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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (94.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
Canva
Star Rating
(6,883)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
(5,004)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (94.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Canva excels in user experience, with many praising its intuitive interface that allows even beginners to create professional-looking designs effortlessly. Users appreciate the ability to simply pick a template and utilize drag-and-drop features, making it a go-to choice for various design needs.
- According to verified reviews, Simplified shines in its ability to streamline tasks for users, particularly in business management. Reviewers highlight how it reduces the mental load of content creation, allowing teams to focus on other managerial tasks, which is a significant advantage for busy professionals.
- Users say that Canva's extensive library of templates and stock images enhances its usability, making it suitable for a wide range of projects, from presentations to social media graphics. This variety is a key factor in its high satisfaction ratings, as users can find resources tailored to their specific needs.
- Reviewers mention that while Simplified is easy to use, it may not offer the same breadth of features as Canva, particularly in design flexibility. Users have noted that while it serves well for specific tasks like AI presentations, it lacks the comprehensive design tools that Canva provides.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Canva's strong support and community engagement contribute to its overall satisfaction. Users frequently mention the helpful resources and tutorials available, which enhance their ability to utilize the platform effectively, especially for those new to design.
- According to recent feedback, while Simplified is appreciated for its time-saving capabilities, some users feel it could improve in areas like design customization and template variety. This limitation can hinder users looking for more creative freedom in their projects compared to what Canva offers.
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)
Simplified
Simplified One
Starting at $29.00
1 Seat Per Month
Best for freelancers, solo creators
- 7 Social Media Accounts, 1 User
- 1 Brand Style & Voice
- 100K AI words
Free Trial
Canva
Free Trial is available
Simplified
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
5,051
9.0
723
Ease of Use
9.4
5,107
8.9
1,145
Ease of Setup
9.6
1,699
8.7
587
Ease of Admin
9.4
900
9.1
210
Quality of Support
8.8
3,752
8.9
555
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
831
9.1
200
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
4,938
9.0
665
Features by Category
Reports
8.8
440
Not enough data
8.9
438
Not enough data
9.1
513
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
440
Not enough data
8.9
438
Not enough data
9.1
513
Not enough data
8.7
423
Not enough data
9.1
468
Not enough data
Reports
8.7
393
Not enough data
8.7
393
Not enough data
8.7
383
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.6
211
Not enough data
8.4
206
Not enough data
Visualization
9.2
467
Not enough data
8.9
395
Not enough data
9.1
428
Not enough data
9.1
469
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.7
383
Not enough data
9.0
425
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.4
471
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
471
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.7
402
Not enough data
9.0
456
Not enough data
8.6
390
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
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
9.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Reports & Dashboards
Not enough data
9.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
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
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Interaction
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
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
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 - AI Chatbots
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
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
9.5
2546
9.0
116
8.7
2524
8.7
110
9.3
2586
8.9
117
9.1
2437
8.8
108
Design & Editing
8.9
2475
8.8
107
8.9
2530
8.6
108
8.9
2441
8.7
100
Ad Management
8.8
1758
8.7
96
9.1
2252
8.8
104
8.5
1513
8.8
85
Analytics
Feature Not Available
8.7
59
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Grammar
8.6
67
8.9
366
8.4
66
8.8
356
8.9
64
9.0
391
Formatting
7.7
64
8.9
286
8.2
61
8.9
318
7.8
60
8.6
248
Content
8.6
64
9.0
337
8.9
64
9.1
393
8.2
61
8.9
277
Product Type
8.7
61
9.0
275
8.3
61
8.7
211
Generative AI
9.0
56
8.2
29
8.6
55
8.5
29
Design Tools
8.5
72
Not enough data
8.9
72
Not enough data
8.6
72
Not enough data
9.4
75
Not enough data
9.1
76
Not enough data
Communication Tools
8.3
68
Not enough data
8.6
70
Not enough data
Integrations
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.8
70
Not enough data
Software Offering
8.7
70
Not enough data
8.9
69
Not enough data
8.6
70
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Collaborative Whiteboard
8.5
55
Not enough data
8.5
53
Not enough data
8.5
57
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.1
358
9.7
6
9.1
348
9.2
6
9.5
350
9.2
6
Platform Content
8.6
330
9.2
6
9.2
371
9.4
6
9.0
345
8.9
6
9.3
342
9.4
6
Platform Additional Functionality
7.5
311
9.4
6
8.5
317
8.9
6
8.8
313
9.7
6
Generative AI
8.0
295
9.2
6
7.7
293
8.9
6
7.2
286
9.2
6
7.7
285
9.7
6
6.9
278
9.2
6
7.3
281
9.2
6
7.7
287
8.9
6
Content & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.8
137
Not enough data
8.7
157
Not enough data
8.2
57
Not enough data
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.7
119
Not enough data
9.0
185
Social Management
Not enough data
8.7
127
Not enough data
9.0
155
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
141
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.8
121
Not enough data
8.2
14
Agentic AI - Social Media Management
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Voice
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Transcription
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
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 - Transcription
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Responses
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
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
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Design
9.5
508
Not enough data
9.2
503
Not enough data
9.2
495
Not enough data
9.2
496
Not enough data
9.0
483
Not enough data
9.2
485
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.8
444
Not enough data
9.2
486
Not enough data
Performance Tracking
8.8
665
Not enough data
8.7
621
Not enough data
9.2
685
Not enough data
Functionality
9.4
708
Not enough data
8.8
638
Not enough data
9.0
672
Not enough data
8.9
640
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
8.6
49
Not enough data
9.1
49
Not enough data
9.1
55
Not enough data
9.1
50
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.8
52
Not enough data
9.1
55
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
51
Not enough data
8.9
50
Not enough data
9.0
50
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Agentic AI - Video Editing
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
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
126
Not enough data
9.1
122
Not enough data
7.7
119
Not enough data
8.0
110
Not enough data
Search
8.0
112
Not enough data
7.6
91
Not enough data
7.0
92
Not enough data
8.0
93
Not enough data
Permissions
7.4
90
Not enough data
8.3
108
Not enough data
8.3
108
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
117
Not enough data
9.1
118
Not enough data
9.3
120
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Brand Asset Management
7.1
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
225
7.8
12
8.4
234
7.6
12
9.1
223
7.4
12
8.7
215
7.1
12
8.9
226
8.1
12
Advanced Functionality
8.7
215
7.7
11
8.1
213
6.7
11
8.1
209
7.1
11
9.1
228
8.0
11
Model
8.3
214
7.4
11
8.9
215
8.0
11
8.7
204
7.9
11
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
9.5
48
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
9.1
21
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
476
8.5
14
Publishing
8.5
485
8.3
14
Social Media
8.6
496
8.2
14
Planning
7.9
502
7.9
15
Generative AI
7.5
473
8.3
15
7.4
448
8.3
15
7.3
460
8.1
15
7.2
466
8.0
15
6.7
456
7.6
14
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.4
288
Not enough data
7.5
286
Not enough data
7.4
284
Not enough data
7.7
291
Not enough data
7.4
286
Not enough data
7.4
287
Not enough data
7.6
291
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.7
633
Not enough data
7.2
535
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
7.9
267
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
8.4
106
7.9
12
8.1
101
7.9
12
8.3
101
7.4
12
8.9
103
8.2
11
8.3
97
6.1
12
8.3
98
6.7
11
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
7.9
103
7.5
6
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.3
102
7.9
12
8.9
100
7.9
11
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.8
101
7.6
12
8.8
100
7.1
12
8.7
99
7.5
12
8.4
98
7.5
12
Logistics - Print Fulfillment
8.8
75
Not enough data
8.5
73
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
74
Not enough data
9.3
76
Not enough data
Video creation - Video Content Creation
7.8
293
7.7
10
7.6
274
7.2
10
8.4
298
6.8
10
9.0
305
7.2
10
8.3
289
6.5
10
8.3
272
7.0
10
7.5
267
7.2
10
7.8
292
7.2
10
8.6
284
7.3
10
Distribution - Video Content Creation
7.7
265
7.0
10
8.0
278
7.2
10
9.0
288
7.8
10
Analytics - Video Content Creation
7.6
263
6.5
10
7.5
259
7.5
10
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.0
278
7.3
10
8.2
283
6.8
10
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.6
275
7.3
10
8.5
279
7.3
10
8.1
272
7.0
10
Other - Video Content Creation
8.8
284
7.0
10
8.6
281
7.0
10
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
7.8
173
Not enough data
7.8
171
Not enough data
Functionality - Logo Design Tools
9.3
432
Not enough data
8.9
422
Not enough data
9.0
416
Not enough data
9.2
430
Not enough data
9.0
420
Not enough data
9.1
426
Not enough data
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.6
145
Not enough data
9.0
144
Not enough data
9.0
143
Not enough data
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.9
140
Not enough data
8.9
139
Not enough data
8.8
139
Not enough data
Customizations
9.4
86
Not enough data
9.5
79
Not enough data
7.9
69
Not enough data
8.0
72
Not enough data
Growth
7.4
65
Not enough data
7.4
66
Not enough data
8.5
69
Not enough data
7.4
65
Not enough data
7.6
64
Not enough data
Content
7.6
67
Not enough data
8.0
67
Not enough data
8.6
63
Not enough data
7.4
63
Not enough data
Support
8.6
66
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Canva and Simplified are categorized as Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, AI Image Generators, AI Writing Assistant, Content Creation, Display Ad Design, Photo Editing, and Presentation
Unique Categories
Simplified is categorized as AI Chatbots, Transcription, Video Editing, Social Media Analytics, Social Media Suites, Social Media Management, and Chatbots
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Canva
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Simplified
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
6.9%
Computer Software
5.3%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.0%
Education Management
4.1%
Other
65.1%
Writing and Editing
8.7%
Marketing and Advertising
7.5%
Animation
4.5%
Accounting
4.2%
Arts and Crafts
4.1%
Other
70.9%
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?
19 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
How can i optimise the long writer ? and is their a video that explains the video editor better
2 Comments
KD
Here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShtGcsuz0PY&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=SimplifiedRead more
Can I embed your services in my website..
2 Comments
KD
You can ping online support, based on your use case we can explore the optionsRead more
Can Simplified AI writer really create readers-intent content?
2 Comments
MG
Hi Ganiyu! Yes! You can try it for yourself for free at simplified.co/aiRead more
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