About Widen Collective
Acquia DAM (Widen) by Acquia, Inc. is a cloud-based digital asset management (DAM) solution that allows users to find, share, upload, download, and analyze visual content anywhere, on any device. The product is suitable for marketers, creative teams, IT managers, and software architects of mid-to-large enterprises. It is designed to cater to the needs of various industries that include apparel, consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, construction, healthcare, medical devices, hospitality, travel, and higher education.
The product has a wide feature set that helps in the creation of branded portals, asset tracking and archiving, workflow integrations, rights management, reporting and analytics, and so on. It uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to ensure on-demand scalability and network access at a high speed for locations across the globe. Acquia DAM has the capability to automatically crop and resize assets and publish them on the web. Users can also get insights into the usage of the asset at different locations via geolocation map views.
Acquia DAM dashboard and reporting tools allow users to export data and track asset usage by following the site with Google Analytics. Users can compare the asset performance across various portals through dashboards that are pre-loaded with “must-track” assets and user activities. All the data such as user information, metadata, asset search results, and upload history can be exported to Excel where users can drill down to analyze site activities.
Acquia DAM uses agile product development methodology in which ongoing features are released on a monthly basis and customer feedback drives the roadmap for Acquia DAM. It offers integrations with a large number of marketing and creative applications that help in the easy syncing of brand assets across multiple channels. Some of the key clients of the Widen Collective are New Balance, Energizer, Progressive, Zeiss, La-Z-Boy, Steelcase, Electrolux, Brooks Running, and LG.
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Widen Collective
? Control what users see and do in your digital asset management system with permission-based user roles and groups.
? Manager version control, expire assets, attach documents and review and approve throughout the entire content lifecycle.
? Duplicate filenames that trigger conflicts can be added as versions.
? Acquia DAM (Widen) has configurable email alerts or notifications that help in tracking the assets against which any major actions are taken by the users.
? Track individual assets and collections for page views, embed views and downloads.
? The solution allows users to create a custom login page to enhance user experience with their brand’s color scheme and logo.
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Supported Languages
English
Pricing starting from:
Not provided by vendor
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Total features of Widen Collective: 170
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- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 1 001–5 000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Highly positive experience, with ease of use and great customer service!
Reviewed on 2017/11/27
We learned more about DAM management and learned to love it!
We learned more about DAM management and learned to love it!
Pros
It's so easy and intuitive to use. The metadata search boxes on the side help narrow and refine the search. And the customer service can't be beat!
Cons
I don't like how the collections can't be edited between users. We have had to figure out a workaround to be able to share and edit the same collections.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 1 001–5 000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Widen Collective Is Your Digital Asset Filing Cabinet
Reviewed on 2021/06/11
IT's hard to to quantify the value this project brought to our organization-but it was incredible....
IT's hard to to quantify the value this project brought to our organization-but it was incredible. We have reduced the amount of time spent looking for images, we have given access directly to our agency (reducing the number of emails back and forth requesting assets) and since partnering with Widen we've improved the quality of our assets. I would absolutely recommend Widen to any organization looking for a solution to a similar problem.
Pros
As someone who loves to have everything neatly organized and labeled, I really appreciated the ability to easily organize, categorize and tag all of my organization's digital assets. It's a daunting task-hundreds or thousands of images and video files, all had to be housed in a cloud in a manner that was intuitive and retrievable. Yet, Widen Collective helped me make that happen.
Cons
As with any software, there is a learning curve. But, Widen offers comprehensive training and excellent customer support. Don't let this hold you back!
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Limited functionality and basic features
Reviewed on 2012/11/20
Limited and basic functionality does not suit needs of large enterprises.
Limited and basic functionality does not suit needs of large enterprises.
Pros
Customer Support is friendly and quick to respond. This is especially true when the issue can be solved relatively quickly. Marketing team uses social media tools to create a community of Widen users.
Cons
More complicated issues are not able to be solved by Widen Support. Instead, I was advised to submit ideas for upgrade for consideration. It has been over 6 months and I still have not had a response.
The software is limited in functionality compared to other available DAMs. The interface is not intuitive to basic users without significant training.
Collections and collaboration tools are weak to non-existent.
Metadata and 'filters' applied to assets once in Widen do not write back into the asset when downloaded.
Very little is able to be branded or customized without large additional costs.
- Industry: Government Administration
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
My Widen DAM Review
Reviewed on 2020/01/12
Using Widen’s DAM to organize our assets has greatly reduced our marketing teams time spent hunting...
Using Widen’s DAM to organize our assets has greatly reduced our marketing teams time spent hunting for images.
Pros
My favorite things about Widen’s DAM software include an easy to navigate interface, very intuitive searching capabilities, customizable metadata fields for great detail to be attributed to assets, the ability to download files in multiple files types (fairly quick conversion depending on size of original file), the ability to customize your login screen and home screen (keeping everything on-brand is important!), and their customer support team is amazing.
Cons
I feel that the asset sharing options could be expanded upon. Currently, you can type an email in and send a set of assets. I would like to see additional options implemented because it feels fairly limited currently.
- Industry: Chemicals
- Company size: 10 000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
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Reviewed on 2020/08/28
I love the ability to weigh in on roadmap projects. Widen really takes the time to listen to their...
I love the ability to weigh in on roadmap projects. Widen really takes the time to listen to their clients
Pros
Easy to use. Secure. Excellent support and development teams. Flexibility of features
Cons
I could really use the ability to link raw assets with compound documents. This is currently a manual process and time consuming.
Widen Collective FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Widen Collective.Q. What type of pricing plans does Widen Collective offer?
Widen Collective offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Acquia DAM (Widen) pricing is based on a one-time implementation plus an annual subscription (€EUR and £GBP options available).
Q. Who are the typical users of Widen Collective?
Widen Collective has the following typical customers:
51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000
Q. What languages does Widen Collective support?
Widen Collective supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Widen Collective support mobile devices?
Widen Collective supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Widen Collective integrate with?
Widen Collective integrates with the following applications:
Adobe Commerce, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Workfront, Airtable, Akeneo Product Cloud, Asana, Box, BrandMuscle, Brightcove, Canva, Cascade, Clarifai, Digimarc Discover, Dropbox Business, Drupal, Enwoven, Google Analytics 360, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Grin, Highspot, Hootsuite, Jahia, Khoros Marketing, Mediafly, Microsoft SharePoint, Modus, Moovly, Office 365 License Management, Optimizely, Outfit, Productsup, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salsify, SharePoint, Shopify, Showpad, Shutterstock Editor, Sitecore, Slack, Smartsheet, Storyteq, TINT, Templafy, Visme, Wistia, WordPress, Wrike, Zapier, dotCMS
Q. What level of support does Widen Collective offer?
Widen Collective offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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