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Compare Affinity Photo and Canva 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (66.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free
Affinity Photo
Star Rating
(227)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Affinity PhotoCanva
Star Rating
(6,641)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Canva excels in user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher overall score compared to Affinity Photo. Users appreciate its intuitive interface, making it accessible for those without a design background, as one user noted how easy it was to create something from a blank canvas.
- According to verified reviews, Canva's extensive library of templates, fonts, and icons makes it a go-to tool for presentations. Users highlight that it offers a wide range of resources, which enhances their productivity and creativity, especially when needing quick design solutions.
- Reviewers mention that Affinity Photo is favored for its one-time purchase model, which eliminates the ongoing costs associated with subscriptions. This aspect is particularly appealing to users who prefer a straightforward payment structure while still accessing professional-grade features.
- Users say that while Affinity Photo offers advanced editing capabilities, such as non-destructive editing and live filters, it may not be as beginner-friendly as Canva. Some users noted that while they found it easy to use, the learning curve can be steeper for those new to photo editing.
- Reviewers highlight that Canva's setup process is notably quick and user-friendly, with many users appreciating the stepwise guides available for initial setup. This ease of implementation contrasts with Affinity Photo, where some users mentioned a more complex setup experience.
- According to recent feedback, both products receive similar ratings for support quality, but Canva's community and resources seem to provide a more robust support system. Users often mention the availability of help and tutorials, which can be crucial for those needing assistance during their design journey.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Affinity Photo
No pricing availableCanva
Canva Free
Free
Everything you need to start designing
- Easy drag-and-drop editor
- 1M+ professionally-designed templates
- 1000+ design types (social posts, presentations and more)
Free Trial
Affinity Photo
No trial information availableCanva
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
186
9.2
4,952
Ease of Use
8.6
187
9.4
5,005
Ease of Setup
9.2
40
9.6
1,600
Ease of Admin
9.3
23
9.4
863
Quality of Support
8.8
146
8.8
3,672
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
19
9.3
793
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
181
9.4
4,843
Features by Category
Reports
Not enough data
8.8
435
Not enough data
8.9
432
Not enough data
9.1
506
Not enough data
8.7
419
Not enough data
9.1
462
Self Service
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
Not enough data
8.8
435
Not enough data
8.9
432
Not enough data
9.1
506
Not enough data
8.7
419
Not enough data
9.1
462
Reports
Not enough data
8.7
390
Not enough data
8.7
390
Not enough data
8.7
380
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.5
207
Not enough data
8.3
202
Visualization
Not enough data
9.2
462
Not enough data
8.9
392
Not enough data
9.1
424
Not enough data
9.1
465
Data Updates
Not enough data
8.7
380
Not enough data
9.0
422
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.4
468
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
468
Data Updates
Not enough data
8.7
398
Not enough data
9.0
453
Not enough data
8.6
387
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Productivity Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
Not enough data
9.5
2509
Not enough data
8.6
2485
Not enough data
9.3
2519
Not enough data
9.1
2410
Design & Editing
Not enough data
8.9
2449
Not enough data
8.9
2499
Not enough data
8.9
2415
Ad Management
Not enough data
8.8
1742
Not enough data
9.1
2228
Not enough data
8.5
1500
Analytics
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Grammar
Not enough data
8.6
64
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
8.8
62
Formatting
Not enough data
7.7
62
Not enough data
8.1
59
Not enough data
7.8
58
Content
Not enough data
8.6
62
Not enough data
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.1
59
Product Type
Not enough data
8.6
59
Not enough data
8.3
59
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.0
54
Not enough data
8.6
53
Design Tools
Not enough data
8.4
65
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
9.3
68
Not enough data
9.1
68
Communication Tools
Not enough data
8.1
63
Not enough data
8.5
65
Integrations
Not enough data
8.6
58
Not enough data
8.7
63
Software Offering
Not enough data
8.6
63
Not enough data
8.8
63
Not enough data
8.6
62
Agentic AI - Collaborative Whiteboard
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
8.4
48
Not enough data
8.5
51
Platform Basics
Not enough data
9.1
341
Not enough data
9.1
335
Not enough data
9.5
337
Platform Content
Not enough data
8.6
320
Not enough data
9.2
349
Not enough data
9.0
331
Not enough data
9.3
330
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
7.5
308
Not enough data
8.5
310
Not enough data
8.7
308
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
289
Not enough data
7.6
289
Not enough data
7.2
282
Not enough data
7.6
280
Not enough data
6.9
275
Not enough data
7.2
276
Not enough data
7.6
282
Design
Not enough data
9.5
502
Not enough data
9.2
500
Not enough data
9.2
491
Not enough data
9.2
495
Not enough data
9.0
481
Not enough data
9.2
483
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
441
Not enough data
9.2
483
Performance Tracking
Not enough data
8.8
660
Not enough data
8.7
619
Not enough data
9.2
682
Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
701
Not enough data
8.8
635
Not enough data
9.0
666
Not enough data
8.9
637
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
8.6
121
Not enough data
9.1
118
Not enough data
7.8
114
Not enough data
8.0
108
Search
Not enough data
8.0
111
Not enough data
7.6
91
Not enough data
7.0
92
Not enough data
8.0
92
Permissions
Not enough data
7.4
90
Not enough data
8.2
108
Not enough data
8.3
107
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
114
Not enough data
9.1
117
Not enough data
9.3
116
Agentic AI - Brand Asset Management
Not enough data
7.0
83
Not enough data
7.2
83
Not enough data
7.4
82
Not enough data
7.5
82
Not enough data
7.2
82
Not enough data
7.2
83
Image Generation
Not enough data
8.6
219
Not enough data
8.3
226
Not enough data
9.0
213
Not enough data
8.7
209
Not enough data
8.9
216
Advanced Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
210
Not enough data
8.0
208
Not enough data
8.1
204
Not enough data
9.1
217
Model
Not enough data
8.3
208
Not enough data
8.8
207
Not enough data
8.6
199
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
9.3
19
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
8.6
11
Planning
Not enough data
7.9
470
Publishing
Not enough data
8.4
477
Social Media
Not enough data
8.6
487
Planning
Not enough data
7.9
493
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
464
Not enough data
7.4
440
Not enough data
7.3
451
Not enough data
7.2
457
Not enough data
6.7
448
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
283
Not enough data
7.4
281
Not enough data
7.4
279
Not enough data
7.6
284
Not enough data
7.4
280
Not enough data
7.4
281
Not enough data
7.6
283
Generative AI
7.4
36
7.6
626
6.9
37
7.2
532
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
8.0
5
7.9
261
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.4
103
Not enough data
8.0
98
Not enough data
8.2
98
Not enough data
8.8
100
Not enough data
8.3
94
Not enough data
8.3
95
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.8
100
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.2
99
Not enough data
8.9
97
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.8
98
Not enough data
8.8
97
Not enough data
8.6
96
Not enough data
8.4
95
Logistics - Print Fulfillment
Not enough data
8.8
74
Not enough data
8.5
73
Agentic AI - Print Fulfillment Services
Not enough data
7.8
40
Customization - Print Fulfillment
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
8.8
72
Not enough data
9.3
74
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.8
290
Not enough data
7.5
271
Not enough data
8.3
292
Not enough data
8.9
296
Not enough data
8.3
284
Not enough data
8.3
268
Not enough data
7.5
264
Not enough data
7.8
288
Not enough data
8.6
280
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.7
263
Not enough data
7.9
274
Not enough data
9.0
282
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.6
260
Not enough data
7.5
256
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
8.0
274
Not enough data
8.2
278
Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
8.5
271
Not enough data
8.5
273
Not enough data
8.1
268
Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
8.7
278
Not enough data
8.6
276
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.8
170
Not enough data
7.8
168
Functionality - Logo Design Tools
Not enough data
9.3
420
Not enough data
8.8
418
Not enough data
8.9
412
Not enough data
9.2
422
Not enough data
9.0
414
Not enough data
9.1
420
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
Not enough data
8.5
142
Not enough data
8.9
139
Not enough data
8.9
139
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
Not enough data
8.8
137
Not enough data
8.8
136
Not enough data
8.7
136
Customizations
Not enough data
9.4
75
Not enough data
9.5
70
Not enough data
7.9
66
Not enough data
8.0
69
Growth
Not enough data
7.4
63
Not enough data
7.3
63
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
7.3
63
Not enough data
7.6
62
Content
Not enough data
7.5
65
Not enough data
7.9
63
Not enough data
8.6
61
Not enough data
7.4
61
Support
Not enough data
8.5
61
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Affinity Photo and Canva are categorized as Photo Editing
Unique Categories
Affinity Photo has no unique categories
Canva is categorized as AI Content Creation Platforms, Logo Design Tools, Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, AI Image Generators, Design Systems, AI Writing Assistant, Content Creation, Display Ad Design, Desktop Publishing, Data Visualization, Print Fulfillment Services, Brand Asset Management, Collaborative Whiteboard, Presentation, and Website Builder
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Affinity Photo
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Canva
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Graphic Design
10.5%
Design
9.1%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Computer Software
5.9%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
5.5%
Other
62.3%
Marketing and Advertising
13.7%
Information Technology and Services
6.7%
Computer Software
5.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.0%
Education Management
4.2%
Other
65.2%
Alternatives
Discussions
Integration with Dropbox and photo sharing sites like Pixabay, will this be available soon?
2 Comments
BA
I haven’t seen any notes on it coming soon, but it would be a great addition!Read more
Is Affinity photo for Windows?
2 Comments
FR
Yes. It is also available on windows and mac. I use it in windows PC.Read more
Is Affinity photo as good as Photoshop?
2 Comments
HA
<p>As of my perspective, yes, it is way easier and more UI friendly if you don't want to be lost in tools. </p>Read more
Can you use Canva designs for commercial purposes?
24 Comments
HD
Definitely you can use canva design for commercial purpose. But you have to make sure which branding and all using under design have no copyright issue and...Read more
What is included in Canva Pro?
18 Comments
PD
you can access premium features like Background remover,more templates,transparent image.
Read more
How do I curve text in Canva?
15 Comments
JT
Hi,
I have been using Canva for over a year now and I don't think they have a feature yet that allows you to create curved text. The most you can do is...Read more
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