Adobe PhotoShop vs. Canva

Adobe PhotoShop

3,135 Reviews and Ratings

Canva

1,725 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Adobe PhotoShop	Score9.1 out of 10	N/A	Adobe Photoshop is the best known graphics product on the market.	$20 per month
Canva	Score9.1 out of 10	N/A	Canva is a popular, simple online graphic design tool. Users can import images, use templates to design banners and logos, or pay to use Canva's premium stock images/paid templates (elements starting at $1).	$12.95 per month

Pricing

Adobe PhotoShop

Canva

Single App: $20.00
per month

Pro: $12.95
per month
Enterprise: $30.00
Per Month Per User

Pricing Offerings
Adobe PhotoShop	Canva
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	Adobe PhotoShop	Canva
Considered Both Products	Adobe Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop Adobe photoshop is flexible with simple tool. The user interface is not clumpy but very clean. You can customize the canvas to what you like and set your own shortcuts key to keep the software accustom to yourself. Photoshop is unmatched when it comes to images manipulate and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop I'd say there are different use cases for each tool. PhotoShop is a beast at image editing, I haven't used anything else for this purpose. But with the other tools, they serve different purpose - Canva is good for templated stuff, illustrator is good for anything … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop Photoshop is definitely way more comprehensive than Canva when it comes to creating complex designs. For simpler design needs, we use Canva's free version Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop GIMP is one of the free alternatives for Photoshop. Although it has got many features that photoshop offers, it still has a lot of catching up to do. Also GIMP's UI is quite clunky and not as polished as Photoshop's UI making it a bit harder to navigate. Canva on the other hand … Incentivized Helpful? Rekha Singh Social Media Marketing Manager in Marketing at Tender IT Solution (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop Canva is a graphic editing program, but on a basic level. Adobe Photoshop provides a better alternative than Canva for clients who require complex graphic design because of the software's reach and the tools provided available for customizing the graphic design. Even the user … Incentivized Helpful? Alan Bloxham Project Manager in Marketing at FSC (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop Canva is a great tool for creating infographics and it's free with limited options. Adobe Illustrator CC and Adobe InDesign are much more suited for creating infographics, however, I still selected Adobe PhotoShop primarily because of my familiarity with all of the tools and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop I have also used other Adobe products in the CC like Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator. I have also used Canva, which is a great tool for people who are not skilled with Photoshop, since that program does take some training to understand how to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop Adobe Photoshop is in a nutshell just a more robust program. It really opened up options that the other programs we used or were looking to use could. Upgrading from Canva to Adobe Photoshop has enhanced our final products in every aspect, from the idea phase to the final … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop Canva is the most user friendly for sure but not as many capabilities. I personally prefer Adobe Illustrator to Photoshop as I think it is more intuitive and can do many of the same things, but it is probably because it is the first one I learned. They are best used together. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop Adobe PhotoShop is the mac daddy! These others (Canva, Pixlr, etc.) don't have much on Adobe PhotoShop--the functionalities could take a lifetime or longer to understand every little thing. However I will say that online software like Canva and Pixlr are good for a layperson … Incentivized Helpful? Joshua Hipp Promotions Director in Marketing at iHeart Media (Broadcast Media, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop Canva and Adobe Spark are two programs that are able to accomplish similar tasks as [Adobe] Photoshop. However, Canva and Spark are extremely simplistic when compared to Photoshop. These two apps are perfect for beginners who want to create simple graphics and want help with … Incentivized Helpful? Zachary Schulman Photographer + Owner at Zachary Schulman Photography (Photography, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop Adobe Photoshop is one thousand times more advanced, sophisticated and versatile than Canva is. Although there is a free version of Canva, and there are no free options for Adobe Photoshop, I still think that Adobe Photoshop is definitely worth the investment for professional … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Huisjen Director of studentLife at Mount Pleasant Community Church (Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop Photoshop is a quality with a number of solid features. For graphic design, Photoshop works incredibly well. As for ease of use, for many Photoshop seems easier to pick up than Illustrator. The bonus of Illustrator is that it works with vectors rather than rasterized images. Can… Incentivized Helpful? Marcos Fuentes Software Engineer in Research & Development at Somos Viajes S.A (Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop GIMP can become another excellent tool very similar to Photoshop, however, it is very limited in terms of features, Canva is another web image editor, it allows me to make quick designs, however its options are very basic. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop I have prior experience with Photoshop, and it's a lot more flexible than Canva. Incentivized Helpful? Jodi Clark P.R. Consultant in Marketing at TPA (Public Relations & Communications, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop I had used Canva previously and it's a good site for basic graphic editing. However, there's simply no comparison to Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop has a huge number of tools and editing functions built in. And the sheer number of Photoshop templates for every conceivable project … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop I've used Canva as a quick alternative for designing brochures or flyers, but it does not meet the functionality of Photoshop whatsoever. It's good for a quick, on-the-go type design, or for someone that does not have a lot of design experience - but Photoshop is truly the only … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop Both Illustrator and Canva have similar features that Photoshop does, but Photoshop is by far better than either of those 2 for the number of features that it has. When editing pictures, Photoshop seemed to run a little faster than those other 2 as well which is why we use that … Incentivized Helpful? page V CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Marketing at Simply Heaven Design (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop PhotoShop far outclasses Canva for the photo editor/designer. Nuances of a pixel or pica can be the difference between balance and misproportion - and Canva can sometimes move elements in the process of editing > final export. This is frustrating. We recommend PhotoShop for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe PhotoShop Sometimes PhotoShop just gives that extra edge when it comes to functionality when you have to edit a very detailed picture. PhotoShop has a lot more tools and is thus great for creating visuals that you can later use in print settings, for example; we want this tablecloth to … Incentivized Helpful? Stephanie Nelson Chief Operations Officer in Professional Services at The Accountancy, LLP (Accounting, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop I found GIMP much harder to navigate and the features not fully fleshed out. In the end, while a free product is great, I felt like I was wasting my own time instead of just paying for Photoshop where I could get the project completed much more quickly and easily. Incentivized Helpful? Marin Asher Director of Marketing & Business Relations in Marketing at Larue Pest Management, Inc. (Consumer Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop PhotoShop is far superior to the other programs out there. If you can dream it, you can create it in PhotoShop. I honestly can't imagine my life without it at this point. If there is ONE program out of the whole Adobe Creative Suite that you need, it is Photoshop, because it … Incentivized Helpful? Mike Koolwijk Online marketing in Marketing at Monkey Vision (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop PS is a well-known tool for many years and I have been a user since before they used the CS part. For the flexibility the tool has and all the functions, I never really "completely" switched to other tools, I use other tools for other things. There are ALOT of assets for … Incentivized Helpful? Kelsey Arnold Marketing & Communications Specialist at University of Utah Civil and Environmental Engineering (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees) Chose Adobe PhotoShop We have access to the full Adobe Suite, so this makes it very convenient to use. The general interface is similar through many of the Adobe programs, so using Photoshop has allowed us to have an easy of use on other Adobe Cloud Products. Incentivized Helpful?	Canva Rekha Singh Social Media Marketing Manager in Marketing at Tender IT Solution (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Canva There is no doubt that Adobe PhotoShop has great potential. The software can be used to do almost anything, but it requires a lot of practice and mastery. Canva is easy, fast, and creative, and even a beginner can use it without any experience. Adobe PhotoShop requires users to … Incentivized Helpful? Shawn Hamp, Esq. Attorney at Law in Corporate at The Law Offices of Shawn B. Hamp, P.C. (Law Practice, 1-10 employees) Chose Canva Canva offers the best value for the money graphic software solution. Its costs are exceptionally lower than Adobe PhotoShop and its graphics are much lower in costs compared to Getty Images. Canva does not offer the full extent of graphic tools like Adobe PhotoShop and the … Incentivized Helpful? Adam Reiley Manager of Operations in Corporate at SAVING SUSAN MINISTRY (Non-profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees) Chose Canva While less powerful and with fewer features, for our purposes, Canva is more effective than Adobe PhotoShop. It is much easier to use and creates beautiful presentations that meet the needs of our organization. We do not need trained graphics professionals or a large budget to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Canva Canva takes the top used features in Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, and InDesign and combines them all into an easy to use web based software. What's not to love about that? Sure, you can't do insane photo editing in Canva, but it does have a nice selection of stock photos that … Incentivized Helpful? Saralyn Scherer Director Of Affiliate Marketing in Corporate at Liquid Web (Marketing & Advertising, 501-1000 employees) Chose Canva Canva is more intuitive and easier to use than Adobe PhotoShop or Illustrator. I'm not a designer, I work in Marketing so when I needed creatives made I had to outsource to our design team and try to fit my project on their calendar. I tried to learn other programs myself but … Incentivized Helpful? Megha Burman Graphic Designer in Social Media at CoinCRED (Financial Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Canva Canva is cost Effective as compared to Adobe Express Canva does not lag at all while Adobe Express frame rate drops sometimes Canva has collaboration feature while adobe misses out with this Incentivized Helpful? Bayrem Mehri Motion Designer in Marketing at KeepCom (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Canva User-friendly interface: Canva has a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface that makes it easy to create designs, even for those without design experience.Templates and design elements: Canva offers a large library of templates and design elements, so users can create … Incentivized Helpful? Chhagan Lal Bothra Founder in Social Media at SVIJEET Solutions Private Limited (Education Management, 1-10 employees) Chose Canva Other softwares for designing need technical skills and also have high cost. Canva does not need any technical skills and also have a low-cost model with a lot of amazing features. Also other softwares don't have pre-made templates as per category wise as much as Canva has. All … Incentivized Helpful? Augastin K Lazar Social Media Account Executive in Social Media at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Graphic Design, 201-500 employees) Chose Canva Adobe products, well compared to Canva has a wide and long learning curve. Adobe spark almost comes close to Canva but lacks these tiny features that Canva focuses on to make the product irresistible to use. Canva also does a great job organizing and recording the designs in … Incentivized Helpful? Mandy Holverson Social Media Marketer in Marketing at Freelance (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Canva Canva is faster and easy to use. There aren't complex menus like Adobe products and everything is generally intuitive. Menus are mostly open and visible or relatively small. Small changes to the program add to it's usability rather than detract. I also appreciate that Canva … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Canva Canva is easy to use; it is a SaaS, and you can use it anywhere in the world. It only takes a few minutes to learn how to use it, and it saves me time, energy, and money. Photoshop is complicated and you need to be tech-savvy. You also need to install it and take that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Canva Canva is easier to use and requires less experience. Canva is also so easy it makes it significantly faster to produce content than using any Adobe products. Canva allows you to use professional designs and can help even make the most novice designers produce … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Canva I have selected Canva as it is User friendly, no much designing knowledge needed and is very easy for beginners to handle. The exporting option is quite easy compared to others and can be easily shared with the team. Images clips or elements needed for the design is easily … Incentivized Helpful? Megan Murray Owner in Corporate at Project M Productions LLC (Wine and Spirits, 1-10 employees) Chose Canva Canva is easier, faster, and less expensive than Adobe. It allows for people who are not graphic artists to create quality professional looking content fast. I have been able to save hundreds of dollars annually with a single Canva pro subscription vs. a full Adobe … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Canva The other programs listed above arent better or worse than Canva, they all bring different things to the mix. If you don't want to buy an Adobe license or learn how to use Photoshop or Illustrator than Canva would be right up your alley. Create social posts, fliers, … Incentivized Helpful? Katelyn Silva Sole Proprietor at The Author Mentor (E-Learning, 1-10 employees) Chose Canva Photoshop and GIMP are both excellent tools in their own right. However, what I love about Canva in comparison is it's simplicity, user-friendliness, and usability. Canva feels like the graphic tool anyone can use, even if you're a total tech or graphic amateur, while Photoshop … Incentivized Helpful? Kathleen M Jarchow Online Course Designer and Professor at University of Connecticut (E-Learning, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Canva Canva has a special niche when it comes to stacking up against the products that I listed above. When it comes to learning curve, with Canva, there is virtually no learning curve; the interface of Canva is easy for any user. Where I reach my limit with Canva is that it … Incentivized Helpful? Genie Huff-Forkner Co-Owner, Executive Director of Marketing & Public Relations in Marketing at New Media Vegas, LLC (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Canva You can just about forget about using Publisher or PowerPoint once you start using Canva! Canva blows them out of the water! PosterMyWall is good for posters, just like it says in its name. If you are not a graphic designer by nature, then Photoshop is not for the … Incentivized Helpful? Thomas White Web Content Specialist in Marketing at Scully & Scully (Retail, 51-200 employees) Chose Canva For rapid turnaround time projects with limited graphic scope, Canva is a great tool and I prefer using it to Photoshop. The ability to quickly create a canvas, drag and drop and rearrange uploaded images and free-to-use graphics is not something that Photoshop does well. If … Incentivized Helpful? Reagan Baird Edwards Minister, Writer, Speaker, and Life Coach in Professional Services at 34:18 Ministries (Professional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees) Chose Canva Canva’s free version has more than enough to effectively create beautiful graphics. The user interface is more user-friendly, in my opinion. and is able to provide more direction in the way of templates that meet every specific need I can think of in terms of digital and print … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Canva Canva's ease of use and multifaceted toolkit are the gold standard for me. I can create new content on Canva in minutes with any necessary images, elements, or fonts that I am likely to need. The ability to then collaborate with team members or share to social media makes my … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Canva Canva is easy to use and offers a free version with basic features. It doesn't take a lot of time to figure out how to create stunning images in a few minutes. We selected Canva as it more free features than the other applications and had sharing feature as well so others could … Incentivized Helpful? Carolyn Zonts Marketing Coordinator in Marketing at Chesapeake Homes (201-500 employees) Chose Canva Canva is FREE! That is why this makes Canva the best! You only upgrade for specific fonts and templates. Canva is seriously the most amazing tool out there and has no competition! Incentivized Helpful? Jaynee Young Marketing Director in Marketing at Modular Management Group, Inc. (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose Canva I have used Moovly in the past, which is an online video editor, I prefer Canva because I can create all types of content aside from videos. Incentivized Helpful?
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TrustRadius Insights
	Adobe PhotoShop	Canva
Highlights	Research Team Insight Published May 21, 2020 Adobe Photoshop and Canva are both graphic editing software. Adobe Photoshop is the market incumbent, while Canva is a new, more niche offering. Both products are rare among enterprises, but Canva is more concentrated in the small business market due to its robust free package and focus on user-accessibility. Adobe Photoshop is positioned as the legacy market incumbent, with advanced features for a range of more intensive editing uses. Canva specializes as an online entry-level editing software particularly well suited for social posts and graphics. Features Both Adobe Photoshop and Canva offer basic graphic editing features, including graphic creation and editing existing content. However, they each provide features tailored to their specializations. Adobe Photoshop has invested more heavily in powerful and advanced editing capabilities. This allows Photoshop to provide deeper functionality for most editing and graphic design needs. The range and depth of its capabilities makes Photoshop ideal for frequent or power users. Broadly speaking, Photoshop has set the baseline on which editing software is compared to. In contrast, Canva differentiates by being more accessible for more casual or inexperienced users. Canva provides a free version that is fairly sufficient for many basic tasks, and includes a range of prebuilt templates for common use cases, such as social media graphics. It is designed to be extremely user friendly and accessible to users, regardless of prior experience or skill level. Limitations While both Adobe Photoshop and Canva offer strong features, they also have some limitations worth considering. Adobe Photoshop’s power also entails greater complexity. The more advanced features and interface often requires a steeper learning curve to become proficient and work efficiently within the tool. Additionally, Photoshop has no free version. This requires more up front investment in the application than freemium products. In contrast, Canva is more limited in its functionality. Many of the better or larger graphics and images are paywalled, placing a ceiling on what can be done with the free version of Canva. There are also more limited account management features within the software. The lack of these features is most pertinent to freelancers or contractors, who may manage graphics for multiple clients within the software. Pricing Adobe Photoshop is sold individually for $20.99/month. It can also be bundled with Adobe Lightroom for $9.99/month. Canva has 3 pricing tiers. The free version provides 8,000+ templates, 100+ design types, and many free images and graphics. The Pro version additionally offers a Brand Kit for white labeling, more free templates, premium images, and custom templates. The Enterprise version includes multiple Brand Kits, team management, workflows, and additional security features and support.

User Ratings
	Adobe PhotoShop	Canva
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (190 ratings)	9.1 (172 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.4 (30 ratings)	8.0 (7 ratings)
Usability	7.3 (15 ratings)	9.2 (12 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (3 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (3 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (54 ratings)	6.9 (15 ratings)
In-Person Training	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (6 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Configurability	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	4.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)