Canva
Freemium Design
An online design tool built around templates: social posts, presentations, posters, videos, and documents, made by dragging pieces into place.
What it is
An online design tool built around templates: social posts, presentations, posters, videos, and documents, made by dragging pieces into place. It runs in a web browser, with Android and iOS apps.
Pricing model
Freemium. Free, $0 for one person. The paid Pro plan is US$144 a year for one person (Individuals, checked November 2026). The background remover is paid only, and paid plans hold far more assets.
What the free plan gives you
- Drag-and-drop editor with 1,000+ design types
- 1.6 million+ templates
- 4.7 million+ photos, videos, graphics, and audio
- 5GB of cloud storage
- 1 Brand Kit limited to 3 colours
- Limited access to Standard and Premium AI tools
- Export as PDF, JPG, and PNG
- Canva Offline
- Access to Affinity, Canva's professional design app
Free-plan limitations
- The background remover is paid only
- Premium elements show watermarks on your design if you use them on the free plan, so stick to free elements or your own photos
- The Brand Kit holds only 3 colours, with no uploaded brand fonts
- Storage stops at 5GB, and paid plans hold far more assets, including 141 million+ stock items
Features
- Template-based design for social posts, presentations, posters, videos, and documents
- Drag-and-drop editor
- Large free library of templates, photos, videos, graphics, and audio
- Brand Kit with 3 colours
- PDF, JPG, and PNG export
- Canva Offline
- Access to Affinity
Supported platforms
Web browser, with Android and iOS apps.
Best use cases
- Students and freelancers who want a good-looking post, presentation, or poster fast from a template, without design training
Pros
- Free, $0 for one person
- 1,000+ design types and 1.6 million+ templates to start from
- Millions of free photos, videos, graphics, and audio
- Exports PDF, JPG, and PNG
- Works in a browser, with Android and iOS apps
Cons
- Background remover is paid only
- Premium elements watermark your design on the free plan
- Brand Kit limited to 3 colours, with no uploaded brand fonts
- Storage stops at 5GB
Official website
Not given in the source draft, so no link is listed here rather than guessing a URL.
Last verified: November 2026 (free tiers checked November 2026). If a limit here no longer matches the tool's pricing page, the pricing page is right. Source: the approved article “Best Free Design Tools for Students and New Freelancers (Tested on the Free Version).”