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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Canto

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/ACanto delivers digital asset management capabilities while offering an intuitive experience for teams. Canto's AI Visual Search enables users to search their brand libraries using natural language.N/A

    Microsoft Teams

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.

    $4.80

    per month per user

    Pricing
    CantoMicrosoft Teams
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft Teams Essentials
    $4.80
    per month per user
    Microsoft Teams Enterprise
    $5.25
    per month (paid yearly) per user
    Microsoft Teams Enterprise
    $5.25
    per month per user
    Microsoft 365 Business Basic
    $7.20
    per month per user
    Microsoft 365 Business Standard
    $15
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CantoMicrosoft Teams
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCanto's platform, supported by a flexible and transparent pricing structure, caters to a diverse array of industries. It empowers companies ranging from teams of 50 employees to global enterprises to fuel their content delivery, maximizing their ROI.Discounts are available for non profit organizations.
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    Community Pulse
    CantoMicrosoft Teams
    Considered Both Products
    Canto
    Chose Canto
    I have not used any other Canto-like products, but Canto is greatly superior to saving corporate visual assets on the cloud in complex folder structures that cannot be auto-searched by what the visuals represent.
    Incentivized
    Chose Canto
    Canto was selected before I got my job, but I know that the executives on my team were replacing Egnyte, which they had used for many years. I'm not familiar with Egnyte, so I'm unsure why they wanted to make a switch, but we've all been happy with Canto's performance among our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Canto
    Canto is much more customizable than Dropbox. We were also primarily using a server to store all of our assets, which made it hard to share with clients and other teams. Canto makes it easier to find, organize and share. But the excessive settings and confusing navigation bring …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
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    90%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CantoMicrosoft Teams
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Canto and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    Canto
    6.7
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Microsoft Teams
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    Ratings
    Dashboards6.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content analytics6.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM Features
    Comparison of DAM Features features of Canto and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    Canto
    7.2
    24 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Microsoft Teams
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    Ratings
    Uploading assets7.623 Ratings00 Ratings
    Downloading assets8.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Categories7.423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset storage8.223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset sharing8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset search7.724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tagging system7.323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content editing6.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embed codes7.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata6.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collections7.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    User access6.823 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM Integrations6.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM API7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow automations5.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Related asset discovery6.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Canto and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    Canto
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams
    8.2
    241 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.1179 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.196 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.3208 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.4126 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.2229 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings7.6212 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.4143 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Canto and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    Canto
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams
    8.0
    251 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.0250 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.4249 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings8.7235 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.2146 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.6157 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings6.547 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings5.743 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.1155 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Canto and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    Canto
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams
    8.2
    236 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.6168 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.4202 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.8200 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.9216 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.6198 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.5158 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.353 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings8.6172 Ratings
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    Adobe Bridge
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cloudinary
    Score9 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Score8 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CantoMicrosoft Teams
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (253 ratings)
    8.6
    (329 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (18 ratings)
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (95 ratings)
    8.7
    (114 ratings)
    Availability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (157 ratings)
    8.0
    (114 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (7 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    CantoMicrosoft Teams
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Canto
    Canto is an excellent tool for organizing assets and searching for them in one location. I also really enjoy using the mobile version of Canto on my smartphone when I am on the go. Canto is robust and fast and it has been a major advancement in the way that my organization stores and shares assets.
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    Microsoft
    It's amazing as a daily driver for team communication, and document search/store. Also, if you're doing a lot of LONG meetings and have trouble remembering details, the AI summarization is amazing and convenient. It just works. I'm not saying I always do this, of course, but if I need to 'skim' instead of really digging into every detail from a meeting, the AI-generated summary is generally good enough that I can get away with it.
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    Pros
    Canto
    • Ability to manage several portals and allow different users access to each.
    • Ability to customize each Canto platform or portal to suit all needs.
    • The platform is very easy to use, and while there are more complex components to the platform, users are able to use only the basics and remain very successful.
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    Microsoft
    • All in one communication for Teams.
    • High quality and reliable both audio and video meetings.
    • Well organized and clear instant chat.
    • Excellent security features.
    • Beautiful integration with 3rd party tools and systems.
    • Perfect compatibility with windows ,android and iOS.
    • Allow meetings recordings for later us or sharing with teams that missed the live.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Canto
    • The brand templates add-on is very difficult to use. It sounds great on paper, but when you actually try to use it you find out it's very clunky and limited.
    • Adding fonts to style guides is difficult. Would love to see some sort of integration with Adobe and Google fonts.
    • Duplicate finder only finds exact duplicates, so if a file has been run through processing of any sort it doesn't find it (ie Photoshop, Lightroom). Would be great if it could have some sort of optical duplicate finder.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • The webinars feature has some missing functionally such as the ability for all users to use the Q&A feature (only those with a Microsoft Teams account can use it now), the ability to upload documents for attendees to easily access and download, and the ability for presenters and organizers to easily chat amongst themselves throughout the webinar.
    • The "Channels" organization hierarchy could be more clear. If you have several channels set up, it can get clunky and hard to find the specific channel you are looking for.
    • The MS Planner tool lacks functionality and organization. You cannot assign more than one person to a task and it's confusing when you try to share tasks with people - it would be nice if they were automatically added to someone's calendar.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Canto
    It's a fantastic product and we get a lot of mileage out of Canto. I would 100% say that we plan to renew our subscription and have not explored any other digital asset management tools. It has all the tools we need, seamlessly connects with Adobe products (out primary design tool) and continues to innovate.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Teams is included with our Office 365 subscription and we have no intention of migrating off of Office 365 and Microsoft products. Since Microsoft Teams is included for free with our Office 365 subscription, and since we enjoy all the features, benefits, and functionality, there is no question that our team will continue to use the product
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Canto
    Canto is about as easy to use as it gets. I have personally trained a handful of employees who are unfamiliar with DAM/marketing SaaS technology on how to use the platform for their needs. These trainings only take about half an hour (given they are using a very limited set of Canto's features), and afterward, they are pretty well-equipped to use the platform.
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    Microsoft
    If you have the full Microsoft Office suite, it works really well because it's integrated well within its ecosystem, but if not, it can be annoying because it tries to open a shared file in the web versions of the file equivalents. The web version is also a bit slow, and the login is very difficult to handle if you have multiple Microsoft or Outlook accounts.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Canto
    Canto is usually available, though sometimes goes down for 30 min - 1 hr. Usually resolved quickly
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Rare, but outages do happen
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    Performance
    Canto
    I've satisfied with the performance
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    Microsoft
    Sometimes about once a week I get a message that says "Sorry, there seems to be something wrong". But it goes away in a few minutes.
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    Support Rating
    Canto
    I think Canto's onboarding process was really helpful. Our employees were able to utilize the system without excess training sessions which isn't always the case with some software. I also think that their customer support has proven to be super helpful when minor issues arise
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    The overall support provided by Microsoft for Microsoft Teams has been quite good but there is still some room for improvements. Microsoft needs to proactively work on fixing the open bugs in order to provide a seamless experience to the users. But over the service and experience provided by the Microsoft team have been quite satisfactory.
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    Online Training
    Canto
    Very knowledgable and accommodating trainers who listen to what you're asking and provide detailed yet simple instructions.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Canto
    We didn't have a thorough enough plan for ownership of uploading and tagging and some of our tags were inconsistent which led to some regression in our usage. We tightened up that plan on our end and spoke with support team on Canto's end to establish some best practices and have a much better workflow now.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Canto
    Dropbox is not as organized as Canto is. This is very impactful to help us stay consistent and to stay proper when managing our digital assets. Moreover, the ease of navigation is a lot better than Dropbox ever was, this is a big reason why our company has been using Canto for SEVERAL years.We do not want to leave Canto!
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Teams offers a much more integrated experience between their chat and video call function compared to Google Chat and Slack. Both other tools are much better for internal communications are they have simpler UI without other features. Whereas Microsoft Teams can be used for more critical conversations, particularly between external companies, and has been very useful in sales conversations which is what we chose it for when speaking to companies that work exclusively through Microsoft.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Canto
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Honestly, this tool is worth every penny. Yes, it's not free and you pay for the quality of services and the license. But the ROI and the benefits are all there. Also, the renewal, negotiation, and contract terms are all very well explained by our Microsoft account manager, and she's a charm.
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    Scalability
    Canto
    Canto is based on the West coast, so occasionally patches and planned outages happen during East coast working hours
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    It does not appear to have a limit to how many teams and employees we can have using it
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    Canto
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I used Skype for Business to take calls, hold conferences, and provide remote assistance to users. Microsoft Teams, on the other hand, is superior to Skype for Business in my opinion. My job entails a lot of screen sharing.
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    Return on Investment
    Canto
    • Covid: We all worked from home. It was a major impact for us to stop using a sketchy VPN that is slow and painful. We all became so much more efficient in our work.
    • Sharing assets: Our company has grown substantially in the past 3 years. Having Canto means that we can easily share assets with our worldwide divisions. We are leading the way on this as the companies we acquired are using archaic servers. We will bring everyone in the Canto world to better manage our assets.
    • Control: Prior to Canto, people were misusing images - not using the right ones, not using watermarks. Now it's all preventable and we are seeing better quality images used appropriately.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Personally, I would say that by using Microsoft Teams, it upped my collaboration with my colleagues by around 50% or around more than half of what I usually did prior to using it.
    • I had 100% show rate and attendance on all of my meetings in the past 6 months.
    • If I may add, I also have been chattier & collaborative towards my colleagues in past 3 months particularly the month of December when we had huge traffic at work. I would estimate this behavior to have been increased by around 60% than what I usually incur during normal operating days.
    Incentivized
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    Canto Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Canto AI Visual Search to discover digital assets faster.Screenshot of asset discovery with AI Visual Search, using natural language to instantly find the most relevant images and videos in Canto.Screenshot of Canto's integrations, including Adobe Creative Suite, Hootsuite, Canva, and monday.com.Screenshot of sharing tools to push on-brand digital content to teams, channels, and platforms while maintaining control with access controls and digital rights management.Screenshot of the organized, searchable content hub, where everyone can always find what they need, when they need it.