Canva Reviews

Summary: Canva has made it possible for us to have a good design tool, previously we made our slides in Microsoft PowerPoint, however, the way those slides were were not to our liking, since they had a rather old design, for which we agreed to replace that platform with Canva. We do not regret having made that choice, since we are not sorry that we are currently using the platform, on the contrary, we are very grateful due to the great results reported so far, it is another way that has allowed us to create optimal designs for all types of advertising campaigns, in addition, we have created the company logo, we have designed all kinds of images to incorporate in the documents or brochures that we distribute right to these clients, in addition, it has also helped us to show advertising images for each publication that we notify you of social. I really loved this design bouquet, within it, I think it has a lot of potential for any company and allows you to create very good quality slides with an easy-to-use editor.

Positive: Canva is a magnificent service to improve the general design of any company, with the help of this platform you can create various presentations, it would make positive and from scratch and you can also create infographics, edit Videos or create animated images. The things I liked about this platform were:

1.- The main feature that I liked is that it has a great variety of dishes available so that all users can give a different tone to the presentations or slides they are creating, in addition, there are also templates available for the design of all kinds of wolves, and there are also templates for infographics. Without a doubt, the templates help a lot to maximize the design of what is being done, the templates offered by this platform are very professional, although the vast majority of available templates are only available in the paid version.

2.- This platform offers special plans for companies, and offers incredible discounts when many users of your company will use this design platform. I have loved the great plans that this platform offered me, since we have integrated up to more than 300 users within this design platform and we have obtained an incredible discount for paying this platform annually, I really loved the very affordable prices that it offered me.

3.- For computers, this version helps a lot when it comes to editing all kinds of presentations, since it is much more fluid than the web version, in addition, this version for computers allows you to work together with the collaboration of your colleagues, with as only use the plan for companies, you can work together thanks to this application download it for computers, or using the version for mobile devices.

4.- This platform also has an integrated image system or image library, I really love this library because it offers me a wide variety of images depending on what I'm looking for, this library has a built-in search engine, which is capable of to show all kinds of results depending on what you write in that search engine, there is a great variety of images without any type of copyright, therefore, you can use these images freely for everything that is being designed.

Negative: The main criticisms that I have witnessed about this platform were:

1.- The mobile version should be much more used, since currently it only offers image editing, slideshow creation and presentation creation functions, but video editing is not available, within this application it cannot be removed no video, moreover, you can't enjoy creating animated images either, I find this app has very good and professional features for you to design presentations, but it is very necessary for the video editing feature to be implemented, it is very necessary to have this function on the phone.

2.- The web version is not so optimal, since the more you are inserting information into the presentation or slide that you are making, the web version will become a bit slow. I consider that this web version is suitable for those people who are learn to use this platform, however, I do not recommend it at all if you are designing a presentation with a lot of information or editing a video with a lot of quality or elements.

3.- Another of the negative things is that this platform is not suitable for anyone, nor for any computer, the consumption of the version for computers and the web version is quite high, especially if you are editing some type of video, since that at the time of rendering that video when you have completed it, this rendering process consumes a lot of computer resources, therefore, you will not be able to use it for other activities while this process is being reviewed. I recommend that this platform only be used on computers that have a suitable capacity.

Summary: I like this tool because it allowed me to decide on my own the design of certain things that I have done within my company. Typically you should hire an expensive graphic designer who will do the job of doing whatever design is assigned to you the most however this is a bit costly when you don't use the designer as often as you get a good return on investment . With Canva I had no barriers when facing the problems I had when I wanted to create business cards, letters, certificates, even the t-shirts of my company's workers. Likewise, with this platform, without the need to have the same knowledge as a graphic designer, I was able to create posts for social networks, banners and even the design of the emails that we send to our clients. It was just a good investment for my company.

Positive: + I can import any media file into Canva not only from my PC but also from multiple platforms as Canva integrates very well with a large number of websites. This was useful for me because I have multiple images and videos in different places like the Box cloud or Google Photos, so I don't have to go through a lengthy process of exporting and then importing to Canva but can send everything at once to my designs. .

+ Its features is mainly designed for people whose knowledge of graphic design is limited or practically non-existent. So this was rewarding for me because the learning curve for this platform was not as steep as I had hoped. I have seen changes that are taking a step further than simple and easy, but that would be a bit against Canva. Everything else has been a walk being able to navigate within its functions and being able to create designs without any limitations.

+ Canva has templates for multiple designs that are not only focused on social networks but also on printing such as shirts, stickers, cards, certificates, etc. In addition, it not only focuses on the design of flat images, but I can also create gifs, videos or presentations if required. The truth is that this seemed very complete to me because it adapts very well to the type of design that one wants to achieve and this helps a lot when there is a creative block, it is enough to choose what it is going to be designed for and then choose a template to start editing.

+ Its multiplatform is very complete and I mean that both the web version and the version for any available operating system that Canva has are practically the same. So I can choose where I feel like working from which in my case is on the web since I don't have to download anything, but sometimes I also use my iPad to create my designs in case I don't want to be on the PC . I can do all this without feeling limited between one version and another since I have all the functionalities regardless of where I want to do my designs.

+ It has useful tools for people who do not know graphic design and want to start learning and enhance their designs. Within the Canva website there is a “Learn” section where there are blogs with a lot of information regarding the use of color, combination of various typefaces, a better presentation for social media posts and more. In addition, not only this is what Canva offers, but also in the "Learn" section there is a "Designschool" section which has free courses to speed up the learning process that allows good results with the designs. I have used the "Learn" section a lot because there are things that I was not aware of and now my entire creative process has become much easier by having tips that help me make everything more striking and professional looking.

Negative: - It is becoming a tool for professionals, with this I do not want to contradict myself when this tool is for people with little design knowledge, but I have noticed after each update that they have added more features that make it more complex for people who do not we are in the field of graphic design, and this overwhelms me and worries me since before it was more practical to create a post for a social network. However, now it has so many editing tools that simplicity disappears, don't say it's wrong that they add more features that allow the creative freedom of each user who uses Canva, I'm just saying that they should create a section for professionals and for those who They don't have that much design knowledge.

- The text editor does not have a feature to recommend auto-generated text using pre-indexed words. I have been to several publishing sites and in some I have come across an idea generator that, through a few words that I want to include in the text, generates a text according to the emotion that I want to convey. I know that sounds like a great tool, but currently that is possible and it would also be useful to have that feature in Canva when you have writer's block or need auto-generated text templates to get an idea of the content you want to write within. a post.

- The basic plans are very limited, this negative point has not affected me, but it has affected those who are not going to use Canva professionally, because if the use of this platform is not going to be projected in the future or it will not be used very much Often it's okay to use Canvas with its free version. On the other hand, if you will use Canvas for a more professional environment in which its use will be more than just simple posts for social networks, then I would recommend buying a plan. I say this from experience as your gallery, editing and template will be very limited in exploiting your creative process, it will also affect the way you export your designs as it will not have all the features you want. So I would recommend considering what you want your ultimate purpose to be and how often you will use this platform based on your needs.

Summary: This is the software I tell the most people in my life about. I truly use this in my professional and personal life frequently, and have been very happy with Canva the entire time I have used it.

Positive: It is so easy to learn, and helps you make your materials look good. There is a vast array of design options, and there truly is a plethora of items for free. For the first time, I finally like the way my flyers and infographics look. I've also gotten several compliments and questions on what software I use for my presentations! My secret is always Canva.

Negative: Although the free option is great and has quite a bit for no cost, the paid option is pretty noticeably better. As long as you're okay with paying (a fairly reasonable fee), it is well worth it. The search function took some time for me to get used to and figure out how to best utilize it, so don't be overwhelmed if you can't find what you're looking for right away. I honestly don't have many other cons because the software has worked incredibly well for me!

Summary: Totally worth the money if you're going to do anything at all with design for digital media. It has a lot of options and functionality and makes it much easier to create complicated graphics than you think.

Positive: The free version is amazing if you're making quick images, social media posts, etc and working by yourself, but getting the full version opens options for sharing projects with a team, saving images and colors and projects that you can all work on or work from and gives you a lot more options for more complicated projects. It's worth the money if you're making images for websites or email headers.

Negative: It takes a little while to learn to use all the features (you'll pick up the basics quickly) and when to best use them and the "training" isn't great.

Summary: Overall, I highly recommend Canva. I love that this powerful online graphic design and photo editing software is available with a large collection of tools available for free. If a user can afford to invest in Canva Pro, I highly recommend it as well, especially if it will be used for business and income-generating purposes. The branding toolkit is particularly useful for businesses and personal brands of all sizes.

I love that Canva is a high-quality all-in-one graphic design and photo editing software that is accessible for beginner design software users yet still useful and enjoyable for advanced users.

Positive: There is a wide variety of graphic design and photo editing tools available on Canva. When I was a beginner to using this software, it was accessible to me, though some of the functionality was tricky to get used to. The features and quality made it highly worth it though. Even the free version of the software allows users a great degree of customization and ability to create and edit designs. Since upgrading to Canva Pro, I have been able to use even more incredible features. I use Canva Pro for business purposes in intranet site administration and design. I use a free personal account for photo editing and social media graphic design. Both serve their purposes very well for me.

Three specific features I really love are the brand toolkit that users can customize (Pro exclusive), the photo editor with a vast range of adjustments and tools available, and the image copy and resize option (Pro exclusive).

Negative: When getting started using Canva a couple of years ago, I was a bit overwhelmed by the tools available, and some of them could be touchy to control or adjust on a smartphone versus on a larger format computer or tablet. It can also be a little tricky to figure out where each customization tool is located on the program when using it on multiple devices. The layout is understandably different on Canva for desktop devices than it is on Canva for mobile phones or tablets. None of these cons are enough to deter me from using or recommending the software. Really, they are expected obstacles with any online design software.

Summary: I have been able to create multiple brochures, prints, business cards, posts for my social networks, presentations and even design coffee cups for the company. I have not needed a professional designer at all to carry out all these works mentioned above and much more, I do not want to say that Canva degrades the work of graphic designers, but rather that it makes it easier for those who do not know how in my almost and want use a cheaper and more practical solution than hiring a designer. Thanks to Canva I did not have the need to do everything on my own, but rather we divided the work with others in order to be able to finish the design we were making more quickly and also have feedback on how the final image should be. It should be noted that this platform greatly helps marketing through social networks by being able to create more striking, quality and professional content, they are not just simple images, but with Canva everything is more elaborate, with a very simple platform I have been able to achieve many things without the need to know expensive and complicated design tools that make me waste time just learning.

Positive: º It has a large number of templates that you can use, if you don't know how to start you can choose what your image is intended for and choose the type of image you want to make within the creation of your design. Whether it is for the thumbnail for YouTube or a cover or post for Facebook, all this helps you to automatically select the dimensions and characteristics of the place where you will put your design.

º The gallery of images that you have within this platform is very wide, being able to find almost everything you need without having to buy an image on another platform, without having to make them from scratch and without having to search for it in Google to be able to can it in my designs.

º It is very complete to be able to make any type of design, I cannot compare it with Photoshop, but I can say that it has a large number of functions that I can use to create posts, banners, thumbnails, resumes, presentations, etc. Anything I can think of I can create. I can also add shapes, text, upload my own images, etc. to help complement my design in case something is missing and I have that missing on my computer.

º Its platform is friendly and simple, that's why I can mention that anyone without experience in design can work within this platform without getting lost in the attempt. I like that everything can be done with drag and drop without requiring keyboard shortcuts since everything is visually placed so that in a couple of clicks you can add or edit the elements that will make up the image you are designing.

º I can work collaboratively in case of having to face large editing projects. I can include my entire team so I can have help when I need to do a large number of designs or edit a single design with multiple people so I can get better feedback on how they like the final edit to look.

Negative: º I would like it to have an offline mode in some way since this platform is entirely online, so if you don't have an internet connection, you probably won't be able to carry out your design ideas. It would be nice if it could be installed like any software for Windows or Mac and thus allow you to continue creating or editing a design without the need and obligation of being able to have an internet connection.

º It does not have shape cutouts, I have tried everything to make that type of cutout and not just the aspect ratio cutout. I would like to be able to have that type of function or an option that can cut freely and be able to cut the cuts that I want with the shapes and measures that I want and thus make it more practical to cut an image and paste it in some design in which I am working.

º To be an easy-to-use design platform for any experienced or inexperienced user, video editing seems to exceed that ease as its editing features are too limited. It doesn't even measure up to Microsoft's old Movie Maker and knowing that it has very basic functions, however, the Clipchamp app for Windows is much more complete and easier to use than the editor that comes with Canva.

º It has a limit with the size of the image that can be uploaded, apparently it does not work very well with large image sizes and it is annoying to have to go to another design platform just to be able to reduce the image size, wasting time. It could be useful if it had an internal size converter that allows you to do this type of thing without having to resort to external platforms to do this type of work and thus I do not need to leave Canva since all my design can be done there.

º I would like the icons or vectors to be ordered according to their classification and not only show me a bunch of images in the results which I have to search for one by one, making the creative design process more tedious by having to search for something similar that I need to put inside my designs.

Summary: Overall I love using Canva in both its free version for personal use and the pro subscription at my job. My organization creates all its print, social and website graphics through Canva because of the multiple platform-specific templates. The ability to create custom sized documents in inches or pixels is excellent for working with our website build, and we have recently moved the design of our print newsletter in-house partially because of the ease of building it in Canva's platform. Overall, this is an excellent design software for the price and with the ability to add team members, one person can have a pro subscription for the entire organization, making the cost very reasonable for a solution our entire design and marketing team can use. On a personal level, I use the free version of Canva to create my own social media posts and some freelance graphic design work, and have found it more than adequate for what I need to use it for in my personal work.

Positive: Easy to use on-stop platform to design any social media, print, or website graphics, ability to collaborate on projects with a team, large selection of stock photos and graphics, easy to use customization options, ease of uploading graphics and elements, ability to resize designs for multiple platforms.

Negative: Learning curve of using some of the editing features, many features, fonts and stock photos locked to the Pro option only, layer editing can be difficult if using many small elements in a design, often click on and drag the wrong item in a build that uses multiple layered elements.

Summary: If you want images and different designs to look professionally done without having to spend too much money Canva is the software for you.

Positive: I am not graphic designer, but I post a lot on social platforms for our company. So, I enjoy Canva and how easy it makes designing images for my posts. The features are user friendly and end up helping my posts catch the eyes of those scrolling.

Negative: There is a learning curve to learning all of the features. Once again, it is easy to use, but if you truly want to use all the features provided you have to learn by just using and exploring the platform.

Summary: Overall, Canva is a basic graphic designing tool which can be used by anyone without requiring any prior knowledge. It helps in creating beautiful and attractive designs which can be used multi purposely across organizations.

Positive: - Canva helps in creating and designing attractive slides, posters and designs.
- It has a lot of templates which can be used directly or used as a base design to get started.
- The website is lightweight and does not lag at all.
- It can be easily integrated with many third-party applications.
- It has a lot of tools which makes the designing process easy and quick.

Negative: It is simple and easy to use to application and does not have any noticeable con.

Summary: Overall, I am very satisfied with the software. I can design my basic graphics work on the go from laptop or smartphone. It is a fast solution to simple graphics work.

Positive: The main Pros of this software are:
1. It can be used in any part of the world without any fixed requirement.
2. It supports cross-platform & so you can use it with whatever you have.
3. Thousand of pre-built templates to match your requirement.
4. Powerful presentation builder.
5. Presenter mode for the online meetings.
6. Easy solution for creating banners, logos or any graphics work.
7. No prior expertise required. Simply drag & drop to start your design.

Negative: Canva is a perfect software as per requirement. It is a cloud-based software therefore it will not be wise to expect photoshop performance in all aspects from this software.
It can handle all basic kinds of graphics work but it is still far away to build advanced graphics work.

Summary: Overall I would rate my experience- in the capacity of a blogger, as Excellent. However, I am a blogger and my use of graphic functionalities is limited and relevant to the topic I write about. But I am pretty sure that the professional designers would also love Canva as it has many advanced features as well.

Positive: I love the overall interface that packs comprehensive features but in an eye-friendly organized visual format. I am a blogger and need to frequently add good graphics within my posts but I am not a qualified graphic designer. Canva helps me to quickly create decent visual materials with least efforts. Many times I just select the templates and make a few changes to personalize them. It allows me to get a readymade themed material complete with matching background, typography and right positioning. Besides, I can simply select the specific formats like social posts, presentations etc. to see the different templates related to that format. What I love the most is the workspace area. I can easily find and add the quick readymade creative bits like icons, styles, etc. to give a personal touch to any template. I also love the mobile app version of Canva and sometimes use it for making images for social media posts. The elements section has got lots of icons and even the free ones look so professional. I can also change style or recolor any desired element. The option for grouping help me to group different elements together so that they respond uniformly to any changes like resizing. Downloads are decently fast and I can also share the completed images right from the workspace area. Overall it is a great option to overcome creative block or lack of technical graphic skills.

Negative: I am not a professional designer and so I frequently use just limited features (necessary for any specific blog post) from a huge collection of advanced features that Canva has. In that capacity, I don't find any cons. However, I think that people who want to use Canva primarily for designing professional graphics may appreciate some more customization of graphics in terms of changing the shape of the template elements- like curving a straight line or straightening the curves, etc.

Summary: Canva is a productive and versatile tool that helps in creating designs with ease. There are immense features and tools with templates to help to get a head start in the design process.

Positive: 1. It has some great tools that let the user design extremely professional designs easily.
2. There is a template for every topic, which makes the software quite versatile to use.
3. It lets you add images, videos, texts and even graphics in any design easily and without any addition cost.
4. The trial version is enough to browse and experience all the features and tools.

Negative: It is extremely easy to use and is flawless, I didn't find any cons in my usage.

Summary: The negative point I mentioned above about Canva was not a factor that will affect our experience directly or exponentially, so I still think my overall experience with this shower was fantastic, I'm not complaining about using it within my company, Each and every one of our employees use as their main means to make designs, in addition to other employees also have the need to make Vanessa for advertising or for a specific email, they have been able to do it with the help of this magnificent software. This software works in an unlimited way, you can make brochures, banners or slides without worrying about any limit, The amount of storage space that cama in the cloud offers is fantastic and this helps us to store all our design in the cloud, so we save plenty of space on our computers. We will continue to use this great platform as it is helping us build fantastic designs. It is also important to mention that our process of adapting to this software was a bit complicated, we did not understand very well how to use each of the templates, we also did not know how to insert each of the forms that they offered us, however others spent two weeks using He answers it normally, we were not able to advance all the functions and currently we carry out design without any problem.

Positive: Who wouldn't like to have a system where you can make different layouts, presentations, slides or brochures all in one place. All these features and much more is what Canva offers, One of the main things that positively caught my attention is that this system is able to offer me a large number of pre-designed templates for various already positives and brochures, it also has templates to make banners , all these templates have a fairly proportional and unique design, a design that you will not find on any other platform since they are original. The wide variety of templates that Canva offers help me build some pretty eye-catching slides. Another of the positive things that stood out during my experience is that it is a fairly light software, when inserting information in the design sheet, the software responds very quickly, it does not have any type of delay while I insert the information, in addition when a design has a lot of information to load this software does not present any type of delay either. Last but not least, the application for mobile devices works wonderfully, it works in a similar way to other image design software, so to use it it is not necessary to have previous experience, its use is quite simple and any user will be able to adapt to its functionalities without any complexity. Despite being an application that has quite a considerable weight, its general operation is magnificent, it provides a similar operation to the experience obtained from the computer version and the web version. Much of the functionality of Canva was developed in a positive way during our experience, this helped us to design several images Iván is for our company and for our advertising campaigns.

Negative: The negative point that I have to mention about Canva is not regarding the functions, since as I previously mentioned all the functions behave wonderfully and this allowed us to make innovative designs, however the complaint I have is regarding the system of billing that has Canva. We have a monthly subscription for each employee individually, and we have noticed that at the time of billing it is not done automatically, we have to do the billing manually within the software. The billing system of the Chamber currently does not work perfectly, on several occasions we have had to carry out the process manually and this is a rather tedious process. I hope you can resolve this issue as soon as possible because when the automatic process is not done, our subscription stops and does not allow us to make designs with access to premium features.

Summary: Canva is an extremely user friendly online editor which makes creating content really simple even for newbies like myself. Its catalog of templates and resources is plenty to make a social media post, logo, thumbnail and more , unless you are a designer looking to make unique elements.

Positive: Extremely simple to use with a drag and drop interface.
Lots of free design types, templates and stock images.
Cloud storage to save your work.
Collaborate with teammates in real time.
Free tier with decent capabilities.
Available as Android and iOS apps.

Negative: The first subscription plan - Pro is expensive at monthly cost (although it allows up to 5 users), there should be a personal plan for single user at lower price point.

Summary: Overall this software is incredible and I would recommend it to anyone, especially nonprofits who can get the Pro edition for free.

Positive: This software is great and can make anyone feel like a designer. The best part is, that the Pro version is free for nonprofits.

Negative: The one downside to the software is that it heavily pushes its own printing service, whereas less expensive options are usually available.