Canva vs CapCut
Canva and CapCut are both video AI tools, tracked here on price, platforms, integrations, and capabilities. Every figure below is read from the vendor's own pages and dated. No score and no winner: the facts do the picking.
Canva
Design AI-powered social posts, videos, presentations, and visual content
Canva is a visual design platform that helps users create social posts, presentations, and videos with AI-powered features. It includes specialized utilities like Magic Layers, Magic Write, Magic Eraser, and automated Background Remover. Users can build digital assets using extensive template libraries or order physical items through the built-in Print Shop.
CapCut
AI-powered creative platform for video image and audio editing
CapCut is a creative production platform featuring an Online Video Editor, AI Video Generator, and Photo Editor across web, desktop, and mobile surfaces. Creators can export HD videos without watermarks, generate text-to-speech narration, and remove backgrounds with single-click tools. It includes specialized utilities like Video Studio, AI Generative Fill, and Auto Caption Generator.
At a glance
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Checked against the vendors. Written from each vendor's own site and last re-checked there: Canva (vendor page unreachable on September 2, 2026) · CapCut on August 31, 2026. Vendors change pricing and features without notice, so confirm anything that decides your purchase on the vendor's page.
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- Repurposing long podcasts and interviews into short social media clips
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- Generating faceless and explainer videos from text prompts
Key features
Canva
- AI Image Generator and Image Upscaler
- Magic Eraser and one-click Background Remover for images and video
- Magic Layers to turn flat images into editable layouts
- Magic Write for text generation and editing
- Full video editor with stock clips, animations, and AI-powered captions
CapCut
- AI Video Studio and text-to-video generation
- One-click background remover for images and video
- AI text-to-speech generator and voice enhancer
- Auto caption generator and subtitle translator
What each one does well
Canva
- ✓ Creating branded social media graphics and marketing materials
- ✓ Building AI-assisted slide decks and presentations
- ✓ Editing short-form videos with automated captions and stock assets
CapCut
- ✓ Repurposing long videos into short social clips
- ✓ Removing background noise and isolating audio tracks
- ✓ Generating subtitles and speech in multiple languages
People also ask
What is the difference between Canva and CapCut?
Both are tracked for image-editing, video-editing. Of the capabilities they do not share, only Canva is tracked for image-generation, presentations, templates, upscaling, and only CapCut is tracked for audio-editing, text-to-speech, text-to-video, video-generation.
How much do Canva and CapCut cost?
Canva: free plan, then $180/yr. CapCut: free.
Answers are generated from the tracked plans and capability tags shown above, so they move when the vendors' pages do.
Full fact sheets, FAQs, and discussion links: Canva · CapCut · all video tools