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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (66.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free
Adobe Express
Star Rating
(713)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(6,270)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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- Users report that Canva excels in its user-friendly interface, scoring 9.4 in Ease of Use, while Adobe Express, with a score of 8.9, is noted for being slightly less intuitive, making Canva a preferred choice for those new to design.
- Reviewers mention that Canva's extensive template library, scoring 9.5, offers a wider variety of options compared to Adobe Express's 8.7, which is particularly beneficial for small businesses looking to create diverse marketing materials quickly.
- G2 users highlight Canva's superior image upload feature, scoring 9.5, which allows for seamless integration of personal images, while Adobe Express, with a score of 9.4, is slightly behind but still offers solid functionality.
- Users on G2 report that Adobe Express shines in AI capabilities, particularly with its AI Text-to-Image feature scoring 8.5, compared to Canva's 7.6, making it a better option for those looking to leverage AI in their design process.
- Reviewers mention that Canva's collaboration tools, scoring 8.6, are effective for team projects, although Adobe Express's score of 8.7 indicates it also provides good collaborative features, making both platforms suitable for team environments.
- Users say that Canva's quality of support, with a score of 8.8, is slightly better than Adobe Express's 8.7, indicating that users may find more responsive assistance when using Canva for their design needs.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Adobe Express
Free Plan
$0.00
For individuals who want basic content creation tools, limited generative AI credits and assets.
- Templates: Access to 100,000+ static and video templates
- Assets: 1M+ royalty-free Adobe Stock photos, videos, music tracks, and design elements
- Fonts: Access to 4,000+ fonts from the Adobe Fonts collection.
Canva
Canva Free
Free
Everything you need to start designing
- Easy drag-and-drop editor
- 1M+ professionally-designed templates
- 1000+ design types (social posts, presentations and more)
Free Trial
Adobe Express
Free Trial is available
Canva
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
379
9.2
4,860
Ease of Use
8.9
615
9.4
4,912
Ease of Setup
8.9
383
9.6
1,509
Ease of Admin
9.5
78
9.4
835
Quality of Support
8.7
302
8.8
3,592
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
73
9.4
765
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
368
9.4
4,752
Features by Category
Reports
Not enough data
8.8
433
Not enough data
8.8
430
Not enough data
9.1
500
Not enough data
8.7
417
Not enough data
9.1
459
Self Service
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
Not enough data
8.8
433
Not enough data
8.8
430
Not enough data
9.1
500
Not enough data
8.7
417
Not enough data
9.1
459
Reports
Not enough data
8.7
389
Not enough data
8.7
389
Not enough data
8.7
379
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.5
204
Not enough data
8.3
200
Visualization
Not enough data
9.2
459
Not enough data
8.9
390
Not enough data
9.0
422
Not enough data
9.1
463
Data Updates
Not enough data
8.7
378
Not enough data
9.0
421
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.4
466
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
466
Data Updates
Not enough data
8.7
396
Not enough data
9.0
451
Not enough data
8.6
385
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Productivity Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
9.4
63
9.5
2469
8.4
63
8.6
2451
9.0
64
9.3
2462
8.9
63
9.1
2383
Design & Editing
8.7
64
8.9
2417
9.2
63
8.9
2462
9.0
63
8.9
2387
Ad Management
8.5
63
8.8
1723
9.1
62
9.1
2198
8.2
64
8.5
1484
Analytics
8.1
62
Feature Not Available
7.6
61
Feature Not Available
8.1
60
Feature Not Available
Grammar
Not enough data
8.6
64
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
8.8
62
Formatting
Not enough data
7.7
62
Not enough data
8.1
59
Not enough data
7.8
58
Content
Not enough data
8.6
62
Not enough data
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.1
59
Product Type
Not enough data
8.6
59
Not enough data
8.3
59
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.0
54
Not enough data
8.6
53
Design Tools
Not enough data
8.6
59
Not enough data
8.9
59
Not enough data
8.5
59
Not enough data
9.3
59
Not enough data
9.2
59
Communication Tools
Not enough data
8.2
58
Not enough data
8.6
59
Integrations
Not enough data
8.7
54
Not enough data
8.7
58
Software Offering
Not enough data
8.7
58
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
8.8
56
Agentic AI - Collaborative Whiteboard
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
8.5
43
Not enough data
8.6
46
Platform Basics
Not enough data
9.1
313
Not enough data
9.0
314
Not enough data
9.5
315
Platform Content
Not enough data
8.6
306
Not enough data
9.2
314
Not enough data
9.0
311
Not enough data
9.2
310
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
7.4
298
Not enough data
8.5
299
Not enough data
8.7
294
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
277
Not enough data
7.6
278
Not enough data
7.1
273
Not enough data
7.6
272
Not enough data
6.9
269
Not enough data
7.2
270
Not enough data
7.6
272
Design
8.7
67
9.5
498
9.0
66
9.2
498
8.9
63
9.3
489
8.7
66
9.2
494
8.4
61
9.0
481
8.5
65
9.1
481
Platform Additional Functionality
8.2
55
8.8
439
8.6
63
9.2
482
Performance Tracking
Not enough data
8.8
655
Not enough data
8.8
616
Not enough data
9.2
675
Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
693
Not enough data
8.8
630
Not enough data
9.0
661
Not enough data
9.0
632
Editing
8.6
42
Not enough data
8.3
41
Not enough data
8.8
45
Not enough data
8.2
40
Not enough data
8.9
44
Not enough data
9.0
48
Not enough data
8.9
47
Not enough data
Platform
9.5
44
Not enough data
9.1
45
Not enough data
8.8
41
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.7
37
Not enough data
8.3
34
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Editing
7.8
32
Not enough data
8.0
32
Not enough data
8.7
32
Not enough data
8.4
32
Not enough data
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
8.5
114
Not enough data
9.1
112
Not enough data
7.8
111
Not enough data
8.1
106
Search
Not enough data
8.0
110
Not enough data
7.7
91
Not enough data
7.1
93
Not enough data
8.0
92
Permissions
Not enough data
7.5
91
Not enough data
8.2
107
Not enough data
8.3
107
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
111
Not enough data
9.1
111
Not enough data
9.3
109
Agentic AI - Brand Asset Management
Not enough data
7.1
84
Not enough data
7.3
84
Not enough data
7.3
83
Not enough data
7.6
83
Not enough data
7.3
83
Not enough data
7.4
84
Image Generation
Not enough data
8.6
216
Not enough data
8.4
219
Not enough data
9.0
208
Not enough data
8.7
206
Not enough data
8.9
212
Advanced Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
206
Not enough data
8.1
205
Not enough data
8.1
201
Not enough data
9.1
210
Model
Not enough data
8.3
206
Not enough data
8.9
203
Not enough data
8.6
196
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
7.9
460
Publishing
Not enough data
8.4
468
Social Media
Not enough data
8.6
472
Planning
Not enough data
7.8
483
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
451
Not enough data
7.3
430
Not enough data
7.3
441
Not enough data
7.2
444
Not enough data
6.7
440
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
276
Not enough data
7.4
273
Not enough data
7.4
272
Not enough data
7.6
274
Not enough data
7.3
271
Not enough data
7.3
271
Not enough data
7.5
273
Generative AI
8.6
51
7.6
618
8.0
50
7.2
528
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
8.6
38
7.8
256
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.4
103
Not enough data
8.1
100
Not enough data
8.3
100
Not enough data
8.8
102
Not enough data
8.3
96
Not enough data
8.3
97
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.8
101
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.2
100
Not enough data
8.9
99
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.8
98
Not enough data
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.6
98
Not enough data
8.4
97
Logistics - Print Fulfillment
Not enough data
8.8
76
Not enough data
8.5
75
Agentic AI - Print Fulfillment Services
Not enough data
7.8
42
Customization - Print Fulfillment
Not enough data
8.7
75
Not enough data
8.8
74
Not enough data
9.3
75
Video creation - Video Content Creation
8.1
37
7.8
285
8.4
37
7.5
267
8.4
37
8.4
283
9.0
38
8.9
286
8.3
36
8.3
281
8.5
37
8.3
265
8.4
37
7.5
263
8.0
37
7.8
281
8.6
38
8.6
275
Distribution - Video Content Creation
8.3
36
7.7
261
7.8
36
8.0
272
8.9
37
9.0
276
Analytics - Video Content Creation
8.0
34
7.6
256
8.0
34
7.5
254
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.3
37
8.0
272
8.2
37
8.2
271
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.6
36
8.6
268
8.1
34
8.5
267
8.2
35
8.1
264
Other - Video Content Creation
8.6
34
8.7
272
8.4
34
8.6
272
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
7.9
32
7.8
168
8.2
32
7.8
165
Functionality - Logo Design Tools
Not enough data
9.3
414
Not enough data
8.8
412
Not enough data
8.9
408
Not enough data
9.2
414
Not enough data
9.0
409
Not enough data
9.1
413
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
Not enough data
8.5
138
Not enough data
8.8
136
Not enough data
8.9
137
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
Not enough data
8.8
135
Not enough data
8.8
135
Not enough data
8.7
135
Customizations
Not enough data
9.4
72
Not enough data
9.5
71
Not enough data
7.9
68
Not enough data
8.1
70
Growth
Not enough data
7.4
64
Not enough data
7.4
64
Not enough data
8.5
64
Not enough data
7.3
64
Not enough data
7.7
63
Content
Not enough data
7.6
66
Not enough data
8.0
65
Not enough data
8.6
63
Not enough data
7.5
63
Support
Not enough data
8.5
63
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Adobe Express and Canva are categorized as Desktop Publishing, Photo Editing, Display Ad Design, and Video Content Creation
Unique Categories
Adobe Express is categorized as Video Editing
Canva is categorized as AI Content Creation Platforms, Logo Design Tools, AI Video Generators, AI Image Generators, Design Systems, AI Writing Assistant, Content Creation, Data Visualization, Print Fulfillment Services, Brand Asset Management, Collaborative Whiteboard, Presentation, and Website Builder
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Adobe Express
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Canva
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
13.2%
Higher Education
6.6%
Design
6.5%
Graphic Design
5.7%
Education Management
4.7%
Other
63.3%
Marketing and Advertising
13.7%
Information Technology and Services
6.7%
Computer Software
5.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.1%
Higher Education
4.1%
Other
65.3%
Discussions
What's the easiest way to integrate with FB groups
3 Comments
SW
Just ask for a Facebook channel to be set up and find the group on the drop down. You have to allow CCal access in Fb settings first. ‘Ask for help’ in the...Read more
How do I flip one of the text shapes 180 degrees without making the text upside down?
2 Comments
PD
At the bottom of each text you insert on your logo or image, there is a small round button that you can use to position your text at any angle.Read more
Is Adobe spark really free?
2 Comments
NC
Yes, it really is! They have a paid version as well with more features, but even with the free version, you get access to thousands of templates, stock...Read more
Can you use Canva designs for commercial purposes?
21 Comments
HD
Definitely you can use canva design for commercial purpose. But you have to make sure which branding and all using under design have no copyright issue and...Read more
What is included in Canva Pro?
16 Comments
PD
you can access premium features like Background remover,more templates,transparent image.
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How do I curve text in Canva?
15 Comments
JT
Hi,
I have been using Canva for over a year now and I don't think they have a feature yet that allows you to create curved text. The most you can do is...Read more
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