Canto Reviews in July 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

Workflow Improved!

There are so many features that it can accommodate a variety of users. Where I use certain features, someone else on our team likes to use another. We had several issues with our previous server system, but mostly because sharing content was overly complicated. Now, with Canto, it's so easy. I often laugh at the technically barbaric method we used to use.

Good, but slow.

This asset management system was the best bang for our buck that we could find, and while it's customization is on point, the download and upload speeds are slow enough to warrant a warning to potential users.

Workflow Improved!

What do you like best? There are so many features that it can accommodate a variety of users. Where I use certain features, someone else on our team likes to use another. What do you dislike? There is a small learning curve but once you understand it becomes easy. The biggest con in my opinion is the layout of some of the features (settings, menus, etc.). There is room for improvement, especially to make things even more efficient for the user. What problems are you solving with the ...

Great software for organizing our digital assets

Canto allows our team to contribute photo and video to our archive across multiple locations. As a designer, it is a convenient way for me to organize and curate the best of our images. Their customer service is outstanding and has been responsive and friendly answering our questions and working with us to address any concerns.

Simple digital asset management system

What do you like best? Love the ease of use and customization. We especially love the public portal feature, where we can create collections of pre-approved content for internal and external stakeholders. What do you dislike? Wish there was an easier way to identify restricted assets when in thumbnail view. We have to pull high numbers of assets on a daily basis and sometimes you need to include a combination of approved and restricted assets. What problems are you solving with the ...

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What do you like best? Canto is super easy to use and the facial recognition is really slick. I also like the external portals for outside contributors. We don't use half the features available but I can see how they could be super useful for those that could use them. What do you dislike? It is pretty expensive but then again we are really only using it as a media repository and are only a fraction of the features that are available. Recommendations to others considering the ...

Its a good DAM system for media management

What do you like best? We like that the system is relatively easy to use. We like that we can segment media and have it all searchable by keywords/tags. It's also a great value compared to the competition. What do you dislike? Support could be much better, they have dropped the ball on a major issue I had and put it back on me to "Create a video" which I have no time for. They need to dive in more and figure out the bugs. Simply telling me "We couldn't recreate the problem" when ...

Dynamic DAM platform

What do you like best? Canto is very flexible and adaptable platform that has really streamlined our workflows and made our materials accessible to our statewide staff across three different offices. It's also made it a much simpler process to search and find good visual assets for various needs, and to share out photo and video documentation with back to artists we work with easily. What do you dislike? The price is cost-prohibitive for smaller organizations, but the investment has ...

Great product for image indexing

Great product for image indexing, storage and retrieval by multiple users throughout the organization. It is very useful to have an entire catalog in one location. User friendliness was key to choosing this product,

Perfect for growing nonprofits

We are a growing nonprofit with an ever expanding collection of assets. We use Canto across three branches and multiple users with wide ranging tech abilities. It was easy to implement, took little training for end users, and Canto is always improving their service.