40 updates from Frontify and Canto in the last 30 days. We read them all so you don't have to.
Frontify is a brand management platform designed to allow brand managers to create online style guides, manage their brand assets, create UI pattern libraries and work collaboratively in creative projects.
Canto's digital asset management technologies enable organizations to manage digital content.
Frontify positions itself as a specialized brand management platform focused on creating and maintaining brand consistency through style guides, UI libraries, and collaborative design workflows, targeting brand managers and design teams. Canto emphasizes digital asset management as a broader solution for organizing and accessing digital content, appealing to organizations across industries needing centralized content control. Frontify’s key differentiators include its integration of brand-specific tools like UI pattern libraries and collaborative project workflows, while Canto prioritizes scalability and flexibility for managing diverse digital assets without brand-specific features.
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FrontifyCantoFrontify has focused heavily on integrating brand governance with AI, specifically through the development of "brand agents" and tools to make brand guidelines machine-readable for AI models. Their recent activity emphasizes scaling global content production, as seen in their DAZN case study, and maintaining brand consistency through specialized review engines. In contrast, Canto has prioritized the launch of "Global Assistant," an agentic AI layer designed to automate metadata enrichment, asset tagging, and content readiness within its DAM platform. While Frontify is positioning itself as a comprehensive brand system that bridges the gap between guidelines and assets, Canto is focusing on automating the technical maintenance and distribution of digital assets.
Last updates we detected for each vendor.
Frontify shared details regarding its integration with Asana, which allows users to upload task attachments directly into Frontify. This feature aims to reduce tool-hopping and improve asset reusability for marketing teams.
Frontify released the buildforfrontify repository to provide developers with the tools and skills required to build custom apps, blocks, and themes for the Frontify platform.
Frontify shared a case study demonstrating how DAZN used Frontify Templates to produce over 14,000 brand publications across 200+ territories in just six months.
Frontify is hosting a session to demonstrate how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrates brand data with AI tools like Claude and Microsoft Copilot. The session covers practical use cases for streamlining brand workflows and empowering
Frontify showcases Leyrs, a review engine that helps enterprise brands maintain consistency by checking creative work against brand standards. The tool monitors live channels to ensure brand alignment across various markets and campaigns.
Canto attended the MarketingProfs event in Boston, where team members engaged with B2B marketers regarding content, AI, and digital asset management.
Canto participated in the CustomerX event in London, featuring a panel on converting content into transactions and booth discussions regarding Digital Asset Management (DAM) and product content organization.
Canto explains the concept of agentic marketing, where AI agents execute multi-step tasks to achieve strategic goals. The guide highlights that successful implementation depends on high-quality, well-tagged content readiness.
Canto highlights how its Canto Global Assistant uses agentic AI to automate digital asset library maintenance through continuous background audits. This feature prevents issues like duplicate files and expired rights while saving teams time
Canto explains the functions of video content management software and how it differs from Digital Asset Management (DAM) platforms. The article provides best practices for organizing, securing, and distributing video assets within a marketi
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