Colours are measured with ΔE2000, fonts and vector colours are read from PDFs, the rest is judged by Claude against your guide's rules. Every finding references a rule; the verdict is deterministic. Four real results are at /ai-check.
You need EU hosting without a procurement round. Hosted in Germany, self-hosted fonts, only necessary cookies, data processing agreement available.
Where Frontify is the better fit
Be honest about scale. If you need a DAM with rights management, SSO for thousands of users, local-market templating and approval workflows, Frontify is the more complete enterprise suite. Branddoq has no SSO, API, Figma plugin, DAM integrations or version history yet; if those are hard requirements, Frontify is the right call.
Pricing compared
Branddoq, per month incl. VAT, no minimum term:
- Trial, €0: 1 guide, 3 pages, 10 basic modules, 1 GB, no AI, no checks, no credit card.
- Standard, €69: 1 guide, unlimited pages, 5 GB, 5 design checks a month.
- Premium, €149: 3 guides, 10 GB, 100 checks a month, AI guide creation from PDF, AI page builder, 3,000 AI credits a month.
- Enterprise, from €499: unlimited guides, 20 GB, unlimited checks, 10,000 credits, individual contract and DPA.
Credit packs: 1,000 for €10, 5,000 for €45, 12,000 for €99 (1 credit = 1 cent). Payment via Stripe.
Frontify does not publish prices; third-party sources mention roughly USD 1,200–1,800 per year for small team plans, far more for enterprise contracts.
How to switch from Frontify to Branddoq
- Export your content. Download texts, logo files, fonts and colour values; a PDF export is a good checklist.
- Rebuild pages with modules. Try the sandbox at /demo, then create your guide; on Premium and Enterprise the AI drafts it from your PDF.
- Fill the media pool. Upload logos and assets into folders; your team downloads them as ZIPs.
- Invite your team. Assign admin, editor and viewer roles, set public or protected, publish under branddoq.io/your-slug.
questions & answers.
No. Branddoq replaces the brand guide and adds an AI design check and a media pool. It does not replace a DAM, SSO or enterprise workflows; there, Frontify remains more complete.
Not as far as we know. Branddoq compares uploaded layouts with your guide's rules on six criteria, with measured colour values and a deterministic verdict.
Not yet. Guides live under branddoq.io/your-slug, public or protected. Custom domains are not available today.
Branddoq is hosted in Germany, self-hosts its fonts, sets only necessary cookies and offers a data processing agreement. Support answers within one working day.
see it for yourself.