Free alternative
A free Canva alternative
An online design suite with a drag-and-drop editor, templates and AI tools for presentations, social posts, documents, photos, video and print, on the web, desktop and mobile. Anyfile is a free alternative for many of the same jobs: it opens, edits and converts files in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.
Canva and Anyfile, side by side
| Canva | Anyfile | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Canva Free: US$0. Canva Pro: US$144 a year for one person. Canva Business: US$250 a year per person. Enterprise: priced by Canva’s sales team. Pro and Business have a free trial. These are the prices shown for the United States; other regions see their own currency and, in some, a cheaper Pro Lite plan. Source | Free, funded by optional donations |
| Free version | Yes. Canva Free includes the drag-and-drop editor, 1,000+ design types, 1.6M+ templates and 4.7M+ photos, videos, graphics and audio. Source | Everything is free |
| Free limits | Canva Free includes 5 GB of cloud storage and up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses. Source | No daily limits; size limits per kind of file (for example 100 MB pictures, 300 MB PDFs) |
| Are files uploaded? | Yes. Canva says it receives the content you create in Canva and the media you upload (designs, images, documents, videos and metadata), and that information is stored and processed in the United States, Australia, Singapore, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Philippines and New Zealand, and in other countries where it or its providers operate. Source | No: files are opened and converted in your browser |
| How long files are kept | After an account is closed or deactivated, Canva says it retains profile information and your content for a commercially reasonable time and for as long as it has a valid purpose, including legal and audit obligations and backup and archival purposes. Source | Never stored: nothing is uploaded |
| Account needed | Yes. Canva’s help centre describes signing up with an email address, Google, Facebook or other methods to start using Canva for free. Source | No |
| Ads | Not stated on their pages | None |
| Platforms | Web, plus apps for Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and Chromebook. Source | Any current browser on a computer, tablet or phone; installable as an app |
| Formats | You can upload JPEG, PNG, HEIC/HEIF and WebP images (under 50 MB), SVG (under 3 MB), audio as M4A, MP3, OGG, WAV or WebM (up to 250 MB) and video as MOV, GIF, MP4, MPEG, MKV or WebM (up to 1 GB), and import PowerPoint, Word, PDF, Photoshop, Illustrator, Affinity, Excel, CSV and Markdown files. Source | 202 file extensions in 17 editors, with 639 one-click conversions |
Facts about Canva come from its own pages, checked on 2026-10-22. Prices and limits change, so follow each source for today’s.
When Canva is the better choice
Canva is the better choice for designing social posts, presentations and print layouts from templates, with stock media, brand kits, AI tools and team collaboration. Anyfile has no templates, stock media or AI generation; it suits opening, lightly editing and converting files without an account.