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Canva

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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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Canva for the WIN!

9 out of 10
April 30, 2024
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We use Canva for social media content creation. Canva is easy to use in the creation of social media graphics custom-designed for the …
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Honest Canva Review

9 out of 10
March 30, 2023
With Canva, we can create high-quality designs with minimal effort and time. Moreover, Canva offers a collaborative feature that enables …
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I'm Not Happy with the Service

1 out of 10
March 15, 2023
Was looking for a way to easily create social media posts for LinkedIn. In my experience Canva is impressive for creating graphics, but …
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Verified User
Strategist in Social Media
Hospital & Health Care Company, 11-50 employees
Megha Burman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Megha Burman
Graphic Designer
CoinCRED (Financial Services, 11-50 employees)
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$12.95

Cloud
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Enterprise

$30.00

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Per Month Per User

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  • No setup fee
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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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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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Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Canva is a versatile design tool that has been widely adopted by individuals and businesses for various use cases. Users have found Canva helpful in creating social media graphics, resumes, infographics, eBooks, and more. The platform offers limitless built-in templates and media options, making it easy for users to create cohesive and professional external marketing materials.

One of the key use cases of Canva is its ability to help businesses solidify their brand and expand their outreach. Sole proprietors and small businesses use Canva to create images for social media posts, e-mail headers, e-book designs, and PowerPoint slides. It is also used across different departments, including sales, executive offices, and marketing teams, to create content for announcements, event invitations, and community engagement opportunities.

Canva enables businesses to create high-quality designs without outsourcing, reducing costs for lean marketing teams. It is recommended to clients who don't have in-house graphic design capabilities. For example, restaurants use Canva to design menus, event posters, and print marketing materials. Businesses also rely on Canva to create marketing materials such as business Instagram and Facebook posts, logos, banners, and business cards.

Another prominent use case of Canva is in the creation of visual content for ministries and book projects. It allows users to present and promote their content in fun, vibrant, and high-quality visual formats. Canva is used to design blog banners, Amazon A+ banners, web banners, and social media images for book projects.

In addition to these use cases, Canva finds its application in designing ad mockups, graphs, infographics, handouts, flyers, social media visuals, email banners, and more. Its drag-and-drop editor along with various graphics options makes it easy for non-designers within an organization to create innovative presentations or promotional materials.

Overall, Canva's wide range of features and user-friendly interface make it a valuable tool for individuals and businesses alike, helping them create professional-looking designs without the need for extensive design skills or outsourcing.

Users commonly recommend upgrading to the pro option of Canva for social media managers and teams looking to ensure consistent branding across the Internet. Canva Pro is considered a cost-effective alternative to Adobe products, especially for smaller businesses with a lower budget. It is also suggested to try Canva for free to create custom designs and stay on brand. Canva is seen as an ideal tool for basic design work, logo creation, and creating social media graphics and web designs. Users suggest utilizing Canva to quickly generate images for digital campaigns and regain control over branding. Canva is recommended as the ultimate solution for companies without a graphic design department or individuals who want to create images quickly without relying on Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. For teams and companies that are not design-heavy, Canva Pro is recognized as an inexpensive and user-friendly option. Canva for Work is suggested for centralizing brand guidelines and creating social media posts or graphics. Users recommend accessing the tutorials provided by Canva for learning how to effectively use the platform and advise checking the license agreement for $1.00 stock photos before usage. While Canva cannot replace more advanced design software like Photoshop, it is still considered a valuable tool for those with basic graphic design skills. Lastly, users recommend ensuring that the team knows the appropriate colors and fonts to use and uploading logos in PNG format for easy integration.

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May 06, 2021

Great Product!

Emily Hammell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Emily Hammell
Marketing and Social Media Coordinator
Becovic Management Group (Real Estate, 11-50 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It's very good for quick creation of social media posts and flyers, but wouldn't be practical for an in-depth design, like a detailed brochure or multi-page document. It's also very good at creating custom cards or stationary for day-to-day use.
April 30, 2021

Canva: Just choose it... Done!

Aniket Kumar Chaudhary | TrustRadius Reviewer
Aniket Kumar Chaudhary
Content Writer & Data Entry Operator
IT Zone and freelancing (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Cana is worth using if you are a newbie designer. Its subscription plans are not much high. You can make [Facebook] posts, brochures, [info-graphics], graphs and charts; [there] a lot more which I have used. [If] you are going to demand some [3D] designs, you will somewhat [be] [disappointed]. The [color] gradient also needs to be increased.
April 29, 2021

Design social media content like a PRO...even as a beginner

Kelly Gabel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kelly Gabel
Owner
Kelly L Gabel Coaching (Professional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I am a tech-savvy business coach and I recommend platforms and tools to my clients and audience daily. I recommend Canva to most of my clients but especially to those who want to get started using Pinterest for their business. Creating Fresh Pins regularly (which is what the platform wants now) would take so much longer and be far more frustrating without Canva.
April 26, 2021

Can-do Canva

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Thomas White
Web Content Specialist
Scully & Scully (Retail, 51-200 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It's well suited for small to medium businesses that don't have a full staff of designers available to create content at any time. It's a powerful tool to create content quickly for use on social media, in emails, on websites, and more. Power users of Photoshop and professional image software would likely find it extremely limiting. Large companies would be better off with enterprise-level software. Smaller companies would benefit greatly from the free option.
April 15, 2021

Canva: Reinventing How the World Sees Your Point of View

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Carly McPartland
1st Grade Teacher
Greater Latrobe School District (Education Management, 201-500 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva is a fantastic resource for anyone who has limited time and resources but needs to accomplish many tasks at once. Through just this site, I am able to create classroom posters, header illustrations for my Google Classroom, a social media post welcoming students back, as well as a visually-attractive handout for parents to remind them of the most important facts heading back to school. I did not have to search the web for multiple sites, create multiple accounts, and learn multiple programs. It was all through Canva -- and the products were nothing short of spectacular.
April 15, 2021

Canva has changed my game!

Kathryn Juarez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kathryn Juarez
Community Relations Director
Boley Centers, Inc. (Mental Health Care, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva makes designing easy and inexpensive! I love the ability it provides me to create new logos, engaging graphics and multiple file formats. If I am in need of a fresh idea for a printed or digital item, Canva also has great built-in templates which I can use and make my own or use to spur my creativity. The quality of the final documents is high and I love using the program.
April 15, 2021

Canva the tool for all user levels

Kevin Miller | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kevin Miller
Owner
Visionforce Solutions LLC (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva is suited for all levels of users from beginner without design skills and also professional designers. It has a range of tools that beginners will learn to pick up quickly and it comes with a pretty robust learning environment if you need it. If you run a business or event planning Canva is right for you.
April 15, 2021

Canva: A Powerful Tool to Grow an Organization with a Small Budget

Adam Reiley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Adam Reiley
Manager of Operations
SAVING SUSAN MINISTRY (Non-profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva is well-suited to creating social media posts, graphics pieces for mailers, and presentations. It is not designed for more complicated or detailed graphics work, like editing or adjusting images, "photoshopping," etc. It works very well for small to medium-sized nonprofits without the budget to pay a professional graphics designer.
April 14, 2021

Say Goodbye to the Shackles of Microsoft!

Genie Huff-Forkner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Genie Huff-Forkner
Co-Owner, Executive Director of Marketing & Public Relations
New Media Vegas, LLC (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Creating a series of seamlessly branded social media graphics is as simple as a few clicks. Not the best choice if you're looking for a tool to design large-format graphics for print, such as banners, step-n-repeat backgrounds or other items that need to be formatted in CMYK or otherwise prepared for production.
April 14, 2021

Novices rejoice!

Andy Fuller | TrustRadius Reviewer
Andy Fuller
Director of Strategic Content
University of Notre Dame (Higher Education, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva is used by our content team to develop professional-grade graphics for digital platforms quickly and efficiently. It is a great way to ensure quality and proper sizing for various channels. For longer-term projects we often use custom-designed graphics, but for getting the word out quickly, Canva is a great solution.

It is not a replacement for good design instincts, however. You still should familiarize yourself with principles of good design and layout before using Canva.
April 14, 2021

Canva for the win!

EH
Elizabeth Hyman
Director of Operations
Kome Sushi Kitchen (Restaurants, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Any situation where you need to create any kind of media, Canva is great for. I think it excels in building out items for a website, marketing email or social media posts. It is great for teams that work on design elements together because one person can trade-off to another mid-project and it updates that fast.
April 13, 2021

Canva is great for smaller companies, for non-professional designers, for quick turnaround

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Aaron Steinberg
CGO
insideARM (Media Production, 1-10 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva is really well suited to a small staff like ours, where we have no dedicated graphic design professionals on staff. I create the majority of our graphic design work - for landing pages, headers, email blasts, brochures, guides and more. My colleagues do also create whitepaper covers, thumbnail graphics and headers, despite not having much if any graphic design skills. They can also work from templates I've designed.
April 13, 2021

Canva: Use it. Like it. Love it.

Verified User
Program Manager in Sales
Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva is a great tool if you want to quickly design marketing materials, but you don't have the expertise of an actual graphic designer, nor do you want to pay for one. Professionally, I've used Canva to quickly create sponsor thank you slides, one-pagers, web graphics, and even to help with formatting images. I had about 40 different company logos and I needed them all to be the same size/pixels for our website. I'm sure there are other ways to do it, but I was able to create a simple template in Canva and drag and drop each logo, and then save/download each file to get what I needed. Canva allowed me to do this pretty efficiently, it would have taken a lot more time (with a lot more frustration) in a different clunkier program. Personally, I've also used Canva to create a vision board and it made the process fun, simple, and efficient.
April 11, 2021

Really useful, great free features

MM
Melissa Meece
Owner / GM
Firefly Restaurant (Restaurants, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva is great if you need to create graphics/posters/social media posts and you have no graphic design skills. Their templates are really easy to use and have a great professional look and it's easy to plug in your own graphics. I'm always astounded at the professional look I can get with their help, mostly at no cost. Some of their graphics cost $1-2 to use, and some of their features like organizing your uploaded photos, or resizing your design, are paid features. But for the most part, you can do much of what you need for free.

I find scrolling through their templates to be inspirational and I get great ideas for my marketing. Although I do find there are a ton of duplicate templates that are almost exactly the same and sometimes none are exactly what I need (for instance, if I have a specific social media post idea in mind). I wish there were a way to "favorite" templates to come back to and use later.
April 08, 2021

Canva Allows Everyone to Be a Designer

Kristi Porter | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kristi Porter
Chief Do-Gooder
Signify (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I recommend Canva all the time to peers, friends, and clients! If you don't have a graphic designer on your staff or can't afford to contract all your graphic needs out out, Canva is a terrific solutions! Even when you have the money, it's also great for when you need to create something quickly and don't want to take the time to contract it out for a fast turnaround. And there are so many templates to choose from, and you can almost always find what you need or adapt it to fit your needs. At it's core, Canva allows pretty much anyone to be a designer!
April 08, 2021

Canva is a 10 out of 10!

Reagan Baird Edwards | TrustRadius Reviewer
Reagan Baird Edwards
Minister, Writer, Speaker, and Life Coach
34:18 Ministries (Professional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva is useful for anyone who needs to create any kinds of graphics for any reason. There are templates available to use for almost every type of social media platform (including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter). You can also use Canva to design beautiful graphics for print media, as well (such as business cards, flyers, infographics, and more).
April 08, 2021

Canva is the easiest tool for graphic design

Verified User
Consultant in Marketing
Marketing & Advertising Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Canva is a must have for anyone working with graphics and design. It is such as easy and efficient tool that I couldn't imagine leaving Canva behind completely. Other tools may be more helpful when dealing with significant image manipulation and design creation for technical projects. However Canva will always be my preferred platform for quick social media and marketing material design.
April 07, 2021

Create stunning images to use for Social Media and Marketing

Verified User
Manager in Corporate
Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
As a free user you have a limited variety available but still lots of options to create great images for all kinds of purposes. Social Media Managers, Bloggers, Marketing Department and more can take advantage of this easy to use. Anyone that finds Photoshop too complex will be happy with Canva as it is easy to use and figure out. If the company requires more complex artistic images then Canva might not be the right option to choose.
April 07, 2021

Canva has saved me valuable time on my marketing projects and turned up the wow factor!

Saralyn Scherer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Saralyn Scherer
Director Of Affiliate Marketing
Liquid Web (Marketing & Advertising, 501-1000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
If you plan on doing any type of designing or using any imagery, Canva is a must-fave! Even in your personal life, I've used Canva to design resumes for my friends, party invitations, and cute Instagram stories. For work, it allows me to make my own material without putting in a request with our design team and waiting weeks for a small newsletter banner. The power is in my hands and I'm able to work smarter, not harder.
April 07, 2021

Powerful, easy to learn, and affordable!

Verified User
Project Manager in Social Media
Education Management Company, 201-500 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It's not perfect, but it's the best I have found that does what I need to get done for my job. It's suited well for anything social media related. There is such a wide variety of templates available that even the beginner to graphic design can make some pretty captivating graphics with Canva. It's not appropriate if your main work duties involve creating spreadsheets and/or Word documents.
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