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Supported Operating System(s):
Web browser (OS agnostic), Windows 10About Widen Collective
Widen Collective is a cloud-based digital asset management solution designed to support the content lifecycle from creation to distribution.
The product offers a centralized library to manage images, documents, audio and video files in one place. It can be configured with unlimited metadata types, categories, and collections. The system includes a comprehensive governance model for managing user roles and access controls. Permissions can be set to manage asset versions, rights, releases, and expirations. Users enjoy easy-to-use search and filtering tools and on-the-fly file conversions to other formats. Assets can be downloaded, shared, or embedded in other websites or applications.
Add-on applications can be activated for creative and marketing...
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Supported Operating System(s):
Web browser (OS agnostic), Windows 10Average User Ratings
Overall
Ease-of-use
4.5
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Likelihood to Recommend
Not likely
Very likely
November 2017
Stewart from Sheridan College
Time Used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
5.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
5.0
Functionality
4.0
November 2017
I don't know how we lived without Widen's DAM solution before!
This software completely changed our office workflow. Finding assets used to be very painful, but with all of our assets in one location and users connected to the DAM it makes finding things easy for our office, as well as external clients. By empowering our users to find their own assets it frees up our designer time, for things like DESIGN!
Pros
Ease of use, ease of empowerment for the user. I LOVE being able to share collections with clients. And I LOVE when someone asks for an asset, I just add them as a user on Widen, and tell them to find it themselves!
Cons
I'm still waiting for drag and drop functionality with Indesign. A small workflow addition that would make things easier!
October 2019
Levi from New Balance
Company Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Sports
Time Used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
3.0
Functionality
4.0
October 2019
Widen Media Collective (DAM) Review
Pros
Its searchable content. As long as metadata is used, searching for assets is relatively easy.
Cons
Upload process. The Drag/Drop feature was nice! Now I'm forced to go through a wizard. Too time consuming for my liking.
Reasons for Switching to Widen Collective
Couldn't search for assets and global collaboration was lacking as a result.
November 2010
Kala from Trek Bicycle Corporation
Time Used: Free Trial
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
3.0
Customer support
4.0
November 2010
Widen Collective
The Digital Asset System was put in place to provide easy access to assets owned by Trek Bicycle Corporation for those internally and externally. These assets can be ordered and downloaded at any time of day or night. It's an invaluable tool for our dealers, distributors, and international offices. ' The Media Template is an online ad, and media builder. It allows Trek to control brand consistency, while it allows our users to build media in minutes using pre-approved images and text without the need of expensive software programs. We use this portion of the site to provide promotional items and in store signage to our large dealer base. Overall, I think the Widen collective is a great product and I really enjoy working with Widen.
Pros
Good customer support Robust reporting features Assets can be downloaded in a variety of file formats Various types of file formats are supported Permissions can be setup to protect assets Users can access the site through a standard web browser Media can be built in minutes without needing expensive software programs Assets/media can be ordered and downloaded at any time of day or night Software updates made throughout the year
Cons
Pages can be slow to load at times Reporting tools can be confusing Custom enhancements to the site can be expensive Some education is needed for new users of the site The site is not setup for printing on demand Home page can be confusing if your site includes the DAM and the media builder
September 2019
Tanesha from Ecolab
Company Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Restaurants
Time Used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
4.0
Functionality
4.0
September 2019
Great hub for storing and sharing content
We are using it as a one stop shop for our field team to have access to training, resources, selling collateral, company news and other helpful things. We also love that we can quickly update the versions when needed. The team has been less frustrated now that they have 1 place to go.
Pros
I love that I can easily store all of my content in the system, then make a website like portal to share and organize my content in a neat way.
Cons
I wish there was a way to add hyperlinks to Asset Collections so that I can link out to other internal websites within my company or to an eCourse within Workday.
Reasons for Switching to Widen Collective
It was hard to give Sharepoint the website like feel that we can get with the portals. It was also cumbersome to update documents to different versions.
May 2020
Jennifer from NVIDIA
Company Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Computer Hardware
Time Used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
5.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
5.0
Functionality
5.0
May 2020
Amazing product and customer service
Ease of use is a big factor for us and being able to modify the DAM as needed makes it a program we can use and adapt to the different business units at NVIDIA. The customer service with Widen is a big help whenever I have questions or issues.
Pros
The product is easy to use and modify as needed. There are always new updates to the features which makes it even easier to use for my users.
Cons
The AEM Integration does not work as it should. This was a big sell for us since our website is hosted by AEM and now we can't integrate the two without AEM working properly with Widen.
Reasons for Choosing Widen Collective
We started to work in AEM Assets and found it was going to cost 10x (probably more) to just configure the system. The cost to maintain and licensing their "DAM" was way out of our price range. They also did not have good customer service or people who knew the product. We went in circles for months on how to use and implement their tool. Our website is on AEM so it made sense to integrate AEM assets with our website. Until I started to dig deep into the details and it was going to cost so much more than we thought.