CatalogIt Pricing, Features, Reviews and Alternatives

This software brings many museums into the modern day of technology. It enables use of apps on ipods or phones, easy updating and uploading of images, cloud storage and so much more. So many other programs have similar features, but the cost keeps jumping up every time you add a singular feature, making the cost for this software and what it provides invaluable.

I feel that the program is not user-friendly. I was able to watch tutorials however and learn how to do these items, changes and updates, however it is not intuitive on the operation.

Being a collection institution since 1949, our permanent collection is large and varied. We were using PastPerfect which was not intuitive and not laid out in a way that made sense for us. CatalogIt has solved many of our issues including viewing objects in a variety of categories, allowing us to publish our objects to the web at the click of a button, and, most importantly, the fields are customizable and linked in a clever way behind the scenes that allows for consistency between multiple users.

Integrating was easy, but there were issues. They were not major and well worth the migration from PastPerfect. There are some concerns with lack of functionality in a few areas, but I feel comfortable emailing customer service with our issues and they communicate well with regards to improvements or workarounds.

It's generally intuitive to use and I like how large and central the images are. Some other systems bury the image files a little bit in the entries. The drop down menu options for each field takes the guess-work out – this is very useful when students of varying experiences are using the database. Catalogit support team is readily available to answer questions and also have tutorials.

It would be great to have more image editing tools, like color correction, embedded into the software.

When we discovered CatalogIt, it was as if it was too good to be true. They strive/pride themselves on keeping the price low/affordable, offer great and quick customer service (the [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN], was more than happy to give us a demo before and after we installed it), and there are very useful workflow functions, like folders and tags. A big incentive offer was a free migration from PastPerfect, which went smoothly.

There were some features I thought would be included, like mass selecting items for a folder. While unavailable now, they assured me it is in the works, which shows they are committed to improving the product. In addition, some of its features take a month or so to get used to. For example, item locations are inputted by marking the most specific location (i.e. a storage box) as opposed to individually entering the building, room, etc. However, this system saves time in the long run and ensures there are no duplicate entries.

The ability to access Catalogit via internet or app is vital for us with display space and storage in different locations. We can have volunteers update profiles or catalog items from home as well. I love the new hierarchal location feature. Now when I move a box, I can just assign a new location for the box rather than needing to update all the items. This was especially helpful when we moved a file cabinet with more than a hundred photos.

The search feature has improved in the last year, but could be refined more with and/or functions.