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Canva

Starting at $12.95 per month
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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 is a versatile design tool that has been widely adopted by individuals and businesses for various use cases. Users have found Canva …
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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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Canva - For Everyone

9 out of 10
August 25, 2022
Canva is an excellent online graphic design tool for those who don't have any experience with graphic design. You can design anything like …
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Pro

$12.95

Cloud
per month

Enterprise

$30.00

Cloud
Per Month Per User

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Canva & Flourish Demo

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How to Use Canva in 2022 Beginner Friendly Guide + Live Demo

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Designing Blog Elements in Canva | The Journey

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Canva Demo - How Canva Works

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CANVA DEMO PARTY

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Full Demo of Kittl - Design Like A Pro...Thousands of Examples FREE No Graphic Experience Needed.

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Product Details

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 Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Reviews and Ratings

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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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Oral Tosun | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Using Canva on social media posts has a big effect on its visibility.
  • Canva's fancy design features attract peoples attention.
  • I use Canva's free version. My business benefited from even this free version of Canva. No cost at all.
  • I'm sure that without Canva, there would be fewer followers on social media, like Twitter or Instagram, for my business.
Scott Walker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Takes small jobs off the plate of a graphic designer. That means more time for bigger projects.
  • Speeds graphic design production up by creating a mock-up of the intended project. Our Graphics Department won't need to spend as much time coming up with unique design choices or sending it back and forth for revisions.
  • Keeps your department agile. Especially for social media, Canva's tools can create professional looking graphics in a few minutes, rather than hours.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • It helps me to create very professional newsletters at a very reasonable cost. And those newsletters create a very positive impact on my clients.
  • It saves on stationery design cost also. We design our department's stationery on this tool only.
  • We also design our company's collaterals on this software.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • No negative ROI at all! This software has given us a 10x,20x,30x,40x,50x,100x return on all our money.
  • Canva has glitched before and caused us to lose a lot of time that we value, so I would say that’s the only negative.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • While we are all about supporting artists and paying for artists talent, we are far too small of an organization to have an on-staff artist. Canva allows someone with ok design skills to really produce quality images.
  • The interface is simple to use, allowing us to add thumbnails to social media headers and posts quickly and without slowing down our work flow.
Abigail Nwaocha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Increased engagement on social media posts with images created with Canva, which has especially translated into sales queries on Facebook.
  • Our PDF ebooks have ended up being a great conversation starter with potential clients.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • My organization is able to create thoughtful content at a a much faster rate. This has increased the number of emails, blogs, and newsletters we publish.
  • In the past, my organization would often turn to freelance designers for much of our content creation. With Canva, we do not have to this as often.
  • Canva has freed up time for our most senior graphic designers because Canva allows them to delegate certain tasks to more junior colleagues.
Desirée zambrano | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • You can save some money since it's a great free tool, and you can do things yourself instead of hiring a professional designer
  • I can create attractive and beautiful designs that offer amazing visuals for my company's products.
Jason Glogau | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The key impact Canva has had is creating efficiencies by enabling me to create many of my own graphics, saving time and energy. Most of my needs can be handled immediately within the platform. It not only saves me time (and eliminates wait time), but also saves our designers time.
October 18, 2018

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Adam Montgomery | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Canva allows our sales staff to create quick promotional materials that fit their specific needs instead of having to submit a request to our marketing team.
  • Canva allows our organization to create and publish more content. For example, we now publish a weekly newsletter instead of a monthly newletter.
  • Canva also helps our professional graphic designers spend more time on their designs because they do not have to spend as much time working on basic design materials.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • I managed to impress many of my clients with the speed we managed to turn around and update social media designs. This helped us retain them for longer periods of time
  • You can't go wrong with fancy reports, my managers always expressed their delight whenever I delivered a professional looking elegant report
  • Saved me a lot time that I would've spent learning more complex tools like Photoshop and Illustrator to deliver simple designs.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • The cost was 9.99 per month to use and the amount of time that I was saving with the templates vs that cost was staggering. I range in the $20 - $25 range per hour which I can bill out so being able to work 15 minutes on something in Canva vs 1 hour traditional - makes my ROI high.
  • From another perspective, the cost to the organization is great. If they can have the social media person create a graphic vs the cost of the designer creating the same graphic, their roi is high. The social media person at our organization made less than me so having her do a graphic or two was good for the company's bottom line. I could work on the more complex stuff.
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