The Best Canva Alternatives for Businesses in Singapore [2025]

Canva is one of the most popular graphic design platforms. With its user-friendly drag-and-drop interface and extensive library of templates, images, fonts, and design elements, it’s a go-to tool for both professionals and beginners.

However, Canva is not the only option available. It faces competition from numerous other design tools, including some big names like Adobe. This article explores the best Canva alternatives, helping Singapore businesses determine whether another tool might better suit their needs.

We’ll examine each alternative’s features, pros and cons, and pricing, and provide a quick summary of the types of businesses they best suit. And when it comes to paying for these tools, we’ll show how the Wise Business Card offers a simple, low-fee way to manage subscription fees.

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What Canva does well Why choose a Canva alternative? Adobe Express Snappa VistaCreate Manage your graphic design tool payments with Wise Business Which Canva alternative is right for you?

What Canva does well

Canva is widely credited with making graphic design accessible to everyone — including those without any prior design experience. It achieved this by building a global, user-friendly platform that is fully web-based and usable on virtually any device.

By offering easy-to-use tools and over 400,000 pre-made templates, Canva significantly reduces the time, effort, and skill needed to create professional-looking graphics.

It also serves as an all-in-one platform, providing a wide range of features for designing, editing, and managing visual content — from graphic creation and video editing to AI-powered tools, web design, team collaboration, brand kits, and more.

Why choose a Canva alternative?

With over 220 million monthly active users, Canva is undoubtedly helpful for many.¹ However, there are several reasons why some may choose to seek out an alternative:

• Canva may lack some advanced editing tools and specialised features needed for specific or complex design projects.
• Its widely used templates and design elements can make creating truly unique brand visuals difficult, leading to generic-looking designs.
• Some users find Canva slow or cluttered, whereas alternatives may offer simpler, faster interfaces that enable more efficient graphic creation.
• Canva’s paid plans can be more expensive than some alternative design tools.
• The free plan restricts access to many templates, graphics, and features, while some alternatives provide broader free access but limit the number of downloads instead.

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The best 3 alternatives to Canva

Adobe Express

Adobe Express is Adobe’s answer to Canva—an easy-to-use, template-driven online graphic design platform available via desktop browsers or dedicated mobile apps, with synced files that let you work seamlessly across devices.

With Adobe Express, you can create eye-catching social media posts, edit photos, produce videos, and design on-brand flyers, business cards, and menus ready for print. You can also generate images and remove backgrounds using AI—and much more—all in just a few clicks.²

It also integrates seamlessly with Adobe apps like Illustrator, Photoshop, and Lightroom. Plus, it gives users access to millions of premium stock photos, videos, graphics, and audio assets from Adobe, along with over 220,000 professionally curated templates.

Adobe Express pricing and fees

Adobe Express offers localised pricing, allowing you to pay your subscription in SGD. The two main paid plans for individuals and teams are priced as follows:

• Adobe Express Premium: S$13.26 per month, billed monthly, or S$132.84, billed annually.
• Adobe Express Teams: S$6.93 per user, billed monthly for the first year (discounted from S$11.10), with an annual subscription required and a minimum of 2 users. Alternatively, you can pay S$69.36 per user per year for the first year (discounted from S$111.12), also with a minimum of 2 users.

Adobe Express pros and cons

Pros:

• Seamless file import/export between Adobe Express and other Adobe apps—a key advantage if you already use Adobe tools or collaborate with professionals who do.
• More advanced editing capabilities than Canva, including layers, blending modes, and detailed text adjustments, providing greater control and flexibility for complex designs.
• Its advanced AI tools, powered by Adobe Firefly and Sensei, are designed to generate content that is safe for commercial use.
• The premium plan includes access to over 25,000 Adobe Fonts—far surpassing Canva—ideal for professional typography and design work.
• Adobe Express's paid plans are slightly more affordable than Canva’s.

Cons:

• Although both platforms offer extensive template libraries, Canva has a significantly larger selection overall.
• While generally user-friendly, Adobe Express’s interface may feel less intuitive and more complex for beginners than Canva.
• Lacks an interactive, collaborative online whiteboard feature, which Canva offers.
• Does not include built-in mockup generators for products like t-shirts, posters, mugs, or smartphones, unlike Canva.

For Singapore businesses already using Adobe Suite, Adobe Express is a natural fit—teams can work seamlessly across apps using familiar tools and workflows. Its advanced editing, AI tools, and rich font and asset libraries also make it ideal for businesses aiming to create highly polished, professional designs.

Snappa

As its name suggests, Snappa is all about creating graphics for social media, blog posts, ads, and more—in a snap. It's specifically designed to be quick and easy to use, even for those with no graphic design experience.

The platform offers thousands of professional-looking, pre-made templates for everything from YouTube thumbnails and LinkedIn posts to Instagram stories, eBook covers, Facebook ads, and even infographics.³

While Snappa supports a wide range of graphic types, its main selling point is its clean, lightweight interface. It’s not clunky or bloated, the platform doesn’t freeze or lag during use, and you won’t need to dig through hundreds of tools or memorise complex keyboard shortcuts to get things done.

Snappa pricing and fees

Unlike Canva and Adobe Express, Snappa does not offer localised pricing—users are billed in USD. The platform keeps its pricing straightforward, with one free plan and two paid options. These plans are available with either monthly or annual billing:

• Free: 0 USD per month, including up to 3 downloads per month.
• Pro: 15 USD per month (billed monthly) or 10 USD per month (120 USD billed annually) for a single user.
• Team: 30 USD per month (billed monthly) or 20 USD per month (240 USD billed annually), and includes access for up to 5 users.

Snappa pros and cons

Pros:

• Very easy to use with a clean, uncluttered interface and minimal learning curve, allowing graphics to be created rapidly.
• Unlike Canva, Snappa’s free plan provides access to all templates, graphics, and features.
• Snappa is optimised for fast performance, avoiding the lag or clunky interfaces some users report with Canva.
• Includes one-click features like background removal and graphic resizing, simplifying complex tasks for beginners.
• Its paid plans are generally cheaper than Canva's, especially for teams with multiple users.

Cons:

• The free plan restricts users to three downloads or shares per month, which will be insufficient for many businesses.
• Snappa’s library, while substantial, is smaller than Canva’s, with significantly fewer templates and design elements.
• No mobile app is available, so users must access Snappa through a web browser.
• Lacks advanced editing tools like animation, video editing, drawing tools, or advanced photo editing, and just offers fewer features and tools overall.

Snappa is ideal for Singapore businesses prioritising speed and simplicity over extensive customisation, needing quick, professional graphics for social media, blogs, or ads. The free plan is well-suited for small businesses that only need a few graphics per month, as it provides access to all templates and features.

VistaCreate

VistaCreate is a graphic design tool with a comprehensive set of features, including access to over 200,000 ready-made templates.⁴ Whether you're creating digital content like YouTube thumbnails, Instagram Reels, or presentations, or print materials such as posters, flyers, and business cards, VistaCreate has you covered.

Since both VistaCreate and VistaPrint are part of the Vista brand, users can design in VistaCreate and order prints directly through VistaPrint in select countries. This integration makes it especially convenient for those who need physical marketing materials.

With a Pro account, you can resize your designs for any social media or print format with a single click—there's no need to recreate them manually. You can also access advanced tools such as background removal, animation, QR code generation, AI image generation, and more.

VistaCreate pricing and fees

VistaCreate bills exclusively in USD and offers a single paid plan: the Pro plan, which is available with either monthly or annual billing. It includes access for up to 10 users and is priced as follows:

• Pro plan: 13 USD per month (billed monthly) or 10 USD per month (120 USD billed annually).

VistaCreate pros and cons

Pros:

• Provides access to over 170 million stock media files, including photos, videos, and vectors.
• The Pro plan includes access for up to 10 team members, making it cost-effective for small teams.
• Offers a wide range of features, including animation, video editing, background remover, one-click resizer, and AI-powered tools.
• Allows direct scheduling and posting to social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook.
• Singapore users can design flyers, business cards, and other materials in VistaCreate and order prints directly through VistaPrint.

Cons:

• While it offers over 200,000 templates, this is fewer than what Canva provides.
• Lacks certain tools available in Canva, such as those for website design, charts, whiteboards, and document creation.
• The learning curve can be steeper for new users, as its interface is not as user-friendly or clean.
• Requires external software for video recording and offers less robust video editing features than Canva.

VistaCreate is ideal for Singapore businesses needing high volumes of printed media thanks to its wide range of templates, print-ready formats, and seamless VistaPrint integration for easy ordering and doorstep delivery. It's also a great budget-friendly option for small teams, as the Pro plan supports up to 10 team members on a single subscription.

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Manage your graphic design tool payments with Wise Business

When deciding between Canva and its competitors, it’s always worth double-checking the billing currency. Some platforms still don’t support pricing in local currencies like SGD; instead, they default to billing customers in USD or other foreign currencies.

This can result in foreign transaction fees and exchange rate markups being incurred—especially if you're using a corporate bank card, as many Singapore businesses do for most of their expenses.

Over time, these hidden fees can add up, significantly increasing costs and eating into your bottom line. By using the Wise Business multi-currency card, you can easily pay for subscriptions in any currency—enjoying low fees and the mid-market exchange rate.

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Which Canva alternative is right for you?

Investing in professional-looking visual content with tools like the ones we’ve covered is a powerful way to build credibility in new markets.

Adobe Express, Snappa, and VistaCreate are excellent alternatives to Canva. Adobe Express is ideal if you're already using the Adobe Suite, Snappa offers unmatched speed and simplicity, and VistaCreate is a great choice for those who need a lot of printed media.

While you are evaluating which tool best fits your company’s design needs, it’s also worth reviewing your business account. If you're looking to expand into new markets then you should be supported by a business account that meets your global needs—rather than one that hinders growth by piling on extra charges.

💡If you're growing a global business, you'll quickly face a daunting wall of costs, complexity, and hidden fees when receiving international payments. Wise Business helps you bypass this wall, making it easy to receive money from around the world and start getting paid like a local today.

• Obtain account details to receive payments in GBP, EUR, CAD, AUD and more for a one-time fee of S$ 99.
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• Hold, send, and convert money at the mid-market rate in one account.
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Sources:

1. About Canva
2. Free Design, Photo, and Video Tool – The quick and easy app to create on-brand content | Adobe Express
3. Design Templates - Snappa
4. VistaCreate – Free Graphic Design Software with 200,000+ Free Templates

Sources checked on 4th June 2025