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Recraft vs Canva

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 16 October 2026.

Compared on
Recraft

Free plan · from $10/mo

Canva

Free plan · from $12/person/mo

What it isAI image and vector graphics generator for designers and marketersOnline design tool with templates, stock media and AI features
Free planLimited free credits that reset daily; 3 generations per style per day; 3 image uploads a day; up to 2 images per generation; no parallel generation; Recraft models only; images are public, owned by Recraft and not for commercial use5GB cloud storage; up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses (monthly allowance); 1 Brand Kit (3 colours only); 1.6M+ templates
Cheapest paid plan$10/mo billed annually (Basic)Recraft pricing$12/person/mo billed annually (Pro)Canva pricing
What it covers$120 billed annually; 1,000 credits per month; prices exclude VAT.Published as US$144/year for one person (yearly billing); the monthly-billing price was not shown on the US pricing page as fetched.
Free trialNone statedFree trial offered for Pro and Business (length not stated on the pricing page)
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Creating icon sets and illustrations in one consistent style
  • Producing vector art for websites and marketing materials
  • Generating on-brand marketing images with custom colour palettes
  • Making social media graphics and ads from templates
  • Keeping team designs on brand with shared Brand Kits
  • Scheduling social posts from the same tool used to design them
Watch out for
  • Free plan images are public, owned by Recraft and not for commercial use
  • Free plan is limited to Recraft models and 3 generations per style per day
  • Video generation requires Pro or Teams
  • Free plan: 5GB storage and up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses per month
  • Ultra AI tools and Design in bulk are not available on Free
  • SSO and SCIM provisioning require the Enterprise plan
Made byRecraft, Inc.Canva

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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