Canva offers a Free plan for individuals at US$0 per year with 1.6M+ templates and 5GB of cloud storage. Upgrading to Canva Pro costs US$144 per year for one person, while Canva Business costs US$250 per year per person. This page compares Canva plans against cheaper alternatives like Heya ($3 a month for Pro Lite) and Carrd ($9 per year).
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Compare Canva's individual, business, and enterprise tiers alongside Heya's free and entry-level plans.
| Plan | Price | Templates and assets | Storage and Brand Kits | Links and domains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canva Free | US$0 / year for one person | 1.6M+ templates, 4.7M+ media | 5GB storage, 1 Brand Kit (3 colors) | Not stated |
| Canva Pro | US$144 / year for one person | 3.6M+ templates, 141M+ media | 100GB storage, 5 Brand Kits | Up to 5 custom short links |
| Canva Business | US$250 / year per person | Collaboration tools, Flourish access | 500GB storage, 100 Brand Kits | Up to 100 custom short links |
| Canva Enterprise | Contact sales for pricing | Custom apps and enterprise controls | 1TB storage, 1000 Brand Kits | Unlimited custom short links |
| Heya Free | $0 (no time limit) | 68 templates, 10 block types | Up to 200 files per site (images up to 20 MB) | Published at yourname.heya.bio |
| Heya Pro Lite | $3 a month | 68 templates, 10 block types | Images up to 20 MB, up to 200 files per site | yourname.heya.bio (no badge) |
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Not stated means the provided facts do not specify website domain rules or URLs for that plan; Canva plan prices exclude applicable tax.
Canva Free is US$0 per year for one person and includes a drag-and-drop editor, 1,000+ design types, 1.6M+ templates, and 5GB of cloud storage. Canva Pro is US$144 per year for one person with 3.6M+ templates, 141M+ media assets, 100GB of storage, and 5 Brand Kits.
Our no-code builder lets you start building one-page and small sites in your browser without an account. Heya Free costs $0 for up to 3 sites (up to 5 pages each) at yourname.heya.bio with 68 templates, while Heya Pro Lite costs $3 a month.
Carrd has a free Basic experience and a 7-day Pro trial with no credit card required. Paid plans start at $9 per year for Pro Lite and $19 per year for Pro Standard with custom domains and forms, while Pro Plus is $49 per year.
Google Sites lets you build sites without coding using a drag-and-drop editor, templates, and an automatic grid layout. It links with Google Docs, Sheets, and Presentations, manages sharing like Docs, and lets you connect up to five custom domains after verifying ownership in Google Search Console.
Wix has a $0 Free plan with hosting, a drag-and-drop editor, AI tools, and over 2000 templates. The Light plan at $17 per month (billed yearly) removes branding and connects a custom domain, while plans from $29 to $159 per month add eCommerce.
Canva's Free plan for individuals costs US$0 per year for one person. You get the drag-and-drop editor, 1,000+ design types, 1.6M+ templates, and 4.7M+ photos, videos, graphics, and audio, along with access to Affinity and Canva Offline. The catch is that Canva Free limits you to 1 Brand Kit with just 3 colors, 5GB of cloud storage, and up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses.
If you want to try the paid features before spending money, you can start a free trial for either Canva Pro or Canva Business.
If you just want basic drag-and-drop editing and free assets, Canva Free at US$0 per year will do the job. Solo creators who want more assets and AI tools will need Canva Pro, the cheapest paid plan at US$144 per year for one person. Pro comes with 3.6M+ templates, 141M+ premium media assets, 5 Brand Kits, 100GB of cloud storage, up to 5 custom short links, and 10x more AI usage than Free, including tools to resize, translate, and remove backgrounds.
Teams that need collaboration and admin tools, 100 Brand Kits with approvals, 500GB of storage, Flourish access, and up to 100 custom short links will need Canva Business at US$250 per year per person. Also, K-12 educational organizations and not-for-profits get most premium features for free.
When you're working out your budget for Canva, remember that all the plan prices shown exclude applicable tax. Canva lets you pick monthly or yearly billing, and the annual rates you see advertised are for yearly billing, which saves you from 16% compared to paying month to month.
If you use AI tools a lot, you might also pay extra, since Canva sells an AI Pass add-on for an additional fee on top of Canva Pro and Business subscriptions. And on Canva Business, the US$250 per year price is per person, so adding people to your team multiplies your yearly bill, while Canva Enterprise means contacting sales and takes 150+ contracted seats to get a dedicated success manager.
If US$144 per year for Canva Pro is too much for a simple site, other builders cost less. With our tool, Heya Free is $0 for up to 3 sites (up to 5 pages each) at yourname.heya.bio, Heya Pro Lite is $3 a month, for up to 3 sites and up to 20 pages per site without the Made with Heya badge, and Heya Pro Standard is $6 a month, for up to 5 sites (up to 20 pages per site, no badge) with 1 custom domain per account.
If you need contact forms, Carrd Pro Standard is $19 / year for up to 10 sites with custom domains and forms, while Google Sites lets you connect up to five verified custom domains to one site. For eCommerce, blogging, and scheduling, Wix has a $0 Free plan and paid plans from $17 per month (billed yearly).
We compared Canva against Heya, Carrd, Google Sites, and Wix using verified plan pricing, storage limits, template counts, and domain rules. The facts come from canva.com/pricing, carrd.co/docs/pro/plans, carrd.co/pro, workspace.google.com/products/sites, support.google.com/sites/answer/9068867, wix.com/plans, wix.com, heya.page/pricing, heya.page/docs.
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Yes, Canva has a Free plan for individuals that costs US$0 per year for one person. You get a drag-and-drop editor, 1,000+ design types, 1.6M+ templates, 4.7M+ media files, and 5GB of cloud storage. K-12 schools and not-for-profits can also get most premium features for free.
Canva Pro is the cheapest paid option and costs US$144 per year for one person, before applicable tax. You can pay monthly or yearly, and picking yearly billing saves you from 16%. There's also a free trial of Canva Pro if you want to test it before paying.
Canva Free gives you 1.6M+ templates, 4.7M+ media assets, 1 Brand Kit (3 colors only), 5GB of storage, and up to 20 AI uses. Canva Pro costs US$144 per year and bumps that up to 3.6M+ templates, 141M+ premium media assets, 5 Brand Kits, 100GB of storage, up to 5 custom short links, and 10x more AI usage plus background removal and resizing tools.
Each platform handles addresses differently. Canva gives you custom short links (up to 5 on Pro, 100 on Business, unlimited on Enterprise), while Google Sites lets you connect up to five custom domains using a subdomain like www. Carrd includes custom domains on Pro Standard ($19 / year) and Pro Plus ($49 / year), while our Heya sites use yourname.heya.bio on Free ($0) and Pro Lite ($3 a month), and Pro Standard ($6 a month) covers up to 5 sites with 1 custom domain per account.
Canva exports designs as PDF, JPG, PNG, and print-ready CMYK. On Heya, the Pro Plus plan ($15 a month) lets you download your site as an HTML ZIP with an index.html for each page, styles, fonts, and images. Carrd also lets you download unminified HTML, CSS, JS, and images, on its top Pro Plus plan at $49 per year.
Carrd Pro Lite ($9 per year) is the cheapest option, while Heya Pro Lite costs $3 a month. Both remove the platform badge from your sites. Heya Pro Lite gives you up to 3 sites with up to 20 pages each at yourname.heya.bio without the Made with Heya badge. Carrd Pro Lite lets you publish up to 3 sites to unbranded URLs like .crd.co without Made with Carrd branding.
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