OpenAsset Reviews in January 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

"OpenAsset is a lifesaver/timesaver"

What do you like best about OpenAsset? It's super intuitive, flexible, and the support team is incredible. It's integration with InDesign has proven invaluable. No more linking issues with file on our servers and between Mac/Windows environments. What do you dislike about OpenAsset? Sometimes it is a little hard to find certain setting or features. I have to dig a little bit which can be a bit of a wrench in the works. The cost is also something to consider. Other than that, I can't think ...

"Easy Searchability"

What do you like best about OpenAsset? I like being able to find all the photos that I need through searching. I don't have to know the exact project to find what I need. We use our server and our internal organization for project info originally. Using Open Asset has streamlined my process and allows me to spend less time rifling through files. I'm able to use photos and info in InDesign easily and no long have to share a folder of links for other coworkers to work in on the same ...

"Huge Timesaver"

What do you like best about OpenAsset? Being able to search across multiple criteria to get targeted results and create presentation pieces on the spot. What do you dislike about OpenAsset? Adding projects is time-consuming when you have as many criteria as we have set up in our system but that is not unique to OpenAsset. We have used other systems and it's the same across the board. What problems is OpenAsset solving and how is that benefiting you? We are able to quickly create a "book" of ...

"Makes my life so much easier!"

What do you like best about OpenAsset? We are an architectural practice with nearly 30 years worth of photography spread across several servers. Open Asset has allowed us to keep track of key shots but also images that have been buried and not seen for a while. It's refreshed our image usage, helps people find specific aspects of each project and keeps our back catalogue alive. What do you dislike about OpenAsset? Sometimes it's hard to remember to keep updating drawings that have changed, ...

"A saving grace"

What do you like best about OpenAsset? It is great to be able to download images in pre-set sizes and to just drop and drag images into presentations. What do you dislike about OpenAsset? you need to be careful how you search for things - you need to be very specific Recommendations to others considering OpenAsset: It is easy to use and the team is extremely good in taking feedback and making changes What problems is OpenAsset solving and how is that benefiting you? sharing files within the ...

"Open Asset for the WIN!"

What do you like best about OpenAsset? Open Asset has unlimited tagging, keywording, captioning options which I use constantly. I need it to integrate with Photoshop! What do you dislike about OpenAsset? Open Asset has improved their platform so much over the years (user since at least mid-2000s) there is nothing I dislike. What problems is OpenAsset solving and how is that benefiting you? Searching / Keywording / contact sheets are the most useful.

"OpenAsset"

What do you like best about OpenAsset? With OpenAsset we've been able to move a lot of images off duplicate servers across Australia and internationally, now our entire team in various locations have quick and easy access to our image library. The project and search features are robust and the ability to drag images directly into inDesign makes this software invaluable to us. What do you dislike about OpenAsset? OpenAsset has so many great features, I am looking forward to seeing the ...

"Seamless Linking, Sharing, and Organization"

What do you like best about OpenAsset? OpenAsset is a very user-friendly platform that allows everyone in the firm to access our international work through keyword searches, allowing employees to learn more about legacy projects and leverage that knowledge in future work. What do you dislike about OpenAsset? The firm is working through how to give access to all and put the right restrictions on confidential or sensitive materials. What problems is OpenAsset solving and how is that ...

"Centralized & Intuitive"

What do you like best about OpenAsset? The ease of linking assets without having to store or package them on a server. It keeps things clean. What do you dislike about OpenAsset? It would be great to be able to move large sets of images in batches from one project to another Recommendations to others considering OpenAsset: Prepare your assets and organize them well prior to migration. You'll have a much better asset foundation. What problems is OpenAsset solving and how is that benefiting ...

"OpenAsset has proven to be an excellent solution for storing and organizing our project photography."

What do you like best about OpenAsset? The search functionality and the ability to apply labels both at the project and asset level has vastly improved workflow when putting together presentations and marketing materials, and for tracing down precedent images to share with clients. Also, the idesign integration if a huge time-saver. What do you dislike about OpenAsset? The UI can be a little confusing/counter-intuitive. They seem to be actively improving this, though, and it hasn't been a ...