Canva vs. Emplifi

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Canva
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Canva is a popular, simple online graphic design tool. Users can import images, use templates to design banners and logos, or pay to use Canva's premium stock images/paid templates (elements starting at $1).
$12.95
per month
Emplifi
Score 8.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Emplifi offers a platform that enables brands to manage social marketing, commerce, and care. At the core of this platform is Emplifi Fuel — the outcome and enablement layer that connects all modules across marketing, commerce, and care. Fuel empowers brands to optimize the customer journey, unifying data, automation, and AI-driven insights to ensure every interaction drives meaningful business outcomes. The platform's core capabilities include:…N/A
Pricing
CanvaEmplifi
Editions & Modules
Pro
$12.95
per month
Enterprise
$30.00
Per Month Per User
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CanvaEmplifi
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
CanvaEmplifi
Considered Both Products
Canva

No answer on this topic

Emplifi
Chose Emplifi
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud it's a more complete tool to manage social media content and data insights and analysis. As a global organization, we do not have so many issues with multiple users, permissions and we can have a big picture of all accounts - as well as their …
Chose Emplifi
Emplifi is a more complete tool than others and they're more updated with trends (like scheduling reels)
Features
CanvaEmplifi
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Emplifi
6.4
7 Ratings
17% below category average
Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings6.75 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Sentiment analysis00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
Broad channel coverage00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Emplifi
7.3
8 Ratings
10% below category average
Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings7.38 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Content optimization00 Ratings7.38 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings7.67 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Emplifi
7.3
7 Ratings
10% below category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
Bulk actions00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Emplifi
7.6
6 Ratings
1% below category average
Lead generation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
Paid media management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Emplifi
5.8
8 Ratings
36% below category average
Twitter00 Ratings6.18 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings7.98 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings4.17 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Instagram00 Ratings7.38 Ratings
Pinterest00 Ratings3.25 Ratings
YouTube00 Ratings3.95 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Emplifi
6.4
8 Ratings
18% below category average
Campaign success analytics00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings6.78 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings5.57 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Emplifi
6.7
8 Ratings
17% below category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings7.38 Ratings
Mobile access00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
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User Ratings
CanvaEmplifi
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(174 ratings)
9.2
(110 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(7 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(14 ratings)
8.3
(36 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(15 ratings)
8.4
(43 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CanvaEmplifi
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva
They are suited to serve the non-profit space, offering premium features at no charge for up to 50 users. They provide tools for non-graphic designers that help to create appealing and attractive pieces. For those who are unsure about where to start with a project, Canva offers templates that can be edited to suit the current need.
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Emplifi Inc
- Very well suited to grabbing top-level and more in-depth social performance data, across campaigns and BAU activity. - Not as well suited for moments where you need benchmarking or context of your performance compared with a previous time frame. This can be a bit clunky to go back and forth with as it requires multiple dashboards or consistent manual time-frame changes.
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Pros
Canva
  • It helps you find the right design and helps you start with the right template
  • It helps in creating for all platforms, basically you need to create the design only once and Canva takes care of the rest by resizing the design for whichever platform you want to publish it to.
  • It also comes with a content planner which is extremely helpful for obvious reasons. It relieves you from the hassle of posting when the right time hits.
  • There's a Brand feature which is also extremely fascinating as it helps you store all your brand information (even color) at the same place.
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Emplifi Inc
  • Helps us prioritize requests based on urgency and tone
  • Helps us divide work between several teams
  • Helps us keep an eye on how our posts are being recieved and are performing
  • Helps us stay in contact with customers, and helps us understand particular customers needs
  • Helps us separate the chaff from the wheat
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Cons
Canva
  • I have a hard time coming up with any improvements, perhaps increase the number of free elements to use in design.
  • Maybe, Canva should check if you start editing a previous document to see if you want to change the current design or create a new one as a clone of the current document (design).
  • I'm sorry, I really can't think of a 3rd. Overall, I really like working in Canva.
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Emplifi Inc
  • Would love more robust search parameters for labels. ex. search for tickets labeled 'Availability' AND 'United States' but excluding any that are only one of those labels
  • Ability to break conversations into multiple tickets; so labels can be more accurate if the same person reaches out again after 3 months with a totally different question
  • The social account quick view doesn't always load the follower count for people reaching out to us. it makes it slower to manager messages from high level creators
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Likelihood to Renew
Canva
The ease of use makes Canva a powerful tool for manipulating images, creating original content, and testing ideas without requiring the involvement of graphic design or more time-intensive image editing software such as Photoshop. While it doesn't have the full functionality of a mature software, such as Photoshop, The speed and simplicity of Canva makes it a necessity in a business of any size
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Emplifi Inc
the balance between quality and price si perfectperfect for agency that have many client to manage, because it helps us to save time (we don't have to plan content from every single account, only one click to look at different community and moderate...)it also help the team works: senior can review content direcly from emplifi; labeling DM/comments as done help us to track where a collegue stop and we have to startIt makes the content approval from clients very easy
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Usability
Canva
It is super easy to use, but it could be limiting if you're on a small device. It is easier on a bigger device because you can resize graphics and text easier than with your fingers on a small device. I do think it's perfect and easy for non-designers who don't have any training. As long as you have a good eye for visuals, Canva is a wonderful substitute for graphics programs on-the-go.
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Emplifi Inc
Since the main use of the Live Advisor is on the website that doesn't have e-commerce capabilities, it has been challenging to attach an specific metric to Emplifi's solutions and their usability in our websites. The Live Advisor is helping us to deliver our unique sale proposition in digital channels, which is great, but it is difficult to assign a higher mark in usability due to the limitation just explained.
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Reliability and Availability
Canva
I have yet to encounter Canva being offline in at least 6 years of using it regularly. They also announce well in advance if there may be upgrades to the code and the hours during which there may be issues accessing the service.
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Emplifi Inc
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Performance
Canva
I haven't ever had issues with a slow-loading site and there haven't been any lag issues within the software. There have been maybe a handful of times over the past six years where I have tried to upload a large image and it will slow down as it loads the last megabyte, but I have yet to have the system time out or require any interference by me
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Emplifi Inc
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Support Rating
Canva
Overall, Canva is easy to use, easy to train others to use, allows for creativity with a professional look without enormous associated costs. The mobile apps works almost as easily, but at a minimum allows for easy review and downloading in a pinch. Really, anyone can learn to use Canva quickly and will immediately benefit from the results.
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Emplifi Inc
We have a dedicated Customer Success manager, and that is very helpful. Anytime we have questions or need support, they are always there to answer. If thety do not know the solution, they always go around the bend to find one and provide it to us. They are always very kind.
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Online Training
Canva
No answers on this topic
Emplifi Inc
The online training was fine but, in the end, the best way to learn any product is by actually using it.
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Implementation Rating
Canva
Remember to download the mobile app onto your phone for easy image manipulation on the go. Adding company colors, logos, and typefaces to your company account is an easy process. When images are uploaded, these can also be shared between accounts within a company, as can canvases you've created for easy editing among teams.
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Emplifi Inc
The platform is so easy to understand that no "expensive consulting firm" is necessary to implement it!
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Alternatives Considered
Canva
Canva is faster and easy to use. There aren't complex menus like Adobe products and everything is generally intuitive. Menus are mostly open and visible or relatively small. Small changes to the program add to it's usability rather than detract. I also appreciate that Canva helps the user become more creative through use. By giving you editable examples through templates you can choose to re-design something ir create something from scratch w/ a similar concept or feel. Canva often gives me ideas that I can implement into my design or into the entire project even. I also like how Canva is intuitive in it's approach. The program gives you suggestions when it comes to graphics, etc. without getting in your way if you know what you already want
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Emplifi Inc
We have used Sprinklr to source UGC content as well, but found the platform to be much more time intensive when searching for the desired images. Additionally, Emplifi's UGC tool has incremental tools the other platforms do not provide, including the ability to share images on digital screens within the property and put carousels on our websites.
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Scalability
Canva
Very easy to add accounts and share content between them. Collaboration is also easy to manage and can be done on a project-by-project basis. The cloud-based software means it is incredibly fast to add a coworker and have them editing images within minutes. A live internet connection is required to access Canva so this is something to consider if expecting to use the software while on journeys without access to wifi etc
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Emplifi Inc
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Return on Investment
Canva
  • As far as ROI is concerned, Canva has proven itself time and time again as having a positive impact for business.
  • Just yesterday, I had to prepare an hour-long presentation on the fly; the great reviews of the presentation and the materials (all made in Canva) only served to advertise for Canva and it proves that Canva is a smart investment.
  • I don't think in the time that I have been a Canva pro user that I can say that my ROI has been negatively impacted. Highest recommendation. The software more the casually pays for itself time and time again.
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Emplifi Inc
  • reporting - this has massively reduced the time spent on creating reports for social media activities
  • paid ads - has provided detailed analysis of how our ads are performing
  • community - reduced the time taken to respond to social messages, resulting in more leads
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ScreenShots

Emplifi Screenshots

Screenshot of Emplifi Fuel Command CenterScreenshot of Emplifi Fuel ObjectivesScreenshot of Emplifi Unified AnalyticsScreenshot of social listening with AI-Powered Spike Alerts.Screenshot of the integrated social care interface.