What is Canva used for?

Canva is an online design tool for creating social graphics, presentations, video and print materials in the browser or on mobile. It is a good fit for making social media posts without a designer and building presentations in the browser.

Is Canva open source?

No. Canva is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Canva include vue-fabric-editor and Poster Design.

What are some alternatives to Canva?

Canva competes with Figma, Adobe Express and Visme. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Canva alternatives.

Canva: features, pricing and alternatives

About Canva

Canva is a hosted design tool for producing social media graphics, presentations, video and print materials. It is a commercial product that runs in the browser, with support for recent versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge, and it also offers apps for Android and iOS.

Because it is delivered as a cloud service rather than software you install on your own servers, it suits individuals and teams who want to make visual content without specialist design software. Detailed feature and plan information is on the vendor's own website.

Key features

Browser-based design editor
Social graphics and presentation design
Video and print design support
Apps for Android and iOS

Good fit for

→Making social media posts without a designer
→Building presentations in the browser

Tags: design; graphic-design; presentations; social-media; video; saas; templates

Canva: questions and answers

What is Canva used for?: Canva is an online design tool for creating social graphics, presentations, video and print materials in the browser or on mobile. It is a good fit for making social media posts without a designer and building presentations in the browser.
Is Canva free?: Yes. Canva has a free plan.
Is Canva open source?: No. Canva is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Canva include vue-fabric-editor and Poster Design.
What are some alternatives to Canva?: Canva competes with Figma, Adobe Express and Visme. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Canva alternatives.