Alternatives to Canva in India
We list 8 alternatives to Canva. 5 have a free plan. The lowest price we state is ₹1,250 a month for Figma.
Why people look for an alternative to Canva
- Bills in rupees: “Canva Pro at ₹4,500/year (~₹375/month) with GST-compliant INR invoicing is one of the few international design tools with genuine local pricing”.
Canva and 8 alternatives at a glance
| Tool | From, a month | Free plan or tier | Our score | Bills in ₹ | Built in India |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canva (the one you are replacing) | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 40 / 100 | Yes | – |
| AdCreative.ai | ≈ ₹3,432 a month | Yes | 40 / 100 | Not checked | – |
| Figma | ₹1,250 a month | Yes | 40 / 100 | No, dollars | – |
| Lottie | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 40 / 100 | Not checked | – |
| Taplio | ≈ ₹3,717 a month | No | 30 / 100 | Not checked | – |
| Adobe Creative Cloud | ≈ ₹2,191 a month | No | 20 / 100 | Yes | – |
| Adobe XD | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 20 / 100 | Not checked | – |
| Framer | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 20 / 100 | No, dollars | – |
| Fiverr | Not stated | No | 10 / 100 | Not checked | – |
The alternatives, one by one
AdCreative.ai
Best for: AI-generated ad images and copy. Suits startups.
From ≈ ₹3,432 a month (converted from dollars). Has a free plan. Our score: 40 out of 100 (3 of 8 checks read).
Figma
Best for: The collaborative design tool that every product team uses. Suits All stages and product designers.
From ₹1,250 a month. Has a free plan. Widely used by Indian teams. Bills in dollars: “USD billing only + 18% GST reverse charge overhead”. Our score: 40 out of 100 (5 of 8 checks read).
Lottie
Best for: Lightweight vector animations for mobile and web applications. Suits startups.
Free plan; paid price not stated. Our score: 40 out of 100 (3 of 8 checks read). Vendor pricing page.
Taplio
Best for: AI tool for writing, scheduling and analysing LinkedIn posts. Suits founders and LinkedIn creators.
From ≈ ₹3,717 a month (converted from dollars). Our score: 30 out of 100 (3 of 8 checks read).
Adobe Creative Cloud
Best for: Enterprise creative suite of graphic, vector. Suits startups.
From ≈ ₹2,191 a month (converted from dollars). Bills in rupees: “Adobe offers localized billing in Indian Rupees (INR) with payment methods including Indian credit cards, net banking, and UPI”. Our score: 20 out of 100 (5 of 8 checks read). Vendor pricing page.
Adobe XD
Best for: UI/UX design tool — now in maintenance mode. Suits startups.
Free plan; paid price not stated. Our score: 20 out of 100 (2 of 8 checks read).
Framer
Best for: Amsterdam-built AI-first website builder — co-founded in 2014 by Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk. Suits startups.
Free plan; paid price not stated. Bills in dollars: “Billing is in USD only via the Framer Netherlands entity”. Our score: 20 out of 100 (5 of 8 checks read). Vendor pricing page.
Fiverr
Best for: Marketplace for fixed-price freelance services. Suits startups.
Not stated. Our score: 10 out of 100 (2 of 8 checks read).
Before you switch
- Billing: ask each vendor whether it invoices in rupees with GST. Where we have not read the answer, the table says “Not checked”, not “No”.
- Data: exports differ. Try one real export from Canva into the new tool on a free plan before you pay for a year.
- Price: a monthly figure is for one seat or the entry plan. Work out your own number of users, and read the vendor page linked under each tool.
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How this page is made
This page is built by a script from the same files as our tool pages, so it changes when a price, a score or an India-fit answer changes. Alternatives are picked by what we list for Canva (its curated alternatives, the same use case and sub-category, shared tags and the compare pages we have), then ordered with Indian-built tools first, then by our score. A tool is left out when we have fewer than five real matches. Prices come from each vendor's own pricing page as read on our tool pages; the dates above are the days we read them. We may earn a commission on some vendor links elsewhere on the site; it does not change the order here. How the score works.