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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (88.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$0.00
Canva
Star Rating
(6,491)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.6% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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Star Rating
(825)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Canva excels in ease of use with a score of 9.4, making it a favorite for small businesses looking for quick design solutions. Reviewers mention that the intuitive drag-and-drop interface and extensive template library significantly reduce the learning curve.
- Reviewers mention that Descript, while slightly lower in ease of use at 8.4, offers powerful audio and video editing features, particularly its transcription capabilities, which scored 8.9. Users appreciate the ability to edit audio by editing text, making it a unique tool for content creators.
- G2 users highlight Canva's superior slide design capabilities, scoring 9.0 compared to Descript's 7.5. Reviewers say that Canva's vast array of customizable templates and design elements allows for more visually appealing presentations.
- Users on G2 report that Canva's collaborative features, such as file sharing and messaging, score 9.2 and 7.2 respectively, making it easier for teams to work together on design projects. In contrast, Descript's collaboration tools are seen as less robust, with lower scores in similar areas.
- Reviewers mention that Canva's auto-save feature, scoring 9.5, provides peace of mind during the design process, while Descript's score of 9.2 is still commendable but does not offer the same level of reassurance for users concerned about losing work.
- Users say that while both platforms have strong community support, Canva's community engagement score of 7.8 is higher than Descript's 7.1, indicating a more active user base that can provide assistance and share resources effectively.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
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)
Descript
Free
$0.00
Get started on your creative journey with text-based editing and give our AI tools a spin.
- 1 media hour / month
Free Trial
Canva
Free Trial is available
Descript
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
4,908
8.9
659
Ease of Use
9.4
4,960
8.4
674
Ease of Setup
9.6
1,558
9.0
424
Ease of Admin
9.4
848
8.5
111
Quality of Support
8.8
3,635
8.4
447
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
778
8.7
102
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
4,799
9.1
638
Features by Category
Reports
8.8
435
Not enough data
8.9
432
Not enough data
9.1
504
Not enough data
8.7
419
Not enough data
9.1
461
Not enough data
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
8.8
435
Not enough data
8.9
432
Not enough data
9.1
504
Not enough data
8.7
419
Not enough data
9.1
461
Not enough data
Reports
8.7
390
Not enough data
8.7
390
Not enough data
8.7
380
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
207
Not enough data
8.3
202
Not enough data
Visualization
9.2
462
Not enough data
8.9
392
Not enough data
9.1
424
Not enough data
9.1
465
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.7
380
Not enough data
9.0
422
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.4
468
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
468
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.7
398
Not enough data
9.0
453
Not enough data
8.6
387
Not enough data
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
2492
Not enough data
8.6
2471
Not enough data
9.3
2493
Not enough data
9.1
2399
Not enough data
Design & Editing
8.9
2435
Not enough data
8.9
2483
Not enough data
8.9
2404
Not enough data
Ad Management
8.8
1735
Not enough data
9.1
2216
Not enough data
8.5
1495
Not enough data
Analytics
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Grammar
8.6
65
Not enough data
8.4
64
Not enough data
8.9
63
Not enough data
Formatting
7.7
63
Not enough data
8.2
60
Not enough data
7.8
59
Not enough data
Content
8.6
63
Not enough data
8.9
62
Not enough data
8.2
60
Not enough data
Product Type
8.6
60
Not enough data
8.3
60
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.0
55
Not enough data
8.6
54
Not enough data
Design Tools
8.4
63
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.5
63
Not enough data
9.3
64
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
Communication Tools
8.1
62
Not enough data
8.5
63
Not enough data
Integrations
8.6
57
Not enough data
8.7
62
Not enough data
Software Offering
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
8.7
60
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Collaborative Whiteboard
8.5
49
Not enough data
8.4
47
Not enough data
8.5
50
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.3
128
Not enough data
8.6
135
Not enough data
7.1
116
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.4
111
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
137
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
134
Not enough data
8.0
110
Agentic AI - Screen and Video Capture
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.1
330
7.7
20
9.1
327
8.6
22
9.5
332
9.2
21
Platform Content
8.6
317
7.5
19
9.2
335
7.8
21
9.0
323
8.2
21
9.3
323
8.8
22
Platform Additional Functionality
7.5
305
7.4
19
8.5
307
6.1
19
8.7
305
8.2
20
Generative AI
7.9
286
8.4
19
7.7
287
7.4
16
7.2
279
7.0
16
7.6
279
8.1
18
6.9
274
5.9
16
7.2
275
7.3
19
7.6
279
6.7
17
Voice
Not enough data
8.0
313
Not enough data
7.8
393
Transcription
Not enough data
8.3
371
Not enough data
8.6
356
Not enough data
8.8
337
Not enough data
7.8
172
Editing
Not enough data
8.4
312
Not enough data
7.8
155
Not enough data
8.8
370
Not enough data
7.4
136
Integration
Not enough data
8.3
279
Not enough data
7.3
240
Not enough data
8.6
317
Not enough data
8.1
264
Not enough data
7.5
252
Agentic AI - Transcription
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
105
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
Not enough data
8.6
123
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
121
Not enough data
7.6
60
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.6
105
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
Audio Format
Not enough data
7.9
112
Not enough data
8.5
118
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
88
Not enough data
Not enough data
Design
9.5
500
Not enough data
9.2
499
Not enough data
9.3
490
Not enough data
9.2
494
Not enough data
9.0
481
Not enough data
9.1
481
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.8
440
Not enough data
9.2
483
Not enough data
Performance Tracking
8.8
661
Not enough data
8.7
619
Not enough data
9.2
681
Not enough data
Functionality
9.4
699
Not enough data
8.8
634
Not enough data
9.0
665
Not enough data
8.9
637
Not enough data
Platform Features
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
7.9
47
Not enough data
7.8
50
Not enough data
7.9
47
Not enough data
8.6
49
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Organization
Not enough data
8.4
47
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
8.6
46
Customization
Not enough data
7.8
47
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
8.1
47
Analytics
Not enough data
7.5
42
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
43
Editing
Not enough data
7.8
267
Not enough data
9.0
275
Not enough data
7.6
259
Not enough data
7.9
241
Not enough data
8.2
255
Not enough data
8.6
272
Not enough data
8.8
263
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
247
Not enough data
8.7
259
Not enough data
8.1
228
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
224
Not enough data
7.7
224
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
8.2
20
Not enough data
8.3
19
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.1
18
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
8.6
121
Not enough data
9.1
117
Not enough data
7.8
115
Not enough data
8.0
108
Not enough data
Search
8.0
113
Not enough data
7.7
94
Not enough data
7.0
95
Not enough data
8.0
95
Not enough data
Permissions
7.5
93
Not enough data
8.3
110
Not enough data
8.3
109
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
114
Not enough data
9.1
116
Not enough data
9.2
114
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Brand Asset Management
7.1
86
Not enough data
7.2
86
Not enough data
7.3
85
Not enough data
7.6
85
Not enough data
7.3
85
Not enough data
7.3
86
Not enough data
Image Generation
8.6
220
Not enough data
8.3
225
Not enough data
9.0
213
Not enough data
8.7
210
Not enough data
8.9
217
Not enough data
Advanced Functionality
8.7
210
Not enough data
8.0
209
Not enough data
8.1
205
Not enough data
9.1
216
Not enough data
Model
8.3
209
Not enough data
8.9
208
Not enough data
8.6
199
Not enough data
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
9.0
10
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
9.0
7
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
467
6.4
114
Publishing
8.4
475
7.7
122
Social Media
8.6
482
7.3
122
Planning
7.8
490
6.2
116
Generative AI
7.5
460
7.5
124
7.3
438
7.5
122
7.3
449
7.8
121
7.2
453
6.4
112
6.7
446
6.4
110
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.3
282
7.8
10
7.4
280
7.6
9
7.4
278
8.0
9
7.6
283
8.1
9
7.4
279
8.3
8
7.4
279
8.3
9
7.6
281
8.3
9
Generative AI
7.6
625
Not enough data
7.2
532
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
7.8
262
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
8.4
105
8.1
19
8.1
100
7.8
16
8.2
100
7.7
15
8.8
102
8.1
20
8.3
96
6.7
15
8.2
97
6.6
15
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
7.9
102
7.6
14
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.3
101
8.8
20
8.9
99
9.3
20
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.8
100
8.8
20
8.8
99
8.2
19
8.6
98
8.1
15
8.4
97
7.8
15
Logistics - Print Fulfillment
8.8
76
Not enough data
8.5
75
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Print Fulfillment Services
7.8
42
Not enough data
Customization - Print Fulfillment
8.7
75
Not enough data
8.8
74
Not enough data
9.3
76
Not enough data
Video creation - Video Content Creation
7.8
291
8.0
194
7.5
271
8.9
211
8.3
291
7.4
182
8.9
292
7.2
192
8.3
285
7.7
198
8.3
269
7.7
183
7.5
265
8.1
182
7.8
287
7.6
185
8.6
280
8.0
179
Distribution - Video Content Creation
7.7
264
Feature Not Available
8.0
274
7.4
169
9.0
281
8.8
200
Analytics - Video Content Creation
7.6
260
Feature Not Available
7.5
257
6.1
162
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.0
275
7.1
184
8.2
277
7.9
178
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.6
271
7.9
193
8.5
272
7.7
185
8.1
267
6.9
158
Other - Video Content Creation
8.7
277
7.7
177
8.6
276
7.6
164
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
7.8
170
7.7
5
7.8
169
7.3
5
Functionality - Logo Design Tools
9.3
420
Not enough data
8.8
417
Not enough data
8.9
412
Not enough data
9.2
420
Not enough data
9.0
412
Not enough data
9.1
418
Not enough data
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.0
7
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
9.4
8
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Output - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.5
141
Not enough data
8.9
139
Not enough data
8.9
139
Not enough data
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.8
138
Not enough data
8.8
137
Not enough data
8.7
137
Not enough data
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
Not enough data
Live streaming
Not enough data
Not enough data
Script-based automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video 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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Storage & 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
Core Recording & Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Live Collaboration & Direction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Post & Editing Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI & Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customizations
9.4
75
Not enough data
9.5
72
Not enough data
7.9
69
Not enough data
8.1
70
Not enough data
Growth
7.5
65
Not enough data
7.4
64
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
7.3
64
Not enough data
7.7
63
Not enough data
Content
7.6
66
Not enough data
8.0
66
Not enough data
8.6
64
Not enough data
7.5
63
Not enough data
Support
8.5
63
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Canva and Descript are categorized as Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Content Creation, and Presentation
Unique Categories
Canva is categorized as AI Content Creation Platforms, Logo Design Tools, AI Image Generators, Design Systems, AI Writing Assistant, Display Ad Design, Photo Editing, Desktop Publishing, Data Visualization, Print Fulfillment Services, Brand Asset Management, Collaborative Whiteboard, and Website Builder
Descript is categorized as Virtual Recording Studio, Screen and Video Capture, Video Editing, Text to Speech, AI Avatar Generators, Video Translation, Audio Editing, Transcription, and Video Communications
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Canva
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Descript
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
13.6%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Computer Software
5.1%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.0%
Education Management
4.1%
Other
65.3%
Marketing and Advertising
12.4%
Media Production
10.3%
Professional Training & Coaching
6.3%
Computer Software
5.8%
Consulting
5.0%
Other
60.1%
Discussions
Can you use Canva designs for commercial purposes?
23 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
Can you add in another video to an existing project?
2 Comments
KY
We are a well-trained service provider who takes care of the risks associated with fitting electronic parts so our technician will arrive at your place and...Read more
In my trained AI Overdub Voice
1 Comment
RL
Yes, it can. Training your Overdub voice takes about 30 minutes of audio recording (and then a few hours of processing time). Once it is complete, you can...Read more
Why is combining multiple audio files into one track so difficult?
1 Comment
TP
YES! I struggle with it tooRead more
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