Canva vs Mentimeter

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

Mentimeter

• Presenters and teachers who want the whole room to respond
• Occasional use with small groups on the free plan
• One-off conferences, through the 30-day Conference plans

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.

Mentimeter

• The Free plan is capped at 50 participants a month, apart from one session a month with unlimited participants.
• Importing slides and exporting results need Basic or higher, and custom branding, a shared workspace and co-editing need Pro.
• Pro is sold on yearly billing only; just the Basic plan can be paid monthly, at €17.99 against €14 a month billed yearly.
• Prices are listed in euros, as the plans page displayed them, and exclude tax.

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.

Mentimeter

Live polls and word clouds

Participants join with a link or code and answer from their own device, with no account needed, and the results appear on screen as responses come in.

Quizzes

Quiz questions run as a competition: results from every quiz question in a presentation add up to one final winner. Ready-made quiz templates are included.

Q&A

The audience submits questions during a session. On Pro the presenter can moderate incoming questions and manage them from a phone with Mentimote.

AI Menti Creator

Menti AI drafts a full interactive presentation, suggests questions and groups live responses so that trends are easier to spot. It is included in the Free plan.

Slide import and results export

From the Basic plan, existing PowerPoint, Keynote or PDF slides can be uploaded and mixed with interactive questions, and results can be downloaded as Excel or PDF.

Meeting and LMS integrations

Mentimeter works inside PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and in the Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle and Brightspace learning systems with optional gradebook sync.

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.

Mentimeter

• Free€0

  50 participants per month, unlimited participants once a month, Menti AI, polls, word clouds and quizzes, and insights into results.

• Basic€14

  per presenter / month, billed yearly (€17.99 billed monthly)

  Unlimited participants, import of PowerPoint, Keynote or PDF slides, and export of results to Excel or PDF.

• Pro€28

  per presenter / month, billed yearly

  Adds custom branding and themes, a shared workspace, co-editing of presentations, and phone control of a live session with Q&A moderation.

• Small Conference€350

  one-time payment for 30 days of access

  Paid features with unlimited participants for a single event, for up to 4 presenters.

• Large Conference€750

  one-time payment for 30 days of access

  The same 30-day event access as Small Conference, for up to 20 presenters.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds single sign-on, SCIM, participant verification, tailored onboarding and workspace insights; recommended for 10 or more licenses.

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.

Mentimeter

• Annual discount

  Save 23% on Basic with yearly billing

  Basic is €14 per presenter a month billed yearly (€168 a year) against €17.99 billed monthly. Mentimeter labels the yearly option a 23% saving.

• Education

  Lower prices for teachers and students

  Mentimeter's education price list puts Basic at €132 a year (€11 a month) and Pro at €204 a year (€17 a month) per presenter, against €168 and €336 on the standard list.