About Canva

Canva is an easy to use graphic design and video editing tool that allows you to design and publish anything using an intuitive drag-and-drop editor. Canva's users can choose from thousands of design layouts for any project, including presentations, social media videos, posters, flyers, invitations and more. Supplement these templates with your own assets, or use Canva's included library of free stock imagery, videos, animations, music and fonts.

Canva Pro, Canva Enterprise, Canva for Education, and Canva for Not-For-Profit users also get access to an additional set of features to make creation easier, including background remover, magic resize to instantly change your designs to fit where you're planning to publish, and additional premium images, videos, animations, music and fonts. They can also set their team up for greater success, with defined brand fonts, colours and logos, unlimited folders and storage, version history, and content calendar.

Pricing starting from:

US$12.99/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Key benefits of Canva

Easily create a variety of professional-grade marketing materials, including videos, presentations, social media graphics and more, for organizations of any size, within any industry.

Expert or hobbyist, anyone can use Canva's drag-and-drop editor to create high quality web graphics and videos, as well as print media.

Canva provides thousands of customizable layouts for a wide selection of documents including videos, presentations, newsletters, reports, calendars, infographics, menus, brochures and more.

Canva allows organizations to save their brand’s colors and upload custom logos and fonts, as well as share photo folders and designs with teams.

Users are able to publish or print directly through Canva, whether it's sending a video directly to their YouTube channel, or having a carefully crafted photo album delivered straight to a relative.

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Markets

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra and 47 others

Supported Languages

Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese and 35 others

Pricing starting from:

US$12.99/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Features

Total features of Canva: 68

  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Animation
  • Approval Process Control
  • Artwork Management
  • Asset Categorization
  • Asset Library
  • Asset Sharing
  • Audio File Management
  • Barcode Generation
  • Barcode/Label Management
  • Brand Guidelines
  • CAD Tools
  • CMS Integration
  • Change Management Software
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Content Import/Export
  • Content Library
  • Content Management System (CMS) Software
  • Content Sharing
  • Custom Fonts
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization Software
  • Design Management
  • Design Templates
  • Digital Asset Management Software
  • Document Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Distribution
  • Employee Photos
  • File Management
  • Image Editing
  • Image Library
  • Label Designer
  • Media Library
  • Mind Maps
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Offline Editing
  • Offline Presenting
  • Org Chart Creation
  • Pattern, Color & Art Storage
  • Pre-built Templates
  • Presentation Tools
  • Preview Functionality
  • Print Management Software
  • Printing Services Integration
  • Product Labels
  • Publishing Options
  • Publishing/Sharing
  • Real Time Editing
  • Search/Filter
  • Shipping Labels
  • Smart Chart Legend
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Step-by-Step Wizard
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Text Editing
  • Version Control
  • Video Editing Software
  • Video Support
  • Visual Discovery
  • Watermarking
  • Workflow Management Software

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.7 /5
(11,039)
Value for Money
4.6/5
Features
4.5/5
Ease of Use
4.7/5
Customer Support Software
4.4/5

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Jeheen Mahmood
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  • Industry: Outsourcing/Offshoring
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

This is, hands down, the best graphics design tool for non-designers

Reviewed on 1/30/2020

I mostly use Canva to create social media images. This might sound rather simple. But with Canva's...

I mostly use Canva to create social media images. This might sound rather simple. But with Canva's preset sizes, I don't have to worry about resizing, cropping, dragging anymore. That easily saves me 10 minutes per image I create - Canva is saving me hours regularly.

Pros

I am not a designer. Last I draw or make something was 12 years ago. But with Canva, I can make a presentable graphics in 10-15 minutes. With my skill level (I used to use MS Word Clip Art tool and Paint), I should not be able to do anything at all.

True I havent been able to draw a masterpiece, but Canva is not for that sort of work, at least not that I know of. But if you are looking for a social media post, image for your blog post, poster, cover image, Canva can handle all of those. Sure, you still need to hire a designer if you are going to do stunning artworks. But the day to day grind to produce several images everyday, either professional or personal needs, Canva is there for you. You can even create memes with it!

Another nice surprise is, you dont need a paid plan to use Canva. Only the premium features and elements are paid. And to be honest, most users dont even need them. Even I haven't used the premium feature for myself. The free plan is more than enough, better than any other free tool in the market and a few premiums too.

Cons

There is absolutely nothing I want to change. This is simple, intuitive, free or very, very cheap. What more can I ask for??

There is some grumblings among pro-designers who use Canva about some high-level features being absent, certain export formats not there or background remoal option not available. But this is not Photoshop and we should not treat it like that. Also, last I heard, Canva is working very hard to add more functions to their toolbox.

Sirine
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  • Industry: Photography
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

I loved my experience with canva

Reviewed on 3/13/2023

I've been using Canva for several years now and I have to say, it's been a game changer for me. As...

I've been using Canva for several years now and I have to say, it's been a game changer for me. As someone who isn't particularly design-savvy, Canva has made it easy for me to create professional-looking graphics and marketing materials for my business

Pros

Canva is a user-friendly graphic design platform with a wide range of templates and customization options. Its collaboration features and integration with other tools have made it a popular choice for creating professional-looking designs quickly and easily.

Cons

Limited customization: While Canva does offer a wide range of customization options, some users feel that it is still limited compared to more advanced design software.

Stephen
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Canva is Great for Social Media

Reviewed on 5/31/2019

It's not bad for someone with no design experience as long as they are willing to pay more for...

It's not bad for someone with no design experience as long as they are willing to pay more for printing. For the higher cost of printing you could pay a professional such as myself to design for you and print at a lower cost and higher quality. The application is bad for the overall marketing industry because it has lowered the quality standard and impact of advertisements being created by business owners who think they understand marketing, design and printing. I recently said to one of my clients who owns a high end auto detailing business and tried to create some marketing materials on his own, "I don't now how to properly wax and detail my vehicle. I would probably ruin the paint job somehow if I were to do it myself. That's why I hire a professional. I wouldn't expect you to be able to handle a design, print and marketing job either because that's not what you do." In short, stick to what you know and leave the rest to professionals. It will cost you less in the long run.

Pros

It's very easy to use and offers a ton of design content for free. You don't necessarily need to search outside of Canva for images but you can if you want. It's great for designing simple social banners or marketing materials quickly but there is a catch. They are trying to sell you printing services and their pricing is not competitive with quality printers.

Cons

I recommend Canva to clients who need to create social media marketing images. I have worked with clients who need me to print postcards, flyers or brochures that they designed on Canva and there are issues. Canva is trying to sell printing services. Their design templates are sized and setup for the printer companies they outsource to. If you design on Canva and download the files to send to a professional printer then those files are not setup correctly and require alterations to be printed. That's if there is room for alterations, but not all designs will allow for easy alteration so therefore the customer is forced to print on Canva at higher costs.

Chelsea
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Canva is a must!

Reviewed on 11/21/2022

Canva is very user friendly and makes you look like a design pro (even if you aren't). The stock...

Canva is very user friendly and makes you look like a design pro (even if you aren't). The stock templates that they have available and the different format sizes are just really helpful and I don't think there are any other companies out there that have a comparable product. Kudos, Canva!

Pros

I love Canva because I can either utilize a template OR I can create something from scratch based on my time. It's such an easy software to use and makes my life so much easier!

Cons

I really don't have anything bad to say about the software. I do wish that exported slides kept their name instead of automatically reverting back to the file name.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Graphic Design Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Canva is the easiest way to make professional designs

Reviewed on 2/1/2023

Overall i liked canva but i can't totally depend on it in big projects because this need more...

Overall i liked canva but i can't totally depend on it in big projects because this need more professional tools and features. But it is perfect for small projects or if i wanna make my simple social media posts and presentation

Pros

I liked the drag and drop feature which makes the design process easier and takes no time. Also the auto save of the project is a great feature because when the laptop suddenly close, i don't have to design from the beginning

Cons

I didn't like that i couldn't use canve without internet. Also, i can't depend on it in big projects which need professional tools and features

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Canva FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Canva.

Canva offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$12.99/month
  • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Canva Free | Canva for Education | Canva for Not-for-Profit: free forever Canva Pro: from $12.99 USD per month for the first user, then $6.99 per month for each additional user Canva Enterprise: from $30 USD per month

Canva has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Canva supports the following languages:

Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, traditional Chinese

Canva supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

Canva integrates with the following applications:

Activity Messenger, Box, Brandfolder, Bynder, Dropbox Business, Emojicom, Google Drive, Google Maps, Heyzine, HubSpot CRM, LinkedIn for Business, Microsoft PowerPoint, Moovly, OneDrive, PageProof, PandaDoc, PowToon, Publer, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement, Slack, Twitter, simplebooklet

Canva offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Chat

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