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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (86.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
No pricing available
Canva
Star Rating
(6,588)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
(477)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (86.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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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 among small businesses for its intuitive interface. In contrast, TESS AI, while still user-friendly, has a slightly lower score of 8.9, which some reviewers mention can lead to a steeper learning curve for new users.
- Reviewers mention that Canva's image quality is outstanding, scoring 9.0, which is particularly praised for its vibrant templates and design elements. TESS AI, with a score of 8.9, offers good image quality but lacks the same level of customization options that Canva provides, according to user feedback.
- G2 users highlight Canva's strong performance in content generation, scoring 8.7, with many praising its diverse templates and design tools. TESS AI, while scoring higher in AI text generation at 9.4, is noted for its advanced features but may not cater as effectively to users looking for visual content creation.
- Users on G2 report that Canva's support quality is solid, with a score of 8.8, and many appreciate the responsive customer service. TESS AI matches this score but lacks the extensive community resources that Canva users often mention as beneficial for troubleshooting and learning.
- Reviewers say that TESS AI shines in grammar checking, scoring 9.1, which is a significant advantage for users focused on text accuracy. Canva, with a score of 8.6, offers basic grammar tools but does not match the depth of TESS AI's capabilities in this area.
- Users report that Canva's free entry-level pricing is a major draw, allowing small businesses to access powerful design tools without upfront costs. TESS AI, while offering advanced features, does not have a free tier, which some users mention as a barrier to entry for budget-conscious businesses.
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)
TESS AI
No pricing availableFree Trial
Canva
Free Trial is available
TESS AI
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
4,921
8.8
339
Ease of Use
9.4
4,974
8.9
352
Ease of Setup
9.6
1,571
8.9
230
Ease of Admin
9.4
853
8.8
124
Quality of Support
8.8
3,648
8.8
292
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
783
8.7
125
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
4,812
9.6
351
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
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Data
Not enough data
8.7
105
Not enough data
8.8
107
Interaction
Not enough data
8.7
107
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.8
108
Not enough data
8.7
107
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Learning
Not enough data
8.6
106
Not enough data
8.1
105
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Content Generation
Not enough data
8.8
105
Not enough data
8.7
104
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.8
6
System
Not enough data
8.1
105
Not enough data
8.4
105
Not enough data
8.5
102
Not enough data
8.4
103
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
8.5
18
Not enough data
8.8
18
Not enough data
8.2
17
Not enough data
8.6
17
Not enough data
9.1
17
Not enough data
8.1
17
Not enough data
8.8
17
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
9.5
2498
Not enough data
8.6
2476
Not enough data
9.3
2500
Not enough data
9.1
2403
Not enough data
Design & Editing
8.9
2440
Not enough data
8.9
2489
Not enough data
8.9
2407
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
64
9.1
98
8.4
63
8.8
98
8.8
62
9.0
97
Formatting
7.7
62
8.2
96
8.1
59
8.5
96
7.8
58
8.5
96
Content
8.6
62
8.8
95
8.9
61
9.0
97
8.1
59
8.7
93
Product Type
8.6
59
8.4
92
8.3
59
7.2
90
Generative AI
9.0
54
9.3
83
8.6
53
9.2
84
Design Tools
8.4
63
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.4
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
8.6
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
333
Not enough data
9.0
328
Not enough data
9.5
332
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.6
315
Not enough data
9.2
338
Not enough data
9.0
324
Not enough data
9.2
323
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
7.5
304
Not enough data
8.5
306
Not enough data
8.7
304
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.9
285
Not enough data
7.6
286
Not enough data
7.1
278
Not enough data
7.6
277
Not enough data
6.9
273
Not enough data
7.2
274
Not enough data
7.6
279
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
8.4
107
Not enough data
8.3
108
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
Not enough data
8.6
104
Not enough data
8.4
102
Not enough data
8.4
103
Not enough data
8.4
102
Not enough data
8.2
102
Not enough data
8.2
102
Not enough data
8.4
102
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
8.4
101
Not enough data
8.3
99
Not enough data
8.4
97
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.9
67
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
660
Not enough data
8.7
619
Not enough data
9.2
680
Not enough data
Functionality
9.4
698
Not enough data
8.8
634
Not enough data
9.0
665
Not enough data
8.9
637
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
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.8
91
Not enough data
8.7
91
Not enough data
8.6
92
Support
Not enough data
8.6
90
Not enough data
8.7
90
Not enough data
8.4
89
Agentic AI - AI Code Generation
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
8.0
15
Editing
8.5
119
Not enough data
9.0
115
Not enough data
7.8
113
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
113
Not enough data
9.1
115
Not enough data
9.2
112
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
218
8.7
226
8.3
224
8.5
225
9.0
211
8.5
222
8.7
208
8.5
219
8.9
215
8.7
219
Advanced Functionality
8.7
208
8.6
213
8.0
207
8.0
215
8.1
203
8.5
208
9.1
215
8.8
215
Model
8.3
207
8.7
209
8.8
206
8.6
209
8.6
197
8.5
202
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
466
Not enough data
Publishing
8.4
474
Not enough data
Social Media
8.6
483
Not enough data
Planning
7.8
489
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
461
Not enough data
7.3
438
Not enough data
7.3
448
Not enough data
7.2
453
Not enough data
6.7
446
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.3
282
Not enough data
7.4
280
Not enough data
7.4
278
Not enough data
7.6
283
Not enough data
7.3
279
Not enough data
7.4
280
Not enough data
7.6
281
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.6
624
Not enough data
7.2
531
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
7.9
261
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
8.4
103
8.1
94
8.0
98
8.2
92
8.2
98
7.8
93
8.8
100
8.5
92
8.3
94
7.9
92
8.3
95
8.0
91
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
7.8
100
8.0
70
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.2
99
7.9
94
8.9
97
8.3
93
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.8
98
8.6
93
8.8
97
8.4
91
8.6
96
8.2
93
8.4
95
8.2
95
Logistics - Print Fulfillment
8.7
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
291
Not enough data
7.5
271
Not enough data
8.3
291
Not enough data
8.9
293
Not enough data
8.3
285
Not enough data
8.3
269
Not enough data
7.5
265
Not enough data
7.8
288
Not enough data
8.6
280
Not enough data
Distribution - Video Content Creation
7.7
264
Not enough data
7.9
274
Not enough data
9.0
282
Not enough data
Analytics - Video Content Creation
7.6
260
Not enough data
7.5
257
Not enough data
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.0
275
Not enough data
8.2
278
Not enough data
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.6
271
Not enough data
8.5
272
Not enough data
8.1
267
Not enough data
Other - Video Content Creation
8.7
277
Not enough data
8.6
276
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
7.8
170
Not enough data
7.8
169
Not enough data
Functionality - Logo Design Tools
9.3
421
Not enough data
8.8
416
Not enough data
8.9
412
Not enough data
9.2
421
Not enough data
9.0
411
Not enough data
9.1
419
Not enough data
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.5
141
Not enough data
8.9
138
Not enough data
8.9
138
Not enough data
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.8
136
Not enough data
8.8
135
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
Workflow Design & Integration - AI Orchestration
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance Optimization & Analytics - AI Orchestration
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
Governance & Compliance Controls - AI Orchestration
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customizations
9.4
73
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 TESS AI are categorized as AI Video Generators, AI Image Generators, and AI Writing Assistant
Unique Categories
Canva is categorized as AI Content Creation Platforms, Logo Design Tools, Video Content Creation, Design Systems, Content Creation, 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.)
TESS AI
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%
Marketing and Advertising
16.7%
Information Technology and Services
6.5%
Computer Software
5.1%
Graphic Design
4.3%
Animation
4.3%
Other
63.1%
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?
17 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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