Canva vs Figma Slides

Canva

• People without design training who build slides from templates
• Teams that make presentations, social posts and video in one tool
• Teachers and students: Canva for Education is free for eligible K-12 users

Figma Slides

• Design teams that already work in Figma
• Presentations that include live, clickable product prototypes
• Turning a FigJam brainstorm into a deck outline

Canva

• Prices here are in-app purchase amounts from the US App Store listing, which shows several for Canva Pro; prices on Canva's own website may differ.
• Scheduler, Brand Hub, one-click Background Remover and Magic Resize are listed as Canva Pro features, not part of the free account.
• Cloud storage on the free account is 5 GB.
• The download page lists apps for Mac, Windows 10 and later, iOS, Android and Chromebook; no Linux desktop app is listed.

Figma Slides

• Figma Slides cannot be bought on its own; it comes with a Figma seat, and View seats, which are free, cannot create decks.
• The iOS and Android apps can view and comment on slide decks but cannot edit them.
• Dev seats can create slides but have no access to Design Mode.
• Professional prices here are for annual billing; Figma's help center example puts a Dev seat at $15 a month on monthly billing against $12.

Canva

Presentation templates

Presentations and slideshows start from professionally designed templates, each of which can be adapted to a brand and style.

Presenter notes

Presenter notes can be written with custom AI prompts and track speaking time for each slide.

Magic design tools

Magic Design builds designs from an uploaded image, Magic Edit swaps or adds objects in a picture, Magic Eraser removes them, and Translate converts a design into more than 100 languages.

AI image and video generation

A text-to-image generator creates pictures from a prompt, and Veo 3 generates video clips with sound from a text description.

Real-time collaboration

Team members can work on the same design at once, share it and collect feedback from wherever they are.

Developer platform

The Canva Developers SDK covers apps that run inside the editor, REST APIs for connecting other platforms, and an MCP server that lets AI assistants create, edit and export designs.

Figma Slides

Slide editor and Design Mode

Decks are shaped in a simple slide interface, with a switch to Design Mode for Auto Layout, the layers panel and advanced properties. Existing Figma designs can be dropped straight in.

Live prototypes in slides

Playable Figma Design prototypes and live objects sit on a slide, so the audience can click through a product during the talk or view it afterward.

Polls, voting and alignment scale

Built-in audience tools collect feedback through live polls and voting, and the Alignment scale shows where a team agrees. Responses are saved to the deck automatically.

Team collaboration

Everyone works in the same file with chat, audio and comments, and presentations run with presenter notes and co-presenting control.

AI text tools

AI rewrites selected text to be shorter, longer, more professional or more casual, and drafts presenter notes for a finished deck. Usage draws on the seat's AI credits.

PowerPoint import and export

A .pptx file can be imported into Figma Slides and a deck exported back to PowerPoint. A deck can also be pre-loaded to present offline.

Canva

• Canva Free$0

  Templates, a free library of images, video and audio, photo and video editing, real-time collaboration and 5 GB of cloud storage.

• Canva Pro$14.99 to $18.00

  per month on the US App Store; $119.99 to $143.99 per year

  Premium templates and stock media, one-click Background Remover, Magic Resize, Brand Hub and post scheduling. The store lists several amounts for this plan.

• Canva Business$25.00

  per month on the US App Store; seat basis not shown

  Canva's site lists Business alongside its Pro and Enterprise plans. The App Store listing gives a monthly price but not what the plan adds over Pro.

Figma Slides

• Starter$0

  Free, limited access to Figma products with unlimited drafts, UI kits and templates, and 150 AI credits a day, up to 500 a month.

• Professional$3

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Collab seats cover Figma Slides, FigJam and Figma Buzz. Dev seats are $12 and Full seats, which add Figma Design and 3,000 AI credits a month, are $16.

• Organization$5

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Adds shared libraries and fonts and centralized admin tools across teams. Dev seats are $25 and Full seats $55 a month.

• Enterprise$5

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Adds custom team workspaces, design system theming and SCIM seat management. Dev seats are $35 and Full seats $90 a month.

Canva

• Annual discount

  Yearly Canva Pro costs less than paying monthly

  The US App Store lists Canva Pro at $119.99 to $143.99 per year against $14.99 to $18.00 per month, so a year paid up front is cheaper than 12 monthly payments at any of the listed amounts.

• Education

  Canva for Education free for K-12

  Canva's App Store listing describes Canva for Education, a school- and district-managed version, as free for eligible K-12 teachers and students.

Figma Slides

• Annual discount

  Lower Professional rates on annual billing

  Professional seats cost less when billed annually. Figma's billing help gives a Dev seat as $15 a month on monthly billing, against $12 a month on the annual price list.

• Education

  Free for verified students and teachers

  Figma's education page offers Figma and FigJam free to students and teachers who sign up with a school email address and complete verification.