Canva vs Tableau Desktop | TrustRadius

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Score 9.1 out of 10

Based on 662 reviews and ratings

Score 8.4 out of 10

Based on 1825 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Canva

Tableau Desktop

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Canva

Tableau Desktop

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

Canva

Tableau Desktop

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Canva

Tableau Desktop

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Canva

Tableau Desktop

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Canva

Tableau Desktop

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Canva

Tableau Desktop

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

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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Global Programs Specialist

Alcorn State UniversityEducation Management, 501-1000 employees

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The Visualizations graphics are really good and the color options help in designing attractive charts. They help to convey more information and can be made interactive.
You can add filters with offer you to plug and play with values and understand different outcomes.
You can drag and drop options while creating charts and dashboards. also it is a very fluid layout.

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Verified User

Analyst in Marketing

Apparel & Fashion Company, 1-10 employees

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Cons

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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Employee in Marketing

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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Formatting the data to work correctly in graphical presentations can be time consuming
Daily data extracts can run slowly depending on how much data is required and the source of the data
The desktop version is required for advanced functionality, editing on [the] Tableau server allows only limited features

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Analyst in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Canva 9.9

Based on 5 answers

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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Web Content Specialist

Scully & ScullyRetail, 51-200 employees

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Tableau Desktop 8.9

Based on 39 answers

Our use of Tableau Desktop is still fairly low, and will continue over time. The only real concern is around cost of the licenses, and I have mentioned this to Tableau and fully expect the development of more sensible models for our industry. This will remove any impediment to expansion of our use.

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Manager in Information Technology

Mining & Metals Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

Canva 9.4

Based on 12 answers

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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Graphic Designer

Shishido CreativeGraphic Design, 1-10 employees

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Tableau Desktop 8.8

Based on 61 answers

I think it is easy to use and provides beautiful charts. It is easier to do storytelling or to give a quick overview about your work.Tableau also makes it easy to share the dashboards and manage access right to them.I would recommend Tableau as one of the best visualization tools out there.(From my point of view, Tableau is like Apple and Power BI is like Android phone).

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Employee in Finance and Accounting

Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees

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Reliability and Availability

Canva 10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Web Content Specialist

Scully & ScullyRetail, 51-200 employees

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Tableau Desktop 8.0

Based on 20 answers

When used as a stand-alone tool, Tableau Desktop has unlimited uptime, which is always nice. When used in conjunction with Tableau Server, this tool has as much uptime as your server admins are willing to give it. All in all, I've never had an issue with Tableau's availability.

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Associate Data Analytics Consultant

MarinerInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Performance

Canva 10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Web Content Specialist

Scully & ScullyRetail, 51-200 employees

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Tableau Desktop 6.1

Based on 18 answers

Tableau Desktop's performance is solid. You can really dig into a large dataset in the form of a spreadsheet, and it exhibits similarly good performance when accessing a moderately sized Oracle database. I noticed that with Tableau Desktop 9.3, the performance using a spreadsheet started to slow around 75K rows by about 60 columns. This was easily remedied by creating an extract and pushing it to Tableau Server, where performance went to lightning fast

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Professional in Research & Development

Biotechnology Company, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

Canva 7.5

Based on 27 answers

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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Director in Research & Development

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Tableau Desktop 8.4

Based on 70 answers

Tableau support team took their own time to reach out with their solution. However, Tableau online community forums where many visitors and user are ready to lend a hand to others and share their experiences provide support and help in any issues encounter during the development phase.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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In-Person Training

No score

No answers yet

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Tableau Desktop 9.4

Based on 4 answers

It is admittedly hard to train a group of people with disparate levels of ability coming in, but the software is so easy to use that this is not a huge problem; anyone who can follow simple instructions can catch up pretty quickly.

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Jon Boeckenstedt

Associate Vice President

DePaul University, Division of Enrollment Management and MarketingHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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Tableau Desktop 8.0

Based on 4 answers

The training for new users are quite good because it covers topic wise training and the best part was that it also had video tutorials which are very helpful

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Chandra Bhanu Pratap Singh

BI Developer

CognizantInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Implementation Rating

Canva 10.0

Based on 3 answers

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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Web Content Specialist

Scully & ScullyRetail, 51-200 employees

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Tableau Desktop 8.0

Based on 68 answers

Again, training is the key and the company provides a lot of example videos that will help users discover use cases that will greatly assist their creation of original visualizations. As with any new software tool, productivity will decline for a period. In the case of Tableau, the decline period is short and the later gains are well worth it.

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Decision Sciences - Modeling, Simulation & Analysis

San Francisco State UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Despite that fact that PowerPoint wasn't completely replaced by Canva, it's now used as a base for sketches and drafts. Presentations are much easier to prepare in Canva, taking advantage of their templates. PowerPoint required more time and edition just to create a standard looking slide... while Canva gives non-creatives the chance to create faster with a greater visual impact.

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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Marketing & Advertising Company, 11-50 employees

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If we do not have legacy tools which have already been set up, I would switch the visualization method to open source software via PyCharm, Atom, and Visual Studio IDE. These IDEs cannot directly help you to visualize the data but you can use many python packages to do so through these IDEs.

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Analyst in Professional Services

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

Canva 10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Web Content Specialist

Scully & ScullyRetail, 51-200 employees

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Tableau Desktop 7.0

Based on 3 answers

Tableau Desktop's scaleability is really limited to the scale of your back-end data systems. If you want to pull down an extract and work quickly in-memory, in my application it scaled to a few tens of millions of rows using the in-memory engine. But it's really only limited by your back-end data store if you have or are willing to invest in an optimized SQL store or purpose-built query engine like Veritca or Netezza or something similar.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

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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Kathleen M Jarchow

Online Course Designer and Professor

University of ConnecticutE-Learning, 5001-10,000 employees

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Tableau was acquired years ago, and has provided good value with the content created.
Ongoing maintenance costs for the platform, both to maintain desktop and server licensing has made the continuing value questionable when compared to other offerings in the marketplace.
Users have largely been satisfied with the content, but not with the overall performance. This is due to a combination of factors including the performance of the Tableau engines as well as development deficiencies.

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Data developer

HKS, Inc.Architecture & Planning, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Canva Editions & Modules

Edition

Pro	$12.95¹
Enterprise	$30.00²

per month
Per Month Per User

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Tableau Desktop Editions & Modules

Edition

Tableau Creator	$70.00¹

Per User / Per Month

Additional Pricing Details

All pricing plans are billed annually.

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