Canva vs. Sendible

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
Sendible
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Sendible is a social media marketing platform that allows users to engage with their audience and track results across multiple social media channels at any time.
$9.99
per month
Pricing
CanvaSendible
Editions & Modules
Pro
$12.95
per month
Enterprise
$30.00
Per Month Per User
Creator
$29
per month
Traction
$89
per month
Scale
$199
per month
Expansion
$399
per month
Custom White Label
price on request
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CanvaSendible
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—15% discount if paying annually. 15% monthly discount or 25% annual discount offered to non-profits.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
CanvaSendible
Considered Both Products
Canva

No answer on this topic

Sendible
Chose Sendible
Sendible totally knocks the rest of the competition out of the water. I have literally tried every single other scheduling app that out there and this platform is the best to view and keep scheduled posts up with ease. You can read and respond to messages right from the home …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
CanvaSendible
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Sendible
8.3
6 Ratings
7% above category average
Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Sentiment analysis00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Broad channel coverage00 Ratings9.16 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Sendible
9.2
12 Ratings
13% above category average
Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Content optimization00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Sendible
7.5
10 Ratings
6% below category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings9.57 Ratings
Bulk actions00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Sendible
7.0
9 Ratings
11% below category average
Lead generation00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Paid media management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Sendible
10.0
12 Ratings
17% above category average
Twitter00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Instagram00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Pinterest00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
YouTube00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Sendible
6.7
10 Ratings
16% below category average
Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Sendible
9.0
11 Ratings
12% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Mobile access00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
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User Ratings
CanvaSendible
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(172 ratings)
10.0
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(7 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.2
(12 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(15 ratings)
9.9
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CanvaSendible
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva
I would say that Canva is best suited for beginner and Novice level applications. If you're an experienced designer, there's definitely no point in using Canva as it's developed for designers entering the field. OR, if you want to experience that flexibility while you designing and let the creativity flow, You shouldn't consider Canva as your Choice. If you feel like delivering quick and not spend your time on deciding on 'How to Design', then you should go for Canva.
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Sendible
I have a fairly straightforward use case for Sendible and it meets almost all of my needs. If you are a small company that needs a collaborative solution to social media content creation, and likely has a small team (or no team) to manage social media postings, I think Sendible is likely a great tool to schedule posts and largely automate social media marketing. A larger company or more involved marketing team could still use Sendible to schedule and collaborate on posts. However, there may be additional features they may want or need (like the ability to promote posts) that may not be available with Sendible.
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Pros
Canva
  • Provides readily accessible approved fonts and colors for our university publications.
  • A great selection of templates to select from.
  • Lots of resources for design, like photos, clip art, backgrounds, and other design elements.
  • The ability to share your design with others at the university.
  • The ability to download your design as a png, pdf, jpg, svg, even MP4 video or gif.
  • Easy to edit and alter the design and not lose what you had by creating clones of previous designs and then make the changes.
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Sendible
  • Easy to schedule and post to all of your social media platforms.
  • Customer support is very accommodating and always there to help. I have never had an issue with reaching someone whether it was for a quick question or to demo other features.
  • They have an awesome affiliate program (example: I earned over $600 from one company clicking through an signing up from my affiliate link - yay!)
  • Compared to other social media platforms, Sendible has been the most robust with features and ease of use.
  • They are always making advances and upgrades to their service offerings to better meet the needs of their customers.
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Cons
Canva
  • Some pretty basic fonts are missing from the database, which proves to be annoying when trying to stay on brand
  • Pre-grouping sections of templates can be a hassle to figure out
  • Creating your own template from scratch can have it's hiccups, but that could be my lack of design experience.
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Sendible
  • Inbox. The inbox of incoming messages/posts is very clunky. Threads are separated into individual messages, making it difficult to follow conversations.
  • Reporting. The included reporting features are limited and don't allow for enough customization to be worth using.
  • Hashtags. When discussing the 10 most common mistakes (or whatever the title might be), we are unable to say "You won't believe #3" because the system reads this as a hashtag to link rather than just a number. It adds on editing time when approving posts.
  • Default settings. As a Social Media Manager, it is annoying to have myself set as default when looking at the content calendar. I don't write the posts, just approved and schedule them, so manually entering in my writers' names in the filters could be made easier by making this an editable feature.
  • Instagram. You cannot post multiple images in a single Instagram post from Sendible.
  • Service Lists. They are supposed to be helpful in grouping your services (we do this by brand), however, these lists don't pull the information you put on individual services. So if I have a list with Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for Brand A, you can't just add the Brand A Service List filter onto the calendar and see all of those posts that are scheduled. They don't seem to have much purpose at all.
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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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Sendible
If I am given a larger budget to work with then I'd like a program that tracks and collects my PR hits, as well as sends me important info to respond to. I realy like the way New Brand Analytics tracks my Trip Advisor,etc ratings
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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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Sendible
Sendible is 100% web based so managing social media platforms can be done from anywhere with internet connectivity. During registration, Sendible takes its users on a tour of its main features. The sleek design was engineered by professionals who have great interest in social media marketing. There is ample support in case users get lost and there is no learning curve.
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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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Sendible
No answers on this topic
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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Sendible
No answers on this topic
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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Sendible
Sendible has a great resource center which I have used multiple times throughout my year using the platform. There are plenty of troubleshooting articles and guides that make it easy to uncover the root of any small issues I may have.
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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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Sendible
No answers on this topic
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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Sendible
Sendible offers outstanding value for money with majority of the features offered by more expensive platforms at a much lower cost. We were using a combination of Hootsuite and Sendible. Sendible remains our primary social media scheduling tool and we were using the free version of Hootsuite as it offered superior social listening, with the ability to track posts by keywords and hashtags in streams for example. Sendible does not offer this same functionality for social listening. When Hootsuite stopped offering social listening streams for free, we dropped Hootsuite and we are currently manually searching social media platforms one at a time until we identify a cost effective social listening tool with the required features.
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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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Sendible
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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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Sendible
  • Our case study on the Pinterest side of things was remarkable. Allowing us to schedule our pins in advance meant we could publish at a higher frequency and also at more meaningful times. It impacted our Pinterest growth and conversions from Pinterest very noticeably.
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ScreenShots

Sendible Screenshots

Screenshot of StreamsScreenshot of Monitoring KeywordsScreenshot of ReportingScreenshot of Content SuggestionsScreenshot of Compose BoxScreenshot of Bulk Importer