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What is Canto?

Canto 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.

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9 out of 10
March 09, 2024
Incentivized
We use Canto as a master photo library within the organization and share photos internally and with contractors.
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Encanto Canto.

8 out of 10
March 05, 2024
Incentivized
We use Canto for all photo and video storage and graphic assets such as logos. I create graphics in Adobe products daily, and the Canto …
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Canto Review

9 out of 10
February 22, 2024
Incentivized
We are still getting out Canto up and running, but I can see so many opportunities on how it will help us organize images, assets and …
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  • Downloading assets (24)
    8.2
    82%
  • Asset sharing (24)
    7.9
    79%
  • Uploading assets (23)
    7.5
    75%
  • Asset search (24)
    7.4
    74%

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What is Canto?

Canto 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.

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Features

Reporting & Analytics

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DAM Features

Features commonly found in dedicated Digital Asset Management (DAM) Software.

7.1
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Product Details

What is Canto?

A digital asset management (DAM), Canto allows organizations to centralize, organize, and share assets. With AI Visual Search, natural language can be used to instantly discover content without relying solely on metadata. Canto aims to empower brands to extract more value out of their content, maximize ROI, and accelerate time to market.

Canto'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.

Canto Features

DAM Features Features

  • Supported: Uploading assets
  • Supported: Downloading assets
  • Supported: Categories
  • Supported: Asset storage
  • Supported: Asset sharing
  • Supported: Asset search
  • Supported: Tagging system
  • Supported: Content editing
  • Supported: Embed codes
  • Supported: Metadata
  • Supported: Collections
  • Supported: User access
  • Supported: DAM Integrations
  • Supported: DAM API
  • Supported: Workflow automations
  • Supported: Related asset discovery

Reporting & Analytics Features

  • Supported: Dashboards
  • Supported: Standard reports
  • Supported: Content analytics

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.

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Canto Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS
Supported LanguagesCzech, German, English, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Chinese (Simplified), Russian

Frequently Asked Questions

Canto 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.

Acquia DAM (Widen), Brandfolder, and Bynder are common alternatives for Canto.

Reviewers rate Downloading assets and Asset storage highest, with a score of 8.2.

The most common users of Canto are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Within our organization, the Marketing department takes the lead in utilizing Canto to manage, categorize, and distribute assets like photographs and graphic files. Access to Canto is extended to other departments, facilitating efficient searches and usage of media items. The platform's features, such as tagging, keywording, and facial recognition, enable swift and easy sorting through a vast collection of photographs, ultimately saving valuable time for project teams in need of these assets. Furthermore, Canto serves as a rapid and effective means of sharing files, even with external parties beyond our organization.
  • Categorizating.
  • Sharing content.
  • Facial recognition.
  • Keywording.
  • Search.
  • Tagging
  • Quick use of editable files.
  • Slow upload at times.
We appreciate Canto for its practical features like keywording and tagging, which make navigating our photo collection quick and efficient. The ability to select specific photos and generate shareable links is something we use regularly, streamlining our communication. The recent addition of facial recognition is a notable improvement. However, when it comes to swift file management, we've found that platforms with native desktop applications offer a more responsive experience, especially for tasks requiring instant access to files.
Julia Weiss | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My organization uses CANTO to collect, structure, store, and distribute content (pictures, videos, stories, publications) and, to a lesser extent coordinate and plan content use for external and internal communication. The system is optimized for quick and easy access from nearly every country we work from (mainly Africa and Europe), and it can be worked with from computers as well as tablets and mobile phones. The interface (filters, albums, presets, ...) is highly customizable, which is great, but it also means a clear idea of the structure you want to set up before starting to work is a good idea. Users can communicate on the platform itself with comments and save their own searches and collections. The main functions the majority of our users currently use are making "best of" collections and sending links to (often large) files to internal and external contacts. CANTO also has a style guide function, which is also very handy to share e.g., with external designers. The CANTO customer support is very responsive. Even if some issues cannot be resolved right away, you always get an answer (from a real person, not a bot). I also like the tutorials library on their website. Among the few things, I would improve are the ways in which user groups can collaborate.
  • Accessibility from basically everywhere and across platforms.
  • Search and filter function.
  • Responsive and helpful customer support.
  • Curate content function can be "misused" to plan and coordinate across teams.
  • Excellent reporting features and dashboard on what goes on in your CANTO.
  • Good version control, easy to update outdated or changed files, and revert back to older versions if needed.
  • Workspace functionalities are not always clear.
  • User groups collaboration and user rights could be more varied.
  • The way in which some files are sorted could be solved differently.
CANTO is well suited if you, like us, have a large team with members across several countries, a large pool of assets, and your colleagues need to find specific content fast. It is also well suited if you work a lot with external contacts and as an archive for past materials, campaigns, and reports... that need to stay accessible for internal use. You need to dedicate a full-time position to managing and maintaining the database for an organization of the medium size and to train your employees on how to use it (believe me). CANTO is not well suited - in my opinion - for smaller teams or if you use your content only once or twice and then move on to entirely new campaigns. I would also not use it for dynamic content (like word documents that are still commented on and being rewritten).
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our team has been using Canto as our DAM for our final artwork files for over two years. I'm quite pleased with the ease-of-use and the ability to get away from our dreaded corporate server! I like the way files are replaced and "versioned" simply by dragging the new one on top of the old file. The portals work great for the marketing projects for our individual clients as well.
  • File versioning
  • File cloud storage
  • Client portals
  • I'd like to see albums created automatically when a folder is added.
I would not recommend Canto as "in-process" file storage for art files, simply due to the handling of the folder structures.
Brad Baer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Canto is our go-to repository for all of our images, drawings, videos, and assets that we use in presentations, pitches, and proposals. Over the past 13 years, we've accrued a huge collection and found ourselves spending far too much time searching for various assets. Canto has helped fix that.
  • Image search.
  • Object tagging.
  • Asset repository.
  • UI/UX.
  • Quality of image preview.
  • Load speed.
Canto is great if you have a medium to large size team that needs access to many assets. Even if you're a small team, it would be best to start off with Canto to save yourself time in the future.
Eric Gangnath | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
COOLA began using the Canto platform to easily share assets internally, b2b, and to have a consumer-facing option. While primarily a creative & marketing assets platform in terms of what is stored, our entire company utilizes the system daily. With Canto in place, we are able to automate a lot of requests for assets that normally would've bogged down the creative and marketing teams. Canto solved 3 main issues for us: 1. Organize and store creative and marketing assets remotely on one platform. 2. Allow for automation to our internal team, outside sales, and b2b or other outside vendors. 3. Easily and quickly search for and share assets while also automating licensing for the assets.
  • Automation
  • Visual Database
  • Quick Sharepoints
  • Great Customer Service
  • Innovation in Product
  • Standardization of Assets
  • Digital Asset Storage & Licensing Management
  • Speed in browsing through databases.
  • More customization for specific use cases.
  • More customization with portals.
Canto is very well suited for media and image assets. It is very visual and makes it easy to browse and find images and videos by sight. The customer-facing and b2b facing interfaces are well done and provide a lot to work with for a solid experience. I don't think Canto would be a great solution for more document-heavy uses where a visual component wasn't the primary problem that needed to be addressed. I also don't think that Canto is a great replacement for pure file storage. For instance, we use Canto on the Creative team end to store our toolkit files or final files, but we do not use Canto to house our working files. Just the final product from those working files that is approved for use or deployment to our consumers or vendor partners.
Matthew Liebergall | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Canto is being used by almost everyone at my company. We create thousands of ads every year, but before this, had no clear way to find past projects, there wasn't an organization tool. We are using Canto as a repository for our best in class work, and this can be helpful to everyone. We have the sales team using it to find great examples of past work with specific verticals/ad placements/brands, etc. The creative team is using it to find awesome examples of specific creative techniques to elevate their work.

So in short, we're using Canto as a place to house the best of every category of work we do, so that anyone on the team can find what they need!
  • Share links. Now, we can share video asset examples to our clients without them having to download it! They can click on the link, and watch it immediately in a browser, major time saver. Also, for security reasons, it's great that we can set an expiration date to those links, and toggle download permissions.
  • Filter bar. I love how I can quickly filter the assets I currently have in my window. I might use the search function, but realize I missed one part of the search. No worries, I can quickly filter those results!
  • Portals and Workspaces. I love how I can control what users can see in their portals, and that I can use a Workspace to organize assets before making them visible on the general Canto library. This allows me the time to organize assets on Canto, without risking them falling into other's hands before they're ready.
  • I don't love the share features for My Collections. Right now, to share a collection externally, you have to go to the collection, select all the assets, and create a share link. There should be a share link creation associated with the collection itself.
  • Moving and creating folders and albums is slow. Anytime I create or move one, the system will take quite a few seconds of loading time. Also, after it's done, the entire folder structure will collapse to its smallest state, and I usually want it to remain the way it was.
  • Tagging. This isn't a unique issue with Canto, but I wish tagging was less manual, wish I could create shortcuts for tags. I have to make repetitive tags as I want to make sure the right results come up for a user, no matter how they search for it. For example, I'll manually tag an asset "e-comm" "ecomm" e-commerce" and "ecommerce."
If you are looking to host a repository of visual assets, this is your place. If you're creating a repository for discovery, this is your place. If you're trying to make a place where you can find assets quickly and easily, this is great for you.

However, if you're looking to create an educational portal, this may not be the right environment. Leaving notes and comments on Canto is a little hard to do, and they are not easy to find when looking at an asset.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The full company uses Canto, although it was chosen with Mar/Comms and BizDev needs in mind.
  • Best search functionality out of all other DAM systems I looked into.
  • Frequent product updates.
  • Good customer service.
  • Slow load times (especially for video).
  • Only admins ("power users") can upload assets into the main library. Canto limits the number of admin seats you can have.
  • Initial training was not very helpful.
Canto is well suited if you need to organize images, videos, and other files across teams. It has some functionality to allow version control and editing on the platform, but I wouldn't say it's quite robust enough to replace Frame.io, Vimeo, Light Room, etc.
Brady Adams | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Canto is currently being implemented across several of our creative teams as well as my web content team. We have plans in place to train our creatives (photographers, graphic designers) on how to upload digital assets with a standard operating procedure to make files easy to access. There are a handful of teams in Academics who are being trained on how to upload new versions of existing files used on our websites. Our IT department has utilized Canto's API to be able to pull in our Canto Library within our websites' CMS platform. Eventually, this will replace the need for us to upload and house files within our CMS which will ultimately reduce server load.
  • The original link of a file remains the same even after uploading new versions. This allows us to link to or embed files (whether graphics, images, PDFs, etc.) on the website one time and it can be updated in real-time without having to log into the CMS. This allows us greater control over who needs access to use our CMS and creates easy touchpoints for the internal teams that I serve.
  • The tagging features in Canto are especially helpful as a secondary way to find/filter search results within the system. We have both a layered folder structure to house files, otherwise you can search by tags as well. A single file can belong to multiple tags which is really helpful.
  • Canto also has many controls when it comes to privacy and user permissions. We can lock any particular folder or album and hide it so that only certain user accounts have permissions to view them. This again allows for greater control and gives our IT product team flexibility from an administrative perspective.
  • I have noticed that overall the major downfall in implementing this system is a lack of infrastructure/rules to create a standard operating procedure for all users. This is the downside of having such a flexible platform: it is easy for the organization of files to get messy and to be mismanaged. Our IT team has been slowly rolling out the use of Canto across the organization until there is clear direction when it comes to organization and administrative privileges. A more robust onboarding experience for the tool might be beneficial, or additional support resources for implementing across an organization.
  • Recently there has been a little bit of a letdown when it comes to uploading new file versions. I am not sure the extent of the issue, but Canto has been experiencing issues (which they are currently in the process of resolving) where new file versions do not appear automatically. Sometimes it can take up to 24 hours for a new version to be "published". Hopefully this will be resolved and is just a temporary bug.
Canto is a great option for creative teams who want to move their files (graphics, raw images, edited images, PDFs, documents, etc.) off of an organization's server. It can be an incredible warehouse of cloud storage for old versions of files as well as creating a one-stop-shop for all master versions of files. Canto is also helpful for IT teams who want to reduce server load on their websites. It is a great third-party option if you have the capabilities to either utilize an API connection or to train website content admins on uploading files here. You can also utilize some of their other tools for creatives to create interactive style guides for an organization's branding. It is a robust digital asset management platform, where the only exception might be housing/sharing video content.
Sarah Arrillaga | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Canto is all I need to manage and organize my digital data. Through this tool, I am capable of piling up the data so that I do not have to search in the time of need. In addition, I have made folders about the various categories of digital data and it has made it easy searching especially when I have to share any file with my team members. This is a very user-friendly tool with the simplest interface. Canto has shown me a direct route about how we can share the data on my social media because it provides me data integrations.
  • I did not face trouble in its configuration, it provides much integration which helps me to extract the data across various platforms.
  • I have got rid of manual maintenance of the files on my desktop, now I easily search and sought the file through date.
  • It has provided an alignment to my daily work and I am its happy and satisfied customer.
  • It is limited in terms of file upload it only processes the data up to certain limits but also it varies with the plan you have purchased, still, it’s an issue or the small business set-ups.
  • Further with time this systems start to lag it take time to load any file.
I will recommend this tool to all digital marketing agencies as it will help you to organize your work and provide you a better route to carry out your daily work. Further, it will help you to assist your team and provides you good collaboration. It will also provide you a notification about the folders, like when they were created and which is the folder that is still untouched.
May 22, 2021

We love Canto!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using Canto as our asset management system. The ability to search for images in our Canto fields is just what we were looking for, it makes everything much easier!
  • Custom Configuration
  • Customer Service
  • The system can be slow, at times
So far, its been perfect for everything we do!
Melony Martinez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Canto for campus-wide digital asset management. Our Marketing and PR team manages the application, which helps us distribute photos and videos to our campus departments and news media. We find it especially helpful for organizing and distributing athletics-related content. It is also helpful for organizing photos and videos for easy retrieval.
  • I really like the organization features that allow us to search and quickly find what we need.
  • The facial recognition feature is a great help. We keep folders for individuals that are often featured in promotional materials.
  • We use the brand style guide to help organize our visual brand assets and share them with campus collaborators. It is very helpful for storing and protecting the complex collection of assets that are common for higher education institutions.
  • We have experienced some laggy response times within the app on occasion. The Canto team is very responsive to concerns though.
Overall, we are very pleased with our decision to implement Canto for our digital asset management. It has increased our productivity and gives us an edge when responding to photo and video requests from media. It also helps us to keep our visual content fresh and organized. I would definitely recommend Canto to anyone looking to protect and organize photos and videos.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Canto helped our internal creative & marketing teams tremendously with organizing all of our photos and videos. Images are now easily searchable, the user interface is easy to use, and it allows you to easily share images outside of your organization as well. Load time is really fast as well which really helps when you're working remotely - no more having to wait for the server to load! This tool is so worth it and has saved our team so much time and has made us much more efficient when trying to find photos in our database!
  • Easy to use
  • Amazing search abilities
  • Easy to share with outside users
  • Quick load time
  • Setup can be cumbersome
  • Settings are sometimes hard to find
  • Can't preview PDFs
Canto is great for marketing & creative teams where they often share photos. It's great for franchises as well where you want control over your photos but can also share with franchisees and allow them to access photos easily. It's very easy to use for both new users and experienced users. The setup of getting the folders & tagging system in place is the hardest part, but once you get that figured out, it's easy to mass upload photos and start organizing. It has saved our team tons of time now that we can easily search our photos.
Tyler Kraft | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
With 4 team members across two regions, it was nearly impossible to keep our content organized and easily accessible. We would actually ship hard drives back and forth to pass content. With Canto, it’s like we’re working in the same building. Everything we shoot or create is at our fingertips, no matter who created it or where they are.
  • Seamless access to content from anywhere at anytime.
  • An incredible team of intelligent invested employees to get you up and running in no time.
  • Beautiful interface.
  • Incredibly fast load times.
  • So many features included at the base price.
  • More built-in integrations with Salesforce, MKT cloud (social studio), and Outlook.
As I said before, it’s very difficult to pass content across the country. We have a videographer in FL and content creators in the MW. They need to be able to seamlessly pass content to each other without wasting valuable time waiting for downloading and uploading, Canto offers that solution. No more waiting, no more headaches. Canto gets the job done and done right.
May 11, 2021

Canto all the way!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We just began working with Canto. This program will be used across our global offices. So far we are highly impressed with the program and the support we have received. The Canto support team is outstanding and has been there for us every step of the way. We are extremely happy with the training for this program and it has been a smooth transition. We look forward to continuing our work with Canto.
  • Canto is a very thorough program, the way you can tag and categorize your assets is very well put together.
  • Facial recognition is by far the greatest idea and Canto does this well. It is a super helpful feature for us.
  • We love the portal aspect of this platform. It is an extremely helpful tool.
  • The option to make a single file downloadable or not. We have some highly sensitive files and some we don't want people to be able to download but be able to look at. So it would be nice if we could make a single file not downloadable. They do have other options like terms of use or watermarks but it [would] be nice if that was a feature. You could do this but only in bulk, so you'd have to make all files not downloadable.
  • Their style guide option - being able to use a single image for the style guide instead of the whole folder or file.
  • I think the different language option could be built out a little better.
We would definitely recommend Canto to a colleague. If your asset library is growing at a rapid pace and becoming unmanageable, th[e]n you need Canto. The way the program is built [...] makes it super easy to organize and have governance over. This is a must-have program if you are suffering [from] content control and organization.
Matt DuBois | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Canto is being used across our whole company. It allows us to quickly and easily find and organize all the files we use in the company. The numerous ways to categorize and organize are really helpful.
  • The search function works really well. It's like searching in Google. You can put in a search based on so many different details you might have about what you are looking for and the chances are it'll come up.
  • You can organize files into folders like you would on your computer or in Dropbox but you can also tag items so that when something can fit into two categories and can still be found in either.
  • Another feature I love are the portals. They allows you to create a specifically catered list of items for a unique audience. This helps certain group avoid seeing items they don't need or are not allowed to have access to.
  • The aesthetic of Canto could be improved. When compared with Dropbox and other modern software, I think the look and feel could be improved.
  • Incorporating functionality with Excel and MS programs would help. An example of this is that when viewing an Excel file, you can only see a small preview of the file instead of being able to scan the spreadsheet and multiple tabs that might exist.
  • Uploading content in bulk can be cumbersome. Canto defaults to putting in a lot of folders and sub folders when many times it would be better if things were categories into albums instead.
Canto is perfect for marketing and design agencies that appreciate being able to organize and search files visually across an organization. Canto is less suited for companies heavily using MS software and looking for a way to organize and quickly access previews of their documents.
May 06, 2021

Awesome product.

Poh Daniel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
it is used across the whole organization.
it help to make our photo archive available to all the staff who need to access those photos on a regular basis
it is used to do photo archival and storage and also ease of searching for our photographical history
  • Ease of Use
  • Good Support
  • System availability
  • Allow for Easy Search
  • allow for more custom fields
  • tagging system can be improved
i enjoy using the system and my organisation has said that this system has been really a good help and addition to the company. it allows for quick and easy search for old photos and also allow for easy uploading and tagging of photos.
will love to have a quicker load time and also allow for more customisation field
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Love using Canto. We've been able to transfer all of our files from Google Drive, Drop Box and internal servers onto our Canto account to easily find and share. Not constantly being bugged for asset links or sharing the same file(s) over and over. We use Canto across the entire organization and has been such a helpful tool and managing all of our files/assets efficiently.
  • Folder organization.
  • Portal creation and sharing.
  • Corporate styleguide creation.
  • Custom searches/criteria.
  • Larger storage options for lower cost.
  • Desktop app instead of using the browser for just bulk uploads.
  • Little slow when trying to load a folder or album or when creating an album.
Not having to search and share files from our internal servers have been great. Any user can easily find a file/folder and download, and the version control is helpful!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am an independent contractor who works with a client who sells archival photographs as consumer goods. This platform addresses the need for a central library of print-ready files for the business.
  • Simple navigation.
  • Ability to map metadata/import.
  • Custom field creation.
  • User management/individual permissions.
  • Page load.
  • Metadata export options.
  • More options for customization of the platform/display fields.
Canto is well suited for a small to mid-size library of simple use assets, custom portals for clients, and user management.

Canto is less appropriate for libraries with deduplication or high-level customization/display needs.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The whole organization uses it, and we use it to share photos of our players during games and communities. It addresses our issue of file sharing and sharing photos to be specific. Especially from working in a at home environment.
  • Organization
  • File sharing
  • Cloud
  • Clean UI
  • Tagging
  • When scrolling through photo albums and you select a photo, sometimes it can reset you back up to the top of the album.
  • Smart tagging AI is good, but sometimes wish it learned from user/manual tags.
  • Sometimes you have to search multiple times as the search bar won't find results the first time.
Very well suited for photo/file sharing. Especially if you work in an org. that has as many files/photos as we do and share across the whole organization. If you're looking for an organized, quick, and in-depth cloud service, Canto works perfectly. Its smart tagging features work well enough to give you ease of access in finding the photo you need if you have 1000+ like our organization.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our company implemented Canto as asset storage and sharing solution that would be actively used by a variety of stakeholders.
  • User interface design
  • Special features
  • Updates based on customer feedback
  • Customization
  • Social media sharing
  • Missing functionality for tracking asset usage.
  • Slow upload times.
Getting set up in Canto can be tough, as asset upload takes a lot of time. If you're transferring a lot of assets, be patient with the process. It can take a while for them to upload as well as for you to conduct tagging in the system. Canto has saved a lot of time and energy for our team by making it easy to share assets with internal stakeholders and outsiders.
Lloyd Blunk | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using Canto to provide access to our Digital Marketing Assets to our Sales Team, International Teams, partner agencies, and anyone else that we work with who needs our images, logos, videos, etc. to promote our product. We began using Canto to have an easy-to-use system that allowed people easy access to assets that were approved for use and to avoid people Google searching for assets and using out-of-date assets.
  • Easy UI
  • Great onboarding and technical support
  • Smart AI tagging
  • Quicker load times for assets.
  • Time intense to set up.
It's great for providing easy access to digital assets to coworkers and partners for use in social media, POS design, swag, design, etc.
November 30, 2020

10/10 for Canto

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Canto is currently being used to organize over 7,000 photos, videos, and recipes for our company. Our team uses this software on a daily basis to tag, edit, and catalog content we produce through the year. It has become a vital asset to us as we seek to be leaders in our industry.
  • Highly organized
  • Easy to use for the everyday participant
  • Exceptional support staff
  • Search engine that allows for quick identification of content
  • There are times our older content shows before our newest content
Canto is valuable for organizing content as we utilize it across social programs, our website, and print. With so many projects happening at one time, it is nice to have a central location for all of our videos and imagery. Canto is perfect for any social media, advertising, or marketing team.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Canto to manage all of our marketing assets that we provide to our franchisees. The platform itself incredibly responsive and easy to use for users, with admins of it having the ability to easily share files across different country specific portals with tons of different reports that can be run to pull together all sorts of interesting info. On top of everything, their support team is fantastic, with their reps being very easy to reach and always available to answer any questions or respond to our requests.
  • Easy to manage the visibility of assets and files according to different portals for different groups of users.
  • User management is a breeze.
  • Sharing file(s) can be done through direct links, with the ability to change the behavior of the link.
  • Better ability to filter results for an Excel export.
  • Easier way to manage duplicate files.
  • Load times could be improved.
Canto is well suited for managing marketing assets for franchisors, as it allows for quick and easy sharing of assets, with uploads to the system appearing for user almost instantaneously. User management can actually be handled by a single admin as well, since it is possible to set up self-registration on the system, which can have different rules placed on it to ensure that the user gets access to specific portals in the platform.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Canto is a marketing and sales tool used by my team on a daily basis. I manage the content that we receive every month from our clients, product launches, etc. It helps me stay organized and create a database for all my company's images, documents, and videos. The fact that is so user-friendly makes it easy for my team members to google search what they need within Canto. It has solved the server issue that we had with our previous limited storage space.
  • Lots of storage space for multiple files including photos, documents + videos.
  • Very user-friendly, even for non-tech consumers. Like using google search.
  • Tags + description, make it easy to stay organized.
  • Slow loading page if you have a lot of content.
  • Sharing content to non-Canto users can be improved.
  • More ways to filter out searches within Canto.
Canto is a must-have for a company that has a lot of images and videos that need to be organized in a space where every team member can have access to. It makes it easy to share products with clients. Canto is not needed for a company who doesn't have much content to file and store.
November 23, 2020

Everything in one place.

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Canto to house all our photography. We use it heavily in our Marketing department as well as share access and sharing ability with internal teams. We also have a portal available for our partners to access approved images, logos, and documents. Canto has made the sharing of images internally and externally much more efficient.
  • Easy to tag and search.
  • Easy to modify layout and organization.
  • Loads fast considering the massive amounts of assets we house.
  • Image previews can sometimes look deceptively lower quality than they are.
  • The resize tool is not intuitive enough for most users, so no one uses it.
Canto works well for our team and organization because it empowers folks to search and find their own images to use.
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