Canva vs Kapwing

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

Kapwing

• Marketing and social teams editing video together in a browser
• Subtitling, translating and dubbing videos for other languages
• Cutting long recordings into short clips for social platforms

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.

Kapwing

• The Free plan watermarks every export and caps videos at 4 minutes, 720p and 30 minutes of exports a month.
• Free workspaces keep project files for 3 days, and free projects are unlisted rather than private.
• There is no free trial of the paid plans, and Kapwing says it does not refund subscriptions.
• There is no downloadable app; the help center says the Android app is paused and phone users edit in a browser.

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.

Kapwing

Timeline video editor

Trim and combine clips on a drag-and-drop timeline, add overlays, transitions and stock assets, then export as MP4, GIF, MP3 or an image.

Subtitles and translation

Subtitles are generated automatically and can be translated into more than 60 languages or downloaded as SRT or VTT files. Minutes are metered: 10 on Free, 1,000 a month on Pro.

Dubbing, text to speech and lip sync

Dubbing translates dialogue into 40+ languages and text to speech turns text layers into voiceovers. Custom voice clones are listed under the Business plan, and lip sync minutes are metered by plan.

AI video generation and repurposing

The Video Generator builds a video with voiceover, visuals, subtitles and music from a text prompt, and Repurpose Studio cuts a long video into clips sized for social platforms.

Screen and camera recording

Record the screen, a browser tab or a window, with or without the camera and microphone, from inside the editor, then edit the recording in the same project.

Team workspaces

Members share a workspace with folders, leave comments on the video and can edit a project at the same time. Brand Kit stores logos, fonts and colors on paid plans.

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.

Kapwing

• Free$0

  Watermarked 720p exports up to 4 minutes long, a 2 GB upload limit, 5 GB of cloud storage and 10 credits.

• Pro$16

  per member / month, billed annually ($24 billed monthly)

  1,000 credits a month, no watermark, 4K exports up to 2 hours long, 6 GB uploads, Brand Kit, custom fonts and 200 GB of storage.

• Business$50

  per member / month, billed annually ($64 billed monthly)

  4,000 credits a month, custom voice clones, lip sync, the option to buy extra credits and 800 GB of storage.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom credits and storage, SAML single sign-on, custom billing, a dedicated account manager and onboarding.

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.

Kapwing

• Annual discount

  Save about 33% on Pro with annual billing

  Pro is $16 per member a month billed annually ($192 a year) against $24 billed monthly. Business is $50 billed annually ($600 a year) against $64 monthly, about 22% less.