Compare Adobe Express and Canva 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (58.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (66.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free
Adobe Express
Star Rating
(815)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (58.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansCanva
Star Rating
(7,275)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Canva excels in user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher overall score compared to Adobe Express. Users appreciate its intuitive interface and the ability to create professional designs quickly, with one user noting the platform's ready templates and easy editing features that streamline the design process.
- According to verified reviews, Canva's implementation process is praised for its simplicity, with many users highlighting the friendly UI that allows users of all skill levels to navigate the platform without confusion. In contrast, while Adobe Express is also described as user-friendly, some users are still in the learning phase, indicating a steeper learning curve for new users.
- Users say that Canva's extensive library of templates and design assets is a standout feature, making it easy to create a variety of content types. One user specifically mentioned the infinite templates available for posters and presentations, which enhances creativity and efficiency. Adobe Express, while offering customization options, does not match the breadth of Canva's template offerings.
- Reviewers mention that Canva's performance in video content creation is particularly strong, with a high satisfaction score reflecting its capabilities. Users enjoy features like animations and drag-and-drop editing, which make video creation straightforward. Adobe Express, however, has received lower ratings in this area, suggesting it may not meet the needs of users focused on video projects.
- Users highlight that both platforms offer solid support, but Canva edges out with a slightly higher quality of support rating. Reviewers appreciate Canva's responsiveness and helpful resources, while Adobe Express users have noted its customizable tools that aid in their workflow, though some still seek improvements in support responsiveness.
- According to recent feedback, Canva's strong market presence is reflected in its large user base, with over 6,000 reviews compared to Adobe Express's 751. This volume of feedback contributes to a more reliable understanding of user experiences, with many praising Canva for its quick implementation and overall effectiveness in meeting 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
432
9.2
5,218
Ease of Use
8.9
670
9.4
5,284
Ease of Setup
8.9
439
9.6
1,871
Ease of Admin
9.4
84
9.4
1,066
Quality of Support
8.7
338
8.8
3,878
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.1
79
9.4
990
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
416
9.4
5,085
Features by Category
Reports
Not enough data
8.8
436
Not enough data
8.9
438
Not enough data
9.1
513
Not enough data
8.7
422
Not enough data
9.1
467
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
436
Not enough data
8.9
438
Not enough data
9.1
513
Not enough data
8.7
422
Not enough data
9.1
467
Reports
Not enough data
8.7
391
Not enough data
8.8
391
Not enough data
8.7
381
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.5
209
Not enough data
8.3
203
Visualization
Not enough data
9.2
465
Not enough data
8.9
392
Not enough data
9.1
426
Not enough data
9.2
467
Data Updates
Not enough data
8.7
381
Not enough data
9.0
422
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.4
469
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
469
Data Updates
Not enough data
8.7
401
Not enough data
9.0
457
Not enough data
8.6
388
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
9.5
69
9.5
2589
8.5
67
8.7
2561
9.3
72
9.3
2713
8.9
59
9.1
2451
Design & Editing
8.8
61
8.9
2507
9.2
65
8.9
2567
9.2
61
8.9
2466
Ad Management
8.5
58
8.8
1769
9.2
59
9.1
2279
8.4
61
8.5
1519
Analytics
8.0
55
Feature Not Available
7.4
54
Feature Not Available
8.1
52
Feature Not Available
Grammar
Not enough data
8.7
64
Not enough data
8.4
64
Not enough data
8.9
62
Formatting
Not enough data
7.7
61
Not enough data
8.2
59
Not enough data
7.8
58
Content
Not enough data
8.6
61
Not enough data
8.9
62
Not enough data
8.2
58
Product Type
Not enough data
8.7
59
Not enough data
8.3
59
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.0
55
Not enough data
8.6
53
Design Tools
Not enough data
8.5
69
Not enough data
9.0
70
Not enough data
8.5
71
Not enough data
9.3
74
Not enough data
9.2
76
Communication Tools
Not enough data
8.2
66
Not enough data
8.6
68
Integrations
Not enough data
8.6
59
Not enough data
8.7
69
Software Offering
Not enough data
8.7
69
Not enough data
8.9
70
Not enough data
8.6
72
Agentic AI - Collaborative Whiteboard
Not enough data
8.6
53
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
8.5
54
Platform Basics
Not enough data
9.2
379
Not enough data
9.1
358
Not enough data
9.5
373
Platform Content
Not enough data
8.6
334
Not enough data
9.3
395
Not enough data
9.1
350
Not enough data
9.3
362
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
7.5
311
Not enough data
8.6
327
Not enough data
8.8
323
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
301
Not enough data
7.7
297
Not enough data
7.2
289
Not enough data
7.6
286
Not enough data
6.9
278
Not enough data
7.3
283
Not enough data
7.6
291
Design
8.8
101
9.5
516
9.0
82
9.2
508
8.9
75
9.2
501
8.8
72
9.2
500
8.4
63
9.1
487
8.5
86
9.2
491
Platform Additional Functionality
8.4
68
8.8
451
8.7
69
9.2
489
Performance Tracking
Not enough data
8.8
664
Not enough data
8.7
616
Not enough data
9.2
684
Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
708
Not enough data
8.8
636
Not enough data
9.0
675
Not enough data
8.9
641
Editing
8.2
39
Not enough data
8.1
36
Not enough data
8.9
43
Not enough data
8.1
36
Not enough data
8.9
40
Not enough data
9.0
48
Not enough data
9.0
48
Not enough data
Platform
9.6
42
Not enough data
9.1
42
Not enough data
8.8
40
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
36
Not enough data
8.0
32
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Editing
7.6
29
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
8.4
30
Not enough data
8.2
29
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
8.7
140
Not enough data
9.2
134
Not enough data
7.7
127
Not enough data
8.0
115
Search
Not enough data
8.0
115
Not enough data
7.7
93
Not enough data
7.0
95
Not enough data
8.0
97
Permissions
Not enough data
7.5
93
Not enough data
8.3
110
Not enough data
8.4
112
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
123
Not enough data
9.1
125
Not enough data
9.3
125
Agentic AI - Brand Asset Management
Not enough data
7.0
86
Not enough data
7.2
86
Not enough data
7.5
85
Not enough data
7.5
85
Not enough data
7.3
86
Not enough data
7.3
85
Image Generation
Not enough data
8.6
230
Not enough data
8.3
244
Not enough data
9.1
230
Not enough data
8.7
221
Not enough data
9.0
232
Advanced Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
220
Not enough data
8.1
218
Not enough data
8.2
212
Not enough data
9.1
234
Model
Not enough data
8.3
217
Not enough data
8.9
220
Not enough data
8.7
208
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
9.4
76
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
9.4
37
Planning
Not enough data
7.9
485
Publishing
Not enough data
8.5
494
Social Media
Not enough data
8.7
518
Planning
Not enough data
7.9
514
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
485
Not enough data
7.4
458
Not enough data
7.3
471
Not enough data
7.3
474
Not enough data
6.7
463
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
7.4
296
Not enough data
7.5
292
Not enough data
7.5
294
Not enough data
7.7
298
Not enough data
7.4
292
Not enough data
7.5
291
Not enough data
7.7
298
Generative AI
8.7
49
7.6
633
7.9
42
7.2
536
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
8.6
37
7.9
268
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.5
103
Not enough data
8.1
96
Not enough data
8.3
96
Not enough data
8.9
99
Not enough data
8.3
92
Not enough data
8.3
94
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
99
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.3
99
Not enough data
9.0
97
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.9
96
Not enough data
8.6
96
Not enough data
8.5
95
Logistics - Print Fulfillment
Not enough data
8.8
76
Not enough data
8.6
74
Agentic AI - Print Fulfillment Services
Not enough data
7.8
41
Customization - Print Fulfillment
Not enough data
8.6
75
Not enough data
8.8
75
Not enough data
9.3
77
Video creation - Video Content Creation
8.0
34
7.8
296
8.1
33
7.6
278
8.5
39
8.4
305
8.7
40
9.0
308
8.5
34
8.3
292
8.2
33
8.3
276
8.2
34
7.5
269
7.9
34
7.8
298
8.8
39
8.6
287
Distribution - Video Content Creation
8.3
34
7.7
266
7.6
33
8.0
280
8.8
36
9.0
292
Analytics - Video Content Creation
7.9
35
7.7
264
7.8
33
7.5
259
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.3
33
8.0
279
8.4
35
8.2
284
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.5
34
8.6
277
8.0
32
8.5
283
8.0
33
8.1
274
Other - Video Content Creation
8.6
35
8.8
287
8.2
33
8.6
283
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
7.8
33
7.8
176
8.0
32
7.9
174
Functionality - Logo Design Tools
Not enough data
9.3
432
Not enough data
8.9
421
Not enough data
9.0
415
Not enough data
9.3
432
Not enough data
9.0
423
Not enough data
9.2
424
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
Not enough data
8.6
151
Not enough data
8.9
150
Not enough data
9.0
151
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
Not enough data
8.9
146
Not enough data
8.9
144
Not enough data
8.8
144
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
Platform basics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customizations
Not enough data
9.5
90
Not enough data
9.6
79
Not enough data
7.8
67
Not enough data
8.1
71
Growth
Not enough data
7.5
63
Not enough data
7.4
64
Not enough data
8.6
67
Not enough data
7.4
64
Not enough data
7.8
64
Content
Not enough data
7.7
66
Not enough data
8.1
66
Not enough data
8.6
61
Not enough data
7.5
61
Support
Not enough data
8.7
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, Website Builder, and AI Presentation Tools
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
12.6%
Higher Education
6.9%
Design
6.8%
Graphic Design
5.7%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.6%
Other
63.3%
Marketing and Advertising
13.8%
Information Technology and Services
6.9%
Computer Software
5.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.0%
Education Management
4.1%
Other
65.0%
Discussions
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3 Comments
DK
Adobe spark is no more, it's called Adobe Express. Think canva on steroids with the backing of Adobe stock photos and images.Read more
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
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2 Comments
RB
Adobe Express is used to quickly create branded graphics, social media posts, short videos, webpages/landing pages, and marketing materials using templates,...Read more
Can you use Canva designs for commercial purposes?
24 Comments
MS
Yes provided you have signed up for the PRO Version to use licensed photosRead more
What is included in Canva Pro?
23 Comments
JS
1000's of Templates, Elements, graphics, photographs, designsRead more
What are the features of Canva?
16 Comments
MW
Infographics, Collaborative projects, slide themes, lots of free high quality photos and graphics to create your own. Deployment for educations really really...Read more
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