Canva vs Prezi

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

Prezi

• Teachers and trainers who want every attendee answering polls and quizzes
• Presenters starting from existing PowerPoint, Google Slides or Canva decks
• Sessions that people need to review on their own afterward

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.

Prezi

• On the free Basic plan presentations are public by default, storage is limited, and PDF export needs Plus or higher.
• Basic and Standard include 500 AI credits a month that do not roll over; unlimited AI use starts at Plus, $19 per month billed annually.
• The desktop app and offline access are part of Plus and higher plans.
• Prices here come from a pricing guide Prezi published on its blog in June 2026, and the monthly-billing rates in it are approximate.

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.

Prezi

Prezi AI drafts

Describe the session in a sentence, or upload a PowerPoint, PDF or Word file, and Prezi AI drafts an outline and a designed presentation that stays fully editable.

Zoomable canvas

Presentations sit on an open, zoomable canvas, so a presenter can move around the material in whatever order the room needs rather than only stepping through slides.

Live polls, quizzes and Q&A

Polls, quizzes, Q&A and word clouds are planned in the deck and opened during the session. The audience joins by scanning one QR code, with no app or account, and can upvote questions.

After-session review

The shared link lets people revisit a session as a narrated video, podcast, transcript or the slides, and practice with flashcards and a self-test built from the material.

Results and feedback

Quiz and poll results appear question by question, alongside audience questions ranked by upvotes and an end-of-session digest of ratings and comments.

Prezi Video

Puts the presenter on screen next to the content in video calls and records presentations as video files that can be downloaded and shared.

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.

Prezi

• Basic$0

  500 AI credits a month, the full online editor and AI generation from prompts and uploaded files. Presentations are public by default and storage is limited.

• Standard$7

  per month, billed annually (about $10 billed monthly)

  Adds enhanced privacy settings, unlimited projects, a larger icon and story block library and revocable share links. Still 500 AI credits a month.

• Plus$19

  per month, billed annually at $228 (about $25 billed monthly)

  Unlimited Prezi AI, premium images, PDF export, presentation recording, the desktop app and offline access.

• Premium$29

  per month, billed annually (about $40 billed monthly)

  Adds viewer analytics, advanced online training and deeper integrations.

• Teams$39

  per user / month, billed annually

  Adds team collaboration tools, a custom brand kit, secure single sign-on and Your Designer, which keeps presentations on brand.

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.

Prezi

• Annual discount

  Roughly 24% to 30% less on annual billing

  Prezi's pricing guide puts Standard at $7 a month on annual billing against about $10 billed monthly, Plus at $19 against about $25, and Premium at $29 against about $40.

• Education

  EDU plans from $4 a month

  Students and educators verified with a school email pay $4 a month for EDU Plus, $8 for EDU Pro and $19 per user for EDU Teams. Prezi describes EDU Plus as up to 80% off standard pricing.