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Canva sells its visual communication platform as Free, Pro (one person), Business (per person, billed on a Pay as You Grow seat or team-member model) and sales-led Enterprise subscriptions, with free Education and Nonprofits programmes and a Campus plan for universities; library content is licensed separately per exported design under the Content License Agreement.

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Overview articleCanva licensingCanva sells its visual communication platform as Free, Pro (one person), Business (per person, billed on a Pay as You Grow seat or team-member model) and sales-led Enterprise subscriptions, with free Education and Nonprofits programmes and a Campus plan for universities; library content is licensed separately per exported design under the Content License Agreement.Cited · Edited 2026-10-03 · 17 references

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Canva plans, seats and billingCited · Edited 2026-10-03Canva Content License AgreementCited · Edited 2026-10-03Canva Terms of Use, Master Services Agreement and Affinity TermsCited · Edited 2026-10-03

Licensing Data

From the Canva catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 58 verbatim excerpts from 17 Canva documents.

Products

All 9 Products

Graphic Design Software 9

Affinity, Canva, Canva Business, Canva Campus, Canva Enterprise, Canva Free, Canva library Pro Content, Canva Pro, and 1 more

Product History

All acquisitions
  1. Canva acquired Leonardo.AiAnnounced 2024-07-30 · Closed 2024-07-30

    Canva acquired generative AI platform Leonardo.Ai and its team of about 120. Leonardo continues to operate its own web platform, including for business customers, while Canva plans to integrate its models into Canva.

    Legacy productBecame
    Leonardo.AiKept Leonardo.Ai
    Licensing impact
    • Canva announced the acquisition on 30 July 2024 and said Leonardo.Ai would continue to develop its web platform for its users, including business customers.[1]
    • Canva said Leonardo would continue to operate independently and that it planned to integrate Leonardo's foundational models into Canva over time.[1]
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  2. Canva acquired Affinity (Serif)Announced 2024-03-26 · Closed 2024-03-26

    Canva acquired Affinity, the professional design suite (Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher) developed by UK company Serif. In October 2025 Canva replaced the three apps with a single Affinity app offered free to everyone.

    Legacy productBecame
    Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher (V2)Merged into Affinity (single app) · Vector, pixel and layout tools combined in one free app
    Licensing impact
    • Canva announced the acquisition of Affinity on 26 March 2024.[1]
    • On 27 March 2024 Affinity and Canva pledged to continue offering perpetual licences, to offer any subscription only as an option alongside the perpetual model, and to provide Designer, Photo and Publisher free to schools and nonprofits.[2]
    • On 30 October 2025 Canva launched an all-new Affinity app, free for everyone and activated with a Canva account; Canva AI tools inside Affinity require a Canva premium account.[3]
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  3. Canva acquired FlourishAnnounced 2022-02-02 · Closed 2022-02-02

    Canva acquired London-based data visualisation platform Flourish. Flourish continued as its own platform while its technology was integrated into Canva.

    Legacy productBecame
    FlourishKept Flourish · Continued in parallel with integration into Canva
    Licensing impact
    • Canva welcomed Flourish on 2 February 2022 and said the Flourish team would continue to scale the Flourish platform in parallel with integrating its visualisation technology into Canva.[1]
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