Canto Digital Asset Management (DAM)
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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.
Customizable Platform with a Great Reporting System
What do you like best about the product?
Love that it is customizable, and the reporting system is great. The reporting system can be a little clunky to use, but its just that when you choose a date range, I have to hit enter on the keyboard in order for the date I choose to stick. I can't just click on it.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can take a long time to process images since a lot of our specific images need individual keywords/ tags. But I am sure that would be with any system.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's providing a central campus-wide location for all Marketing images that allows broad access. We love it!
Centralized Asset Management with Quick Editing
What do you like best about the product?
I really love the fact that we can resize photos within Canto and export them either in high resolution or low resolution for social media. We can do the same with videos, cutting clips to the length we need. It saves us an additional step of exporting a larger file, opening a different program, and doing those same things there, allowing us to eliminate that step and get deliverables out the door more quickly.
What do you dislike about the product?
I'm not a giant fan of the folders and albums setup. I like the idea of having everything in one central place and using the filters to sort. But when it comes to constructing a client portal, it's a lot more practical to still have everything organized into different folders. I would rather be organizing my assets within a folder structure system.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Canto as a central place for our remote team to access and share digital assets, avoiding multiple computers or internal servers. It allows easy resizing and exporting of photos and videos, eliminating additional steps and speeding up deliverables.
Effective digital asset management tool for marketing photography
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate that Canto allows shared access to photo content across an organization; this provides a curated inventory of photography we can all draw from for marketing purposes without having to make individual requests. It cuts down on email volume and file sharing.
What do you dislike about the product?
The filters, keyword searches, and tags feel clunky and sometimes difficult to find content. It's one of those "output is only as good as the input scenarios" and my organization has gotten better with curating tags to make this a more useable feature over time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reduced need to file share - especially large photos - across and beyond the organization (if login is granted). Reduces the need to make requests and allows access to a robust inventory of photography that can be used across mediums.
Intuitive Folder Structure, Easy Onboarding, and Excellent Support
What do you like best about the product?
Folder structure intact and very intuitive. Easy learning curve for onboarding. Customer support has been excellent.
What do you dislike about the product?
i'm unsure about the new library look but it's early days in their development so still very optimistic
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A more cohesive DAM with more functionality and integrations straight out of the box
Decent Entry-Level DAM, Needs Intuitive UX
What do you like best about the product?
I leverage Canto for asset storage and organization, from brand elements to photo and video work. I appreciate that it creates a centralized repository for the internal team to access and share easily. It is easy to organize, tag, and curate elements. Canto has various permission levels that make it easy to involve the full team with the right level of access. I find the tagging fairly intuitive, helping make search and discovery easy and intuitive. It also keeps our assets safe by ensuring only certain people can delete.
What do you dislike about the product?
Canto has a rougher interface than other DAM tools and a lot of the new functions are add-ons vs baked into the core experience. It did not have as frictionless onboarding and set-up as other tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Canto creates a centralized repository for assets, making it easy to organize, tag, and curate elements. It enhances security with various permission levels, facilitating safe access and intuitive tagging for easy search and discovery.
Great for Photo Upload Links and Approvals, but Setup Takes Time
What do you like best about the product?
I love the ways we can use it for sending out links for our colleagues to upload their photos but we can still approve them so we don't have hundreds of repeat pictures.
What do you dislike about the product?
The learning curve is a little difficult and just getting all of your assets over and set up is a process.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Giving us a more refined and easy to use DAM that also utilizes AI more and facial recognition
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