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Lucie C.
"Effortless Media Management, Stellar User Experience"
5/5
What do you like best about Canto?

I like that Canto allows us to share assets with our network of distributors and sales team. I appreciate the ease of search in Canto, which makes finding what we need quick and simple. The portals are a strong feature, as they let us easily control our media all from one central hub, instead of having to house things in multiple folders. Also, the initial setup of Canto was very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canto?

I would love if the backend looked different than the customer facing portal. The PDF and file viewers could use some work, they're a little clunky and don't always work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
AP
Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Excellent product for end user and admins"
5/5
What do you like best about Canto?

I love the keyword and tagging structure Canto uses. Their custom fields make it easy to keep content organized year after year. The onboarding experience has also been excellent, and the system has been easy to navigate and learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canto?

Truly, we have yet to find a downside to Canto. The price was daunting coming from using a very inexpensive SmugMug account, but the product is well worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Building Materials
UB
Verified User in Building Materials
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"AI Search That Finds Files Fast and Saves Tons of Time"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Canto?

The AI Search was really helpful when it comes to searching for files when you're not sure about the name itself. Saved me tons of time and a ton of effort Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canto?

I wish you can choose to upload a file and put it in a folder or album from the get go. Would make organizing much easier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Vijay B.
Audit Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Intuitive, User-Friendly Tool with an Impressive Image Search Engine"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Canto?

What I liked most was the impressive search engine—finding images is incredibly easy and straightforward. Overall, I found it to be a very intuitive, user-friendly tool that’s simple to navigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canto?

One downside is that some of the more advanced features are expensive. I’ve also noticed that when I’m working with large volumes of files, the performance drops considerably. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User
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Verified User
"Streamlined Asset Management with Room for Improvement"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Canto?

I like how much storage space Canto has. It's convenient to connect the DAM with the PIM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canto?

Implementing the PIM is not the most natural yet, but the development team has been making a lot of improvements and are very receptive to feedback. The AI search and metadata doesn't work well for niche product groups. The definition and limitations of folders and albums on the Canto DAM are a little weird. Setting up the Canto PIM was not very easy but not very hard either. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amy W.
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Amy W.
Applications Support & Project Analysis
Non-Profit Organization Management
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Canto XI Makes Asset Management Easy, But Upload Permissions Could Improve"
5/5
What do you like best about Canto?

What I love about using Canto is the ability to easily configure your digital asset management library in the best way for your end users. Their recent release of Canto XI has made finding and downloading assets easier, and I'm excited to continue our implementation and roll out these features to our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canto?

The only limitation we've seen with Canto is the requirement of power user seats for uploads. They do have the upload link option for "guest" uploads, but it's not very scalable for managing large amounts of upload personas without Contributor licenses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Reagan Cola of Canto

Hi Amy, we spent a lot of time on Canto XI to deliver tools and features that provide the best user experience, and we’re happy to hear it makes finding and downloading assets easier for you.

We also appreciate your feedback on upload permissions and will be sharing this with our product team. Thank you for being part of the Canto Community! – Reagan

Verified User in Sports
AS
Verified User in Sports
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Effortless Photo Management with Impressive Features"
4/5
What do you like best about Canto?

I like how Canto makes it much easier to receive photos from photographers and share them in a modern way. I appreciate that Canto continues to improve and add new features, and I find the facial recognition, style guides, and customizing portals to be really great features. These tools make it easier to identify athletes and share photos in a visually appealing way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canto?

I do not like the new library view and happy the option to use the old view is still available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Allyssa S.
AS
Allyssa S.
"Convenient Photo Storage with Minor Speed Hiccups"
4/5
What do you like best about Canto?

I like Canto for its ability to use tags and make share links easily. The tagging feature is great because it makes it easy to come back to old photos when I need them. Being able to make share links allows me to share my work with others easily. I also found the initial setup of Canto to be easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canto?

Sometimes it is really slow at processing. I also don't like how the photo quality gets compressed in the preview. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education
AH
Verified User in Higher Education
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Effortless Photo Organization with Room for UI Improvement"
4/5
What do you like best about Canto?

I like using Canto for photo asset management and organization. It helps various departments on campus by allowing us to organize and sort our photos strategically. I really appreciate the customization in tagging, keywords, and custom fields. This customization lets me get extremely specific, which makes organizing and searching for images so much easier. Being able to search through different keywords or tags saves me so much time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canto?

I think the User Interface could be more intuitive. While I am proficient in the software, a lot of our users have shared that they are confused about navigating the website at times. I think if they could improve the UI to be a bit more user friendly that would be amazing. It would also be nice if we could pin certain files or images to the top of an album for easy access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Zsolt B.
Media Learning Development Specialist
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Effortless DAM System—No Training Needed for Partners"
4/5
What do you like best about Canto?

The best part is I dont need to upskill external partners to use our DAM system, as everything is really straight forward. I like the customer support, they answer all my question no time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canto?

As an Admin the learning curve is steep, there is a lot of settings (dam, portal, workplace, settings, tags, keywords etc) and a lot of rules and mechanics and the setting part after a year still confusing sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.