Canva
Canva enables anyone to create professional-quality visual content — from social ads to presentations — without design expertise, through an intuitive drag-and-drop editor backed by millions of templates and stock assets.
Last updated Oct 25, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment · Connections updated Oct 26, 2026
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At a glance
- Employees
- 1001-5000
- Funding
- $572M
- Revenue
- $1B–$2B
About
One of the world's largest browser-based design platforms, dominant in the accessible/collaborative design segment and widely adopted by marketing teams globally
Canva is an Australian visual-communication company founded in Sydney in 2013. Its browser-based design platform is used for social, presentation, video and print assets, and runs on a freemium model with paid Pro and Teams tiers alongside the free product. For advertisers and marketing teams it functions as a creative-production tool rather than a media-buying one, sitting upstream of the ad stack where assets are made and versioned. Canva has grown partly by acquisition, buying the stock-media libraries Pexels and Pixabay in May 2019 and continuing to absorb adjacent design and content tooling since.
Business model
SaaS / Freemium
Target market
SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise, Consumers
What they offer
Canva Free
Free tier offering access to the drag-and-drop editor, thousands of templates, and basic stock assets
Canva Pro
Paid subscription adding brand kits, background remover, premium templates, Magic Resize and expanded asset libraries
Canva Teams
Collaborative workspace for teams with shared brand kits, approval workflows and multi-user editing
Canva Enterprise
Enterprise-grade plan with advanced admin controls, SSO, compliance features and dedicated support
Canva for Education
Free plan for teachers and students with classroom collaboration tools
Magic Studio (AI tools)
Suite of AI-powered features including Magic Write (text generation), Magic Design, Magic Eraser and text-to-image generation
Pexels
Free stock photo and video library acquired by Canva in 2019, integrated into the platform
Pixabay
Free stock image and media library acquired by Canva in 2019
Canva Print
On-demand print fulfilment service for business cards, posters, merchandise and marketing materials
Canva Docs
Visual document editor combining text and design elements for reports and proposals
Canva Presentations
Presentation builder with live presenting, speaker notes and audience engagement features
Affinity Suite
Professional desktop design applications (Affinity Designer, Photo, Publisher) acquired in 2024
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- 2012 · Founded