Fil vs Canva
Canva is where a quarter of a billion people design from templates, with stock, brand kits and print. Fil starts from a prompt and the newest models: video, 3D, slides and sites on one canvas.
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The short answer
Of 11 lines, Fil is ahead on 4, Canva on 5, and they’re even on 2.
Pick Canva if
- You design from templates, with stock, print and brand kits.
- You want one easy tool for docs, sheets and posts.
Pick Fil if
- You make with AI first: longer video, 3D, sites you own.
- You’d rather pay per run than hit a monthly AI cap.
Canva and Fil, line by line
Checked on 2026-10-26 against Canva’s own pages.
| What | Canva | Fil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $18 alone, $25 a person for teams: Pro $18 a month or $144 a year for one person; Business $25 a month or $250 a year per person (Canva’s comparison) | $18 alone, from $30 a seat for teams: Starter $18 with 1,800 credits, Pro $30 a seat with 3,000 credits, Max $100 a seat with 10,000 credits; 20% off yearly ($14.40, $24 and $80 a month) |
| Free plan | Up to 20 AI uses a month: free, with 1.6M+ templates and 5GB (pricing) | Up to 1,000 credits a month: free, from daily check-ins, with every model; Free work is public and not for commercial use |
| AI limits | Capped: up to 200 Premium or 20 Ultra AI uses a month on Pro; AI Pass for more is US$100 a person a month (pricing) (help) | No monthly cap: each run spends credits at what it costs, priced before it runs |
| Templates and stock | Huge: 1.6M+ free templates, 141M+ premium templates and assets (pricing) | Workflows, not templates: over 40, filled in by Claude; no stock library |
| AI video | Up to 8 seconds: 16:9 clips from Google’s Veo-3, a limited number a month, on paid plans (AI video) | Up to 30 seconds with sound: 15 video models, including Kling 4.0, Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.0 |
| Websites | Canva sites: a free canva.site address or a custom domain on Pro; Canva Code “can’t be exported as a file” (websites) (help) | Sites you can take away: published at your address, or downloaded as HTML, a zip or a Vite project |
| Canva Print: delivered, with a free shipping option (print) | None: print workflows make print-ready artwork | |
| Video editing | A multi-layer timeline: Magic Video, one-click captions, background removal (video editor) | A full editor: transitions, keyframes, effects, captions timed to each word, B-roll; MP4 downloads up to 4K on every plan |
| 3D | Not in the editor: Image to 3D in Affinity (ProSuite) | Generate, rig and animate: then pose, light and stage it in a 3D editor |
| Slides, docs and more | Everything: Presentations, Docs, Sheets, Whiteboards, Email, a PDF editor (home) | Slides and more: presented and exported to PowerPoint, Keynote or PDF; documents, Kanban boards, surveys |
| Brand and teams | Brand Kits: 5 on Pro, 100 on Business with approvals; SSO and SCIM on Enterprise (pricing) | Design systems: for sites; live co-editing, comments and meetings; Pro and Max share a credit pool |
Where Fil is different
Your pick of every model, per run.
13 image, 15 video and 4 3D models, and Claude, GPT and Gemini for code. Video runs up to 30 seconds with sound on Kling 4.0, Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.0.
- No monthly cap: you pay each run’s cost in credits
- Paint over what should change, extend it, split it into layers
- Packs that never expire
Canva: AI clips up to 8 seconds; up to 200 Premium AI uses a month on Pro (AI video) (pricing)
Design it, publish it, take it with you.
Design a site or React app in a Figma-like editor, publish it at your address, or download it as HTML, a zip or a Vite project.
- Pages that share one design system
- Content you edit like a spreadsheet
- Forms, analytics and your own domain
Canva: Canva Code can be copied, but not exported as a file (help)
Agents that build for you.
Connect Claude Code, Codex or Cursor in one line, then ask it in your terminal: it builds the canvas in Fil live, with the tools the studio has and your credits.
- One line to install, over MCP
- What it makes lands on the canvas, marked with its name
- Fil in ChatGPT too, with each run priced first
Canva: A connector that makes Canva designs inside ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini (news)
Where Canva is better
- Templates and stock. 1.6M+ free templates and 141M+ premium ones and assets. Fil has workflows, not a template library, and no stock. (pricing)
- Easy for everyone. Drag, drop, done, in more than 100 languages, for a quarter of a billion people a month. (about) (news)
- Print. Business cards, shirts and banners delivered, with a free shipping option. Fil only makes the artwork. (print)
- Brand control at scale. Up to 1,000 Brand Kits with tiered approvals, SSO and SCIM. (pricing)
- More kinds of documents. Docs, Sheets, Whiteboards, Email and a PDF editor, plus Affinity, Cavalry and Flourish. (home) (ProSuite)
- Cheaper for one person yearly. Pro is $144 a year against Fil Starter’s $172.80, if you stay within Canva’s AI uses. (Canva’s comparison)
Questions
Is Fil a good Canva alternative?
For AI-first work, yes: video, 3D, websites and slides made with the newest models on one canvas. For templates, stock, print and brand kits, Canva does far more.
Does Fil have templates like Canva?
Not in the same way. Fil has over 40 workflows, such as an Instagram carousel or a business card, that Claude fills in from your answers, and slide designs to start from. It has no stock library.
Which is cheaper, Fil or Canva?
For one person on a yearly plan, Canva Pro is cheaper: $144 against $172.80. Canva caps AI uses each month, and more costs $100 a month with AI Pass; Fil charges each run at its cost with no cap.
Can I make presentations in Fil?
Yes. Slides start from nine designs or a prompt, have transitions and presenter view, and export to PowerPoint, Keynote or PDF.
Can I take my website out of Fil?
Yes. Download a page as HTML, a whole site as a zip, or a React app as a Vite project. Canva says Canva Code can be copied but not exported as a file.
Can I use Fil today?
Fil is invite-only while it’s in beta. Sign in with Google and join the waitlist; invited friends of members get in sooner.
Sources
- canva.com: Products in its menu
- About Canva: Mission, monthly users, languages
- Canva AI 2.0: “A quarter of a billion people every month”
- canva.com/pricing: Plans, AI uses, templates, Brand Kits, SSO
- Canva Pro vs Enterprise: Monthly and yearly US prices, updated October 2026
- AI Pass: US$100 a person a month
- AI video generator: Veo-3, 8 seconds, paid plans
- Video editor: Timeline, Magic Video, captions
- Websites: Free address, custom domains on Pro
- Canva Code help: Can’t be exported as a file
- ProSuite launch: Affinity, Image to 3D
- Business: Who Business is for
- Print: What it prints, shipping
- Canva in Gemini: Its connector in Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude and more