Canto
VerifiedDigital asset management platform with AI search, brand portals, and workflow tools
See all screenshots - Deployment Cloud Based
- Starting price Custom
- Free trial Not offered
- Best for SMEs, Agencies, Enterprises
What is Canto?
Canto is a digital asset management platform originally founded in Berlin in 1990 and now headquartered in San Francisco, serving over 2,500 customers who need to organize, find, and share images and video. The platform uses AI visual search, auto tagging, and facial recognition to speed up asset discovery, alongside version control, digital rights management, and configurable approval workflows for creative teams.
Canto supports unlimited sharing portals, embeddable video, a Media Publisher for content distribution, and built in HIPAA readiness for regulated industries. It integrates with tools like Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Office and offers an API for custom connections. Canto sells four custom quoted plans, Core Essentials, DAM Plus, DAM for Products, and DAM Pro, each targeting a different scale of deployment; specific prices are not published and require a sales quote.
Key Features of Canto
Canto lists 9 documented features, including AI visual search with auto tagging, Facial recognition for people based search and Version control and digital rights management. The list below covers what the product does rather than how it is marketed.
- AI visual search with auto tagging
- Facial recognition for people based search
- Version control and digital rights management
- Unlimited branded sharing portals and shareable links
- Media Publisher for multi channel content distribution
- Built in photo and video editing tools
- Approval and review workflows with commenting
- HIPAA ready security and compliance controls
- API access and integrations with Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Office
Canto Pricing
Canto lists 4 plans without published figures. Pricing is quoted on request.
Core Essentials (DAM)
Custom
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Secure storage, intuitive search, and core security for teams needing foundational DAM.
DAM Plus
Custom
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Adds centralized review and approval, dynamic brand templates, AI search, and customizable brand portals.
DAM for Products
Custom
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Omni brand solution for consistent product representation, catalogs, and centralized product data.
DAM Pro
Custom
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Adds AI powered search and tagging, dedicated onboarding, extensive storage, and enterprise integrations.
Canto Specifications
Canto is available on web app. It offers an API.
- Deployment
- Cloud Based
- Billing cycle
- Yearly
- Desktop
- Web App
- Languages
- English
- Built for
- SMEs
- Agencies
- Enterprises
- Support
- Live Support
- Training
- Tickets
- Integrations
- Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Office, CMS platforms, custom API integrations
- Public API
- Yes
- Free trial
- No
- Free plan
- No
- Runs in browser
- Yes
- Customisable
- Yes
- Website
- canto.com
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