Archivist experience with Acquia DAM (Widen)
April 17, 2023

Archivist experience with Acquia DAM (Widen)

Holly Fitzpatrick | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Acquia DAM (Widen)

We use Acquia DAM (Widen) to archive, maintain, share, and add metadata to photos for university marketing purposes. Hosting images on Acquia DAM (Widen) allows users both in the department and externally to keyword search for the content they need instead of consulting directly with the staff archivists. Photos are marked if consent forms were acquired so users can judge whether the image is appropriate for their marketing campaign. Additionally, it's helpful to share collections of images in a link without the search interface.

Pros

  • Spotlight collections allow you to highlight your most sought after collections
  • Adding and replacing metadata in bulk is simple
  • Archiving saves space and keeps files available if needed in the future while also hiding outdated files from general search results
  • Flagged warnings are easily visible and notifies users of important information before they download

Cons

  • Keyboard functions: CTRL-A to select all, CTRL-D to deselect all
  • Slider to adjust size of thumbnails
  • Should be able to customize if the default after uploading files is "add" OR "replace" not automatically replace
  • Ability to bulk delete keywords
  • When editing metadata, include a "save and previous" function in addition to the "save" and "save and next"
  • Easy way to unarchive files
  • The ability to standardize our metadata schema is crucial to day-to-day operations
  • Accessibility for users lets archivists focus on processing instead of reference
  • Bulk adding & replacing metadata is a huge time saver, lets archivists work faster
N/A

Do you think Acquia DAM (Widen) delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Acquia DAM (Widen)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Acquia DAM (Widen) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Acquia DAM (Widen) go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Acquia DAM (Widen) again?

Yes

Acquia DAM (Widen) is well-suited to any instance file sharing is needed with users but your department may be too busy to provide reference to individual users. They can search for the files they need before reaching out for assistance. Acquia DAM (Widen) would be less suited to entities with no metadata standards in place, or very few files to maintain.

Acquia DAM (Widen) Feature Ratings

DAM Features
8.7
Uploading assets
8
Downloading assets
9
Categories
8
Asset storage
8
Asset sharing
9
Asset search
10
Tagging system
9
Content editing
8
Embed codes
10
Metadata
10
Collections
8
User access
8
DAM Integrations
Not Rated
DAM API
Not Rated
Workflow automations
Not Rated
Related asset discovery
8
Reporting & Analytics
8.3
Dashboards
8
Standard reports
8
Custom reports
Not Rated
Data exportability
Not Rated
Content analytics
9

Comments

  • Jordan Hurlebaus | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Jordan Hurlebaus
    (Vendor Representative) commented 3 years ago
    Holly, thank you for taking the time to review Acquia DAM (Widen)! It's great to hear that you are utilizing the DAM to to standardize your metadata schema, enhancing your day-to-day operations. We are continually working to improve the DAM and our product team is always open to feedback to enhance features like you listed above. You can submit a feature request directly to them via our online community. Thank you again, and we look forward to providing you the best DAM experience possible!

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