What’s the difference?

Product Overview

Dash is a lightweight DAM tool built for small creative teams and agencies. Affordable, but with feature limitations and basic controls.

Sparkfive gives marketers what they need to scale: strong permissions, branded portals, and AI tools in every plan.

Team Type Fit

Creative teams & DTC

Built for design-heavy, creative teams. Agencies, retail brands, and DTC teams.

Marketing teams in B2B

Purpose-built for B2B marketers. Built for control and scalability.

Built for Sales and Distributors

Not built for partners

Lacks tools that support easy, secure sharing with reps, dealers, and external teams.

Share beyond your team

Sparkfive makes it easy to share content with reps, dealers, and distributors—securely.

Robust Permissions in All Plans

Limited controls on lower plans

Granular permissioning is only available on higher-tier plans or requires custom configuration.

Control without upgrades

We believe all teams should have robust access controls - regardless of plan type.

Support & Success

Focused on large accounts

Support is tailored for enterprise clients, with more limited access for smaller teams.

Fast, human, and helpful

Our team is hands-on, responsive, and here to support every customer—no matter your plan size.

Why Sparkfive Wins

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Before Sparkfive, we wasted hours tracking down files. Now anyone can quickly search and find exactly what they need, keeping projects on schedule and stress-free

Musashi Okada
Director, Marketing

We eliminated the endless back‑and‑forth between marketing & sales. Our reps get on‑brand assets fast, and my team finally has time to focus on campaigns, not file hunting

Jodi Becker
Sr. Manager, Marketing

Sparkfive gave our marketing team control and gave our sales teams freedom. Each of our brands now has the right assets at their fingertips, without delays

Megan Decker
Marketing Director

Sparkfive has become a trusted partner for us. Our dealers and sales reps finally have fast, secure access to the correct documents...without bottlenecks

Megan Kimball
Marketing Communications Manager

Before Sparkfive, we wasted hours tracking down files. Now anyone can quickly search and find exactly what they need, keeping projects on schedule and stress-free

Musashi Okada
Director, Marketing

We eliminated the endless back‑and‑forth between marketing & sales. Our reps get on‑brand assets fast, and my team finally has time to focus on campaigns, not file hunting

Jodi Becker
Sr. Manager, Marketing

Sparkfive gave our marketing team control and gave our sales teams freedom. Each of our brands now has the right assets at their fingertips, without delays

Megan Decker
Marketing Director

Sparkfive has become a trusted partner for us. Our dealers and sales reps finally have fast, secure access to the correct documents...without bottlenecks

Megan Kimball
Marketing Communications Manager

Before Sparkfive, we wasted hours tracking down files. Now anyone can quickly search and find exactly what they need, keeping projects on schedule and stress-free

Musashi Okada
Director, Marketing

We eliminated the endless back‑and‑forth between marketing & sales. Our reps get on‑brand assets fast, and my team finally has time to focus on campaigns, not file hunting

Jodi Becker
Sr. Manager, Marketing

Sparkfive gave our marketing team control and gave our sales teams freedom. Each of our brands now has the right assets at their fingertips, without delays

Megan Decker
Marketing Director

Sparkfive has become a trusted partner for us. Our dealers and sales reps finally have fast, secure access to the correct documents...without bottlenecks

Megan Kimball
Marketing Communications Manager
Text Recognition

Tired of hunting through endless files? With AI-powered text recognition, your DAM can read and index text from any document. Find what you need in seconds and save tons of time!

Text Recognition

Tired of hunting through endless files? With AI-powered text recognition, your DAM can read and index text from any document. Find what you need in seconds and save tons of time!

Text Recognition

Tired of hunting through endless files? With AI-powered text recognition, your DAM can read and index text from any document. Find what you need in seconds and save tons of time!

Text Recognition

Tired of hunting through endless files? With AI-powered text recognition, your DAM can read and index text from any document. Find what you need in seconds and save tons of time!

Text Recognition

Tired of hunting through endless files? With AI-powered text recognition, your DAM can read and index text from any document. Find what you need in seconds and save tons of time!

FAQs

Dash is a simple DAM for small creative teams. Sparkfive is built for B2B marketers who need control, scale, and external sharing.

Sparkfive is a better fit for B2B teams, especially those with reps, partners, or distributors who need easy access to brand content.

Yes. Sparkfive offers robust permissioning in all plans, while Dash's controls are limited and best for internal-only use cases.

Absolutely. Sparkfive includes AI tagging, summaries, and text detection—features Dash may lack or restrict by plan.

Yes. Sparkfive's branded portals make it easy to share with dealers, reps, and partners without friction.

Dash is a good fit for small, creative-only teams. Sparkfive is better for distributed teams and B2B marketing operations.

Sparkfive starts under $3K annually. Dash is lower cost but also offers fewer features, especially for sharing and permissions.

If your team is scaling, needs permissions, or works with external users—Sparkfive is a better long-term fit than Dash.

Affordable. Flexible. Built for marketers.

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Sparkfive DAM filter and search interface showing how users find files instantly