Canto Digital Asset Management (DAM)
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Sharp Search and Customization for Asset Management
What do you like best about the product?
I like the search functionality a lot! It's so detailed and feels like doing a Google search through our entire photo library. I also like the capability to customize the fields that appear on each asset, as well as the fields required for uploading.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish that the quality of assets wasn't compromised in the preview screen, which can make it hard to know the true quality until you download it. I also wish it was easier for non-admins to edit their metadata after uploading to a portal.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Canto organizes our photo storage, resolving unorganized dumps in SharePoint and improving credit tracking, rights management, and searchability.
One Central Hub for Digital Assets That Keeps Teams Consistent
What do you like best about the product?
Canto gives us a single place to store all our digital assets—images, videos, documents, and brand files—which makes it easier to maintain consistency across teams and avoid duplication.
What do you dislike about the product?
In my opinion, the biggest downside of Canto is the licensing cost.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It centralizes all digital assets in one organized hub. With metadata, tags, and AI search, files become instantly findable when you need them. The main benefits are faster workflows, less duplication, and the confidence that teams always know where the “source of truth” lives.
Efficient AI Search, But Integration Needs Work
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate how Canto helps with organization and access across departments, making it easier to locate and share files. The AI search is incredibly useful, saving us time that we used to spend searching for photos across various platforms like our server and Google Drive. Since using Canto, finding what we need has become significantly easier. Setting up Canto was very easy, and the onboarding training they provided was helpful. I also like that whenever we need assistance, they are quick to help.
What do you dislike about the product?
The integrations. Box.com integration is not working properly. Google Drive is better - however, it does take time for Canto to discover my folder structure. The previous version, around 2022-2023 all you had to do was provide the sharing link to the Google Drive folder, which didn't take as long.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Canto for organization and access across departments; it saves us time searching for photos and sharing within and outside of our organization.
Great Customer Upload Portals, but Export Downloads Can Be Unreliable
What do you like best about the product?
I love having portals for customers to easily upload their own content. Allows us to have multiple restricted places for customers to share content with us. I also love the version feature. Scratches a special itch for my type A brain.
What do you dislike about the product?
The downsides are difficulties with specific exports. Sometimes the files do not download as intended.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Storage and file access across my team.
Streamlined Asset Management with Powerful Customization
What do you like best about the product?
I really like how you can tweak your own workspace to fit your individual workflow with Canto. We enjoy using portals, especially when working with different external stakeholders who need access to different files, and it's easy to manage and edit that access. I appreciate that we can change the status of assets and add expiration dates, so we don't violate our licensing contracts. I also really like that we can update assets with new and approved versions of the same image. Plugging Canto links into Asana helps us track projects and share links with the team
What do you dislike about the product?
I think the platform is perfectly suited for photos but I find with videos it would be great to be able to have time stamps or some other way of organizing what is within the video itself. I also find that the new search bar shouldn't have to require you to put "" around things in order to only look up that very specific SKU. The search bar without the quotation marks casts too large of a net and things that shouldn't end up populating which confuses some team members. No one I know uses the personal collections for their account, so maybe finding a new way to communicate what that is for or just removing it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Canto solves storage, organization, and access issues, allowing us to organize and share files with stakeholders while managing asset statuses and avoiding contract breaches.
Huge, Searchable Asset Library That Empowers Sales Reps
What do you like best about the product?
It’s been really helpful to give our sales reps access to a large library of assets that they can easily search by keyword and quickly share with clients when needed.
What do you dislike about the product?
My main issue is creating share links. It’s the one feature I really wish worked more like Dropbox. Also, there are quite a few functions and features included that we don’t really need, or that we’re not sure what they’re for.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Canto gives our sales reps easy access to a large library of assets they wouldn’t normally be able to reach while on the road visiting customers.
Easy-to-Navigate UI with Powerful Custom Portals
What do you like best about the product?
User interface is easy to navigate and the ability to create custom portals.
What do you dislike about the product?
Having to create a share link to share externally. Search functionality doesnt always feel relevant.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solving the need for an organized asset management system and ability to share files externally.
Efficient Media Management, Needs Better Editing and Integration
What do you like best about the product?
I really like the capabilities and the suite of options and functionality Canto offers for sharing across multiple apps. I also appreciate how Canto allows identifying assets with meta tags and keywords, which makes locating them straightforward. The central storage location is fantastic because it makes my work more efficient and eliminates the need for back-and-forth emails or expired Dropbox links. Additionally, Canto's AI-enabled features help me find assets quickly, and it allows clients to access their brand assets directly from their portal and even share them with other vendors, which has greatly aided our workflow.
What do you dislike about the product?
I find the features for resizing and making updates directly within Canto don't work as well for us. It's just been easier to keep doing that the way we normally do. Also, I would really like an integration with Workamajig, our project management tool, but that hasn't happened yet. The onboarding took a little longer than I'd have liked, but I understand it's important for everyone to get familiar with all the functionality.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Canto helps expedite workflows and communication by eliminating back and forth emails and texts, storing all assets in one central location. Clients access and share their brand assets faster, and AI features speed up asset searches, enhancing our workflow.
Clean, Contemporary Interface That’s a Joy to Use
What do you like best about the product?
Clean interface, feels like a contemporary tool.
What do you dislike about the product?
Link management seems cumbersome (especially for an organization that shares a lot of links).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Creating a centralized system that the full organization has access to. We previously used Dropbox and it was a disaster. Now people can use the search function intuitively and find the files they need.
Cloud storage is great, but content separation and Connector issues hold Canto back
What do you like best about the product?
The fact that we don't have to take up memory on our own servers with this data.
What do you dislike about the product?
We have more than one team using Canto, and it's difficult to separate our content without making folders private...and making folders private is often problematic on the app because it will delete things. Also, the Canto Connector is far from perfect. We've had multiple issues with it: losing connection, corrupt files, difficulties sharing a file from one computer to another.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's allowing the sales team to share project photos with marketing. Helps when we are in need of new images for our marketing assets.
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