Canva vs Visme

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

Visme

• Marketing and sales teams making branded decks, reports and infographics in one tool
• Presentations that need charts, animation or clickable interactive elements
• Students and teachers, who get separate discounted annual 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.

Visme

• The free Basic plan caps each project at 50 slides or pages, has 500 MB of storage and keeps the Visme logo on projects.
• Brand Kit, analytics, privacy controls, password protection and editable PowerPoint export start at Pro; the Starter PPTX download is not editable.
• Single sign-on, project approvals, custom roles and SCORM/xAPI export are Enterprise only, and Enterprise starts at 10 users.
• The mobile and tablet apps are for iOS; the download page lists Android as coming soon.

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.

Visme

Templates for many content types

The template library covers more than 50 content types, including presentations, infographics, reports, proposals and social graphics. Premium templates need a paid plan.

AI Designer and AI tools

AI Designer turns a text prompt into a draft design, alongside an AI writer, image generator and image filters. Each use spends credits: 10 a month on Basic, 200 on Starter and 500 on Pro.

Brand Kit and Brand Wizard

Brand fonts, colors and logos are stored in a Brand Kit and applied to projects. The Brand Wizard builds one from a website URL. The full Brand Kit starts at the Pro plan.

Animation and interactivity

Slides can include animated elements, hover effects, clickable menus and hotspots. Custom animation, the full animation timeline and video and audio hotspots are Pro features.

Charts and data widgets

Statistics and figures can be shown as charts, graphs, maps and data widgets inside any project. The free plan has a limited set.

Collaboration and recording

Comments, annotation and live editing are on every plan. The Recording Studio captures a narrated presentation: up to 3 minutes on Basic and 45 minutes 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.

Visme

• Basic$0

  Unlimited projects, 500 MB of storage, up to 50 slides or pages per project, most templates and 10 AI credits a month.

• Starter$12.25

  per person / month, billed yearly ($147); $29 billed monthly

  All premium templates and assets, 1 GB of storage, unlimited slides, no Visme logo, JPG, PNG and PDF downloads, and 200 AI credits a month.

• Pro$24.75

  per person / month, billed yearly ($297); $59 billed monthly

  10 GB of storage, Brand Kit, analytics, privacy controls, PPTX, HTML5, video and GIF downloads, and 500 AI credits. Teams of 3 or 5 pay $24 per person, billed yearly.

• EnterpriseCustom

  From 10 users: custom subdomain, single sign-on and 2FA, project approvals, SCORM/xAPI export, 25 GB of storage per user and a dedicated success manager.

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.

Visme

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing advertised as 50% off

  The pricing page toggle reads "Yearly Save 50%". Starter is $147 a year against $29 a month, and Pro is $297 a year against $59 a month.

• Education

  Student and Educator plans

  A Student plan at $48 a year and an Educator plan at $96 a year, billed annually. Sign-up needs a .edu email address or contact with Visme support.

• Nonprofit

  25% nonprofit discount

  Visme's pricing page offers nonprofits the features of its business plan at a 25% discount, on application.