Rarely do I like software this much, but Canto has been amazing
October 03, 2022
Rarely do I like software this much, but Canto has been amazing
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Cumulus (legacy product)
Overall Satisfaction with Canto
We previously used a VPN and internal server to store our digital assets. They were organized by folder and pretty much unsearchable. We had many versions of the same image in different resolutions. Sharing was difficult and we had to use other third party apps like wetransfer to send images. Canto replaces all of this with cloud-based access. We only need 1 version of an image (the original high res) and we can search quickly with the meta data. We can watermark images for outside use automatically. Canto has solved many problems.
- Allowing users to download a resized version of an image self serve (eg. for social media)
- Sharing collections where recipients can see and download high res images
- Tagging to make searches very simple and eliminate complete folder structures
- Tag all info about an asset in the data rather than trying to name images with this data
- Seeing a path for collection images
- sometimes in an upload link the only way to return to the main library is manual adjustment of the URL
- More permission levels available.. not just Consumer or admin
- Portals - for external users like resellers
- tagging and custom field tagging to control how tags are consistently used
- download options so users can be self serve
- 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.
I have not used other DAMs. I have used Dropbox. which I do not like at all. DB is just a folder system that adds tagging. It's bulky and not a DAM at all to me.
Do you think Canto delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Canto's feature set?
Yes
Did Canto live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Canto go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Canto again?
Yes