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4.7
(4,508)
by Canva Pty Ltd
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Canva Reviews & Product Details

Canva Overview
What is Canva?

Canva is an easy to use graphic design and video editing platform that lets users create, design, and publish original artwork using a simple drag-and-drop editor. The platform comes with thousands of design templates and layouts for numerous projects, including social media posts, presentations, videos, posters, flyers and more.

Company Canva Pty Ltd
Year founded 2012
Company size 1001-5000 employees
Headquarters Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Canva Product Details
Capabilities
AI
API
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
Canva Pros and Cons
Pros
  • Simplicity: Canva is delightful to use. You can search for stock images and videos in seconds, drag and drop elements into place, and experiment with a huge range of filters and effects.
  • Free plan: If you’re not sure how many visual assets you need yet, you can start with the free plan and work your way up.
  • Versatile: You can create a lot of different kinds of graphics easily with Canva, including logos, Facebook posts, email marketing templates, and landing pages.
  • Convenient easy-to-use environment for beginners
  • Thousands of templates, icons, photos, fonts and other assets
Cons
  • You don’t get the full control with Canva that you get with more advanced marketing tools. There aren’t as many layers as possible and advanced features to explore.
  • Can be a little slow as a browser-based product.
  • Very limited editing options
  • No layering or re-adjustment options
Canva Awards
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Canva Features
Templates
File Storage
Publishing Formats
Saved Preferences
Layout Editor
Image Upload
Variety Of Banner Types
Stock Image Library
Drag & Drop Editing
Shape & Clip Art
Scale
Font Selection
Ad Sets
Export As Different File Types
Schedule
Cross-Channel Ad Serving (display
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Last updated: May 20, 2024
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4,508 Canva Reviews
4.7 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 09, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Ariel C.
Social Media Specialist; Hr Specialist
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"It's Easy to Use and GREAT for beginners"
What do you like best about Canva?

Easy to use, it's free for the most part. The pics you DO decide to purchase are only a dollar at most. Definitely the most user-friendly in it's industry.

What do you dislike about Canva?

Nothing yet, but i haven't implemented it with other functions/software, so if it's easily compatible with other apps, that'd be a big plus.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

Social media Posts, Blog Headers, Pictures, Collages, even flyers! It's a one-stop shop for all things visual and creative that is needed when marketing a company. It's beneficial because you don't really have to know the first thing about design, you just go on there and it's user-friendly so just play with it until you get the hang of it.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 08, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Natasha R.
Group Fitness Instructor
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"Love for Canva"
What do you like best about Canva?

I love that you can choose from so many templates to get you started. Once you choose the template of your choice then you are allowed multiple options from text to shapes and so much more. The free option allows you to do so much without paying a dime for it. You can also make various documents for various events.

What do you dislike about Canva?

I wish that on the free version you were allowed to rotate your document. I would also like the ability to rotate a group of text and objects, instead of having to do each item separately.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is much simpler than using a word doc. It provides plenty of freedom to the customer to move, turn, resize and so much more.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 08, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Lindsay M.
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"Great system for someone marketing that doesn't have a lot of design experience."
What do you like best about Canva?

It is easy to use. It has a lot of great in-program pictures and things that you can use on marketing pieces. For someone without a graphic design background, it is easy to use and creates great pieces of marketing.

What do you dislike about Canva?

Not a whole lot honestly. It is a great program.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

Making our marketing professional looking. Easy/fast design for turnaround.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 08, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Courtney H.
Owner
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"Stupid simple for anyone"
What do you like best about Canva?

The ease of use. It's so sleek and clean with tons of design options!

What do you dislike about Canva?

Some clunky process to get things laid out right.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cheaper to design things myself than outsource.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 07, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Angelo O.
Graphic Designer Capo
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"I like Canva for quick and simple projects"
What do you like best about Canva?

Canva is lovely. I like to use it for simple and quick works, the interface is simple and userfriendly, the disposition of the tools is intuitive and it offers you a lot of templates, images, illustrations, and fonts that you can use in your projects. The exporting settings are great since you can export the files in jpg or png (and this, depending on the work you're doing, are two great formats).

What do you dislike about Canva?

You can't use videos or gifs in it, and this can be a problem, especially if you're using it for social media.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

Canva gives us a lot of help saving time and creating professional looking infographics and social media graphics. Some clients projects require a lot of graphic work and for the simple parts we use Canva avaoiding the professional software that can appear slow and too much complicated for simple projects. So thanks to canva we can have a professiona result but ina quarter of the time and with half of the efforts.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 05, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Andrea P.
Cofounder And Chief Executive Officer
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"A complete game changer."
What do you like best about Canva?

Before Canva I was doing all of my marketing with different color fonts and word docs. I can't believe how much I got done with the design features offered with Canva. Everything I do looks super professional now, from social media to business flyers. I'm in love!

What do you dislike about Canva?

Absolutely nothing. I love everything that Canva has to offer.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

There isn't one things I do design wise that I don't use Canva for.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Mar 03, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Kim S.
Community Program Coordinator
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"CANVA Review "
What do you like best about Canva?

Variety of templates available for use online

What do you dislike about Canva?

Limited editing and inability to share drafts for others to edit

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

Positive - Professional, finished templates. Negative - Paper sizing when it's time to send drafts to professional printer

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 02, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Kayla C.
Marketing Coordinator
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"One of My Most Used Tools"
What do you like best about Canva?

I love the ease of use as well as all of the resources offered. The templates are one of my most used items at the least for inspiration. I love all the customization that is allowed such as document sizes, adding hex colors, uploading fonts, company colors/logos & fonts. It is also incredibly convenient to be able to download in multiple formats, zip folders or easily share a link for a teammate to edit.

What do you dislike about Canva?

I wish that more of the business/pro features were available, such as images, graphics, uploading of fonts, downloading as a transparent background, etc. - but who doesn't wish that. I think one of the issues I struggle with most is, creating a piece of content, saving it and then downloading only to see the downloaded content does not match the design I made. I have also used tools before with even more features, such as inserting images into text, ungrouping pre-made graphics, animated images, and additional folders for organization.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

Canva has been a great tool for beginner content creators. We have varied experience levels at our company, but no matter your comfort level with creating content - Canva is useful. Anyone can grab inspiration from a curated template or use it as the base of a design for their property's events.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Feb 28, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Werner S.
Graphics And Website Designer
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"Desiging has never been this stylish!"
What do you like best about Canva?

I absolutely love Canva! It is feature rich with loads of templates to choose from. It's very easy to use, yet the end products look very professional! It's great for beginners as well!

What do you dislike about Canva?

I absolutely love Canva! I have no negative comments about using it/designing on this platform.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

When it comes to creating digital/print marketing material, Canva has all of my needs sorted in terms of designing! The end result is beautiful designs from scratch or from their wide selection of templates available.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 23, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Jessica T.
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"Canva is a very user-friendly graphic design tool for non-graphic designers"
What do you like best about Canva?

I love the easy to use interface, and the professional-looking templates. It's easy for a social media manager to quickly create Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn graphics that are consistent with their brand and professional-looking.

What do you dislike about Canva?

There's not much to dislike, but sometimes the site or designs load rather slowly. However since the site is so easy and simple to use, it's something that I put up with willingly.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

The business problem we are solving is the need to quickly create social media posts and infographics for clients that match their brand identity and are professional looking. With Canva, we can design a graphic in under 20 minutes, whereas it would have taken hours with the Adobe Creative Suite.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 15, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Skye S.
Freelance Travel Writer
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"So easy to use! "
What do you like best about Canva?

Canva is so user friendly and intuitive. I love designing things on here. It always looks great even though I'm not a graphic designer

What do you dislike about Canva?

Lots of things aren't free, and I don't like how it always opens multiple windows.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

Quickly designing things I need

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 14, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Jamilia A.
Fashion Manager
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"Canva is a convenient and easy to use application that yields professional quality results "
What do you like best about Canva?

The interface is friendly for anyone and the free resources such as images and text. I love the fact that the templates are high resolution and modern giving my flyers, instagram posts, Facebook cover pages etc. and presentations an extremely professional look. I also have the option to create my own project using custom dimensions. What's also great about Canva is that I can access the my projects on different devices.

What do you dislike about Canva?

There is very little to dislike about Canva but I wished the mobile application had all the resources like text and shapes that the web application has.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

Professional digital content generating tools for social media. Professional presentations Easily developed high quality artwork for print.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Feb 10, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Jessica O.
Small Business Owner / Designer
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"Easy and quick"
What do you like best about Canva?

Allows me to whip up something last minute, keeps my logos and pictures uploaded so I can apply them to anything. Great presets for those who are not design savvy and still very useful for those who are. I just used it today, in and out and inspiring templates are always at the ready if you are drawing a blank!

What do you dislike about Canva?

Limited options and tools, but it fulfills my purposes fine.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

Visual media for bloggers Social media banners Social media posting Brand cohesiveness Pinterest ads Adding titles and banners to photos or posters

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 08, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Shelby S.
Freelance Photographer
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"Best Graphic Design Website"
What do you like best about Canva?

Its super easy to use and is amazing for someone who loves designing new things!

What do you dislike about Canva?

Im limited to how many fonts I can upload of my own, and I wish they had a few different layouts.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use it at my job all the time for promotion layouts.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 07, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Anastasiia N.
Creative Director
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"Easy, but sometimes freezes"
What do you like best about Canva?

Easy to create designs, gives me inspiration on projects when I have no idea what to put together. Nice fonts and image gallery.

What do you dislike about Canva?

Sometimes the website & mobile app tend to freeze... Also, few glitches a week is a normal practice - it won't save my designs and I have to reload a page.

What problems is Canva solving and how is that benefiting you?

Direct marketing projects, social media designs. It's perfect for simple graphic design