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Canva pricing: Free plan; Business $20.83/user/mo ($250/year) or $25 monthly; Pro $12/mo for 1 person. Free plan: yes — Canva Free, 1 person, 5 GB. Rated 4.7/5 on G2 (7,701 reviews). Each figure links to the comparison it was verified in.

Entry price
Free plan; Business $20.83/user/mo ($250/year) or $25 monthly; Pro $12/mo for 1 personPer person per month, billed yearly ($250 a year; $25 monthly); no seat minimumVerified in canva-vs-adobe-express
Free plan
Free planYes — Canva Free, 1 person, 5 GB
G2 rating
4.7 / 57,701 reviews · checked · G2
Bill Belcamino
Bottom line up frontby Bill Belcamino, founder of HelpCompare
Editorial assessment

Bottom line up front: Is Canva Pro enough for a team, or do we need Canva Business?

Pro is a one-person plan at $12/mo billed annually, so the moment a second person edits, you're pricing Business at $250 per person a year or $25 monthly.

Business bills pay-as-you-grow: you pay only for invited members who accept, and on annual plans members you add are billed quarterly, so the bill moves mid-contract. SSO, SCIM and US or EU data residency all sit on Enterprise. Two habits keep this plan honest: invite editors, not everyone who might want a look, because each accepted invite is a paid seat, and run a seat review before each quarterly bill so people who left stop costing you. Also keep logos, templates and client designs in the team's shared space rather than someone's personal account, because when a freelancer or employee leaves, whatever lives in their own account tends to leave with them. Then read Canva vs Adobe Express.

My read of the verified data on this page, checked against vendor sources on September 19, 2026. Disagree or spot an error? Tell Bill

Everything we have verified about Canva

Every row was recorded on a HelpCompare comparison page. The Source column links to the page it was verified on and the date it was last checked.

AttributeValueSource & date
Entry price Free plan; Business $20.83/user/mo ($250/year) or $25 monthly; Pro $12/mo for 1 person canva-vs-adobe-express
Free plan Yes — Canva Free, 1 person, 5 GB canva-vs-adobe-express
Pro $12/mo (annual, $144/year); $18 monthly; 1 person canva-vs-adobe-express
Business $250/person/year or $25 monthly; up to 100 seats online canva-vs-adobe-express
AI Up to 400 Premium or 40 Ultra AI uses/month on Business canva-vs-adobe-express
SSO / SCIM Enterprise canva-vs-adobe-express
Verified data

Canva security, offline access & remote work

Compliance reports, sign-in controls, offline access and the setup details that matter for remote, hybrid and in-office teams. Each value links to the vendor page it came from. Canva’s own security documentation: trust.canva.com. Scope: Canva web, desktop and mobile apps (Free, Pro, Business, Enterprise). Affinity by Canva not covered.

Security & compliance

SOC 2 report
SOC 2 Type IIsource
ISO/IEC 27001
Certifiedsource
Other certifications
SOC 3, PCI DSS, EU-US Data Privacy Frameworksource
HIPAA (BAA)
Not published
GDPR data processing agreement
DPA offeredsource
Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC)
YesEnterprisesource
SCIM user provisioning
YesEnterprisesource
Two-factor authentication
Yessource
Admin audit log
YesEnterprisesource
Data residency choices
US, EUEnterprisesource
Encryption
AES-256 at rest; TLS/SSL in transitsource
Self-hosting option
Not published

Offline access

Offline mode
PartialIn desktop browsers, the Canva desktop app and the Android app, designs you mark 'available offline' can be edited for up to 14 days without internet (no new designs, templates, AI, sharing or exporting); changes sync automatically when you reconnect.source
Desktop apps
Windows, macOSsource
Mobile apps
iOS, Androidsource
Offline limits
Per device only; up to 14 days offline; not in the iOS/iPad apps or private/incognito browsing. The pricing table shows Canva Offline on every plan, Free included.source

Remote, hybrid & in-office

IP allowlisting
Not published
Device & session controls
Not published

Canva: worth knowing

  • OfflineOffline designs stay on the device where you enabled them. The iOS and iPad apps do not support offline editing, so plan for laptops or Android devices when travelling. source
  • RemoteCanva Business bills pay-as-you-grow: you pay only for invited members who accept. Monthly plans adjust at renewal; annual plans are billed quarterly for members added. source
  • SecurityCustomer-chosen data residency (US or EU) is limited to Enterprise, Campus and District plans; existing data can take 30 days or more to migrate. source
  • SecurityCanva Shield indemnification, including AI output indemnity, applies only to Enterprise customers with more than 100 seats. source

Checked September 19, 2026 against each vendor’s own trust center, help docs and app pages. Hover or tap “source” to see the exact wording we relied on. “Not published” means we could not find the vendor saying it on its own site; it doesn’t mean the feature is missing. Plan names are the lowest plan the vendor says includes the feature. Security · Offline · Remote vs office · Download the data

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Where this data comes from

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  • Vendor pricing and documentation — www.canva.com, checked September 19, 2026.
  • HelpCompare research — 2 comparison pages listed above, each with its own verification date.
  • G2 — aggregate rating and review count, checked . Review counts change daily; treat them as a snapshot.
  • Machine-readable copy — /data/tools.json, /data/tools.csv, and the open data hub.
Prices change often and vendors do not always announce it. Every figure here carries the date it was last checked — confirm current pricing with the vendor before you buy. If you find something out of date, the comparison page it came from is linked in the table above.
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