FotoWare DAM 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

FotoWare DAM

4.7

(12)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About FotoWare DAM

The Fotoware DAM enables organizations of all sizes to store their important files like images, videos, and documents in one central system. With our solution, everyone can find, share, and reuse these files much more efficiently.

In a Digital Asset Management solution, all files are tagged with descriptive metadata upon upload, which is what makes the files searchable and easy for your users to find. As we like to say: a file is not an asset until metadata is added.

FotoWare DAM Screenshots

FotoWare DAM Pricing and Plans

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Free Version

Basic

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FotoWare DAM Features

Popular features found in Digital Asset Management
Access Controls/Permissions
Asset Categorization
Content Management
Customizable Branding
Document Management
File Management
Metadata Management
Reporting/Analytics
Search/Filter
Tagging
Version Control
Workflow Management
More features of FotoWare DAM
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval Process Control
Artwork Management
Asset Library
Asset Sharing
Brand Guidelines
Change Management
CMS Integration
Collaboration Tools
Commenting/Notes
Configurable Workflow
Content Library
Digital Asset Management
Document Storage
File Conversion
Filtering
Fulfillment Distribution
Full Text Search
Image Library
Mobile App
Multi-Language
Project Management
Role-Based Permissions
Secure Data Storage
Single Sign On
Third-Party Integrations
User Management
Video Support

FotoWare DAM Integrations

Adobe Photoshop

TYPO3

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

WordPress

Enonic XP

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FotoWare DAM User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

67%

33%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.4

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.5

Stephen M.

Verified reviewer

Photography

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed October 2021

Fantastic Fotoware

Having been using FotoWare DAM products for almost 14 years its an integral part of our daily workflow. I couldn't recommend it enough and their customer support is second to none.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of yes and how each element is customized to suit our company's workflow.

Cons:

The price! When assets and how they are captured change it sometimes take a little too long for the software to catch up with elements of the new file types.

Reasons for choosing FotoWare DAM

The sales pitch and customer support felt more personal.

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your review, Stephen! We're delighted to hear that FotoWare is an integral part of your daily workflow and that you think our customer support is second to none!

Replied October 2021

Alexandre M.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed October 2021

The complete solution for you asset management needs

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It solved once and for all the asset management that made the company spend a lot of workforce hours in the past.

Cons:

The crop issue and the Pro interface annual cost are a point of frustration for end users and administrators.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review, Alexandre! We're delighted to hear FotoWare has solved your asset management problems and is helping to save so much time!

Replied October 2021

Jørgen E.

Verified reviewer

Maritime

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed October 2021

The most used software during the working day

To a significant degree, only positively

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I have used the programs from fotoware for more than 15 years. Being able to search and find files in seconds has been amazing.

Cons:

There has been a somewhat high threshold for making changes or especially upgrades to server software. This has gotten worse after we lost our local dealer network.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review, Jørgen we really appreciate it! It's great to hear that you are a long term user and that FotoWare helps you to find what you need so quickly!

Replied October 2021

Trystan L.

Verified reviewer

Government Administration

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed October 2021

Extremely useful, even when using only a fraction of what it's capable of

Extremely positive, we managed to combine an older database on an outdated operating system with what we had set up already. It meant creating a small bespoke part ffor the software but it does exactly what we need to do.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We utilise only a very small fraction of what is possible from the software. But the development team have helped find bespoke ways to incorporate what we needed the software to do. It's been easy for a variety of experiences to get to grips with and has controls in place to lock certain features down for admins to manage.

Cons:

There really isn't much I don't like or would say needs improving. Tiny little bits of customization in terms of different columns viewable on different pages/databases, instead of the same ones throughout each would be a nice to have. But other than that the ability to customise the vast majority is excellent.

Reasons for choosing FotoWare DAM

Time and cost to create a system from scratch was must greater than figuring out a way to integrate an old system into this software.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review, Trystan! It's great to hear that FotoWare is such a useful tool for your organization

Replied October 2021

Denise K.

Verified reviewer

Publishing

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed March 2022

20 years working with Fotostation/Fotoweb and still going on!

I work with Fotostation/Fotoweb since 20 years ago and really like this software. In my last experience, I had to produce a huge book collection from the scratch during the coronavirus pandemic in a brand new company. There wasn't a physical office, staff, or platform. In 3 or 4 weeks we put everybody on board: picture researchers, graphic designers, illustrators, text editors, cartographers and book reviewers. The workflow was efficiently designed thus helping us in reaching our goal.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I really like the possibility of customizing the editors, actions and collections from each client in an independent way, with an easy transition among them. I appreciate the clarity of knowing which IPTC fields we are dealing with and how to manage them. It's also pleasant to know that Fotoware is bringing to Fotoweb all the functionalities from the complete Fotostation.

Cons:

I dream about a platform that captures the html information (such as an image description) and automatically brings them to the IPTC fields. I imagine it should be an API to do it however I'm not certain. That´s not a trivial feature.

Vendor Response

Thank you for such a lovely review, Denise. It gives us so much joy to know that you have been using FotoWare products for more than 20 years and still love it!

Replied April 2022

Andrea J.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed October 2021

Using FotoWare in a hospital setting

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The governance around image access and audit trails reports of downloaded images. Searchability of patient conditions that is essential in a teaching hospital setting. The addition of the Clinical Uploader App that allows clinicians to take their own images at the point of care 24/7.

Cons:

More audit functionality for reporting, linked to activity of specialty within a hospital setting.

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your review, Andrea! We are so proud to hear how FotoWare helps you and your team in the hospital to access and upload important images

Replied October 2021

Turgay G.

Verified reviewer

Security and Investigations

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

Easy for users

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use for our employees was the most important feature

Cons:

Printing and screenshot from videos is poor

Reasons for choosing FotoWare DAM

Ease of use for out users

Mads J.

Verified reviewer

Photography

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2021

Fotostation Pro (local install): Great overview, fast tool, relevant functions

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

All relevant metadata-fields is in one screen (no scroll, no tabs). Pleasant thumbnail-interface. Very fast search. Great AND-NOT search. Great Add-text-to-multiple-photos-feature. Great Find-and-replace-feature.

Cons:

If I manually choose two similar photos and want to enrich metadata in both: No automatic comparison of metadata. Configuration is sometimes for nerds - i.e. the text editor. Not many new functions in Fotostation Pro the recent years.

Reasons for choosing FotoWare DAM

Metadata in Lightroom: I simply hate the scrollbar.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review Mads, great to hear that you enjoy using FotoStation!

Replied April 2022

Klaus R.

Verified reviewer

Publishing

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2021

Finding images

as good as we are still clients ...

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very stabile / easy to use (fotoweb interface) / metadata handling

Cons:

limited rights of main users / more individual design adaptions would be good

Vendor Response

Hi Klaus, thank you for your review. It's much appreciated and we're happy to see you find FotoWare to be helpful tool!

Replied November 2021

Donna M.

Verified reviewer

Museums and Institutions

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed March 2022

FotoWare DAMS

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We get great customer service from our FotoWare vendor (Pivotal). The FotoWare product itself feels like it is regularly being developed to align with contemporary needs. It has a contemporary feel more than some other database DAMS.

Cons:

FotoWare don't always feel 'global'. Their webinars, collaboration and customer interactions don't feel like they aim to reach Australian customers.

Vendor Response

Thank you for this review, Donna. We hope that we will feel more global as we continue to grow, and be able to provide live webinars and activities in more time zones.

Replied April 2022

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