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
Miro
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Miro is the AI Innovation Workspace that brings teams and AI together to plan, co-create, and build the next big thing, faster. With the canvas as the prompt, Miro's collaborative AI workflows keep teams in the flow of work, scale shifts in ways of working, and drive organization-wide transformation.
$10
per month per user
Pricing
Canva
Miro
Editions & Modules
Pro
$12.95
per month
Enterprise
$30.00
Per Month Per User
1. Free - To discover what Miro can do. Always free
$0
2. Starter - Unlimited and private boards with essential features
$8
per month (billed annually) per user
3. Business - Scales collaboration with advanced features and security
$16
per month (billed annually) per user
4. Enterprise - For work across the entire organization, with support, security and control, to scale
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annual billing per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Canva
Miro
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
Optional
Additional Details
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Monthly billing also available at $10 per month for the Starter plan, or $20 for the Business plan.
Canva offers a much higher level of free customization than the other programs, which means that it allows users to create a greater diversity of templates and vectors at no cost, and it also has a free library with a wide range of free templates and vectors compared with others.
Canva is mort powerfull to create assets and go directly in export and production for marketing assets. Figma is more powerfull to create mock-ups and present digital flows, especially for our website. Miro is perfectly standing between these two in terms of quality and has …
Jamboard (RIP) I like the interface and additional functionality better on Miro than in Mural Figma is great, but it's a little more than I need (I'm not a designer). I can get what I need for it from Canva.
Miro is much quicker and easier to use. I also like how Miro able to show more ideation visualization and research. Figma and Canva feel like they are specific to designing final assets. With Miro I am not designing assets to be exported, but using the space to ideate.
Notion is okay for to-do tasks, but it has limits on how many blocks you can use, and is very templated in the plan I have. Miro, however, seems more flexible and open to not only to-do tasks but also other things at the same time. Canva is good for creating one pagers and …
More easy to use. And also we can say that Miro is more visual and make more visibility when we made giant process. In google slide or PowerPoint we was limited in size of page now we are not. With client we use this in direct to show process before it was not possible
I got used to Miro since the very beginning and I trust the tool so I actually didn't actively search to replace it. I've been invited to Mural and other tools but I if everything continues to be fine with Miro, I have no reason to look for alternatives.
Miro is extremely easy to use and met all of my objectives, such as creating flows, writing descriptions, building funnels, and structuring workflows and teams. All the other tools I have used were never a complete solution for my needs. Having a centralized tool with excellent …
Miro has always been my goat. I have been using it since it came out and I don't think I could ever choose any of the other ones. It's so much better to see the other people work simultaneously as you and communicating with them and copy and pasting in and out of each other's …
Compared to Visio, I found Miro's UI a lot more friendly and easy to use, it was not "clunky" as Visio, and its overall presentation was just nicer and more pleasant to use. Miro had a lot more features and templates available as well. I think overall, it was the look and feel, …
Miro is easier on the eyes, and I prefer it by FAR. We use Confluence whiteboards when our team faces Miro access issues (usually new team members), but Miro is way more dynamic and organized. It also has more templates and features to make our documents and boards look how we …
Before Miro, I used to use powerpoint as a whiteboard tool. It was very clunky and inefficient. I started using Miro during the lockdowns at the beginning of the pandemic and it makes collaboration so much easier. I have not used Mural.
Working in Figma is more difficult due to its non-intuitive interface, although it also has good drawing tools and supports a good variety of files. Compared to Miro, it has fewer tools and they are more difficult to use. Jamboard is very limited, few tools and little file …
It's more user friendly, has a extensive toolset and integrations, there's no limits what we can do with Miro, the other options has limits, Or they have a much more elaborate creation process, With Miro, the best part is that you can create workflows and collaborate in real …
Of all other solutions, Miro seems the most intuitive, the fastest, and the most stable. Rarely if ever crashes or has stability issues and we can get other teams that have never used it collaborating in it within 5 minutes of explanations (not additional meeting needed to talk …
Miro is the best product out of these options for collaborative brainstorming and presentation. Miro has the best organization tools when it comes to tables, kanban, etc. all in one place alongside a visual workboard. Each of these products beats Miro at specific aspects, but …
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.
Miro is the best tool for remote collaboration; it offers features that make teamwork feel natural and engaging regardless of our location. All-in-one and most reliable for visualizing ideas and workflows. It allows everyone to put ideas on one whiteboard that is easy for the entire team to have access, comments, and give updates, which eliminates the back-and-forth emails.
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.
Makes internal coordination between admin team and tutors extremely painless. It's like a single place where everyone can drop ideas, get updates and notes without loss of context which usually happens in long email threads.
Versioning and board history are handled very well, which drastically reduces the workload. They help me track how a policy or math guideline has evolved, and also make it easy to revert changes if something doesn't work.
Comments stick exactly where they are meant to, making internal reviews much clearer. Admins don't have to guess which note refers to which rule or section.
Exports are clean, so even non-Miro teammates get it instantly.
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.
As a designer, I miss some more creative features. I can't even get really into designing small things (like paths). Many of my colleagues have already switched to the Figma board because it is possible there.
Things often get lost in the workflow, especially in teams. Working on the same file often leads to misunderstandings and can be frustrating. For example, if text is accidentally deleted and cannot be recovered, or if images become distorted.
The scale on the board is missing, which often leads to size differences.
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
I have advocate for the renew of Miro quite few times, however, it is not under my control as the decision is made in another team with their own budget. I would buy for my own entrepreneur projects (1-2 members) as I do know the value and work there 100%. So, I would pay out of my own pocket to get the value. However, If I wouldn't know the value it provides, it would be hard to decide with the current freemium features
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.
I love it. It should perhaps even be a 10, but there are only minor things that get me when it comes to trying to move around the images on the page and selecting images on the page. Nevertheless, I've used this tool randomly over various years numerous times.
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.
I only give a 9/10 because of the speed at which it loads. I have never experienced issues with Miro logging me out early, or some other technical issue causing the program to crash, or even it just loading in perpetuity without ever actually coming up (unlike other programs such as SFDC). It take a minute for all of my boards to come up after I click on it in my favorites, but besides that, it's all good.
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
Sometimes it gets quite slow and there is a correlation between this and the size of the board. Hence we are trying to segment the boards based on product stages or projects so that the size doesn't go big. When you go from discovery to delivery on a simple board, it will get large and difficult to load, even crash or go white screen
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.
We have never reached out to or contacted support because Miro's platform has been incredibly intuitive and user-friendly. The comprehensive resources available, such as tutorials, documentation, and community forums, have provided all the guidance we needed. The seamless integration with our existing tools and the reliability of the platform have ensured that we rarely encounter issues that require external assistance. This self-sufficiency has allowed us to focus more on our projects and collaboration without interruptions. Overall, our experience with Miro has been smooth and efficient, eliminating the need for additional support
There was a series of webinars which Miro hosted with our organization that went over the basics, then progressively became more advanced with additional sections. The instructors were knowledgeable, and provided examples throughout the sessions, as well as answered peoples' questions. There was ample time and experience on the calls to cover a range of topics. The instructors were also very friendly and sociable, as well as honest. Of course Miro isn't a "God-tool" that does absolutely everything, but the instructors were aware and emphasized the strengths where Miro had them and sincerely accepted feedback.
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.
Easy to learn, Miro has a series of videos on YouTube that effectively taught this program to my team members and me. The program is drag-and-drop and works excellently. People pick up on how to use it efficiently, and it's great for organizing ideas more freely. This product is more challenging for some older audiences who are not accustomed to using a touchpad, but for most, it was very easy to use.
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
I use both for different things really. Figma is better for design and prototype applications with coding being enabled in Figma (which isn't part of Miro's tools). As I said earlier, I use other programmes when there is a lack in Miro, in this case the coding element. Also Miro is better suited for BAU, so I can utilise this by bringing part of the business into using it. Figma isn't collaborative enough for this purpose. Miro overall has a better user experience
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
Maybe is possible now so... Could be useful to manage in some way source code for the projects? not to edit so when we make solutions with different components in MIro, maybe each component could redirect to the source code of this component
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.
