We bring the global leader in DAM to you in Australia (for the past 30 years)

AI-powered Digital Asset Management (DAM) software for your digital content

Canto DAM software for organisations in Australia and New Zealand

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Take control of your images and videos

DAM essentials included out of the box

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Centralised Library

Single source of truth for all images, videos, documents, and brand files.

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Permissions & Sharing

Role‑based access, link expiry, watermarks, and download presets.

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Smart Metadata & Search

Automatic tagging, AI-powered search plus filters for file type, campaign, usage rights.

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Collaboration & Workflows

In‑platform comments, version control, and approval stages.

Customers in Australia and New Zealand trust us
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databasics - your local DAM vendor.

Australia based. Australian owned. Fully compliant.

For more than 30 years, we've partnered with Canto to help organisations across Australia and New Zealand store, find and share their digital content with ease. 

Meet databasics
What you do is not easy, we get it. We’ve been solving digital asset management problems in Australia for years and helped hundreds of clients like you succeed.

Trusted by 200+ modern organisations in Australia and New Zealand

95%
Use Canto to centralise brand assets across teams and departments
78%
Automate asset tagging and search with Canto's AI and Smart Albums
62%
Connect Canto to tools like Canva, SharePoint, or Adobe CC via integrations
73%
Use Canto Portals to securely share assets with external partners or media.

Canto AI feature overview

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Smart Tags

Powered by Amazon Rekognition, Smart Tags recognise objects, scenes and keywords in images and videos.

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Facial Recognition

Search any name and pull up every shot of that person in seconds—no sorting needed.                                                             

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AI Visual Search

Type a plain‑language prompt—“kids playing football at sunset”—and get spot‑on results instantly.

DAM services to help you succeed

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Expert DAM Implementation

We tailor and implement Canto Digital Asset Management to suit your organisation’s needs, ensuring a smooth setup, smart folder structures, and user-friendly access from day one.

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Onboarding and training

 

Local Onboarding and Training

Our team provides personalised onboarding sessions and role-based training to help your team confidently manage assets and workflows — backed by real people in your time zone.

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ongoing support

 

On-going Support & Consulting

Get responsive local support and strategic guidance post-implementation. Whether you’re scaling, integrating new tools, or evolving your metadata strategy — we’re here to help.

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optimisation services

 

Re-boot and Optimisation Services

For existing Canto users, we offer a structured system review to clean, relaunch, and future-proof your DAM — making it work better for your current teams and business goals.

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Canto feature overview

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Organise

Single source of truth for your digital content - one place for all your assets

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Manage

Take the stress out of managing content across teams

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Share

Share with confidence, streamline collaboration and stay in control

Why Canto

 

“Our small university was looking for an affordable but flexible tool for digital asset management. Canto checked all the boxes—facial recognition, organisation, usability, customer support and more.”

Julie

5 star review

“Canto's portal functionality significantly enhances asset management by providing a centralised, organised repository. ”

Ghia

5 star review

I love the ease of use and the variety of ways to find and organise assets. I use Canto daily for a variety of reasons. I am enjoying the linking feature for related assets.

Angelique

5 star review

We'd be totally lost without Canto. We utilise Canto for storing all of our completed artwork, our assets, and also our training documents. It's our "go-to" for everything we do, other than our design software.

Robin

5 star review

“Canto's smart album and tagging system allow for consistent metadata use across teams, and the search functionality is powerful—especially when combined with custom filters and keyword tagging.”

Amanda

5 star review

“The recent addition of AI Visual search, along with the integration of metadata into search results, has significantly streamlined the process, making it align more seamlessly with our traditional photography workflow..”

Skyler

5 star review

“Canto has allowed us to service our clients far better than before. We have lot of retail clients and every one of them has different specifications for the imagery. In the past, with some clients, I'd have to create custom version of specific product photos. Now, they can get what they want, when they want it and whatever size they need.”

Wayne

5 star review

One of our favourite features is the Portals. They let us build custom collections of marketing assets that are always current and perfectly on-brand, so our sales team isn’t wasting time digging through folders or second-guessing if a file’s outdated.”

Amber

5 star review