Acquia DAM (Widen) vs. Canto

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Acquia DAM (Widen)	Score7.2 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	Acquia DAM (Widen) helps brands manage and distribute assets across teams, tools, and channels. A configurable metadata schema provides business-specific search and workflow capabilities. Plus, AI-powered auto tagging makes assets instantly findable. Content can be synced across systems using the API or pre-built integrations with over 50 tools, from creative suites to project management. Product-based companies can use Acquia DAM to build a unique 360º view of their product content. It…	N/A
Canto	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Canto delivers digital asset management capabilities while offering an intuitive experience for teams. Canto's AI Visual Search enables users to search their brand libraries using natural language.	N/A

Guided or full-service implementation options and annual subscriptions based on capabilities required. Workgroup and unlimited user options available. Storage with Amazon Web Services. Professional services available for strategy consulting, change management, administration services, design services, and managed integrations.

Canto's platform, supported by a flexible and transparent pricing structure, caters to a diverse array of industries. It empowers companies ranging from teams of 50 employees to global enterprises to fuel their content delivery, maximizing their ROI.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Acquia DAM (Widen)	Canto
Considered Both Products	Acquia Erica Holloway Marketing Specialist in Marketing at Goba Sports Group (Retail, 501-1000 employees) Chose Acquia DAM (Widen) While Canto Cumulus is a reputable DAM, users cite potential drawbacks such as a complex interface, customization challenges, integration limitations, scalability concerns, and reported issues with support responsiveness. These aspects should be considered based on specific … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Acquia DAM (Widen) No other similar solutions tried in our company. But I made an online research and found out that Canto is a great digital asset management system for sharing files with external parties, that is extremely important to us. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Acquia DAM (Widen) More fully-featured (and expensive) than Portfolio, less expensive than Canto (when we last looked at it). Incentivized Helpful? António Pereira Custom Development Manager in Information Technology at Sogrape Vinhos Sa (Wine and Spirits, 501-1000 employees) Chose Acquia DAM (Widen) Price and features Incentivized Helpful? Jake Dooley Photographer & Digital Asset Manager at ProClip USA (Consumer Goods, 11-50 employees) Chose Acquia DAM (Widen) I'm constantly evaluating other DAMs to see if it could be worth switching to something new. As of now, Acquia still fulfills our needs appropriately. Incentivized Helpful? Brian Rosenbluh Photography Studio Manager in Marketing at Town & Country Living (Retail, 501-1000 employees) Chose Acquia DAM (Widen) Acquia DAM (Widen) had all the features we needed at a price that was not unaffordable. Also, having unlimited users and Admins is something few others have. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Acquia DAM (Widen) I've personally found the user experience with Acquia DAM (Widen) to be more intuitive and easy to learn. Once you get the hang of how to search the metadata, I think it's easier to find the assets you are looking for and truly narrow down your search. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Acquia DAM (Widen) I inherited this system when I joined my company but I would like to do some comparison shopping. Incentivized Helpful? Christopher John Manager, Creative Commercial Marketing in Manufacturing at BCD Travel (Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 10,001+ employees) Chose Acquia DAM (Widen) There are a number of features that competitors provide that I would love to see incorporated into Acquia DAM (Widen) but the pricing for Acquia DAM (Widen) is the best value for us. Incentivized Helpful?	Canto Verified User Chose Canto Canto was one of the most cost effective options and was the only one that included all of the features that we were looking for (AI tagging, facial recognition, PMS integrations, OCR text recognition, etc) Incentivized Helpful? Elizabeth Briggs Senior Brand Manager in Marketing at MESH (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Canto Canto functions a lot like our existing server/file storage system, so the transition was smooth. Canto was supreme in searching/tagging. The salespeople were also the easiest to work with. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Canto Canto proved to be the simplest and cleanest user interface in our opinion. The price was much less than many of the other options that offered the features (bells & whistles) we found unnecessary. Incentivized Helpful? Raffaele Vertucci Head of Capabilities Branding in Corporate at Leonardo S.p.a. (Military, 10,001+ employees) Chose Canto CANTO is the best balance of functionality, performance and cost for a company like mine that has started a digital transformation programme. Adobe Experience is best in class but too expensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Canto Widen was incredibly difficult to search through and the organization and interface was not user friendly. AEM didn't allow more than a small handful of users, so we never got to actually use it as intended. Incentivized Helpful? Jonathan Skelton Chief Geek in Information Technology at Graphic Media Solutions, LLC (Printing, 11-50 employees) Chose Canto Canto has created their own Adobe plugin while Widen utilizes a third party vendor. The Canto plugin is much more reliable and Canto is extremely responsive on issues and suggestions whereas Widen has to rely on a vendor. Incentivized Helpful? Anthony Robison Assistant Director, Marketing & Design in Marketing at Ivy Tech Community College (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Canto Canto's customer service and the ability to adapt to our needs is one thing that sticks out over some of the competition. Many of the other platforms that were comparable to Canto's robust feature list and ease of usability were much expensive. Canto is continuously adding new … Incentivized Helpful? Michelle McKinley Marketing Manager in Marketing at UPC Insurance (Insurance, 201-500 employees) Chose Canto Canto had the best features compared to the price of anyone and met our essential needs of ease of use, portals, meta data completeness. Libris came close to Canto in these features, but overall, canto won with pricing terms and portals. Brandfolder was a contender as well but … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Acquia DAM (Widen)

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Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Acquia DAM (Widen) and Canto
Feature	Acquia DAM (Widen) 6.6 62 Ratings	Canto 6.7 10 Ratings
Dashboards	7.259 Ratings	6.810 Ratings
Standard reports	4.954 Ratings	6.69 Ratings
Custom reports	5.443 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data exportability	8.143 Ratings	00 Ratings
Content analytics	7.346 Ratings	6.59 Ratings

Comparison of DAM Features features of Acquia DAM (Widen) and Canto
Feature	Acquia DAM (Widen) 6.8 83 Ratings	Canto 7.2 24 Ratings
Uploading assets	7.782 Ratings	7.623 Ratings
Downloading assets	8.183 Ratings	8.424 Ratings
Categories	5.979 Ratings	7.423 Ratings
Asset storage	8.682 Ratings	8.223 Ratings
Asset sharing	8.682 Ratings	8.024 Ratings
Asset search	7.183 Ratings	7.724 Ratings
Tagging system	6.479 Ratings	7.323 Ratings
Content editing	3.463 Ratings	6.416 Ratings
Embed codes	6.555 Ratings	7.210 Ratings
Metadata	6.770 Ratings	6.820 Ratings
Collections	7.675 Ratings	7.621 Ratings
User access	6.777 Ratings	6.823 Ratings
DAM Integrations	7.658 Ratings	6.813 Ratings
DAM API	7.642 Ratings	7.08 Ratings
Workflow automations	5.440 Ratings	5.99 Ratings
Related asset discovery	5.350 Ratings	6.713 Ratings

User Ratings
	Acquia DAM (Widen)	Canto
Likelihood to Recommend	7.1 (188 ratings)	8.1 (253 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.6 (10 ratings)	9.9 (18 ratings)
Usability	8.4 (9 ratings)	9.0 (95 ratings)
Availability	9.1 (1 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)
Performance	7.3 (1 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (176 ratings)	7.6 (157 ratings)
Online Training	9.1 (1 ratings)	9.1 (2 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (3 ratings)	9.0 (12 ratings)
Configurability	9.1 (1 ratings)	3.6 (1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	4.5 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.1 (1 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	7.3 (1 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)
Professional Services	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.1 (1 ratings)	7.3 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.2 (1 ratings)	7.3 (1 ratings)

Acquia DAM (Widen) vs. Canto

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