Canva vs. Zoho Social

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
Zoho Social
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Social is a comprehensive social media management platform designed for businesses of all sizes and agencies. It is used to schedule and publish posts, manage conversations—including direct messages, comments, and mentions—across multiple platforms, track keywords, competitors, and hashtags, and generate reports from one dashboard. Supported platforms: Meta (Facebook, Instagram, and Threads), Google Business Profile, YouTube, Pinterest, Mastodon, X (formerly Twitter),…
$15
per month
Pricing
CanvaZoho Social
Editions & Modules
Pro
$12.95
per month
Enterprise
$30.00
Per Month Per User
Free
$0
per month per user
Standard
$15
per month per user
Professional
$40
per month per user
Premium
$65
per month 3 users
Agency
$320
per month 5 users
Agency Plus
$460
per month 5 users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CanvaZoho Social
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAdd Ons Users at $10 / user / month Brands $10 / brand / month Discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
CanvaZoho Social
Considered Both Products
Canva

No answer on this topic

Zoho Social
Chose Zoho Social
From Buffer, Constant Contact, Canva, and Meta Business Manager, Zoho's bulk scheduling is what drew me to it away from the others I have used before. It has a Canva integration, so I can use the free version of Canva and still upload all those images. It connects more …
Chose Zoho Social
One click scheduling to ALL socials, whereas Canva requires one post per network. Detailed analytics presented in a clear and understandable manner, helping me to identify areas that have worked well or need tweaking.
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social is more reliable than Buffer. Buffer sometimes has technical issues where posts don't go out after being scheduled.

Hootsuite has gotten way too expensive.
Chose Zoho Social
Firstly being an Indian using an Indian tool is a proud feeling for me so Zoho stands out in that. Next it has clean UI Clean funtions simple use case multiple benefits no need to share the password with anyone. It has very simple-to-use functions for any non-tech person to …
Chose Zoho Social
Wix doesn't offer enough channels, not easy to use. No calendar. Really just promoting blogs or things you put on the Wix website, very limited.
Hootsuite doesn't give enough value for what it costs.
SocialPilot connections break between accounts too often, not user friendly.
Chose Zoho Social
I chose Zoho Social for the ease of use. I'm price conscious, being that I'm just starting out in my social media marketing journey. I can easily track my progress and see where I need to make adjustments because of the tools provided.
Chose Zoho Social
Cheaper and simpler to use and understand
Chose Zoho Social
Kontentino is nothing compared to Zoho Social. It's good for their approval flow of your posts but that's like it. They only show the posts and analytics of the posts you published through their platform and not many to no competitors analytics. Hootsuite is good but …
Chose Zoho Social
I've always used the best tools in the industry and would highly recommend them nonetheless. However, Zoho has successfully created the one-stop-shop that delivers on the major tools needed to successfully run multiple brands digitally, AND create easier flows for making sales …
Chose Zoho Social
better free version, good user interface
Chose Zoho Social
Just was better for my use case than the competition
Chose Zoho Social
I just need Zoho Social because, at the very moment, it's the most affordable and most used Zoho offer.
For the future, I'm very sure that when it comes to marketing like newsletters or when it comes to business growth, I'll be likely to use other Zoho Integrations, especially Zo…
Chose Zoho Social
ZohoSocial is more simple to use. I prefer its user interface; with the menu on top instead of on the left, I find it easier to switch between pages. ZohoSocial is also the most affordable among all the different products that I have used, and they even provide multiple free …
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social is the cheapest and has ease of use.
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social is similar to Buffer in price but you get more channels for the costs, while Buffer allows for Pinterest. Zoho is more difficult to customize posts based on social media channels than Buffer, but easier to schedule posts for all channels at once. Zoho is cheaper …
Chose Zoho Social
Later doesn't provide nearly the same in-depth analysis that I have noticed using Zoho Social. Later also limits how many channels you can post, for example, there isn't an ability to post to LinkedIn, YouTube, or Google+. The ability to custom edit for each social channel is …
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho is easier to understand quickly more than the competitor, as a beginner it makes your job really easy and less strenuous to try and learn a platform before using it.
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social is really great because it not only allows to manage our social media content and marketing, but it also helps us effectively manage our leads from our lead generation campaign on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Chose Zoho Social
We have tried other online social media management platforms such as Hootsuite however Zoho Social is the best platform we've used so far for a number of reasons. We have found it much easier to navigate across the Zoho Social platform and also more useful when it comes to the …
Chose Zoho Social
We are actively testing multiple social media management tools. To date, our team has elected Zoho over the others in the testing phase. We find the functionalities, analytics, pricing, and team collaboration tools easy to navigate and cuts our workload and work time needed. …
Features
CanvaZoho Social
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Zoho Social
8.6
414 Ratings
12% above category average
Sentiment analysis00 Ratings8.3294 Ratings
Broad channel coverage00 Ratings8.9408 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Zoho Social
9.0
489 Ratings
11% above category average
Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings9.4487 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings8.6344 Ratings
Content optimization00 Ratings8.6403 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings9.327 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Zoho Social
8.9
397 Ratings
10% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings8.5338 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings8.7372 Ratings
Bulk actions00 Ratings9.523 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Zoho Social
8.6
347 Ratings
11% above category average
Lead generation00 Ratings8.3261 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings9.0338 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Zoho Social
9.3
479 Ratings
11% above category average
Twitter00 Ratings9.4428 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings9.4468 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings9.4421 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings9.1274 Ratings
Instagram00 Ratings9.5398 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Zoho Social
8.5
392 Ratings
10% above category average
Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.7388 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings9.322 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.7237 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Canva
-
Ratings
Zoho Social
9.1
429 Ratings
14% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings9.0333 Ratings
Mobile access00 Ratings9.3408 Ratings
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User Ratings
CanvaZoho Social
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(174 ratings)
9.4
(492 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(7 ratings)
8.9
(14 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(14 ratings)
9.5
(320 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(15 ratings)
9.3
(220 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.4
(5 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
3.6
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
CanvaZoho Social
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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Zoho
We have a few videos to share on our social media accounts: Linked in, facebook, instagram, twitter, youtube, another personal youtube account, and tiktok. First of the videos will be shared now, but the second one should be shared 3 hours later, and the third one 6 hours later. Also, with some text, on each share... You give this job to a personnel and thrust they will be fast enough to login those accounts and share the content almost at the same time, with no mistakes on the texts we use, and you thing you are done, right? It doesn't work that way in real life situations. However, you can share the same text and video to every platform momentarily by clicking a button by Zoho Social. you can also schedule posts to be shared later at a certain time and date. Now, you can concentrate to develop the character and details of your campaign. And, also, now, you have a personnel who can be useful at some other work
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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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Zoho
  • Zoho Social helps us develop posts, and it facilitates the automated publishing, which is vital in sharing the content we want.
  • Besides, Zoho Social is fruitful in customer engagement plan, where the software manages different accounts, and there is free communications throughout.
  • Finally, there is social media evaluation, monitoring, and analytics, and all of them brings to us an inference that is accurate and digital.
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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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Zoho
  • I wanted to use the ability to have Zoho queue the posts, but I wanted to choose the start time of the first post for a few days in the future and I did not find an easy way to set that.
  • I wish there were a box with a cheat sheet of the sizes that each social media platform allows for it's video and pictures in the dialogue box for posting so I can be sure to choose appropriate content.
  • I do think it's a bit expensive, especially for my needs, but I like the ease of use. I will continue to do what I can to get this service discounted until I can no longer afford it.
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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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Zoho
Zoho Social is the BEST! I have found the perfect solution to social media marketing! It is extremely affordable and I highly recommend it! Create a post once and post it to 5 or more social media platforms! LOVE IT!! :)
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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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Zoho
The reason behind assigning this rating stems from the software's remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate intricate functionalities with an incredibly user-friendly interface. It strikes an exceptional balance between sophisticated features and ease of use, making it a standout solution in its category. The software's attention to user experience, coupled with its comprehensive project tracking capabilities, has undoubtedly left a positive impression. This rating reflects my appreciation for how effortlessly it empowers teams to manage projects, collaborate effectively, and achieve their goals with utmost efficiency
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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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Zoho
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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Zoho
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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Zoho
I have not needed support for Zoho Social. This comment requirement is confusing to me as I must find text to fill the requirement of a minimum of 50 words. There should be a non-applicable button that allows either user to skip a question or then require a shorter explanation like in my first sentence. Geez, now I have to give a rating while never using the feature.
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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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Zoho
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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Zoho
Zoho Social is a great social media management tool that allows businesses, and individuals, to manage multiple social media accounts, schedule posts, track analytics, and engage with followers. It competes well with other social media management tools such as Hootsuite, Buffer, Sprout Social, Agora Pulse, and Hubspot. Zoho Social stands out for its integration capabilities with other Zoho applications and affordability for small to medium-sized businesses. Each tool has its own strengths and weaknesses, and businesses should evaluate them based on their specific needs and goals. The biggest fallacy for Zoho is its restriction on scheduling tools on the free plan who have social and personal needs. I believe this can be circumvented by Zoho periodically making an advertisement to one's feed.
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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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
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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Zoho
  • I had a month-long delay in launching my website. Zoho Social allowed me to continue to build an audience and anticipation while the website technical issues were worked out.
  • The free trial meant I could give it a good try before spending any of my precious startup budget.
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ScreenShots

Zoho Social Screenshots

Screenshot of the Zoho Social interface, which appears when logging into an account. It provides navigation to switch between brands, monitor follower growth, and analyze post performance across connected channels—offering a unified view of an organization's social media health, posts, and interactions.Screenshot of the interface to publish content across all connected channels at once, or by selecting specific ones individually. It also offers the option to schedule posts for later or use SmartQ to automatically pick the best time for optimal engagement.Screenshot of the interface to manage all social media conversations, including direct messages, comments, and mentions, across all channels in a single unified inbox.Screenshot of the Monitor feature, used to track keywords, relevant accounts, and content, with notifications.Screenshot of an example of Zoho Social's data-driven insights, used to crunch numbers and generate reports.Screenshot of the Social Media Calendar, used to plan and deliver experiences.