Canva vs Piktochart Comparison 2026
Canva's free plan covers most templates and the editor itself, with Pro at $14.99 a month adding the brand kit and background remover across a wide range of graphics. Piktochart does one thing narrower and, by its own account, better: turning a report or a set of figures into an infographic or a one-page summary a person will actually read, from a free plan to $15 a member a month billed annually. The two prices land within a dollar of each other. The real choice is breadth against a tool built specifically for numbers that need to look deliberate.
Thumbnails, covers and posts without a designer
Infographics and reports from templates
At a glance
- Canva starts cheaper, at $14.99.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Canva | Piktochart | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $14.99 | From $15 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
Canva
Thumbnails, covers and posts without a designer
Canva covers thumbnails, channel art, carousels and short video with templates that look fine and are quick to change. Brand kits keep a team consistent. Anyone with real design skill will outgrow it, and that is fine.
Our note
Nearly everyone should be on the free plan until a brand kit is the thing they keep wanting. Pro earns its money for teams and for anybody publishing daily; for one person making a thumbnail a week it does not.
Only on this side
- Covers short-form & clipping
- Works with YouTube
- Works with Instagram
- Works with TikTok
- Works with Pinterest
Piktochart
Infographics and reports from templates
Piktochart turns a report or a set of figures into something a person will actually read: an infographic, a one-page summary, a poster for a wall. Templates handle the layout and the editor keeps you inside them, which is the point for anybody who does not design for a living. There is a free plan, and the paid ones are priced per member.
Why people weigh these two
- Piktochart instead of Canva
- Piktochart swaps in when the design job is infographics and reports, template-led like Canva, with a free tier and paid at $15.
- Canva instead of Piktochart
- Canva covers a far wider range of formats beyond infographics and reports, a general design tool rather than Piktochart's report-and-poster focus.
Which one should you pick
Take Canva for the wider range: thumbnails, covers, carousels and social posts alongside anything else a channel needs. The free plan covers most templates and the editor itself, and Pro at $14.99 a month adds the brand kit and background remover. For a report full of numbers specifically, its own brief points to Piktochart as the narrower, better-built option.
Take Piktochart when the job is turning figures into something readable: an infographic, an internal report, an event poster. Free covers the basics, and paid plans are $15 or $20 a member a month billed annually, close to Canva's price, separated by team features rather than by template selection. Its own brief calls it narrower than Canva and better at this one job, not a general replacement for it.
Common questions
- Which one is built for infographics and reports specifically?
- Piktochart. Its own brief describes it as narrower than Canva and better at the one thing it does: making a document of numbers look deliberate. Canva's templates cover a much wider range of graphics.
- Are the paid prices similar?
- Yes, close. Piktochart is $15 a member a month billed annually, and Canva Pro is $14.99 a month. Neither is meaningfully cheaper than the other at the entry paid tier.
- Does Piktochart have a free plan?
- Yes, covering the basics, enough to produce something before deciding whether to pay. Canva's free plan is broader, covering most templates and the editor itself.
- Should I use Canva for a report full of charts?
- You can, but Piktochart's own comparison says it does that one job better, since its templates and grid are built specifically for turning figures into something readable. Canva is the better choice once the graphic is not primarily about numbers.
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