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Compare Canva and Wondershare PDFelement 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (68.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$9.08 1 license Per Month (Paid Yearly. Monthly Cost)
Canva
Star Rating
(6,685)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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Star Rating
(1,017)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (68.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.08 1 license Per Month (Paid Yearly. Monthly Cost)
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 user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher overall score compared to Wondershare PDFelement. 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."
- Users say that Canva's extensive library of templates and design elements makes it a go-to tool for presentations and creative projects. One user mentioned, "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 Wondershare PDFelement serves as a versatile tool for PDF manipulation, with users highlighting its ability to combine documents and perform OCR scans. A user noted, "I generally like having it as a Swiss army knife tool available to manipulate PDF files."
- According to verified reviews, Canva's ease of setup is a standout feature, with many users finding the onboarding process straightforward. One user appreciated the help available, saying, "There's a lot of help available, like stepwise PDFs for the initial setup."
- Users highlight that while Wondershare PDFelement is effective for editing PDFs, it doesn't quite match the user-friendliness of Canva. A reviewer stated, "It is the most easy software to use for PDF editing," but noted that it may not be as intuitive as Canva for new users.
- Reviewers note that Canva's support quality is generally rated higher than that of Wondershare PDFelement, with users expressing satisfaction with the assistance they receive. One user remarked on Canva's support, saying, "The support team responds quickly and will solve the issue if needed," indicating a strong commitment to customer service.
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)
Wondershare PDFelement
PDFelement Pro for Teams (Monthly)
$9.08
1 license Per Month (Paid Yearly. Monthly Cost)
Ideal for personal use to create, edit, and sign PDFs. Automatically renew, cancel any time.
- Create PDF Files
- Export PDFs to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint
- Edit Text and Images in PDF Files
Free Trial
Canva
Free Trial is available
Wondershare PDFelement
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
4,968
9.0
935
Ease of Use
9.4
5,022
9.1
946
Ease of Setup
9.5
1,617
9.4
575
Ease of Admin
9.4
868
9.0
234
Quality of Support
8.8
3,688
8.6
792
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
798
8.9
227
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
4,859
9.1
930
Features by Category
Reports
8.8
436
Not enough data
8.9
434
Not enough data
9.1
507
Not enough data
8.7
419
Not enough data
9.1
463
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
436
Not enough data
8.9
434
Not enough data
9.1
507
Not enough data
8.7
419
Not enough data
9.1
463
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
2517
Not enough data
8.6
2493
Not enough data
9.3
2529
Not enough data
9.1
2416
Not enough data
Design & Editing
8.9
2455
Not enough data
8.9
2506
Not enough data
8.9
2422
Not enough data
Ad Management
8.8
1745
Not enough data
9.1
2233
Not enough data
8.5
1504
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
65
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
9.3
68
Not enough data
9.1
68
Not enough data
Communication Tools
8.1
63
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
Integrations
8.6
58
Not enough data
8.7
63
Not enough data
Software Offering
8.6
63
Not enough data
8.8
63
Not enough data
8.6
62
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
9.0
519
Not enough data
8.8
526
Not enough data
8.8
518
Not enough data
8.7
515
Editing
Not enough data
8.9
534
Not enough data
8.8
545
Not enough data
9.1
534
Not enough data
8.6
520
Not enough data
8.8
517
Operating System
Not enough data
9.3
356
Not enough data
8.2
257
Not enough data
7.2
218
Platform Basics
9.1
345
Not enough data
9.1
336
Not enough data
9.5
338
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.6
323
Not enough data
9.2
356
Not enough data
9.0
335
Not enough data
9.3
333
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
7.5
309
Not enough data
8.5
311
Not enough data
8.7
309
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.9
291
Not enough data
7.6
290
Not enough data
7.2
283
Not enough data
7.6
281
Not enough data
6.9
276
Not enough data
7.2
278
Not enough data
7.7
284
Not enough data
Data Sources
Not enough data
8.6
219
Not enough data
8.6
222
Not enough data
9.1
228
Generation
Not enough data
8.5
222
Not enough data
8.4
215
Not enough data
8.7
221
Delivery
Not enough data
8.8
214
Not enough data
8.5
208
Not enough data
8.7
208
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
150
Not enough data
8.8
148
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Document Generation
Not enough data
9.3
32
Design
Not enough data
8.9
217
Not enough data
8.7
218
Not enough data
8.7
213
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.3
210
Not enough data
8.3
203
File Types
Not enough data
9.2
227
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Edit & Revise
Not enough data
8.9
214
Not enough data
8.7
213
Not enough data
9.2
223
Integrate & Embed
Not enough data
8.4
221
Not enough data
8.6
220
Not enough data
8.6
215
Operating System
Not enough data
9.3
217
Not enough data
8.5
147
Not enough data
7.6
126
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
178
Not enough data
8.6
182
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Document Creation
Not enough data
9.0
35
Design
9.5
503
8.7
77
9.2
501
8.9
72
9.2
492
9.0
72
9.2
495
8.8
71
9.0
481
8.7
69
9.2
483
8.6
69
Platform Additional Functionality
8.8
441
8.5
66
9.2
483
8.8
66
Performance Tracking
8.8
661
Not enough data
8.7
619
Not enough data
9.2
683
Not enough data
Functionality
9.4
702
Not enough data
8.8
636
Not enough data
9.0
667
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
8.6
121
Not enough data
9.1
118
Not enough data
7.8
114
Not enough data
8.0
108
Not enough data
Search
8.0
111
Not enough data
7.6
91
Not enough data
7.0
92
Not enough data
8.0
92
Not enough data
Permissions
7.4
90
Not enough data
8.2
108
Not enough data
8.3
107
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
114
Not enough data
9.1
117
Not enough data
9.3
117
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Brand Asset Management
7.0
83
Not enough data
7.2
83
Not enough data
7.4
82
Not enough data
7.5
82
Not enough data
7.2
82
Not enough data
7.2
83
Not enough data
Image Generation
8.6
219
Not enough data
8.3
226
Not enough data
9.0
215
Not enough data
8.7
209
Not enough data
8.9
217
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
219
Not enough data
Model
8.3
209
Not enough data
8.9
209
Not enough data
8.6
199
Not enough data
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
9.5
25
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
8.6
12
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
471
Not enough data
Publishing
8.4
478
Not enough data
Social Media
8.6
488
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
494
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
465
Not enough data
7.4
441
Not enough data
7.3
452
Not enough data
7.2
459
Not enough data
6.7
449
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.3
284
Not enough data
7.4
282
Not enough data
7.4
280
Not enough data
7.6
285
Not enough data
7.4
281
Not enough data
7.4
283
Not enough data
7.6
285
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.6
628
Not enough data
7.2
533
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
7.9
263
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
74
Not enough data
8.5
73
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Print Fulfillment Services
7.8
40
Not enough data
Customization - Print Fulfillment
8.7
73
Not enough data
8.8
72
Not enough data
9.3
74
Not enough data
Video creation - Video Content Creation
7.8
290
Not enough data
7.5
271
Not enough data
8.3
292
Not enough data
8.9
298
Not enough data
8.3
285
Not enough data
8.3
268
Not enough data
7.5
264
Not enough data
7.8
289
Not enough data
8.6
280
Not enough data
Distribution - Video Content Creation
7.7
263
Not enough data
7.9
274
Not enough data
9.0
283
Not enough data
Analytics - Video Content Creation
7.6
261
Not enough data
7.5
256
Not enough data
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.0
275
Not enough data
8.2
278
Not enough data
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.5
271
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
170
Not enough data
7.8
168
Not enough data
Functionality - Logo Design Tools
9.3
424
Not enough data
8.9
421
Not enough data
9.0
414
Not enough data
9.2
425
Not enough data
9.0
416
Not enough data
9.1
422
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
76
Not enough data
9.5
71
Not enough data
7.9
66
Not enough data
8.0
69
Not enough data
Growth
7.4
63
Not enough data
7.3
63
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
7.3
63
Not enough data
7.6
62
Not enough data
Content
7.5
65
Not enough data
7.9
63
Not enough data
8.6
61
Not enough data
7.4
61
Not enough data
Support
8.5
61
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Canva and Wondershare PDFelement 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
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Canva
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Wondershare PDFelement
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
13.7%
Information Technology and Services
6.7%
Computer Software
5.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.0%
Education Management
4.2%
Other
65.2%
Information Technology and Services
7.8%
Computer Software
5.0%
Higher Education
4.6%
Education Management
4.6%
Writing and Editing
3.2%
Other
74.8%
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
What's your licensing model/policy?
2 Comments
Official Response from Wondershare PDFelement
The licensing model of PDFelement is perpetual, meaning the software is purchased at a one-time cost that does not require commitment to a subscription or...Read more
What is the best way to get good quality conversions from PDFs to Word documents that have complicated pictures and text?
2 Comments
GF
It's unlikely you'll find anything which can perfectly differentiate between legitimate text and random blemishes / marks. I would suggest using PDFelement's...Read more
Does the perpetual license for one user include future upgrades or do upgrades have to be purchased?
2 Comments
GF
Susan, for a definitive answer you might want to contact the publisher, but in my experience a perpetual license includes support and upDATES but not version...Read more
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