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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (66.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Starting at $10.99 1 User Per Month
Canva
Star Rating
(6,550)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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Star Rating
(3,526)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $10.99 1 User Per Month
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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 those who are new to design. Reviewers mention that the drag-and-drop interface and extensive template library significantly reduce the learning curve.
- Reviewers mention that Foxit PDF Editor, while slightly lower in ease of use at 9.0, offers robust PDF editing features that are highly valued by users needing advanced functionalities like form creation and document collaboration.
- Users on G2 highlight Canva's superior template offerings, scoring 9.5, which allows for quick and visually appealing designs. In contrast, Foxit PDF Editor's templates score 8.5, with users noting a more limited selection for creative projects.
- Reviewers say that Canva's mobile access, rated at 8.8, provides a seamless experience for users on the go, while Foxit PDF Editor's mobile capabilities score lower at 8.3, with some users expressing frustration over limited functionality on mobile devices.
- G2 users report that Canva's asset library, scoring 9.1, is extensive and user-friendly, allowing for easy access to images and graphics. Foxit PDF Editor's asset library, however, scores 8.3, with users mentioning it lacks variety compared to Canva.
- Users report that both products have strong support, but Foxit PDF Editor edges out slightly with a quality of support score of 8.9 compared to Canva's 8.8. Reviewers mention that Foxit offers more direct assistance for technical issues, which is crucial for business users.
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)
Foxit PDF Editor
PDF Editor with Admin Console
Starting at $10.99
1 User Per Month
The PDF Editor with Admin Console offers comprehensive PDF management and editing tools, designed for team use with a centralized admin console for license management. It includes advanced editing features, cloud storage, and robust security options for enterprise environments.
- Create documents, merge, rotate, reorder, delete, and split PDFs
- Edit text and images in a PDF
- Convert PDFs and export to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Free Trial
Canva
Free Trial is available
Foxit PDF Editor
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
4,920
9.3
2,486
Ease of Use
9.4
4,973
9.0
2,522
Ease of Setup
9.6
1,570
9.1
1,123
Ease of Admin
9.4
852
8.9
733
Quality of Support
8.8
3,647
8.9
1,747
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
782
9.0
702
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
4,811
8.8
2,372
Features by Category
Signature Process
Not enough data
9.1
822
Not enough data
8.4
641
Not enough data
8.7
726
Not enough data
8.5
637
Not enough data
8.7
642
Not enough data
8.1
549
Not enough data
8.5
570
Not enough data
8.8
707
Agentic AI - E-Signature
Not enough data
7.6
21
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.0
19
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.2
19
Security and Scalability
Not enough data
8.7
617
Not enough data
8.7
650
Not enough data
8.4
585
Platform
Not enough data
8.3
519
Not enough data
8.5
549
Not enough data
8.0
500
Not enough data
8.9
604
Not enough data
7.9
464
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
2499
Not enough data
8.6
2476
Not enough data
9.3
2500
Not enough data
9.1
2404
Not enough data
Design & Editing
8.9
2441
Not enough data
8.9
2490
Not enough data
8.9
2408
Not enough data
Ad Management
8.8
1735
Not enough data
9.1
2221
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
64
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
8.4
64
Not enough data
9.3
65
Not enough data
9.1
66
Not enough data
Communication Tools
8.1
63
Not enough data
8.5
64
Not enough data
Integrations
8.6
58
Not enough data
8.7
63
Not enough data
Software Offering
8.7
63
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.6
61
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Collaborative Whiteboard
8.4
50
Not enough data
8.4
48
Not enough data
8.5
51
Not enough data
Organization
Not enough data
8.9
1222
Not enough data
8.9
1308
Not enough data
8.8
1299
Not enough data
8.8
1322
Editing
Not enough data
8.9
1389
Not enough data
9.0
1503
Not enough data
9.1
1442
Not enough data
8.8
1363
Not enough data
8.8
1321
Operating System
Not enough data
9.1
1171
Not enough data
7.6
729
Not enough data
7.2
650
Security
Not enough data
8.5
612
Not enough data
8.8
718
Not enough data
8.8
675
Conversion
Not enough data
9.1
836
Not enough data
8.7
654
Not enough data
8.6
630
Logistics
Not enough data
8.6
642
Not enough data
9.2
827
Not enough data
9.0
757
Agentic AI - File Converter
Not enough data
7.7
28
Platform Basics
9.1
334
Not enough data
9.1
330
Not enough data
9.5
334
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.6
317
Not enough data
9.2
338
Not enough data
9.0
324
Not enough data
9.2
324
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
7.5
305
Not enough data
8.5
307
Not enough data
8.7
305
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.9
287
Not enough data
7.7
288
Not enough data
7.2
279
Not enough data
7.6
279
Not enough data
6.9
274
Not enough data
7.2
275
Not enough data
7.7
281
Not enough data
Data Sources
Not enough data
8.5
367
Not enough data
8.3
346
Not enough data
9.0
380
Generation
Not enough data
8.5
353
Not enough data
8.1
335
Not enough data
8.2
336
Delivery
Not enough data
8.2
333
Not enough data
7.8
323
Not enough data
7.8
322
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.6
246
Not enough data
7.3
244
Not enough data
7.6
195
Not enough data
7.5
195
Agentic AI - Document Generation
Not enough data
8.3
14
Design
Not enough data
8.5
737
Not enough data
8.4
693
Not enough data
8.2
657
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.1
618
Not enough data
8.1
589
File Types
Not enough data
9.1
866
Not enough data
9.0
855
Not enough data
8.2
589
Edit & Revise
Not enough data
8.6
736
Not enough data
8.2
666
Not enough data
9.1
884
Integrate & Embed
Not enough data
7.9
585
Not enough data
8.1
593
Not enough data
8.3
652
Operating System
Not enough data
9.1
848
Not enough data
7.7
539
Not enough data
7.3
481
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.7
350
Not enough data
7.6
346
Not enough data
7.7
271
Not enough data
7.3
267
Not enough data
7.6
269
Agentic AI - Document Creation
Not enough data
8.2
21
Design
9.5
501
8.5
240
9.2
500
8.6
259
9.3
490
9.0
264
9.2
494
8.9
266
9.0
481
8.4
224
9.1
482
8.3
221
Platform Additional Functionality
8.8
441
8.3
237
9.2
483
8.6
234
Performance Tracking
8.8
662
Not enough data
8.8
620
Not enough data
9.2
682
Not enough data
Functionality
9.4
700
Not enough data
8.8
635
Not enough data
9.0
666
Not enough data
8.9
638
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
8.5
120
Not enough data
9.1
116
Not enough data
7.8
114
Not enough data
8.0
107
Not enough data
Search
8.0
112
Not enough data
7.7
93
Not enough data
7.0
94
Not enough data
8.0
94
Not enough data
Permissions
7.4
92
Not enough data
8.3
109
Not enough data
8.3
108
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
113
Not enough data
9.1
115
Not enough data
9.2
113
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Brand Asset Management
7.1
85
Not enough data
7.2
85
Not enough data
7.4
84
Not enough data
7.6
84
Not enough data
7.2
84
Not enough data
7.3
85
Not enough data
Image Generation
8.6
219
Not enough data
8.3
225
Not enough data
9.0
212
Not enough data
8.7
209
Not enough data
8.9
216
Not enough data
Advanced Functionality
8.7
209
Not enough data
8.0
208
Not enough data
8.1
204
Not enough data
9.1
216
Not enough data
Model
8.3
208
Not enough data
8.8
207
Not enough data
8.6
198
Not enough data
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
8.9
12
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
9.2
8
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
467
Not enough data
Publishing
8.4
475
Not enough data
Social Media
8.6
484
Not enough data
Planning
7.8
490
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
462
Not enough data
7.3
439
Not enough data
7.3
449
Not enough data
7.2
454
Not enough data
6.7
447
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.3
283
Not enough data
7.4
281
Not enough data
7.4
279
Not enough data
7.6
284
Not enough data
7.4
280
Not enough data
7.4
281
Not enough data
7.6
282
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.6
625
Not enough data
7.2
532
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
7.9
262
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
8.4
104
Not enough data
8.0
99
Not enough data
8.2
99
Not enough data
8.8
101
Not enough data
8.3
95
Not enough data
8.3
96
Not enough data
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
7.9
101
Not enough data
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.3
100
Not enough data
8.9
98
Not enough data
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.8
98
Not enough data
8.6
97
Not enough data
8.4
96
Not enough data
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
292
Not enough data
7.5
272
Not enough data
8.3
292
Not enough data
9.0
294
Not enough data
8.3
286
Not enough data
8.3
270
Not enough data
7.5
266
Not enough data
7.8
289
Not enough data
8.6
281
Not enough data
Distribution - Video Content Creation
7.7
265
Not enough data
8.0
275
Not enough data
9.0
283
Not enough data
Analytics - Video Content Creation
7.6
261
Not enough data
7.5
258
Not enough data
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.0
276
Not enough data
8.2
279
Not enough data
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.6
272
Not enough data
8.5
273
Not enough data
8.1
268
Not enough data
Other - Video Content Creation
8.7
278
Not enough data
8.6
277
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
7.8
171
Not enough data
7.8
170
Not enough data
Functionality - Logo Design Tools
9.3
422
Not enough data
8.8
417
Not enough data
8.9
412
Not enough data
9.2
422
Not enough data
9.0
412
Not enough data
9.1
420
Not enough data
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.5
142
Not enough data
8.9
139
Not enough data
8.9
139
Not enough data
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.8
137
Not enough data
8.8
136
Not enough data
8.7
136
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 Foxit PDF Editor are categorized as Desktop Publishing
Unique Categories
Canva is categorized as AI Content Creation Platforms, Logo Design Tools, Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, AI Image Generators, Design Systems, AI Writing Assistant, Content Creation, Display Ad Design, Photo Editing, Data Visualization, Print Fulfillment Services, Brand Asset Management, Collaborative Whiteboard, Presentation, and Website Builder
Foxit PDF Editor is categorized as Document Management, Document Creation, Document Generation, E-Signature, File Converter, and PDF Editor
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Canva
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Foxit PDF Editor
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
65.4%
Construction
7.7%
Accounting
6.0%
Information Technology and Services
4.0%
Financial Services
3.8%
Higher Education
3.5%
Other
75.0%
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4 Comments
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4 Comments
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