A detailed comparison of Canva against Adobe Express, Figma, PowerPoint, PicsArt and Pixlr — covering price, features, templates, AI tools and mobile support.
| Feature | ✦ Canva | Adobe Express | Figma | PowerPoint | PicsArt | Pixlr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | ✓ Full-featured | ✓ Limited | ✓ Limited | ✗ Paid only | ✓ Limited | ✓ Limited |
| Free templates | 250,000+ | ~12,000 | Community | ~500 | ~8,000 | ~5,000 |
| AI tools (free) | ✓ Magic Studio | ⚡ Limited | ✗ | ⚡ Copilot | ⚡ Limited | ⚡ Limited |
| Desktop app | ✓ Win + Mac | ✗ Browser only | ✓ Win + Mac | ✓ Win + Mac | ✓ Mobile only | ✗ Browser only |
| Mobile app | ✓ iOS + Android | ✓ | ⚡ View only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collaboration (free) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⚡ M365 only | ✗ | ✗ |
| Video editor | ✓ Free | ✓ Free | ✗ | ⚡ Slides only | ✓ Free | ✗ |
| Background remover | Pro | ✓ Free | ✗ | ✗ | Pro | Limited |
| Brand Kit | ✓ Pro | Premium | ✓ Teams | Templates | ✗ | ✗ |
| Social publishing | ✓ Pro | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Learning curve | Very easy | Easy | Moderate | Moderate | Easy | Moderate |
| Starting price | Free | $9.99/mo | Free / $12/mo | $6.99/mo | $9.99/mo | $7.99/mo |
Canva has significantly more free templates (250,000 vs ~12,000) and a desktop app for Windows and Mac. Adobe Express benefits from Firefly AI image generation and tight integration with the Adobe ecosystem (Photoshop, Illustrator). For non-Adobe users and teams outside the Creative Cloud ecosystem, Canva is the stronger choice.
Canva and Figma solve different problems. Figma is a professional UI/UX prototyping tool used by product teams to design interfaces and create interactive prototypes. Canva is a general-purpose design platform for marketing, social media, presentations and documents. Canva is easier; Figma is more powerful for product design specifically.
Canva Presentations is a direct alternative to PowerPoint with a far more modern template library and easier drag-and-drop editing. Canva exports to PowerPoint format (.pptx) so you can move designs between tools. PowerPoint requires a Microsoft 365 subscription; Canva is free with no subscription required for core features.
Download the Canva desktop app and see why 185+ million people chose it over the alternatives.