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Both cover design & graphics. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Canva | VistaCreate | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $14.99 | From $120 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Annual only |
| Free trial | Not stated | 14 days |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Not stated | Web, iOS, Android |
| Covers | Design & Graphics, Short-Form & Clipping | Thumbnails & Cover Art, Design & Graphics, Stock Footage & Assets |
| Works with | YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest | Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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.
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Templates and a brand kit for $120 a year
VistaCreate, which was Crello, is a template editor for social posts, thumbnails and short animations, owned by the same company as Vistaprint. The free plan designs and exports; the paid one adds the brand kit, background removal and the full object library. It bills once a year and nothing on the page offers a monthly option, which makes the real question whether a year of it beats a month of something else.
Our note
Annual billing with no monthly escape is the thing to weigh. At $120 a year it undercuts most of this category on price, and it asks for the whole year before you know whether the templates suit your work, which is what the fourteen days are for.
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