These two websites are a wonderful design tool for anyone who blogs, creates resources or need to create Social Media posts. Crello and Canva both require you to set up an account and many of the free features of both, are enough for most Teacherpreneurs. The beauty of both, is that your work is saved, so that you can always go back and retrieve or re purpose your images. CANVA also has an app so that you can continue working on your phone or tablet, all of your designs will be readily accessible.
Lets do a comparison of the two:
| CANVA | CRELLO |
| Video tutorials available https://designschool.canva.com/getting- started-with-canva-video-tutorials/ | Video tutorials available https://support.crello.com/hc/en- us/categories/115000395013-How-to-Guide- |
| Free version available with limited usage. You can buy any of the elements individually if you choose. | Free version available with limited usage. You can buy any of the elements individually if you choose. Your finished product will be watermarked with “Made with Crello” on it |
| Designs you create are autosaved, and are available on the app that you can download on IOS and Android | Designs you create are autosaved, no app available. |
| CANVA | CRELLO |
| Wide range of templates available | Wide range of templates available https://crello.com/templates/keyword-app/ |
| No animated images available | Animated images available for download as MP4 files |
| Resizing can only be done with paid version | Resizing can be done easily by simply clicking on the image size that you want. It will open in a new tab. |
| No Video option – not even in the pro
version |
Video option available (Only in the pro
version) |
| No option to upload fonts in the free version | You can upload your own fonts in the free version |
| You can only create files in the paid version | You can upload your own images into files in
the free version |
This blog has some fantastic alternatives to CANVA and CRELLO for you to explore. Whatever you choose, these online websites are a wonderful alternative to photoshop if you don’t have time to learn how to use it. This article was written by Socially Sorted