Canto

Canto Platform

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

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What is Canto Platform?

One platform, endless possibilities. Discover the single source of truth for your organization’s entire content lifecycle.

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Canto Platform Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

3
Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

4
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Canto Platform?

2% Negative

8% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Acts with Integrity
Reliable
Trustworthy
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Digital Asset Sharing

Digital Asset Findability

Permissions and Access Right Management

Manage / Administration of Metadata

Workflow and Approval Management

Version Management

Cloud Offering

Collaboration

Content Capture

Intelligent Indexing

In System Content Views

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Canto Platform Reviews

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Electronics
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Great for a distributed team.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Jim F.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

I use this software everyday to access and share

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Canto Platform from other similar products?

When talking with staff about their experience with Canto and how it compares to other products, something we hear rather frequently is that sometimes others have an interface that is more minimalistic and clear.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Sharing extra large files

What do you dislike most about this product?

Overall design and website animations feel dated and clunky, empty folders look ugly as well. Definitely a learning curve involved in using Canto.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Canto gives users team the ability to tag, collaborate and report on company-wide digital assets in a visual environment.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Transparent

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Inhibits Innovation
Vendor Friendly Policies

Tara C.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Great visual design, UX, image search capabilites

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Canto Platform from other similar products?

It's UX and visual search feature. Way more intuitive and less cumbersome looking than it's competitors.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The search feature! Highly used by our team to find specific content. Incredibly helpful.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Their innovation. Right now, Canto will reload on you if you have scrolled "too far" for them to handle in a search, reloading your web browser and making you start over on your search.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take a trial run of it. Consider others well but ultimately decide which product is something you and your team will be excited to use every day and that will actually help you.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Includes Product Enhancements
Reliable

Cons

Wastes Time
Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

Canto Platform Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

3 Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

4 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Canto Platform?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Digital Asset Sharing Ability to securely share the digital assets (or files)

Digital Asset Findability Capabilities of navigation and browsing

Permissions and Access Right Management Defining of user-access rights for content assets or folders at group and individual level to control the management of digital assets.

Manage / Administration of Metadata A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Workflow and Approval Management Ability to model, build, and execute automatic workflows for the purpose of managing content-centric processes.

Version Management Ability to create and view multiple versions of a content asset through iterative edits in accordance with pre-defined limitations.

Cloud Offering Cloud compatibility (software and infrastructure).

Collaboration Users share, view, edit, discuss, and provide feedback on content, synchronously or asynchronously, either natively or through a third-party integration.

Content Capture Channels through which content is uploaded or classified.

Intelligent Indexing AI driven capability to label & classify automatically

In System Content Views Ability to create customized views of content repositories.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Canto Platform Reviews

Great for a distributed team.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jim F.

I use this software everyday to access and share

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Tara C.

Great visual design, UX, image search capabilites

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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