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Canto

Canto Digital Asset Management

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.5 /10

61 Reviews Write a Review

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

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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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

McKenna S.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Communications
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

Great product for marketing agencies!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Canto Digital Asset Management from other similar products?

Capabilities were endless - as a small agency, getting as much "bang for our buck" is very important.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The organization tools - there are so many ways to ensure every asset is easy to find no matter who is looking for it! Major game changer!

What do you dislike most about this product?

It's a little difficult to wrap your mind around it at first to figure out how to build it out, but once you get the hang of that it's smooth sailing.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take the time in the beginning with your onboarding Canto rep to ask questions and really learn the product. It's so robust there's no way you could learn all of it on your own and it's well worth it to learn it all!

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Brad B.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Communications
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

Has greatly simplified our asset management.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Canto Digital Asset Management from other similar products?

Intuitive design and rapid product improvement. The service is also great.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability to easily group and export images.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No major issues. There are just some features I’d like to see which I expect are being developed.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Definitely do the demo and think about how you’ll most typically use the product to see if it’s a good fit.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Saves Time

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

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

Dated interface, bad customer support, and weak fe

Likeliness to Recommend

2 /10

Pros

Friendly Negotiation
Efficient Service
Security Protects

Cons

Less Effective Service
Inhibits Innovation
Less Respectful

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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

McKenna S.

Great product for marketing agencies!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Brad B.

Has greatly simplified our asset management.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dated interface, bad customer support, and weak fe

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