Available worldwide
What is Canva?
A cloud-based platform for creating visual content such as graphics, presentations, and marketing materials. Serves over 220 million monthly active users across 190 countries in 100+ languages.
Canva pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Pro
Business
Enterprise
Contact salesWhat Canva does
The capabilities that matter for design & creative software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Raster / photo editing
- -
- Vector illustration
- -
- DTP / page layout
- ✓
- Digital painting
- -
- Platform breadth
- -
- CMYK / print production
- -
- PSD / AI import
- -
- Real-time collaboration / cloud
- ✓
- Generative AI features
- ✓
- Plugin / template ecosystem
- Templates and design asset library
- Pricing model
- Subscription
- Free / open-source available
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Leonardo.Ai
- Flourish
- Affinity
Canva FAQ
Common questions about Canva, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Canva?
A cloud-based platform for creating visual content such as graphics, presentations, and marketing materials. Serves over 220 million monthly active users across 190 countries in 100+ languages. It is indexed under Design & Creative Software.
Source: https://www.canva.com
Is Canva free?
Canva offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Pro, Business and Enterprise. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.canva.com
What platforms does Canva support?
Canva supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.canva.com
Can Canva be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Canva, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.canva.com
What does Canva integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Canva, including Leonardo.Ai, Flourish and Affinity. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.canva.com
What security certifications does Canva have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Canva. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Canva not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.canva.com/security
Where is Canva available?
Canva is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Australia.
Source: https://www.canva.com
Canva alternatives
Other design & creative software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Affinity PhotoImage editing platform at no cost, with RAW processing, retouching, and batch automationmedium · 54%
- KritaFree digital painting and design applicationmedium · 54%
- Affinity DesignerFree design software for vector illustration, photo editing, and page layoutmedium · 53%
- darktableOpen source photography and raw image editor for photographersmedium · 60%
- Affinity PublisherPage layout application combining typography, image editing, and vector graphics capabilitieslow · 4%
- PhotopeaA browser-based photo editor with professional-grade editing toolsmedium · 54%
Compare Canva
Side by side against other design & creative software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Canva, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 90 | 0.06 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.06 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.04 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.05 | 0.8 | ✓ |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Dtp layout: Yes · Generative ai: Yes · Pricing model: subscription · Free available: Yes · Plugin ecosystem: Templates and design asset library · Realtime collaboration: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: AU · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Security
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