Canva
Canva
Sketch by handDrag shapes
Design platform from Canva with a whiteboard and diagram maker: you place shapes, connectors and stickies on a board, usually starting from a template.
- How you draw
- Sketch, Shapes
- Free for work
- Yes
- Free plan
- Paid from
- $12/user/mo
- Pro, billed yearly
- Exports
- PNG, PDF
- Runs on
- Web, Windows, Mac, iPad / iPhone, Android
- Made by
- Canva
- Australia
Good to know
- The free version can be used for work
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every app's answer. Canva is outlined.
Main way to draw
Drag shapes
Sketch by hand 5
Drag shapes 13
Write code 4
Describe in words 2
Free for work use
Free version allows work use
Free version allows work use 10
Exports SVG
Not stated
On every plan 15
On paid plans 5
Draws from a text prompt
Not stated
On every plan 14
On paid plans 3
No AI drawing 1
Not stated 6
Diagram code
No live code
Works offline
Partly
Open source
Closed source
Plans and prices
In USD, per month, as listed by Canva. Checked 17 October 2026.
| Plan | Billed yearly | Billed monthly | Seats | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free planUnlimited whiteboards, 5 GB storage, up to 20 AI uses a month | Work use: allowed | ||
| Pro | $12/mo$144 a year | Not stated | 1 person | Premium content and AI tools; up to 200 Premium AI uses a month. |
| Business | Not stated | Not stated | per person | Up to 400 Premium AI uses a month; Canva Teams is closed to new sign-ups. |
- Free for work use
- YesYes
- One-time licence
- Subscription only
- Enterprise
- Price on request
How you make a diagram
- Ways to draw
- Sketch, Shapes
- AI from a text prompt
- Not statedNot stated Canva AI generates designs from prompts, but a text-to-diagram feature isn't stated
- AI limits
- Shared AI allowance: up to 20 uses a month on Free, 200 Premium on Pro, 400 on Business
- Diagram code
- None No diagram code syntax documented
- Diagram types
- Flowcharts, UML, ER / database, Org charts, Mind maps, Wireframes, Sequence, BPMN No cloud-architecture or network libraries stated
What you get out
- SVG
- Not statedNot stated Conflicting: Canva Help lists SVG among paid download options, its SVG editor page offers free SVG downloads
- PNG
- YesYes
- YesYes
- Visio (VSDX)
- NoNo Not among the export formats
- Watermark on free exports
- NoNo Free content exports without a watermark; designs using premium content download as watermarked drafts unless licensed
- Imports
- CSV CSV for Sheets and charts; also PDF, PowerPoint, Word and SVG images; no Visio, Lucidchart, draw.io, Gliffy or Mermaid import
Where it runs and where files live
- Apps
- Web, Windows, Mac, iPad / iPhone, Android
- Works offline
- PartlyPartly Designs made available offline can be edited for up to 14 days; no new designs or collaboration offline; not on iOS
- Open source
- NoNo No source code or open-source licence published by the maker
- Self-hosting
- NoNo Cloud service; no self-hosted edition stated
- Where diagrams are stored
- Maker's cloud
- Works inside
- Google Workspace, Slack, Teams, Microsoft Office, Jira, Confluence Jira and Confluence through Atlassian Rovo; OneDrive and PowerPoint apps
- Live co-editing
- YesYes Included on Free
- API
- YesYes Connect REST APIs create designs; the Apps SDK reads and edits design elements; some APIs are paid-only
Who you're trusting
- Company
- Canva Pty Ltd Wholly owned subsidiary of Canva, Inc.
- Owned by
- Canva, Inc.
- Based in
- Australia Canva Pty Ltd is headquartered in Sydney
- Launched
- 2013 Launched in August 2013
- Security reports
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 Also GDPR
- Single sign-on
- Enterprise plan SSO on Enterprise and Education; SAML isn't named
- Data residency
- US or EU on Enterprise (and Campus, District)
