When comparing Widen vs OpenText Media Management, the Slant community recommends Widen for most people. In the question“What are the best digital asset management (DAM) solutions?” Widen is ranked 12th while OpenText Media Management is ranked 56th. The most important reason people chose Widen is:
Having compared a number of solutions, Widen repeatedly trumped other systems on usability and intuitive interface design.
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Pros
Pro Great usability
Having compared a number of solutions, Widen repeatedly trumped other systems on usability and intuitive interface design.
Pro REST + SOAP API available
Pro Single Sign-On user authentication
Pro Data exports and site management Analytics dashboard
Pro Upload wizard with metadata pre-entry and smart workflow
Pro Asset group level security for lifecycle management
Pro Unlimited user roles with configurable permissions
Pro On-the-fly file conversions for images, audio & video
Pro Fully configurable metadata schema with read/write ability
Pro Intelligent search options and filters
Pro Reporting Tools
Pro UI for Mobile & iPad
Pro Collaborative Asset Review Capabilities
Functionality to make inline notes and annotations against assets, aiding in the creative development process.
Pro Integrates with Adobe Creative Suite
Pro Content Grouping
Assets can be put into collections for sharing.
Pre-download compression is available to download groups in one compressed file, in addition to downloading assets from the collection individually.
Pro Full Text Search Available
When searching for assets, in addition to searching on individual fields, full text search is available allowing you to search for specific text in any of the fields/data associated with an asset.
Pro Strong Metadata Model
OpenText allows the creation of custom Metadata fields, field groups, and models.
Pro Video Transcoding Capabilities
Pro Image Conversion / Transcoding Capabilities
Pro Built in Customizable Workflows
Pro Available on Software as a Service (SaaS) Plan
SaaS reduces the management of the service to a simple renewable contract covering the following. This means that once the contract is agreed and signed you no longer need to worry about:
- Reduced Cost
- Provisioning Infrastructure
- Disaster Recovery
- Monitoring Capacity
- Monitoring Performance
- Upgrading Software
- Training for Support Staff
- Good for Puns
For more detail on generic SaaS advantages, see http://www.industryweek.com/information-technology/top-12-benefits-saas-model
Pro Top Rated by Forrester Research
Forrester Research rated OpenText as the most innovative and best implemented product in their Q2 2012 comparison of DAMs systems, focussing on Customer Experience Management (CXM).
See related report / blog post.