Second Canvas 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

Second Canvas

5.0

(3)

Pricing

Starting at $900.00 per year

About Second Canvas

Second Canvas is a cloud-based solution that helps museums convert artworks into digitized collections with interactive storytelling capabilities. Professionals can upload high-resolution images and automatically improve navigation using zoom, 360-degree views, and more.

Second Canvas enables administrators to add information related to each artwork including artist details, chronology, style, techniques, historical context, and anecdotes, facilitating visitor experience across galleries. It lets users create multiple viewing formats for every artwork, highlighting hidden details such as pentimento, preliminary sketches, and more. Additionally, users can build a digital exhibit for visitors including a guided tour with audio descriptions for all artworks across the museum.

Second Canvas allows users to publish the digitized artworks across multiple channels such as iBooks, website widgets, native Android/iOS applications, and more. Pricing is available on request and support is extended via email and other measures.

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Second Canvas Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $900.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$900.00

per year

No plan information available

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Second Canvas Features

Popular features found in Museum
Contact Management
Digital Asset Management
Event Management
Fundraising Management
Gift Shop POS
Inventory Management
Membership Management
Product Catalog
Ticketing
More features of Second Canvas
Content Library
Customizable Branding
Customizable Templates
Drag & Drop
Exhibit/Vendor Management
Image Library
Online Catalog
Online Viewing Rooms

Second Canvas User Reviews

Overall Rating

5.0

Ratings Breakdown

100%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.7

Value for money

5.0

Customer support

4.7

Functionality

5.0

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Javier E.

Verified reviewer

Fine Art

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2019

Second Canvas Review

We are using Second Canvas to give our visitors a new perspective of our artworks. We aim them to use SC as an additional resource to be used along during their Museum visit. SC is also used as an educational resource for specific activities run by our educational department. The project was technically easy to implement, the hard work focused on the selection of the artworks and the developing of the contents and histories we wanted to create for the visitors,

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Second Canvas is a very powerfull tool, with an easy to use by non-technical users cms. Is really amazing how easy is to create a new history focused in the details of an artwork. Although is not a must, Second Canvas is greater if you have high-resolution Gigapixel images. Videos, X-Ray, and infrared images and other related media are also possible to be added to the history.

Cons:

Sincerely, I have been thinking about real cons and I can't give anyone. The compliance of this app with it promised functionalities and other aspects like performance is really high.

Philippe R.

Non-Profit Organization Management

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

deep dive into artworks

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The product is very simple to use. The CMS interface is intuitive and can be use easily by not digital professional (as guides, volunters or curators). The final interface is also very smooth, users don't need a lot of explainations to understand the concept and how to use it. The content can be update very easily from the CMS!

Cons:

It's hard to find a negative point on this product. This project has been assessed positively by all the professionals of the company and the final users also like it !

Sandra G.

Fine Art

51-200 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

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