Canva vs Lovart (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Canva if

• Fits if you need slides or a flyer and you've never opened a design app
• Works for schools, because Canva for Education is free for eligible K-12 teachers and students

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you edit a lot of video, because reviewers report lag, fuzzy playback and sound out of sync
• Not for you if you work only on a phone or iPad, where reviews from 2021 to 2025 report freezes and crashes
• Pricey if you only make slides, since Google Slides does that for nothing
• Tight if you're staying free and want Background Remover, Magic Resize, Brand Hub or scheduling, which are Pro
• Watch out: the App Store lists several Pro prices, Business doesn't say what it adds, and there's no Linux app

Pick Lovart if

• Fits if you want brand images and short videos made from a written brief
• Works for a solo designer or marketer, as accounts are for one person

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price to count on: Pro and Ultimate are first-year discounts of 50% and 45%
• Tight if you stay free: sign-up credits, with the amount not shown
• Watch out: monthly credits do not roll over, and unlimited relaxed generations are a one-time perk
• Watch out: Starter allows 2 delegated tasks a day, and the Team plan has no published price

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.

Lovart

• The Pro and Ultimate prices shown are first-year discounts of 50% and 45%; they renew at $74 and $166 a month.
• Subscription credits do not roll over, and unlimited relaxed generations are a one-time benefit per account that expires after 31 or 180 days.
• Accounts are for one person; tasks run on up to 2 desktop browsers and 1 mobile browser at once.
• The Team plan has no published price on the page.

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.

Lovart

Arti design agent

A personal design agent, marked beta, that runs delegated tasks, canvas check-ups and design research each day within plan limits, and keeps memory and feedback revisions.

Many generation models

Plans list access to models including Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2.6, Seedream 5.5 and Seedance 2.5 Flash for images and video.

Brand kits

Plans include 5 to 100 saved brand kits for keeping assets on brand.

Credits and relaxed generation

Fast generations spend monthly credits that reset each cycle; higher plans add unlimited slower generations on selected models for a fixed period.

Commercial license

Every paid plan lists a commercial license for what is generated.

Team plan

Accounts are for individual use, and a separate Team plan covers multiple users; its price is not shown.

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.

Lovart

• Starter$16

  per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)

  2,000 fast-generation credits a month, 2 delegated tasks a day, 2 concurrent tasks, 5 brand kits and a commercial license.

• Basic$27

  per month, billed annually ($32 billed monthly)

  3,500 credits a month, 4 delegated tasks a day, 4 concurrent tasks, 10 brand kits, plus unlimited relaxed generations on Nano Banana Pro (1K) for 180 days.

• Pro$74

  per month at renewal, billed annually, after a first year at $45

  11,000 credits a month, 8 delegated tasks a day, 8 concurrent tasks, 30 brand kits and 10% off credit refills. The advertised first-year price is $45 a month.

• Ultimate$166

  per month at renewal, billed annually, after a first year at $109

  27,000 credits a month, 10 delegated tasks a day, 10 concurrent tasks, 100 brand kits and 10% off credit refills. The advertised first-year price is $109 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.

Lovart

• Annual discount

  Annual billing discount

  The page marks 16% off on Starter and Basic when billed annually, and first-year discounts of 50% on Pro and 45% on Ultimate.