Canto

Vorteile

The product itself is straight forward, easy to use and fairly customizable. The tagging system works great, file storage is good (once you identify what you would like), upload links are beneficial and the portals are key for deliverable.

Nachteile

The configuration of SSO does not allow enough control for the administrators of this tool, it also caused quirks for administrative accounts, where one experience via login vs via SSO was different for the admins; and the system didn't recognize licenses as being used when configured via SSO. Overall, we had to disable it for the time being which is a big loss/hit to our change management process.

The Style Guide tool is a great idea, but needs some work and should not be used as a deciding factor in the tool. It needs some more work and analysis on managing font, including details on using logos, etc. to be a proper style guide. It works well for corporate colours, and that's about it.

Lastly, the integration process needs some evaluation on the Canto side. It is lengthy, the "integration specialists" cannot answer questions that we can figure out ourselves with ease, and it doesn't seem like there is much support or guidance. In all honesty, we could do it ourselves must faster.

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Warum Canto gewählt wurde

We needed a centralized system that allows improved access, tracking, tagging, and the ability to more easily upload and download content.

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Canto

Canto offered a price point that we needed to close the product, with a full service solution. However, Image Relay was an awesome contender.

Vorteile

I love Canto's Facial recognition feature! We have a lot of assets where we need to identify people and facial recognition has changed everything! now we can search for people by name and access every photo asset we have of that person! Game changer! I also love being able to relate files and add custom fields to assets. This has come in so handy when we need to connect people's images to their stories and FOIP information. Canto has really helped us work smarter and not harder to find all of the assets we have in a more dynamic way!

Nachteile

We have found the uploading of assets to be a little more work than anticipated. The Canto Connect desktop application is helpful but when initially setting up out canto product it is a lot of work. When you have over 20,000 assets to upload it takes a team of people to make that happen and a good amount of time to get everything uploaded.

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Gründe für den Wechsel zu Canto

The cost was much more financially accessible and Canto offered the facial recognition feature which the others currently did not. Also, Canto was able to connect to our Drupal websites and Adobe creative suite without much of an additional cost. Overall Canto offered the most features and the lowest cost!

Vorteile

My favorite thing about Canto is it's ease of use. It reminds me of iTunes a bit, there are several ways to search for assets which make it very easy for users to locate assets. I come from a background of keywords and tags and appreciate the way it is laid out in Canto and as an administrator I also love the reporting aspect, specifically the metadata activity metrics. Another huge plus is the external connections you can link to upload from Dropbox and Google Drive.

Finally their implementation team and account support is top notch. They followed through with anything we asked of them and made sure we were well trained and ready to train others. We continue to have monthly meetings with them and I learn something new every time that makes me more impressed with Canto. I highly recommend!

Nachteile

I really don't have a whole lot to complain about. I would just recommend that before your team is ready to upload from an external connection into Canto, make sure you do some up front work in your existing file structure. It makes the upload much easier, it's hard to change the file structure once assets are uploaded into Canto but there are workarounds.

Vorteile

It is easy for our hotels to use and source their images. I love the portal feature and I am just diving into the brand templates, which I am super excited for.

Nachteile

It was a ton of work to move everything over, to be honest. I was the only person working on this and because the file names that came through form our old DAM were just numbers, I had to go in and change the name of every photo.

I don't love how the brand guidelines section doesn't have colour for Pantone, and independent RGB vs CMYK. They always seem to convert to RGB although their values are different. This does not allow me to use this feature, as I cannot share out to the hotels improper colours for brand guidelines.

Vorteile

The software is intelligent and easy to use. The process of uploading and managing images is easy and looks good. The customer support and help getting started has also been top notch.

Nachteile

This is our first DAM system and I have no complaints. So far, I only wish there was a crop and then downsample options for specific images sizes instead of resize only or crop only, but we have plenty of work arounds.

Vorteile

The slew of unique functions really help alleviate almost all of the monotonous tasks of asset generation. Teh ability to set download presets is very helpful, as well as the ability to build multiple Portals for client-facing usage.

Nachteile

Some of the folder structures were tricky to get a hang of on setup, mainly due to the unique naming of having folders and albums. But the robust search tool made up for that on the user end.

Vorteile

One of the main things we like about Canto is the ability to tag, share, and organize all of our digital assets in a user-friendly interface. this product is easy to use and one of the best features is the keyword and tag search usability. the integration took a bit of time because we had a large database of files to tag and upload, but now the organization of said assets is systemized and clearly defined going forward.

Nachteile

Integration took a bit of time because of the tagging and organization that needed to be done. this is one of the important parts but also something that was not 100% clarified. there are multiple places where the same information can be entered so we wonder if there might be a little bit of overlap or redundancy in this regard. Overall, this was all worth it to ensure our assets were properly tagged and searchable.

Vorteile

As a storage device for images it is ok
Adding Metadata is about the best thing for this and the user interface on the front end looks ok.

Nachteile

Not even sure on where to start but as an image library or DAM it is one of the most clunky and difficult ones I have ever used. Search functionality, uploading and downloading are some of the worst aspects.
The auto word suggest in the search is painful and easily jumps to a work you do not want, once you hit search the word you re searching for does not show in the panel and it doesn't highlight where it has found that word in the Image data.
There is no function to list images by a certain number per page.
No similar image recommendation when you are looking at a specific image.

Vorteile

Adding and sharing files to Canto is quick and easy. I love that files can be downloaded immediately, no matter how large the file may be.

Nachteile

I wish there was a way to add files to folders without having to create an album first. It's a minor problem, but as someone who is constantly uploading files into Canto, it would save a little time and make the uploading process a bit smoother.

Vorteile

This software allows us to easily search for names, categories and other keywords identified. This makes it a fast and efficient way to manage photos.

Nachteile

It's complex album/folder system is a little confusing, but not anything you can't get used to.

Vorteile

I love that Canto is cloud-based and no integration with our IT department was necessary. Uploading and organizing is super easy and intuitive, as are searches.

Nachteile

I haven't found anything that I don't like. :)

Vorteile

I like the ability to access our files from anywhere without the need for complex server access.

Nachteile

The inability to work on Adobe files from the server.

Vorteile

I really like the facial recognition capabilities of Canto, the smart tagging, and all around customization of the tool. Great connections with Adobe products as well.

Nachteile

It's a little on the pricey side, but you get what you pay for.

Vorteile

Keyword search
User interface
Plug-in to Creative Suite
Brand template manager option

Nachteile

Non-admins can only suggest file location.

Vorteile

We are still in the learning phase. Our virtual learning sessions have been great so far and we are getting our feet wet with the tool. I just uploaded my first restricted documents last week.

Nachteile

I'm still getting used to the tool, but it feels pretty intuitive. I've been a little nervous (only speaking from our virtual training sessions) about how deep you have to dig to customize some things, but it hasn't been a problem so far. I'm also just getting started with the tool.

Vorteile

It allows multiple units across our entire campus access to a central, searchable repository. I really like that users can have different levels of access as well so even if someone isn't a part of the units on campus that primarily use these assets, they are still accessible to them.

Nachteile

I guess the only con I've seen would be that it's all web based and the assets are housed in the cloud. This is mainly a pro because it better protects our assets and makes them easily accessible from anywhere, but it is a bit of a con because it takes a little bit more time to access larger files and your internet connection becomes a variable.

Vorteile

Easy to use for end users. Simple and less time consuming installation and set up.

Nachteile

Support seems to be based in Germany, during the installation we had to adjust some licensing issues a couple of times then had to wait until next day.

Vorteile

I like the ease of use. The navigation is very simple.

Nachteile

I don't like that you need to have separate albums within folders. It means there is an extra step to get to the files you need to see.

Vorteile

The search feature makes it quick and easy to find photos.

Nachteile

The interface is a little dated and clunky.

Vorteile

The powerful search engine. A search can be made by a multitude of ways.

Nachteile

The number of assets that can be "related" are limited to 100 at a time. We have some files that contain more than 100 assets so is difficult to relate them all together.

Vorteile

The tags feature is great since it allows users to quickly search and access a specific photo or video.

Nachteile

The SSO feature was a little hard to set up and just didn't end up working for us.

Vorteile

Ease of use and ability to share and digitize files.

Nachteile

Navigating seemed difficult when I initially started.

Vorteile

value for money, friendly support, nice UI

Nachteile

i didn't understand how to make a collection for export

Vorteile

It's user friendly and allows me to do a lot of bulk editing. Their customer service is great and very responsive.

Nachteile

It's sometimes hard to locate some features on the platform

Vorteile

velocidade e praticidade promovendo facilidade nos processos de marketing

Nachteile

o preço está um pouco aquém pelo que a ferramenta oferece hoje.