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Canva

Score9.1 out of 10

2,229 Reviews and Ratings

What is Canva?

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).

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Who Buys & Uses Canva

Canva Reviews

What users are saying about Canva.
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Pros

  • Extensive template library for diverse design options
  • Robust integration capabilities with third-party tools
  • User-friendly interface for rapid content creation

Cons

  • Ambiguity in AI feature usage and transparency
  • Limited advanced editing capabilities for granular control
  • Potential for an overwhelming array of tools and plugins

Great for working with a large team

Emma HansenView profile
Communications Coordinator in Social Media at Fellowship NWA (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have a lot of employees that we need to be able to access brand kits, photo assets, and design templates without having to build anything from scratch. Canva Enterprise helps us keep things straight and allowed us to implement a built-in approvals system, that allows our branding managers and designers to give notes or feedback on projects before they move on.

Pros

  • Real-time collaboration
  • Integration with existing systems/programs
  • Brand/asset management

Cons

  • At times, the range of plug-ins that Canva has access to is almost overwhelming. I wish you could suggest what you need and allow it to walk you through how to use certain tools.
  • For a beginner, I almost wish you could toggle on/off certain tools. Many of our team need very basic access to edit and collaborate on projects, with no need to move or adjust certain elements.
  • Certain tools or functions in Canva present as "AI content" on social media platforms. I wish it were clear when you are utilizing a tool that uses assistive AI, as that label is a concern for my organization.

Return on Investment

  • Our designers spend less time building flyers and postcards because people are equipped with tools and guardrails to start themselves.
  • The internal approvals system ensures that designers are not sifting through email, Teams, etc to make sure they've seen everything they're requested feedback on.
  • Streamlines the process of creating/editing branded material.

Usability

Other Software Used

Intuit Mailchimp, Microsoft 365, Notion

Versatile Tool for Posts and Presentations

Naga KarthikView profile
Data Analyst in Finance and Accounting at Accenture (201-500 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I mainly use Canva for presentation for both personal and office. i also helps to create posts with beautiful design. I feel Canva is best for post and presentation ideas. Canva has many templates and different pattern of design that help people/ User to choose on their interest. Overall the best tool.

Pros

  • For presentation i use only Canva for Idea to showcase it to clients.
  • For Post Creation I use for personal and office to create high quality post
  • It also have many templates that can help you.

Cons

  • I feel Canva is improved and easy to use
  • Canva has drag and drop feature

Return on Investment

  • Canva has been a total lifesaver for our speed and budget.
  • It helps you save lot of time because of many templates and patterns

Usability

Great All-in-One Project Billing Dashboard

Verified User
Employee in Research & Development (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am using Canva to design my lectures over it and present them. It includes a lot of features and a way to interact with students live by let them join the lecture session live and vote. I like how it provides a lot of videos and photos in one space without the need for any external research.

Pros

  • 3rd Party Integrations
  • Everything in one space. A lot of templates to choose from.
  • Their AI writing assistant is super helpful.

Cons

  • AI for editing images is disappointed. Not working, and not functioning.
  • I would love to customize the borders of the images individually to make for example the right one is 30 angle and the left one is 20 and etc.
  • Their pricing models is super heavy.

Return on Investment

  • Cost savings (design spend)
  • Using Brand Kit/templates made our external materials look more consistent
  • Template-driven designs can look generic unless you enforce brand rules.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Powerpoint

Canva for Non-Profits.

Jo Mor
Director for HR in Human Resources at The North Church (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have Canva Premium for Non-Profits, allowing our team to have up to 50 users receive premium features at no charge.

Pros

  • Collaboration - We can create templates that the whole team can use to suit their specific needs.
  • History - We maintain a record of our previous actions in various situations.
  • Great tools and features - Canva offers a robust set of tools and features that enable us to create visually appealing products.
  • Convenience - Once a product is created in Canva, we can place an order for printing right through Canva.

Cons

  • They can continue to work on being more intuitive. Our users spend time Googling how to do something in Canva that would likely be more readily obvious in other products.

Return on Investment

  • Financial savings - non-profits receive up to 50 free users.
  • Happier staff - they have a tool they can use to accomplish tasks, and one that offers help along the way.
  • Negative - It isn't a professional graphic design tool so what we create will never have the same polish those tools can create.

Usability

Best graphic design platform

Verified User
Employee in Marketing (501-1000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Canva for any graphic design needs related to my marketing communication campaigns in channels like email, push notification, and in-app message. Canva is very user-friendly and it helps me stay efficient in my content creation process. It facilitates collaboration with my colleagues in case I need their quick reviews before moving forward with a graphic.

Pros

  • Templates
  • Integration with 3rd-party platforms
  • AI features and assistance

Cons

  • Need for more advanced image and video editing features
  • Need for More AI-powered partner platforms that don’t require additional subscriptions besides what’s already included in Canva Pro

Return on Investment

  • Timely delivery of campaigns
  • Higher campaign engagement

Usability

Other Software Used

Braze