Image Relay vs. Salsify

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Image Relay
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Image Relay Marketing Delivery keeps digital assets and product information in one place with the goal of supporting fast, seamless creation and delivery.N/A
Salsify
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Salsify is designed to enable suppliers to send their product content to retailers. The solution provides a central place to create, manage and publish product information - including product attributes, marketing copy, datasheets and other files.N/A
Pricing
Image RelaySalsify
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Image RelaySalsify
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Image RelaySalsify
Considered Both Products
Image Relay
Chose Image Relay
The decision really seemed to come down to the interface, the value, and the approach to innovating how the assets were stored and accessed. It was important to us that our DAM has plenty of features and options while also not being over-designed or overcomplicated. It needed …
Chose Image Relay
The discovery process was by far the best with Image Relay. We did not have to waste time on several sales calls before they gave us a real demo and answered our specific questions. We got EVERYTHING we needed to know in the first meeting and that ultimately did help us make …
Chose Image Relay
Image Relay convinced us with an excellent pitch, a competitive price, and great support.
Chose Image Relay
I find Image Relay to be superior to all three platforms mentioned above. IR is faster, has a cleaner interface, has outstanding support, and is highly customizable. Image Relay just makes sense for us on every level. While there are other options, some free, nothing stacks up …
Chose Image Relay
I got a presentation from each and I felt the connection with Image Relay was better for me. Every need we had were covered by the Image Relay system. The presentation was really professional and we could feel that they knew what they were doing. Of course, the price was also a …
Chose Image Relay
We were using our in-house storage NAS system and Backup on DVD and hard drive. The issue is that we lost a lot of data by it either crashing or becoming unreadable. And it's very difficult to organize and share data. To share data we were using WeTransfer, but the issue is …
Chose Image Relay
Google Drive does not have the same capacity and functions that Image Relay has, so it is really no competition at all. I really enjoy all the functions that Image Relay has that other companies may not have considered.
Chose Image Relay
We compared Image Relay to a couple of other digital asset management systems and chose Image Relay based on a strong recommendation from the company that digitized thousands of our archived photos and documents. They noted that many of the features are similar product to …
Chose Image Relay
Image Relay's share function works similarly to these other products, which worked well enough for us. But Image Relay's share function makes the process of searching for, selecting, and sharing photos fast and seamless. There's also less need to clean out old files and photos. …
Chose Image Relay
Drive is good but the way to find and organize folders is less user-friendly. Sharepoint is not user-friendly at all. We Transfer is easy to share and download once but not as a permanent online library. I really think Image Relay is the best option to create a common space …
Chose Image Relay
We have always used dropbox or google drive and while they have served their purpose, they don't operate on the same level as Image Relay. The easy-to-use organization along with the ability to create your own APIs and do mass moves and uploads and distinct meta-tagging is key …
Chose Image Relay
We used Kwikee (which is now Syndigo I believe) for many years. Clunky interface and it was very slow to get new assets up. Image Relay was a very refreshing change!
Chose Image Relay
I have used several digital asset management systems in relation to archives work, and I think Image Relay is the most user-friendly and clean looking.
Chose Image Relay
I created a rubric to compare IR with Intelligence Bank and PhotoShelter. Some of the comparisons were close, but ultimately the intuitive user interface, price, and back-end programming (as analyzed by our web guy) helped us select Image Relay.
Chose Image Relay
Image Relay is much more user friendly. It is also much easier to upload files to Image Relay.
Chose Image Relay
Image Relay is much more user-friendly and easy to access. I struggled with Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Teams because it is so much simpler in layout and structure. You do not need to hunt around forever to find what you're looking for. It is also more cost-effective …
Chose Image Relay
Canto Cumulus was the best competition. It did a few of the things mentioned earlier a little better. We had chosen Image Relay before finding Canto, and have not felt compelled strongly enough to switch. If we were starting over, we might start with Canto.
Salsify
Chose Salsify
Their support/purpose is different from each other
Chose Salsify
Salsify was the clear winner when it came to a simple interface that allowed a multitude of uses for the organization. The others weren't structured in a way that we could easily allow new users in and were intimidating at the start. The syndication abilities and continual …
Chose Salsify
I was not directly involved in the purchase decision process to acquire Salsify as we started using it after it, but I can tell the Team decided on Salsify for a number of solid reasons including functionalities, price, integration options, and usability. Otherwise, we would …
Chose Salsify
One of the best software I've used as it's very agile and integration is seamless via APIs. On top of that, it really aids in my day-to-day tasks, and better management in workflow, and it helps me keep things organized and it delivers on the features that you don't normally …
Chose Salsify
We have not used alternatives. None seemed to have the feature set that Salsify offered.
Chose Salsify
Salsify gives you the most flexibility and is easier to use than the others.
Chose Salsify
Continex was a microsite and many of our accounts wanted to stay consistent throughout their site which this would not let them do. Salsify allows them to use our assets but in their own template so everyone is happy!
Best Alternatives
Image RelaySalsify
Small Businesses
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
Image Relay
Image Relay
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
MediaValet
MediaValet
Score 9.1 out of 10
Informatica MDM & 360 Applications
Informatica MDM & 360 Applications
Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Image RelaySalsify
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
8.6
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10.0
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Usability
9.0
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9.0
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Support Rating
7.9
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10.0
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Implementation Rating
9.1
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10.0
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User Testimonials
Image RelaySalsify
Likelihood to Recommend
Image Relay is perfect for a creative team that is putting out a lot of content and always creating more. It works great with freelancers and has customizable access for different groups of individuals. I have not seen the PIM side of things with Image Relay. Management chose a different system for our PIM but it was prior to learning about Image Relay. The system we have for PIM seemed more robust for syndicating to multiple channels, however, it does not have the collaboration a creative team needs as Image Relay does.
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Besides the obvious need for a lot of technical resources in the form of technical support and specialist hours, and also from probably a long timeframe of deployment time. The resulting tool might have the power to change your organization as the Product data "source of truth", which means in other words, to have all your product data and management in a single reliable tool. Looking forward this change will definitely pay out and make it possible to update product offerings and respond faster to changes moving forward.
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Pros
  • Image Relay keeps things organized well
  • It's SO easy to create upload links and send them to people when you need materials from them. I love that you are emailed when someone uploads to a folder you created.
  • The support team is great at Image Relay too—I've rarely had any problems, but when I do or have questions they respond very quickly!
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  • Easily upload information such as photos all into one place
  • Ease of exporting/importing product sheets to send to prospects
  • Ease of integration/connectivity via APIs
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Cons
  • The AI tagging terms are too generic to really be helpful to us.
  • When we did our initial upload the system couldn't pull in old dates, so everything has a date of the day it was uploaded. It will be a while before searching by "most recent" works properly.
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  • It needs more ability to limit viewing or editing of certain attributes by user or user class. I understand this is in the pipeline.
  • Responsive design. It is not usable on a phone (various iPhone n+ models). I NEVER prefer to work in Salsify on my phone, but it would be nice to be able to in a pinch.
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Likelihood to Renew
I believe once all of our staff see how efficient Image Relay is in managing our digital assets, there will be no question that the cost vs. value will mandate continued use moving forward. It literally will pay for itself in saved staff time, I believe.
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The team is very helpful and the product is very useful to us.
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Usability
I didn't have to be trained to figure out how to use it, everything is straight forward which is important when you have a lot of external-facing users on this platform. The folders help you navigate what you have but I also use the search feature a lot if I'm not sure what I'm looking for.
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I am only giving it a 9 because they are working on streamlining the uploading process to make things easier on our end - once this is complete I would most likely give it a 10!
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Support Rating
Amazing. We are having a quick call once a week to be sure we are right on track. They answer all our questions right away and if they are missing something they will just find the answer and get back to us as fast as possible. There is no need to look elsewhere!
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The team is extremely friendly and helpful. They came in for an in-house training and schedule calls to walk us through new features, etc.
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Implementation Rating
The Image Relay team was very helpful in guiding us through the process. Excellent customer service and guidance.
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The team at Salsify is the best to work with!!!
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Alternatives Considered
The decision really seemed to come down to the interface, the value, and the approach to innovating how the assets were stored and accessed. It was important to us that our DAM has plenty of features and options while also not being over-designed or overcomplicated. It needed to have a flow and logic to it so that we could do more while not being overwhelmed or lost in the product. In all of these areas, Image Relay really seemed to stand out among the rest.
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Salsify was the clear winner when it came to a simple interface that allowed a multitude of uses for the organization. The others weren't structured in a way that we could easily allow new users in and were intimidating at the start. The syndication abilities and continual additions of new channels were one of the biggest selling points.
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Return on Investment
  • It is a huge time saver for our team
  • It enables us to quickly share information and files internally as well as with customers and vendors externally.
  • Being able to share files in real-time makes our decision process faster, more accurate, and far more effective.
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  • Increased the productivity of the publish process.
  • 5x products are published per partner in the same time it took earlier.
  • Product information like pricing and images can be downloaded in a click.
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