Image Relay Reviews

The previous perpetual display of search results which often consumed all the system RAM was Image Relay's greatest flaw as it cause the browser to freeze. The latest iteration has fixed this by limiting results to 100 items. This has increased usability exponentially, although it would be even better if the limit was increased to 200 or 300 items. The new boolean search and modern interface is also appreciated.

Generated previews from images embedded with Adobe RGB profiles do not respect the profile and causes the previews to be over-saturated even on color profile-aware browsers. While sRGB embedded images display properly, it makes less sense to store them with sRGB profiles.

Inability to carry over metadata from PDF files.

Limiting search results to 100 items actually decreased productivity as more clicks are required. The perpetual search results is actually faster if total number of results did not consume all the RAM.

Folders can't be omitted from a search. We have old folders with huge number of items that don't have to be queried for every search.

Folders are sorted by date of creation and will not conform to a sorting scheme. They must be sorted manually. While there are times when a custom sort scheme is useful, sometimes it is not and they have to be hand-sorted every time. Implementing an adjustable setting would be appreciated.

Advanced search panel continue to display even when I have navigated away from search. Clicking on Collections and then back to Library clears the panel.

Downloading the auto-generated Screen Ready Images are too small even for web use.

An inexpensive DAM system which has improved quite a lot. If it was the previous iteration, I would not have recommended it, but at its current state, it's a thumbs up.

As our assets now sit in the cloud, sharing assets online is far simpler without the complications of granting users access into our local servers which they may or may not be able to do. With Image Relay, all they need is a browser and login information.

The simplicity of the interface and the ease of sharing assets with people outside the Image Relay platform.

There's nothing I can find to dislike about this system.

I have used MANY other data asset management systems for different projects and working with outside companies. This is by far the best and easiest platform I have used. I find myself comparing other systems to Image Relay, the golden standard in my book. If you're looking for an asset management system that is easy to use and provides resources for users, this is the system to use.

Image Relay enables our department to organize assets simply making it easily searchable. Sharing assets between departments and with outside agencies has become a smooth process with the seamless organization the platform provides. The benefit of the system is low user error. The platform is clear for anyone to understand which makes my job that much easier when sharing assets and collaborating on projects.

Image Relay has made content management between sister companies simple and convenient. My favorite part about it is accessibility- all of the content that I need is always nicely organized and easily available.

Another huge plus for me is the ability to send an upload link. With it, outsourced assets get automatically uploaded to a chosen folder, eliminating any redundant file management.

There is not much I dislike about Image Relay. One small issue for me is the download options. There are 4 options- one is "print ready image". That option will get you a 600kb .jpg, which is definitely not "print ready". Maybe putting a file-size estimate would help? Not a huge issue though, since you can always just download the full resolution.

Before Image Relay, it was very difficult for me to gather assets from our sister companies. There was a lot of time being wasted with back-and-forth communication, but now, I feel like the middle-man has been removed and I have the much more freedom to gather assets.

For me, it's all about speed and convenience. This system works so much better than our previous servers and helps to massively speed up my workflow. There are multiple ways to upload large amounts of files and I like the freedom of restructuring files and folders on the go. It has been reliable and very easy to use. I also find the thumbnail very useful for quicker searching.

It's a shame you can't search for untagged images like on Google, for example typing "horse' won't automatically find pics of a horse that I may have uploaded but didn't tag.

Having all our files from multiple brands in one place, that is very fast to interact with and is easy to share specific folders with my team and clients. Choosing what access individuals can have is a safe way of controlling who can do what. The main benefit for me is simply the speed and convenience over our old system. I have to search through terabytes of images every day!

As a social media manager, Image Relay makes my job so much easier. Being able to easily search and sort through our photo library allows me to know what imagery I can use, how I can use it, and provide me with multiple options for downloading the assets, all while keeping things extremely organized.

I haven't had any problems with Image Relay and the ways in which I use it day to day, but given the structure of our marketing team, it would be great if Image Relay could integrate with the other apps we use.

Image Relay is the best way to keep track of imagery we've purchased, and helps me know immediately how an image can be used, when it can be used, and so much more. The organization helps cut down on the number of emails back and forth between the creative team and our Photo Editor.

I like that interface is very clean, and the image thumbnails are large and easy to view. Pretty snappy most of the time, too.

It is difficult to move files to different directories. To move a file, you must select it, then select "move" from a menu that you must wait for to appear, then you get to see a root directory structure, and you must navigate through the folders to find your intended destination. If you click on a directory in the wrong way, it will be selected instead of opening up. Easy enough to un-click, but a pain, nonetheless. If you screw up, like select the wrong directory (like you need to move t a parallel directory, but selected the source folder, and have to cancel, you need to start all over again.

Uploading also requires to hit the upload button. Only then can you drop files into your browser window. I often forget this step and end up dragging a bunch of files to my browser window just to have the browser choke on a bunch of files it is trying to open.

It is important that the users have a good understanding of file organization.

IR provides a relatively easy way to link all facets of a workgroup to a platform which can be used to store and transfer files and assets. Used correctly, it allows users to quickly find assets that other teams may have uploaded without trying to hunt these down via communications with unfamiliar divisions.

Everything is organized and easy to find. As part of a bigger buying group, image relay makes finding our marketing materials easy and keeps us organized without overwhelming us. I love that items are even sub-categorized into "print", "digital", and son on. This makes it faster to find what I'm looking for when I'm in a rush to get something online.

It's a little frustrating to answer "What are you using this image for" every time I download. I wish there was a button that you could click rather than typing in my answer every time. Even a "don't show me this again" button would work. I understand asking why we're using the image, but it's a little overkill to ask EVERY TIME.

I think Image relay is useful and helps us keep organized.

Having easy access to web ready photos and marketing materials. It's a one stop shop for our online marketing images.This doesn't take up any space on our hard drives and we can essentially access this anywhere we have internet connection. We don't have to create our own images or marketing materials. They are all in one spot that can be used by multiple users.

Image Relay is so easy to use that those who may not be tech savvy are still able to log in and access the materials that they need with minimal support necessary. HUGE storage capabilities. SUPER easy to share important materials for a wide-spread marketing team. This service allows us to house all of the necessary materials in one location. Rather than digging through three different share servers, we are no able to grab everything that we need to compile a project from one place.

I think the only way for it to be better is if it could bake warm cookies and spit them out of the CD-ROM drive I no longer use.

Cross-collaboration among multiple departments. Sharing imagery in real time cutting back on time spent waiting for materials to be delivered. Storage of all things necessary for a project in one location.

Clean and easy to use interface. I'm also a fan of the desktop upload application for quick uploads. I also like that you can download images in a variety of sizes and share collections with external partners with various user permissions.

Image upload application doesn't allow you to create folders, so I always have to create a folder ahead of time before using the application. I also wish there was a rating system to help filter image search results more quickly to get the best photos. I do also wish it supported video assets a bit better.

If you're looking for a good image asset management system, but don't need an enterprise DAM solution, Image relay is a good choice.

The main issue Image Relay solves for us is having a centrally organized catalog that is accessible to our whole team across the U.S.

Overall organization, search tool, multi-format capability, collection tool, and the new collaboration feature. This allows us to share assets with our global offices, along with our brand partners worldwide.

Sometimes hard to decipher upload fields- key words vs tag vs description

Set up is relatively easy and smooth, considering all the assets we have. Image Relay has made several updates to better their system since we've acquired them over a year ago. If you're looking for a platform to better organize your digital assets and improve sharing at an affordable cost, Image Relay is the platform for you. It is customizable to your brand and they are very responsive and accommodating to our questions and requests.

Lack of organization of digital assets (mostly photography) and accessibility company wide. Our global offices did not have access to our headquarter's internal servers for assets/resources and we did not have an asset sharing process with our brand partners. Image Relay has been the solution for all our digital asset problems by providing a platform to upload, share, store, and organize our photography and other digital assets worldwide.

The sleek interface, it is very easy to use, great on mobile devices or desktop. It's more then just an image download service because you are also able to add information to each image. I use Image Relay because a supplier hosts their images there and I love how much product information is attached to each image I search.

Exporting product information (the information attached to each image) as a spreadsheet would also be very useful. Our supplier has thousands of products set up on Image Relay. It would be nice if I could download all of the info into a spreadsheet, with one column linking to the image on Image Relay.

our supplier has literally thousands of products, image relay is a great way to search for specific products and find information on said products.

East to customize folders and organization of images. The search function is also really nice. You can set expiration dates so you don't have to keep images forever. This is nice when working with large project that have a due date. Just delete them when the project is over.

The only thing I can think of is that the thumbnails load a tiny bit slow. But it's really not a big deal.

Go for it. It's a great storage product for high quality assets.

Sharing images between departments. It's an easy way to share high quality images between people from different parts of the organization. As the developer, it was easy to jump right in and grab the images that I needed for the project instead of hunting through countless emails and messages for them.

We have so many systems that we use on a regular basis, but Image Relay is the one that we actually ENJOY using.

It's super easy to organize, search, and navigate through tens of thousands of assets that we have for Ben & Jerry's. We deliver global content to over 30 markets, and have over a hundred users of our library. Everyone loves how easy Image Relay is to use, and minimal training is required. The Image Relay team is super responsive, and always willing to help our team with any and all of our requests.

There's always some other functionality that I have on my wishlist, but the Image Relay team is very receptive to my feedback, and often times adds more functionality to their dev list based off what my wants and needs are.

We're using Image Relay to manage our e-commerce asset needs with retailers, which has been a huge solution to figuring out how to efficiently organize the asset needs of 35 markets globally, all with different flavors, packaging, etc. Additionally, we treat Image Relay as a help-yourself asset bank for markets around the globe, freeing up our content team to focus on development of new assets, rather than finding existing assets upon request.

We also use Image Relay as a delivery system for our production partners. It eliminates the tedious download/re-upload process that occurs when assets are delivered via Hightail or Dropbox. We ask our vendors to deliver our assets directly to Image Relay, and then organize them ourselves. It's a huge timesaver.

• Easy to share download links with clients to access design files. I use this on a weekly basis with clients, vendors, and coworkers.

• Easy to find images I need - especially if keywords are properly filled out. Saves a lot of time from not having to search through folders upon folders that only take up room on your computer.

• No maximum size restrictions.

• Easy to navigate with the folder structures (if client has organized properly.. ha).

• Responsive design incase I need to view or download something on my phone.

• Would like to be able to upload a customized folder thumbnail image without having to choose from images inside the folder - just so I can customize my IR as much as possible. :-)

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It may be intimidating to see at first, but it's really easy to use once familiar.

The site has changed a lot over the last 5 years, I could almost use a demo myself to keep updated with all the new features and options.

Image Relay really tries to keep up with growing trends to keep their interface looking current and polished. And new features are always being added to meet user demands. It really is a one stop shop for asset management and storage.

Plus, the staff is friendly and helpful. They really care about their customers. :-)

Most FTP sites have a maximum size restrictions for sending files - or you need an account to download them. Image Relay makes it easy to share with ANYONE and all they have to do is press the link.

Saves room on my computer by keeping files off of it. And I can access files from any computer.

We use IR will all of our main clients and it's helpful to have all assets in one place.

Other clients are still using other forms of FTP sites and I find them not as easy to navigate. Too many steps involved in getting to your final destination.

I like that you can share collections and the receiver doesn't HAVE to have a Image Relay account to be able to view them.

Very clean and easy to use. IR does a great job of thinking of the multiple ways you envision using a tiered access program and makes it affordable for even a start up company like us.

It honestly works great to suit my needs. I would love to put more video on the site, but because of the higher file size I keep this site limited mostly to still imagery.

Keep it up! I continually refer your platform. It's rare to find a cost effective application for an asset management software. As long as you keep the price at this manageable pricepoint, you'll continue to have many small to mid size businesses joining your family.

This is a great application to segment out what you allow media, retail, distributors and internal teams to have access to when it comes to visual content. It puts the control of your brand back in your hands while allowing visibility to third party partners of what is current and available.

In minutes you can set up a collection to send to a designer for a specific project. When the design is ready it can easily be sent to publishers - printer, digital, etc.

My only criticism would be that in preview mode when you hover over an image it goes black.

I have my own server but this is a much easier solution to manage digital assets so that team members in multiple locations can have access to the same files, versions, and variety. It is also great to send one-off collections to PR contacts, designers, agencies, etc.

I was an early adopter when I was with a company with a larger image library and it was a godsend. Even with a relatively small library it makes my life easier.

It is a central location for content creators, graphic designers and publishers. Content moves to the right people with ease and speed.

As a video editor, I frequently find myself having to manage 100+ versions of the same asset for global delivery in numerous languages and formats for different platforms. It's really easy enough to set up a separate folder for each file, but with Image Relay's tagging and keywording system, I can trust that someone can easily find them based on commonly used tags, no matter how deep in the file structure the file might be. Being able to sort files based on a region tag is extremely useful. On the uploading side I can create a spreadsheet with file names and tags and use that to tag all of my assets instead of doing them individually. Huge timesaver.

I do wish there was a folder on my local machine that I could copy/paste files into for super quick send off of files that I might not need to permanently archive.

The IR team is awesome to work with and super responsive. They take suggestions well, listen to needs of an organization, and come up with effective solutions.

Again, I would have to point to the ability to sort hundreds of seemingly identical files for global distribution with ease.

When looking for a tool like Image Relay for a Beauty brand where I worked, they were the only platform that allowed me to instantly start a free trial in real-time. I found it so easy to use, it was intuitive and obvious that its creators truly understood digital asset management, you could just tell by the way the front-end is designed and how it functions in general. Everyone on my brand instantly saw the value in Image Relay. Previously we had been using a shared drive to share, store and archive. It was insanity. This was 4-5 years ago. I've since moved on to another brand and we are also using and loving Image Relay.

There is absolutely nothing negative I can say, nothing I "dislike" about Image Relay.

We are using Image Relay to create efficiencies with content management. We use it for file storage, sharing, archiving.

Our in-house creative team manages multiple brands. Not only does Image Relay save us so much time sourcing and sharing assets, it also provides an incredibly intuitive UI, extreme flexibility, and responsive customer support team. We can easily set different permission sets for different types of users, which is great when we can’t cross-pollinate certain assets. It keeps everything clear and organized. We were even able to customize thumbnails to keep things understandable at a glance.

There really is little not to like in terms of daily use of the software. Perhaps I'd suggest some quick tutorials and content on governance and improving search - that is the nut to crack!

Productivity! We save time, which saves money. We are able to be nimble and responsive with our clients and while shortening turnaround time.

I like that there are multiple ways of sorting and finding the different images and files I'm looking for.

The redesigned layout is really confusing. It used to be a lot more simple to get to a specific subfolder but now you have to click through a bunch of options first. Thankfully there's still a search feature so I tend to use that a lot more often now even though it doesn't always pull the exact result I'm looking for.

My vendor uses this to load sell sheets and images so they're accessible to all sales people. This makes my job easier because I can search for what I need myself and get it instantly instead of going to them and waiting to hear back. I'm sure it also makes their lives easier as they don't have to field as many requests now.

I love how user friendly Image Relay is for our end users. Many of our clients get stumped by things like an FTP site so Image Relay has proven a great tool for our agency to share 1000's of photo and video assets with our clients. Outside of being easy to use the look is clean and professional and wows many of our clients.

I wish that Image Relay would allow for motion files to preview on the site, specifically animated .gifs.

Image Relay's tracking/usage history has helped us with shoot renewals. One of our clients was on the fence about doing another photoshoot but when we we're able to show how much all of the assets were used from the prior shoot, they approved another shoot.

Image Relay allows my international company to easily share images, brochures and instructions for use between the group's various subsidiaries. It isa fast and easy to use even for beginners and non technical people. Your data is always reachable, the only thing you need is an internet connexion

The navigation system as well as the download system could be better optimized. It takes too many clicks to get what you're looking for.

Image relay is easy to use even for beginners.

Image Relay is mainly used to collect data needed to translate documentation from English into French without having to ask the group. As soon as documentation is available in English, it is uploaded onto a relay image and all the group's subsidiaries have access to it.

Simple, easy to use interface, honestly has transformed by business.

As of now, Nothing! It is a very dependable program.

I would 100% recommend every vendor to have an image relay for their retailers. Times have changed and retailers really need to ramp up their social media. With Image Relay it makes it possibly for retailers to go in and find exactly what they need in the most efficient way.

Getting a hold of marketing and product images. It has completely changed the way I have been able to market to my customers with high res professional images and video with a very simple file transfer. Without this it would take about 5 times longer just to sift through vendors websites and find those images!

Image Relay provides an incredibly fluid user interface that lets you quickly create and share folders of hi-res (large file size) images. It becomes a go-to repository for anyone on your team who requires access. General folders can be created along with project specific ones and you can download images one at a time or all at once.

The only issue I have encountered is not being able to download an entire containing folder with all of the nested subfolders inside of it. At the root level it would be helpful to download everything all at once instead of tackling each subfolder one by one.

It solved the problem of sharing image resources across teams with people who may not have access to a shared server.

Easy to use, features are where you would expect them to be found, intuitive, seems like they spend a lot of time on user experience testing to make it work like the user would expect it to

It does what my team needs it to do. I wouldn't say there's anything that is negative, other than maybe making it more conducive to file sharing in the sense of PDFs and documents as well as high file size videos

Helps us with organizing our inventory of photos and keeps us organized; eliminates duplication of images in our company folders; gets our high file size images off our company server and onto a better management tool that allows tagging, searching, filing, etc.

I love that we can curate, control, and communicate our brand's most valuable assets from one integrated, secure, easy-to-use spot in the cloud. They're creating order out of chaos. They help us organize all our stuff. They're dedicated to ensuring complete security, at every level. Image upload application allows you to create folders, so I don't have to create a folder ahead of time before using the application. There is also a rating system to help filter image search results more quickly to get the best photos. It supports video assets very well.

There's nothing I can find to dislike about this system.

They're turning organization into an artform. They're keeping our assets safe and sound. They're working together wherever we are. We're in this together. Image Relay is not just an app. They are people, who love providing dedicated customer service. Whatever we want to do, they're right with us. Every step of the way.

We've got assets and files, we've got them everywhere. And that's a real problem for us. But now we put them all in one place, so that we know exactly where they are, exactly when we need them. It exports product information (the information attached to each image) as a spreadsheet, which is very useful. I'm able to upload a customized folder thumbnail image without having to choose from images inside the folder - so I can customize my IR as much as possible.

I love that you are able to search for content by drilling down through folders, but also through the Search function, to bring up many possibilities and collections of what you are looking for. I also love the sharing capabilities. It is easy to share content, and there are a few helpful options to do so. It is great to be able to customize view/download permissions, as well as create links or e-mails right from Image Relay.

Though I love the ability to search, it is a drag to enter all of the tags for each piece of content. It is a little time consuming, especially if someone forgets or doesn't have time to enter at the time of upload, and then someone needs to go through and spend a lot of time finding and tagging images.

Great platform, especially for an organization with remote employees. Be prepared to build tagging into uploading images. It will save you time and be a great help for searching in the future.

Having all of our digital content in one place is very helpful. We don't have to have material scattered and risk using a non-recent version. We have everything we need in one place, and it can be easily accessed, updated, and shared from Image Relay.

My organization produces multiple events a year and uses different photographers at each. Providing an upload link to our photographers along with the event description to use when they upload event photos goes a long way toward efficiently and accurately filing our event photos.

I think they're working on it, but I wish you could combine collections.

This is a wonderful tool for stroing, organizing and easily sharing photos, videos and graphics. It has dramatically improved our efficiencies and helped streamline our communications processes.

We are solving asset storage issues - capacity and organization being the main two. Before we had IR, we had multiple discs of photos stored in bulky binders. Every time we needed a photo, it could take hours to find the disc and the specific photo. Image Relay allows us to search and find what we need quickly. Being able to share logos, videos and other graphics with vendors is an added bonus.

I work at an ad agency and our large client uses image relay to help share collections of specific events, I love that I can search keywords and always find what i'm looking for and easily see details and data for the images before I download.

For my own level of usage, Image Relay is meeting all of our needs. I saw a review that mentioned customizing the thumbnails which I also think is a great suggestion! I do find when I see a thumbnail and go to that folder to find it, I don't see it every time,.

It really is a great space to store files and the usability and "lightness" of the site is great! Theres a lot of file hosting programs that look daunting and cluttered, Image Relay handles it with ease :)

Ease of visual organization and being able to have a simple login is so helpful, I can login anywhere without having to jump through hoops like connecting to servers or using an FTP!

As soon as you access the website it is so easy to find what you are looking for. The layout of the website makes it simple to navigate from one page to the next and to either download to visualize, save or print content which is exactly what we need.

I've been using it since April 2015 and seen it improve year after year. There is honestly nothing I dislike about Image Relay!

We have the chance to use this wonderful tool without having to invest any money as we are part of a large group (one of 62 worldwide sales offices) and headquarters shares this with us. I am sure that it represents a worthwhile investment for any business.

Image Relay makes it easy for us to supply images, leaflets, information on products and instruction manuals to our customers. It is an invaluable resource for us as we are a manufacturing distributor and as such look after thousands of Canadian customers.

Image Relay is easy to use and does a great job of keeping of assets organized.

wish I could download directly from a collection; wish it was easier to add keywords quickly to photos (takes too many clicks each time)

We save several photos in numerous folders and use the system across multiple users. Overall, the platform works really well for us. I tried to upload photos once and wasn't very successful, but someone else on our team usually does this so once you learn, it shouldn't be that difficult. I also like that you can share selected photos with non-users, this is helpful when selecting photos when multiple people's opinions are needed.

Allows us to store large sizes of assets easily and organized. I also like that you can share selected photos with non-users (who don't need an account), this is helpful when selecting photos when multiple people's opinions are needed.

What I like best is ho easy it is to navigate. In my line of work I don't have time to search around or figure out how to find something I am looking for. Image Relay is very well organized and makes it easy to find and download what you need quickly. It is also easy for me to send registration info to my partners in business so that they can have access to what they need from our company.

To be completely honest, there isn't anything I found that I really don't like or that I would suggest that they change.

The biggest benefit I get from Image Relay, outside of my own ability to download images that I need, is the ability to let my distributors gain access to what I need them to have so that they can download what and when they need to without constantly requesting from me to send them images.

What I like best about Image Relay is the intuitive interface. My colleagues and I were able to hop and start using it immediately after our demo with no issues. I love the search function, it populates from fields you fill in and also the file names and words within the files, so there are many ways that users can find what they're looking for.

There really isn't anything that I dislike about Image Relay! Anytime that we have had issues (and there have only been a few) the team at Image Relay have always been super responsive and quickly found solutions for us. Also, the team always takes on any suggestions and feedback that we have and take it into consideration for future versions of the product.

We have found a way to easily share marketing assets with the members of our cooperative and our corporate team.

Easy to navigate. Very well organized! Love that I am able to download different image qualities depending on my use.

I don't have any complaints. I use this program on a daily basis!

Being able to have access to my vendor's Images has drastically changed my marketing strategies and overall brand image. This programs easy navigation and outstanding organizational capabilities allow me to whip out marketing content quicker then ever before, and time is money!

I am able to obtain high-quality images from my main vendor, Stuller. I am able to utilize any and all of the stock images that the vendor provides to use for my marketing my business.

Being able to tag individual photos with multiple key words is extremely helpful. This way, when searching for a specific photo, having multiple tagged keywords makes it easier to find.

When collaborating on a collection with another person, there doesn't seem to be a way to download the files. This is a recent problem we have run into. You can share the file to be downloaded, but not download directly. We just started using collections so we hope this may be something that will be solved or figured out soon.

We are able to collaborate with multiple team members in the office and in multiple parts of the country. It's beneficial to have a central place for shared images, final images, important documents, etc.

The best feature about it for me is being able to preview the assets in each folder without having to click into them, which especially helps being in ecommerce since you are dealing with so many site and email content that you need to filter and sort through while trying to be organized.

I think there is opportunity to add drag and drop functionality since every time an asset is accidentally placed into the wrong folder, you have to manually click through to move the folder into the right subfolder and in my case since there are many subfolders, it can be quite time consuming.

ImageRelay enables us to share our assets across the global regions without having to waste time and effort with any back and forth since it is very easy to navigate and pick up without having prior knowledge; much of it is intuitive.

Ease of use. Everything is right in front of you. No scrolling or deep searching for your assets. Also really enjoy the new refining tools. Makes it way easier to find what you are looking for. Sharing is also a very easy task now. Having the ability to send your email right in Image Relay without having to leave the page makes life way easier especially when sharing on the go.

I would really enjoy using IR even more than I do now if there was an app for mobile. I find myself in situations where I need to send a folder or asset and I am no where near a computer.

Being able to share assets with less than 5 clicks.

We've been using Image Relay for our location scouting and photography delivery needs for several years. As Image Relay has grown, we feel they have listened to how things would work better for us when turning our jobs in to our clients and that the interface has been tailored to really work for us. Image Relayfeels very accessible to us and we are really happy with them.

Nothing. We shopped around and they have always been very accessible. When there is something that we don't like we bring it up with them and they take it in to consideration as they grow.

We use Image Relay as our photo delivery system for clients. It's very easy and professional.

I appreciate the organizational and design control that I have over what my guests see. Everything is easily adjustable, from folder order, to images presented on the folders, including the size and position of the image previews. This allows me to present professionally organized product images to our guests.

The only nitpick that I would have is that positioning the image preview for a folder cover is sometimes a little bit tricky; however, this is a very minor issue.

With Image Relay, we are easily able to present our business partners with access to our product images, videos, and sales sheets.

Search function is easy to use, although new previewed functionality looks like it is going to be even more effective. Sometimes our folder organization lacks intuition within our organization, so being able to simply type into the search field is very helpful.

Would be nice if upload time stamp included time and not just date.We use Image Relay for both internal use and dealer use, so right now when I use search I get old files mixed with new. Technically it's an issue on our side, since we do not clean out our internal folders as often as we should. But, also when "replacing" files, sometimes multiple files will be replaced over the course of one day. Again, not fault in functionality, but still would make it easier on our end.

Also, when I create an upload link, would be nice if the recipient could also receive a link to where the files will be stored. Otherwise I have to send two links. Not a deal breaker, but just would maybe aid in efficiency on our end.

By maintaining a DAM, we are cutting down on the requests we receive throughout the day. Also makes it easier to communicate which assets are current and what branded items are still approved to use. More robust reporting would be helpful for us to communicate more value to the business.

I like that you can keep tons of pictures on the site and personalize collections that you can share with clients. It's a great tool and much better than attaching a few pictures to an email. It also frees up email storage space quite a bit, since you can just post a link or hyperlink to an email. I save an email with a basic description of our accommodations and the image relay links, and tweak that for a quick but accurate response when I need to respond quickly. My clients like having access to many more pictures than they can find online, without having to make the drive up.

It could have a nicer presentation when you share a collection. It's kind of blocky and technical-looking, which can intimidate some people, and might present better as an immediate slideshow. It can also be difficult to find the correct pictures if they're not initially organized well, but the search engine does help quite a bit with that.

You can create customized selections of pictures ("collections") and share only those collections with clients via an email link.

It helps to relay images of what you're describing over the phone, and gives clients a more in-depth idea of what we're describing than our website can currently convey. We're between proposal templates, with our new branding system, and this really helps fill in the gaps, so that our accommodations speak for themselves.

Simple and intuitive use. I very rarely need to look for instructions. Also most of my colleagues have learned to use the system by themselves, which is a big plus in organisation. ImageRelay has all the features I need and it has been getting better and better so it is actively developed.

The link management is too complex, although the links created work well and there is plenty of options to choose from. But when I create a link and try different options, what usually happens is that the system automatically creates several links when I'm still playing around with the options. So the link management is difficult, because then you don't really know what is the link you would like to keep.

We use the ImageRelay to share published materials for internal and external purposes: for example we are hosting all downloadable documents shown in our website in ImageRelay, our sales people create collections to share with their customers etc.

The navigation is easy to understand. When I first started using Image Relay, it took very little time to figure it out. I also like how there is no file size restriction, you can keep assets on there as long as you want (no expiration date), its super easy to organize assets by creating a folder structure how you want it, and its a breeze searching for anything you need and sending it off to the recipient.

I wish I could open folders in separate tabs by right clicking.

Having a place to store files that's not our office server is really important. It provides a backup in case an urgent client need arises while our server is experiencing issues. Its happened many times when a vendor, client, whoever, needs something asap, but our server is down, so having assets stored on IR is a great safety net in those situations.

Image Relay is dead simple to use, train staff members on, and is affordable. I like that I can easily browse it on my phone or tablet, share a link to an asset or download it to my mobile device to post on social media, etc. I also love that it doesn't bankrupt me, so many other DAM's are too costly and lack the features that Image Relay has. I've now rolled this system out at three ski resorts and could not imagine a workflow without it.

I wish I could link it to my companies Microsoft Active Directory for SSO.

Shop around, you'll quickly realize that Image Relay is a fantastic value.

We are a ski resort with many photographers and video editors, that team of content creators is hard to wrangle assets from and even harder to store them in. Now, we just grant access to Image Relay, allow them to upload and then we take care of the photo tagging and organization. Also, we have many internal departments that were accustomed to searching archaic shared servers across our organization for images. Now, we simply grant them access to Image Relay and they are free to search, download and share assets that they have been given the rights to use.

I like how easy it is to use, and I like how it keeps everything in one central location. It's also nice that they have a chat function included. I've never needed to use it, but it's nice to know that I could if I was having difficulties.

I had a small amount of difficulty navigating around at first, but it was minor (I didn't realize I could navigate with the arrow keys!) Once I figured that out, I really haven't had any issues since.

I work in higher ed, and this is how we organize all of our photos of events/students/etc for use by all the different offices. It's great because I know any photo I pick has been uploaded and ok'ed for distribution by our communications department. It just makes my job easier.

Image Relay enables us to manage marketing assets across a global organization with a simple, intuitive interface. The ability to share materials with rules based on roles as well as access outside the company has streamlined our process and greatly increased our efficiency.

I don't dislike anything. My wish list: ability to assign temporary special privileges with an expiration date to specific users and/or groups. Content recognition and keyword tagging on similar photos. Streamlined content replacement, I'd like to be able to hover over a file and see a quick-select button to replace it.

We needed to provide marketing support to teams across the globe with varying levels of ability.

Permission based access, providing different access to internal and external constituents; easy navigation; files can live in multiple folders; users can replace a file with a newer version without changing the file location, fold structure, collection, etc.; powerful search function.

Permissions are based on specific folders, not individual files, so you can’t restrict certain files within a folder that otherwise has greater permission levels.

Reduces the amount of email requests to the Marketing team looking for logos, photos, videos, etc. Easy way to provide digital assets to our dealers and distributors. Collections store commonly used assets in one place, making it easy to share over and over again.

Image Relay is very intuitive, clear and easy to use. I appreciate the possiblitiy to donwload whole folder and it is zipped automatically. Moreover It is possible to choose the which quality to donwload, so when I need only small photos for presentation, I do not need to download higest quality photos, which would be very slow.

I do not have any problems with this system.

We are sharing documents and photos of our products which our supplier. The benefits is that it is very easy to get the newest information and photos immediately.

* The greatest part of this tool is an option to choose format of downloading images.

* Very useful list of folders

* Too short names in folder list

* Sometimes interface freezes for a while (Win10, Chrome)

* In search result I need to click on Asset to show file localisation

If you looking for a extremely intuitive content manager for your company - just choose Image Relay.

We store a lot of very heavy graphic files in one place. Image Realy is a great backup service for publishing company.

This program is easy to use, and is very robust with many great features. Using Image Relay has enabled us to finally build a photo library that can be shared between departments as well as across campus. We use the collection sharing tool more than we’d ever dreamed we would. The onscreen chat button is also a nice feature and customer service usually responds within a few hours, if not right away.

Reorganizing and moving files takes a lot of steps and is slow.

We have many people on our teams who need access to photos and files. Tagging photos with production rights is also helpful so that we do t misuse a photo incorrectly. Being able to share a collection across campus has been an asset.

I love how customisable the profiles are, so only certain people can see / download certain things...and the ability to share content as downloadable or viewable only is such a handy feature! What's also great is and how easy it is to share files / folders / upload links with non-users. The interface is great, and it allows me to do my job / manage all the files I work with so much more easily than pre-IR.

Sometimes the image thumbnail preview doesn't show up, which I know a lot of people rely on to know if they've got to the right file

Build out a logical folder structure and you're good to go! It's as user-friendly as you make it.

Storage and sharing of our wealth of assets

Intuitive interface. Visually appealing. We were first introduced to this software by a client and it has been a lifesaver. They can upload images that they want us to use and can organize it well.

I can't think of much. Sometimes the image associated with the folder isn't correct, but I think that is a user error.

This is an easy way to distribute assets among people/employees while limiting who has access to information. I would definitely recommend it.

We are able to exchange images with clients, and easily download assets. It has been a real time saver. If our client doesn't want us to use an image any more they simply remove it from ImageRelay and upload new ones. And they can label folder accordingly.

Image Relay is an easy way to organize photo files in a cloud space so that it doesn't take up space on my computer drives. It's easy to use and aesthetically pleasing. Being able to tag names and titles on the photos is also extremely useful.

As someone who works with video, Image Relay is not ideal for video storage and organization because the time it takes to upload and download video files from Image Relay is too long. I wouldn't normally even want to store video files on Image Relay, but my company uses it for photos and initially asked me to try with video.

Being able to sort through a ton of photos to find what we are looking for in specific - for example: people, companies, places, etc. is easily solved with the tagging feature.

Image Relay is easy to access and manage. Photos can be uploaded easily and quickly. Downloads come in a variety of formats depending on your need. Specific libraries can be shared with designers and agencies.

We've had some issues with photo collections disappearing and re-appearing in different spots. That hasn't happened lately, however. Captioning can be a little tricky if you don't do it while uploading.

Good solution if you need a centralized location for photos, etc.; Really helps if you have all the names and relevation information of those in the photos when you upload

We needed a place where photos, logos, etc. could be easily accessible by a variety of internal departments and external agencies. This has made photo-sharing much easier and problem-free.

The organization and the fact that I can share a library inside and outside my company.

There is nothing that I dislike. All the tolls works percectly to myself and to the company I work.

In the past we had a lot of people saving files and images at their own desktops. So we never know what is the most updated image. Now using a unique server to save all the files we can assure the imegs and logos we are working are the most updated ones.

The ability to upload, organize, and share.

Lack of ability to drag and drop. It would be great to be able to copy new versions of the same file and have them duplicate instead of reference.

Makes content sharing a breeze.

We use this for everything related to content. Photo and video sharing, organizing, cataloguing and more. We share photos and video outside our company in collections on a daily basis. I'm uploading new photos or video daily to send them out to partners as well as internally to get them to our sales team and graphic designers.

Image Relay is very easy to use: easy to upload assets, easy to organize, easy to share, easy to search.

The latest update solved a few issues. No complaints.

IR is an affordable solution for asset storage, management and sharing.

Previously we stored all our digital assets on our servers, and it was a mess. IR allowed us to get organized and makes it easy to stay organized. Anyone in the organization can easily find our current logos, brand standards, or packaging imagery. Our food photography and historical company photos are now stored in one place and easily searched.

The ease of use makes Image Relay a breeze to use and to explain to people. People in the field and those with VP status understand and adapt to it quickly. Customer support is SUPERB.

Nothing yet. It does what we need with the entry-level package.

I'm the creative director for a large organization that serves older adults. I used to have an endless stream of email requests for logos/images/assets. Now that I have on-location representatives set up on Image Relay, I'm able to focus much more on other projects and details that need my attention. Huge time-saver.

The IR team is constantly striving to make the product better. Their knowledge base is useful, and their support staff is responsive. The product is easy to use—which helps increase our adoption rate; since there is no steep learning curve or complicated procedures for the average user.

IR certainly isn't the cheapest option out there. The folder organization options could be better.

IR is a great place to keep photos from all of our jobs — it helps our partners disseminate resources to our entire team.

It is easy to handle. The sharing and downloading options are simple and quick.

Image Relay is very reliable since many years.

I am an independent outdoor rep. and with image relay, a have full accsess to all our product pictures, marketing images, customer catalogs , easily and fast. It makes my every day job really easy.

Whenever a customer needs a picture..I pick it, I share it , I send it. Job done.

Great value.

I have nothing to complain. Sorry. For me it just works like it is.

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It helps me doing things fast. Without Image Relay I need to call people to do it.

I would need at least 4 emails incl. replies and more time without this application.

Ease of use. Everything is really simply laid out and it's super easy to find what you need, organize what you're uploading, share folders and files, etc. The search function works really well, and you can search by file type, which I really like.

Almost nothing! Sometimes I've noticed that it compresses photos so that they appear lower quality in the preview. It can lead me to believe that the photo is low-resolution when it isn't.

Sharing files with our clients. It's great how easy it is to keep everything organized and keyworded for easy searching.

The collections are one of the most interesting part of image relay where we can choose specific photos from different folders and send a link to our partners

In the previous version we could open many tabs, in this new version it is impossible to right click to open different tabs and for us it is a must as we are working on different folders ans hotels.

It is our main image gallery that we can easily share with our collegues, partners and clients.

I like how fast it is to quickly share images/working files with my team through collections.

There's no too much I dislike. I've only had minimal problems with the site and use it daily

If you need to share image assets and working files with a large team, there is no better way

We not only have to share images and working files with our team, but also with many different dealers around the globe. Being able to have a few different brands that need to not see everything works well with this site

Access to hi res images, item details such as upc codes, item dimensions. All information to quote and item to customers.

In the older version of image relay I could click on detail of an image minimize and drag to my desk top. The new version does not allow that. Would love to have the ability to click and drag my image again.

Great Tool for any company

It is a great place to go to be able to access most all general information needed to quote an item to one of my customers

Clean and easy to use interface. Recent updates the site have been a welcome and time-saving improvement to navigating the platform.

The Advanced search function is powerful and was regularly used within our organisation. With the recent site updates this function is more hidden and requires searching then clicking to refine search to access, such as searching specific folders.

The management of digital assets collected and distributed among team members located in different geographies. Image Relay has been an excellent solution for a centralized point to access the most up-to-date files among the team.

I absolutely love that I can access 1,000s of photos from my desk, download and view image rights without having to take the time to ask someone. Very convenient that I can also download images while using my mobile device. Not to mention access internal documents that we store in a special folder. Ps. The sharing feature is probably my favorite part.

No video download on mobile and the search function is sometimes a bit wonky. If you click the word that auto-populates, it puts a comma and sometimes I just want to search one term. I know that I can just hit enter on the keyboard but it is annoying and took time to get accustomed to it.

Sharing and receiving of images internally and externally from photographers we contract with.

I use Image Relay on a weekly basis to provide our company's licensee's the creative files they need to advertise with. This system is the best method I know for doing this. I've tried other similar systems like dropbox, but it doesn't compare.

Perhaps a drag and drop system for moving files from one folder to another.

We solved the problem of giving licensees access to our corporate files, and other materials easily and quickly without any learning curb at their end.

I love knowing all my digital files are in one location. Organized. Ready to share.

I wish more of my clients used the software.

Every company that is serious about having their content, digital files etc in one organized location should get Image Relay... I guarantee you and your employees will be satisfied... No more, where is this file, logo, document?...

We haven't had to use FedEx to deliver large files sizes in years. Saves us money and lessens our carbon footprint.

Creating a searchable database of hi-res imagery doesn't get much easier. Collections, quick-links and social sharing make it quick and painless to distribute images across multiple channels.

The responsive site design has made mobile use much better but I would love to see what IR could do with native mobile apps.

GIve it a go. Easy to try and the basic tier should meet many small business needs out of the box.

High-quality Imagery is one of the best tools we have to communicate to our customers and (they to theirs) our focus on design and quality. Image Relay removes just about all of the friction in keeping an updated portfolio at hand. Customer Service has fewer imagery requests and are able to easily meet the remaining inquiries using IR.

IR allows me to create and update collections to send to clients when its a case of a picture is worth a 1000 words! Ease of use both for me and the recipient is excellent.

I do not really have any dislikes where Image Relay is concerned - its a great product!

Use it!

Pre-selected collections of images which can immediately be sent out to clients with similar needs, but also quickly edited when something needs to be added or deleted.

Definitely the customer service. James Fox is THE MAN—super responsive, always looking to optimize, happy to help with other teams, and flexible with regard to scheduling calls or coming into the office to walk teams through the platform process.

Search functionality could still use a bit of editing. An easier way to enter keywords? Ways to REQUIRE keywords?

Management in general. It has streamlined our overall asset management process exponentially; we've gotten all of our internal teams onboard and our international markets frequently comment on how easy the tool is to use.

- I like the ease of being able to share assets to who you want.

- I like the ability to create my own collection of assets and be able to share and collaborate with other members of the team.

- I often have problems when downloading assets that once the link is sent to my email it is corrupt and does not work.

Highly recommend it.

a great place to share files with vendors as well as giving one place to upload company assets to be able to work remotely.

Very well organized / easy to navigate. The interaction and feedback of uploading / sending files etc. is satisfying.

The chat box / icon on the bottom right tends to be annoying.

This is a great asset for any large company with a large amount of assets.

I work as a remote contractor with a larger company that has many brands and brand assets. Image Relay has allowed me to access photos, logos, brand books easily - from anywhere.

The best feature is the search, it works really well so people don't have to dig all over for what they need. It also allows users to download different file types, so we as designers aren't outputting tons of different files. Has made everyone more self sufficient.

There is confusion internally between the difference of keywords and tags. It would be great if anything in the photo details section was clickable.

We researched several options and Image Relay was the most cost effective, while still having a great product. They are also open to feedback and make updates based on that.

We need to share assets globally with our regional offices. Previously, everything was stored on a server in Denver. Now all of our offices have access.

Compared to other image servers, I especially like the simplicity of this tool. Finding relevant data and downloading it is much faster than on other platforms.

The only dislike I have is that you have to input the reason why you require the data everytime you download a file which becomes a hassle if you have a lot of specific data to download one by one.

Downloading Images and Videos as quickly as possible without loosing much time.