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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.6% of reviews)
Enterprise (49.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial
Canva
Star Rating
(6,573)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
(309)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (49.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
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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 PlayPlay. Users appreciate its intuitive design, with one stating, "What I really appreciate about Canva is how easy and intuitive it felt when I first started using it."
- According to verified reviews, Canva's extensive library of templates and design elements makes it a favorite among small businesses. Users mention, "Canva has got a huge range of templates, fonts, icons etc. So it is my go-to tool anytime I’ve got to make a presentation."
- Reviewers mention that while PlayPlay is user-friendly, especially for video creation, it struggles with the same level of market presence as Canva. Users highlight its drag-and-drop features, saying, "Its intuitive, with drag-and-drop features, and a library of great templates," but the overall user base is much smaller.
- Users say that both platforms are easy to set up, but Canva edges out with a more comprehensive onboarding experience. One user noted, "There's a lot of help available, like stepwise PDFs for the initial setup," which can be particularly beneficial for beginners.
- Reviewers mention that PlayPlay shines in its video editing capabilities, with features that allow even those without extensive experience to create high-quality videos quickly. A user remarked, "PlayPlay is very easy to use, even for colleagues who don't have any knowledge about video editing."
- G2 reviewers report that while Canva has a strong community and support system, PlayPlay's customer support is rated higher. Users appreciate PlayPlay's responsiveness, stating, "It's easy to use, the AI generated voice is convincing," indicating a focus on user experience and support.
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)
PlayPlay
Free Trial (7 Days)
Free Trial
Start today and get a taste of the PlayPlay magic for yourself! Free for 7 days. No credit cards required.
- Create unlimited videos for 7 days
- Full access to PlayPlay’s premium features: video templates, Getty library, branding tools, AI-powered tools, and more
Free Trial
Canva
Free Trial is available
PlayPlay
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
4,924
8.9
276
Ease of Use
9.4
4,977
9.4
283
Ease of Setup
9.6
1,573
9.5
122
Ease of Admin
9.4
853
9.3
44
Quality of Support
8.8
3,650
9.5
266
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
783
9.2
45
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
4,815
9.8
282
Features by Category
Reports
8.8
434
Not enough data
8.8
431
Not enough data
9.1
503
Not enough data
8.7
418
Not enough data
9.1
460
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
434
Not enough data
8.8
431
Not enough data
9.1
503
Not enough data
8.7
418
Not enough data
9.1
460
Not enough data
Reports
8.7
389
Not enough data
8.7
389
Not enough data
8.7
379
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
206
Not enough data
8.3
201
Not enough data
Visualization
9.2
461
Not enough data
8.9
391
Not enough data
9.1
423
Not enough data
9.1
464
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.7
379
Not enough data
9.0
421
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.4
467
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
467
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.7
397
Not enough data
9.0
452
Not enough data
8.6
386
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
2497
Not enough data
8.6
2475
Not enough data
9.3
2502
Not enough data
9.1
2403
Not enough data
Design & Editing
8.9
2440
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
1496
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
64
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
Formatting
7.7
62
Not enough data
8.1
59
Not enough data
7.8
58
Not enough data
Content
8.6
62
Not enough data
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.1
59
Not enough data
Product Type
8.6
59
Not enough data
8.3
59
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.0
54
Not enough data
8.6
53
Not enough data
Design Tools
8.4
63
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
9.3
65
Not enough data
9.1
66
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
8.6
62
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
8.6
60
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Collaborative Whiteboard
8.4
49
Not enough data
8.3
47
Not enough data
8.5
50
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.1
334
Not enough data
9.1
329
Not enough data
9.5
332
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.6
316
Not enough data
9.2
338
Not enough data
9.0
325
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
286
Not enough data
7.6
287
Not enough data
7.2
280
Not enough data
7.6
278
Not enough data
6.9
274
Not enough data
7.2
275
Not enough data
7.6
280
Not enough data
Platform Interoperability
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Video Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
57
Agentic AI - Video Advertising
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
Campaign Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
49
Not enough data
8.4
42
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Targeting
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
104
Not enough data
9.1
115
Not enough data
8.9
100
Not enough data
8.4
115
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
40
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform Interoperability
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Social Media Advertising
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 Functionality
Not enough data
9.1(won by default)
89
Campaign Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
49
Not enough data
8.4(won by default)
42
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8(won by default)
107
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Targeting
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9(won by default)
104
Not enough data
9.1(won by default)
115
Not enough data
8.9(won by default)
100
Not enough data
8.4(won by default)
115
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8(won by default)
40
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Design
9.5
500
Not enough data
9.2
499
Not enough data
9.3
489
Not enough data
9.2
493
Not enough data
9.0
480
Not enough data
9.1
481
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.8
440
Not enough data
9.2
482
Not enough data
Performance Tracking
8.8
661
Not enough data
8.8
620
Not enough data
9.2
681
Not enough data
Functionality
9.4
699
Not enough data
8.8
635
Not enough data
9.0
666
Not enough data
8.9
638
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
8.1
124
Not enough data
8.5
124
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.2
115
Not enough data
8.7
41
Not enough data
8.8
137
Not enough data
8.9
137
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
113
Not enough data
9.0
126
Not enough data
9.0
117
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.1
71
Not enough data
8.5
69
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
6.7
12
Not enough data
6.8
11
Not enough data
6.8
11
Not enough data
6.8
11
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
106
Not enough data
Search
8.0
111
Not enough data
7.6
92
Not enough data
7.0
93
Not enough data
7.9
93
Not enough data
Permissions
7.4
91
Not enough data
8.2
108
Not enough data
8.3
107
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
112
Not enough data
9.1
114
Not enough data
9.2
113
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Brand Asset Management
7.0
84
Not enough data
7.2
84
Not enough data
7.4
83
Not enough data
7.5
83
Not enough data
7.2
83
Not enough data
7.3
84
Not enough data
Image Generation
8.6
219
Not enough data
8.3
226
Not enough data
9.0
213
Not enough data
8.7
209
Not enough data
8.9
216
Not enough data
Advanced Functionality
8.7
210
Not enough data
8.0
208
Not enough data
8.1
204
Not enough data
9.1
217
Not enough data
Model
8.3
208
Not enough data
8.8
207
Not enough data
8.6
199
Not enough data
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
9.1
15
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
8.5
10
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
467
Feature Not Available
Publishing
8.4
475
Feature Not Available
Social Media
8.6
484
Feature Not Available
Planning
7.8
490
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
7.5
462
8.0
95
7.3
439
8.0
94
7.3
449
7.7
72
7.2
454
7.3
72
6.7
447
7.7
94
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
103
Not enough data
8.0
98
Not enough data
8.2
98
Not enough data
8.8
100
Not enough data
8.3
94
Not enough data
8.3
95
Not enough data
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
7.8
100
Not enough data
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.2
99
Not enough data
8.9
97
Not enough data
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.8
98
Not enough data
8.8
97
Not enough data
8.6
96
Not enough data
8.4
95
Not enough data
Logistics - Print Fulfillment
8.8
75
Not enough data
8.5
74
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Print Fulfillment Services
7.8
41
Not enough data
Customization - Print Fulfillment
8.7
74
Not enough data
8.8
73
Not enough data
9.3
75
Not enough data
Video creation - Video Content Creation
7.8
292
8.0
103
7.5
272
8.4
103
8.3
292
8.6
109
9.0
294
8.9
108
8.3
286
Feature Not Available
8.3
270
8.7
106
7.5
266
8.0
92
7.8
289
7.8
106
8.6
281
8.4
102
Distribution - Video Content Creation
7.7
265
8.2
96
8.0
275
8.3
94
9.0
283
8.7
100
Analytics - Video Content Creation
7.6
261
Feature Not Available
7.5
258
7.4
93
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.0
276
8.1
99
8.2
279
9.4
102
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.6
272
8.8
60
8.5
273
Feature Not Available
8.1
268
Feature Not Available
Other - Video Content Creation
8.7
278
8.5
97
8.6
277
8.4
91
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
7.8
171
7.1
8
7.8
170
7.1
8
Functionality - Logo Design Tools
9.3
421
Not enough data
8.8
416
Not enough data
8.9
412
Not enough data
9.2
422
Not enough data
9.0
413
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
74
Not enough data
9.5
70
Not enough data
7.9
67
Not enough data
8.1
69
Not enough data
Growth
7.4
63
Not enough data
7.4
63
Not enough data
8.5
63
Not enough data
7.3
63
Not enough data
7.6
62
Not enough data
Content
7.6
65
Not enough data
8.0
64
Not enough data
8.6
62
Not enough data
7.4
62
Not enough data
Support
8.5
62
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Canva and PlayPlay are categorized as Video Content Creation and Content Creation
Unique Categories
Canva is categorized as AI Content Creation Platforms, Logo Design Tools, AI Video Generators, 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, Presentation, and Website Builder
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Canva
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
PlayPlay
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
5.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.0%
Education Management
4.1%
Other
65.3%
Information Technology and Services
6.6%
Marketing and Advertising
5.9%
Banking
5.9%
Financial Services
5.3%
Computer Software
5.0%
Other
71.3%
Discussions
Can you use Canva designs for commercial purposes?
24 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?
18 Comments
PD
you can access premium features like Background remover,more templates,transparent image.
Read more
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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