Canto

Canto Digital Asset Management

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.5 /10

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What is Canto Digital Asset Management?

Canto Digital Asset Management (DAM) software organizes digital media such as images, videos and documents. DAM secures files, manages copyrights and handles permissions. It’s a company-wide content storage system that boosts sharing, maintains brand consistency and reduces time-consuming hunts for digital assets.

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Canto Digital Asset Management Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Canto Digital Asset Management?

5% Negative

12% Neutral

83% Positive

Pros

Acts with Integrity
Respectful
Friendly Negotiation
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Digital Asset Sharing

Digital Asset Findability

Manage / Administration of Metadata

Workflow and Approval Management

Content Capture

Permissions and Access Right Management

Intelligent Indexing

Version Management

Collaboration

In System Content Views

Cloud Offering

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Canto Digital Asset Management Reviews

Jim F.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Nov 2021

I use this software everyday to access and share

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Canto Digital Asset Management from other similar products?

When talking with staff about their experience with Canto and how it compares to other products, something we hear rather frequently is that sometimes others have an interface that is more minimalistic and clear.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Sharing extra large files

What do you dislike most about this product?

Overall design and website animations feel dated and clunky, empty folders look ugly as well. Definitely a learning curve involved in using Canto.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Canto gives users team the ability to tag, collaborate and report on company-wide digital assets in a visual environment.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Transparent

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Inhibits Innovation
Vendor Friendly Policies

Randon C.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Education
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Organizational Life Saver

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Canto Digital Asset Management from other similar products?

Lots of features to organize content.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Tagging of photos and facial recognition.

What do you dislike most about this product?

User interface could look a little more modern.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Set up does take some time, but once it's completed the product works great!

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Respectful

Tara C.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Great visual design, UX, image search capabilites

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Canto Digital Asset Management from other similar products?

It's UX and visual search feature. Way more intuitive and less cumbersome looking than it's competitors.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The search feature! Highly used by our team to find specific content. Incredibly helpful.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Their innovation. Right now, Canto will reload on you if you have scrolled "too far" for them to handle in a search, reloading your web browser and making you start over on your search.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take a trial run of it. Consider others well but ultimately decide which product is something you and your team will be excited to use every day and that will actually help you.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Includes Product Enhancements
Reliable

Cons

Wastes Time
Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation

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Canto Digital Asset Management Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Canto Digital Asset Management?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Digital Asset Sharing Ability to securely share the digital assets (or files)

Digital Asset Findability Capabilities of navigation and browsing

Manage / Administration of Metadata A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Workflow and Approval Management Ability to model, build, and execute automatic workflows for the purpose of managing content-centric processes.

Content Capture Channels through which content is uploaded or classified.

Permissions and Access Right Management Defining of user-access rights for content assets or folders at group and individual level to control the management of digital assets.

Intelligent Indexing AI driven capability to label & classify automatically

Version Management Ability to create and view multiple versions of a content asset through iterative edits in accordance with pre-defined limitations.

Collaboration Users share, view, edit, discuss, and provide feedback on content, synchronously or asynchronously, either natively or through a third-party integration.

In System Content Views Ability to create customized views of content repositories.

Cloud Offering Cloud compatibility (software and infrastructure).

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Canto Digital Asset Management Reviews

Jim F.

I use this software everyday to access and share

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Randon C.

Organizational Life Saver

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tara C.

Great visual design, UX, image search capabilites

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Digital Asset Sharing

Digital Asset Findability

Manage / Administration of Metadata

Workflow and Approval Management

Content Capture

Permissions and Access Right Management

Intelligent Indexing

Version Management

Collaboration

In System Content Views

Cloud Offering

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features