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Canva

Drag-and-drop design for social posts, presentations, videos and print, free to start.

Visit Canva4.7

  • Rating

    4.7 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Web, Windows, macOS

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What is Canva?

Canva is an online design platform with a drag-and-drop editor for social posts, presentations, documents, videos, websites and print. Canva Free covers more than 1,000 design types and over 1.6 million templates. Canva Pro adds premium templates and stock, AI tools such as background removal and resizing, Brand Kits and social scheduling.

Pros: what Canva does well

  • Huge free template library
  • Very easy for non-designers
  • Real-time collaboration on every plan

Cons: where it falls short

  • Premium templates, stock and many AI tools need Pro
  • Less precise than professional design apps

Who Canva is for

Anyone who needs good-looking graphics, slides or videos quickly.

Who can skip it

Designers who need pixel-precise professional tools.

Compare Canva

See how Canva stacks up, side by side, plus the lists it made.

Canva alternatives

Not sold on Canva? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Collaboration resources

Pixelied

Focus: photo editor. Shares graphic design and templates with Canva. Rated 4.4 (Canva: 4.7).

Web AppFree planWeb
4.4Visit

Pitch

Focus: slides and pitch decks. Shares presentations and templates with Canva. Rated 4.5 (Canva: 4.7).

Web AppFree planWeb
4.5Visit

Miro

Focus: whiteboard, workshops and diagrams. Also in Brainstorming and Collaboration, like Canva. Rated 4.5 (Canva: 4.7).

Web AppFree planWeb, macOS
4.5Visit

Adobe Express

Focus: video and canva alternative. Shares graphic design and templates with Canva. Rated 4.4 (Canva: 4.7).

Web AppFree planWeb, iOS
4.4Visit

Visme

Focus: infographics. Shares presentations and templates with Canva. Rated 4.3 (Canva: 4.7).

Web AppFree planWeb
4.3Visit

Excalidraw Libraries

Focus: excalidraw, diagrams and wireframes. Shares templates with Canva. A website, not a web app. Free (Canva: Freemium). Rated 4.5 (Canva: 4.7).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Free alternatives to Canva

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Docmost

Focus: wiki, documentation and confluence alternative. Also in Collaboration and Team Productivity, like Canva. Free (Canva: Freemium). Same 4.7 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Grafana

Focus: dashboards, monitoring and metrics. Also in Team Productivity and Collaboration, like Canva. Free (Canva: Freemium). Adds Linux. Same 4.7 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.7Visit

BookStack

Focus: wiki, documentation and self-hosted. Also in Team Productivity and Collaboration, like Canva. Free (Canva: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Canva: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Gitea

Focus: git hosting, code review and issues. Also in Team Productivity and Collaboration, like Canva. Free (Canva: Freemium). Adds Linux. Rated 4.6 (Canva: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.6Visit

Seafile

Focus: file sync, cloud storage and self-hosting. Also in Collaboration and Team Productivity, like Canva. Free (Canva: Freemium). Adds Linux. Rated 4.6 (Canva: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

tldraw

Focus: whiteboard, diagrams and sketching. Also in Brainstorming and Collaboration, like Canva. Free (Canva: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Canva: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit
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