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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (80.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$0 Our free plan will always be free
Canva
Star Rating
(7,304)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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Star Rating
(113)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (80.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Our free plan will always be free
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Canva excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to Picmaker. Users appreciate its intuitive interface and the ability to create professional designs quickly, with features like the Text to Image AI and a vast library of templates.
- Users say that Picmaker offers a user-friendly experience, particularly for those who may not be graphic design experts. The AI-based MAD Button is highlighted for its ability to suggest creative design options, making it easier for users to produce polished images.
- According to verified reviews, Canva's extensive library of templates and built-in assets significantly enhances the design process, allowing users to create clean and professional designs without hassle. This is a major draw for small businesses looking for efficiency.
- Reviewers mention that while Picmaker is easy to use, it currently lacks the depth of features found in Canva. Users appreciate the ability to save custom image sizes for quick project replication, but some feel that Canva's broader feature set provides a more comprehensive design solution.
- Users highlight that Canva's recent updates and features, such as collaborative tools and a user-friendly dashboard, contribute to a smoother workflow, making it a preferred choice for teams and businesses that require frequent collaboration.
- G2 reviewers note that while Picmaker has a strong focus on ease of use and constant improvements, it still faces challenges in market presence and user engagement, as evidenced by its lower review activity compared to Canva, which has a robust community of active users sharing feedback and experiences.
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)
Picmaker
Free plan
$0 Our free plan will always be free
Get started for free with our business-first design templates, access to millions of free photos & graphics, free templates, multiple file download formats, etc.
- Unlimited file downloads a month
- Edit images with others in real-time
- Import images & graphics
Free Trial
Canva
Free Trial is available
Picmaker
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
5,232
9.0
72
Ease of Use
9.4
5,299
9.5
72
Ease of Setup
9.6
1,883
9.6
17
Ease of Admin
9.4
1,076
9.4
17
Quality of Support
8.8
3,889
9.3
62
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
1,002
9.3
15
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
5,096
9.2
57
Features by Category
Reports
8.8
437
Not enough data
8.9
439
Not enough data
9.1
514
Not enough data
8.7
423
Not enough data
9.1
468
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
437
Not enough data
8.9
439
Not enough data
9.1
514
Not enough data
8.7
423
Not enough data
9.1
468
Not enough data
Reports
8.7
392
Not enough data
8.8
392
Not enough data
8.7
382
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
210
Not enough data
8.3
204
Not enough data
Visualization
9.2
466
Not enough data
8.9
393
Not enough data
9.1
427
Not enough data
9.2
468
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.7
382
Not enough data
9.0
423
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.4
470
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
470
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.7
402
Not enough data
9.0
458
Not enough data
8.6
389
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
Social Analytics
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 & Dashboards
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Analytics
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 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
2593
9.6
26
8.7
2567
9.3
26
9.3
2725
9.4
26
9.1
2454
9.5
25
Design & Editing
8.9
2510
9.1
25
8.9
2570
9.3
25
8.9
2468
9.2
26
Ad Management
8.8
1771
9.5
14
9.1
2285
9.3
20
8.5
1521
9.5
10
Analytics
Feature Not Available
9.5
7
Feature Not Available
9.8
7
Feature Not Available
9.2
10
Grammar
8.7
65
Not enough data
8.4
65
Not enough data
8.9
63
Not enough data
Formatting
7.7
62
Not enough data
8.2
60
Not enough data
7.8
59
Not enough data
Content
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.9
63
Not enough data
8.2
59
Not enough data
Product Type
8.7
60
Not enough data
8.3
60
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.0
56
Not enough data
8.6
54
Not enough data
Design Tools
8.5
70
Not enough data
9.0
71
Not enough data
8.5
72
Not enough data
9.3
75
Not enough data
9.2
77
Not enough data
Communication Tools
8.2
67
Not enough data
8.6
69
Not enough data
Integrations
8.6
60
Not enough data
8.8
70
Not enough data
Software Offering
8.7
70
Not enough data
8.9
71
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Collaborative Whiteboard
8.6
54
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
8.5
55
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.2
382
Not enough data
9.1
359
Not enough data
9.5
374
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.6
336
Not enough data
9.3
397
Not enough data
9.1
352
Not enough data
9.3
363
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
7.5
312
Not enough data
8.6
329
Not enough data
8.8
324
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.9
302
Not enough data
7.7
299
Not enough data
7.2
290
Not enough data
7.7
287
Not enough data
6.9
279
Not enough data
7.3
284
Not enough data
7.7
292
Not enough data
Content & Collaboration
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
Social 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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media 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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Design
9.5
517
9.6
16
9.2
509
9.6
14
9.2
502
9.4
13
9.2
501
9.6
12
9.1
488
9.3
9
9.2
492
9.4
13
Platform Additional Functionality
8.8
452
8.0
5
9.2
490
9.1
13
Performance Tracking
8.8
665
9.5
10
8.7
617
9.3
10
9.2
685
8.8
11
Functionality
9.4
709
9.5
10
8.8
637
8.3
9
9.1
676
9.2
8
8.9
642
9.0
7
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
8.7
141
Not enough data
9.2
135
Not enough data
7.7
128
Not enough data
8.0
116
Not enough data
Search
8.0
116
Not enough data
7.7
94
Not enough data
7.0
96
Not enough data
8.0
98
Not enough data
Permissions
7.5
94
Not enough data
8.3
111
Not enough data
8.4
113
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
124
Not enough data
9.1
126
Not enough data
9.3
126
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Brand Asset Management
7.0
87
Not enough data
7.2
87
Not enough data
7.5
86
Not enough data
7.5
86
Not enough data
7.3
87
Not enough data
7.3
86
Not enough data
Image Generation
8.6
231
Not enough data
8.3
245
Not enough data
9.1
231
Not enough data
8.7
222
Not enough data
9.0
233
Not enough data
Advanced Functionality
8.7
221
Not enough data
8.1
219
Not enough data
8.2
213
Not enough data
9.1
235
Not enough data
Model
8.3
218
Not enough data
8.9
221
Not enough data
8.7
209
Not enough data
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
9.4
77
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
9.4
37
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
486
Not enough data
Publishing
8.5
496
Not enough data
Social Media
8.7
521
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
516
8.8
12
Generative AI
7.5
486
Not enough data
7.4
459
Not enough data
7.4
472
Not enough data
7.3
475
Not enough data
6.8
464
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.4
297
Not enough data
7.5
293
Not enough data
7.5
295
Not enough data
7.7
299
Not enough data
7.5
293
Not enough data
7.5
292
Not enough data
7.7
299
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.7
635
Not enough data
7.2
537
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
7.9
270
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
8.5
104
Not enough data
8.1
97
Not enough data
8.3
97
Not enough data
8.9
100
Not enough data
8.4
93
Not enough data
8.3
95
Not enough data
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
8.0
100
Not enough data
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.3
100
Not enough data
9.0
98
Not enough data
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.8
100
Not enough data
8.9
97
Not enough data
8.7
97
Not enough data
8.5
96
Not enough data
Logistics - Print Fulfillment
8.8
77
Not enough data
8.6
75
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Print Fulfillment Services
7.9
42
Not enough data
Customization - Print Fulfillment
8.6
76
Not enough data
8.8
76
Not enough data
9.3
78
Not enough data
Video creation - Video Content Creation
7.8
297
Not enough data
7.6
279
Not enough data
8.4
306
Not enough data
9.0
310
Not enough data
8.3
293
Not enough data
8.3
277
Not enough data
7.5
270
Not enough data
7.8
300
Not enough data
8.6
288
Not enough data
Distribution - Video Content Creation
7.7
267
Not enough data
8.0
281
Not enough data
9.0
294
Not enough data
Analytics - Video Content Creation
7.7
265
Not enough data
7.5
260
Not enough data
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.1
280
Not enough data
8.2
285
Not enough data
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.6
279
Not enough data
8.5
285
Not enough data
8.1
275
Not enough data
Other - Video Content Creation
8.8
288
Not enough data
8.6
284
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
7.8
177
Not enough data
7.9
175
Not enough data
Functionality - Logo Design Tools
9.3
434
Not enough data
8.9
423
Not enough data
9.0
417
Not enough data
9.3
433
Not enough data
9.0
424
Not enough data
9.2
427
Not enough data
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.7
153
Not enough data
9.0
152
Not enough data
9.0
152
Not enough data
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.9
147
Not enough data
8.9
145
Not enough data
8.8
145
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
Platform basics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customizations
9.5
92
Not enough data
9.6
81
Not enough data
7.9
69
Not enough data
8.2
73
Not enough data
Growth
7.5
65
Not enough data
7.5
66
Not enough data
8.6
69
Not enough data
7.4
65
Not enough data
7.8
65
Not enough data
Content
7.7
67
Not enough data
8.1
67
Not enough data
8.7
62
Not enough data
7.6
62
Not enough data
Support
8.7
64
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Canva and Picmaker are categorized as Design Systems, Content Creation, Display Ad Design, Photo Editing, and Desktop Publishing
Unique Categories
Canva is categorized as AI Content Creation Platforms, Logo Design Tools, Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, AI Image Generators, AI Writing Assistant, Data Visualization, Print Fulfillment Services, Brand Asset Management, Collaborative Whiteboard, Presentation, Website Builder, and AI Presentation Tools
Picmaker is categorized as Social Media Management and Social Media Analytics
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Canva
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Picmaker
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
13.8%
Information Technology and Services
6.9%
Computer Software
5.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.1%
Education Management
4.1%
Other
65.0%
Marketing and Advertising
23.4%
Information Technology and Services
9.0%
Graphic Design
8.1%
Computer Software
7.2%
Education Management
4.5%
Other
47.7%
Discussions
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
What is the best thumbnail maker for YouTube?
1 Comment
AB
Picmaker does a good job creating thumbnails for YouTube and social media posts. TubeBuddy also does a good job with thumbnails, but it requires a...Read more
What is Picmaker?
1 Comment
SJ
It's an online tool for designing all kinds of media content (banners, logos, thumbnails...) with a few clicks, with a well customizable way.Read more
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