Who Uses Canva?
Designed for small to large businesses, a presentation solution that helps design resumes, create social media graphics, render vector images, print business cards, and more.
What Is Canva?
Web-based solution that helps businesses create graphs and presentation slides with professional layouts, templates, frames, and more.
Canva Details
Canva
https://www.canva.com
Founded 2012
Canva pricing overview
Canva has a free version and offers a free trial. Canva paid version starts at US$9.95/month.
Starting Price
US$9.95/month
Pricing Details
Billed annually, it is also available at $30/mo/user.
Free Version
Yes
Free Trial
Yes
Canva deployment and support
Support
- Online
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web
- Mobile - iOS Native
- Mobile - Android Native
Canva Features
Data Visualisation Tools
- Analytics/Reporting
- Content Management
- Custom Dashboards
- Filtered Views
- OLAP
- Relational Display
- Simulation Models
- Visual Discovery
Graphic Design Software
- Collaboration
- Data Visualisation
- Filtering
- Image Database
- Image Editor
- Templates
Org Chart Software
- Collaboration
- Data Import/Export
- Drag & Drop
- Employee Photos
- Interactive Elements
- Publishing/Sharing
- Templates
- Version Control
Presentation Software
- 3D Objects
- Animations & Transitions
- Audio Content
- Collaboration Tools
- Customisable Templates
- Media Library
- Offline Editing
- Offline Presenting
- Screen Sharing
- Search/Filter
- Video Content
Canva Alternatives
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Canva Reviews for UK Users
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Jeheen mahmood Z.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Reviewed on 30/01/2020
"This is, hands down, the best graphics design tool for non-designers"
Comments: 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.
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- Reviewed on 30/01/2020
Michelle S.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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- Reviewed on 22/12/2020
"Go Pro With Canva"
Comments: My overall experience with Canva has been excellent. I can create social marketing campaigns, post to social media, and with the features they offer through Canva Pro, I can integrate my team and get everyone on the same page.
Pros: The best part of Canva is all the available features they have for both free and paid plans. They are easy to use and you don't have to be a graphic design artist to create something amazing! The impact they've had on my business has been huge.
Cons: I feel like they could be better organization within the software itself. For example, better ways to organize uploaded pictures/videos etc. I also feel like the customer service could be a little more friendly and timely.
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- Reviewed on 22/12/2020
Stephen P.
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Overall Rating3 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality3 /5
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Customer SupportUnrated
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Value for Money3 /5
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- Reviewed on 31/05/2019
"Canva is Great for Social Media"
Comments: 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.
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- Reviewed on 31/05/2019
Emily S.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer SupportUnrated
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Value for Money5 /5
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- Reviewed on 21/12/2020
"I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS SOFTWARE!!!"
Comments: Overall I love this software and use it for any and all marketing tasks I need to acomplish, the regularly updated graphics and new graphics are always great and always poignant.
Pros: I love love love Canva - I use it for everything. Seriously....EVERYTHING I have designed wedding invites, thank you notes, monthly mailers, videos, social graphics, PNG's, JPGS, SO MUCH MORE! I also use them for printing marketing materials, christmas cards, posters, and more. They are amazing, the quality is great, I have only one time had a shipping delay and I print from them at a minimum monthly
Cons: Sometimes the platform is down and access is impossible, but they have a status page which is nice to keep myself updated.
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- Reviewed on 21/12/2020
Ada jocabeth Á.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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- Reviewed on 24/10/2020
"The best tool for creative people at any age"
Comments: Excellent app design, it is very easy to use for all types of people. You can access from your Google account, Facebook or email. It has many categories of templates, you can find the perfect template for what you are looking for. You can make banners from your phone easily and creatively, besides you can insert your own images. It has many templates with predefined sizes for youtube videos, Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook posts, you name it.
Pros: It has a lot of graphic design tools that are easy to use even for people with zero design knowledge. You can access it from a pc or smartphone, which is very practical. It has a large number of vectors, a wide variety of default templates for anything, and many fonts to choose from. You can also create animations for your videos easily. It does NOT have annoying ads. In addition, it allows teamwork in the cloud, which is very important for this time of contingency.
Cons: The free version lacks cool features and the pro version can be a little bit expensive. In the mobile application, the option to share pdf is not available and if you compress the png image the image loses quality when sharing by WhatsApp.
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- Reviewed on 24/10/2020
