Piktochart
Best if you want to choose the layout first
Long-established and infographic-focused, built around picking a template and filling it in. If the way you like to work is browse, choose, then type, this is the closest match to that habit.
The best Canva alternatives for infographics
and when Canva is still the answer
Canva is a very good tool and this page is not going to pretend otherwise. Four alternatives are worth knowing about, each winning a different job — and the difference that matters is narrower and more useful than a feature war: whether you want to arrange a sheet or describe one.
Last reviewed September 2026 · we do not quote rivals’ prices, because they change
Credit where it is due
What Canva is genuinely excellent at
If two or more of these matter to you, it is probably the right tool and you can stop reading here.
- An enormous template library across every format there is
- Full manual control — you can place anything anywhere
- One tool for social posts, decks, documents, video and print
- A very large stock library of photography and illustration
- Team features and shared brand assets at organisation scale
The alternatives worth knowing, and the job each one wins
Ranking design tools one to ten is mostly theatre — the winner depends entirely on the job in front of you. So here is the job each one wins, including the two answers a page like this is not supposed to give: a competitor, and Canva itself.
Venngage
Best if browsing a big catalogue is how you start
A very large template catalogue with chart widgets. If you find the design first and the argument second — and plenty of good work is made that way — the catalogue is the point.
Visme
Best if you also need presentations and interactive content
Broader than infographics: decks, documents and clickable content from one tool. If your infographic is one deliverable among several, breadth beats depth.
Infographic Generator AI
Best if you have the content and no idea of the layout
You bring the source — text, a document, a spreadsheet or a link — and the structure is chosen after it has been read. There is no canvas to arrange, which is the whole trade: less control, far less time.
Canva itself
Still best for anything illustration-led or multi-format
Worth saying plainly on a page like this: if you want manual control over every element, or one tool for decks, video, print and social as well, none of the above replaces it. Switching would be a downgrade.
Canva vs generating: five places the two approaches genuinely diverge
The blank moment
On a canvas
You choose a template, then decide what of your content fits into it. The layout exists before the argument does.
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You give it the content first. The structure is chosen after the source has been read, which means the sheet is shaped like your material rather than like the template you liked.
Charts
On a canvas
You pick a chart type from a menu and paste your numbers into it. The tool has no opinion about whether it is the right chart.
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The chart follows the shape of the data — parts of a whole become a donut, change over time becomes a line, ranked items become bars — and you can overrule it in a sentence.
Making a change
On a canvas
Find the element, edit it, then fix whatever the new length pushed out of alignment.
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Say what you want different — “shorter headline”, “use our blue”, “drop the third bar” — and the sheet is redrawn with the layout rebalanced.
Making the second one
On a canvas
Duplicate and replace, which works well and is genuinely fast once you have a design you like.
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Generate again from new content with the same brand kit. The two sheets match without either being a copy of the other.
How far you can push it
On a canvas
As far as you like. If you can imagine it, you can build it — this is the real advantage of a canvas.
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To the edge of what the structures support. For a bespoke illustrated piece, start in a design tool instead.
So which one should you actually pick?
Stay with a canvas tool if…
- You already know exactly what the sheet should look like
- The design has to match a system down to the spacing
- You need one tool for decks, video, print and social
- The piece is illustration-led rather than data-led
Try generating if…
- You have the content and no idea of the layout
- The bottleneck is time, not creative control
- You make these regularly and want them to match
- Your source is a document, a spreadsheet or a link
Use both if…
- You want a first draft in a minute and a finish by hand
- Different people in the team work in different ways
- You need an editable vector file to adjust afterwards
- Some pieces are data-led and others are campaign art
Switching questions
Is there a better option than Canva?
Not better in general — better for particular jobs. For data-led infographics, reports and charts, a tool built only for that will get you there faster, and the four options above each win a different job. For illustration-led design, presentations, video or print collateral, Canva is still the answer and swapping would cost you. The useful question is not which tool is best, it is which job you have.
Is there a 100% free alternative to Canva?
Several tools here have free tiers, and ours needs no card to start. Be careful with "100% free" though: on almost every tool in this category the free tier caps volume, export quality or branding rather than being unlimited. Ours is honest about it, and specific: the free plan is one infographic, no card, with every shape and every chart type available, a standard-quality download and a small badge in the footer that any paid plan removes.
Is Canva good for creating infographics?
Yes, genuinely — it has an enormous template library and full manual control, and a lot of excellent infographics are made in it every day. The friction is not quality, it is the starting point: you pick a layout and then decide what of your content fits it. If you already know what the sheet should look like, that is faster. If you are holding a report and a deadline, starting from the content is faster.
Is this a replacement for Canva?
For data-led infographics, reports and charts, yes — that is the whole scope of what we do. For presentations, video, print collateral and social design generally, no: a broad design suite covers far more ground, and it would be silly to claim otherwise.
Can I move a design across?
Not as an editable file — the two tools have different internals. In practice people bring the content rather than the file, which is usually quicker anyway.
Can I finish a piece in a design tool?
Not by handing over a file a design tool opens — there is no SVG or PDF export, so a draft cannot be reopened in Illustrator or Figma. What you can hand over is the piece as one self-contained HTML file, which a developer can restyle directly. If the finish has to happen in a design tool, treat what you make here as the layout decision and rebuild it there.
What about brand consistency?
Save a brand kit — colours, typeface and logo — and every piece afterwards is drawn in it. Paid plans hold several kits for teams working across brands.
Is there a free plan?
Yes, with no card required. It includes every template, shape and chart type; paid plans add volume, brand kits, best-quality downloads and removal of the badge.
Which is cheaper?
That depends on plans that both companies change, so this page does not quote either. Compare the current pricing pages directly — ours is on the home page.
Can I try it without signing up or logging in?
You can look through everything here without an account, and a sheet somebody shares with you opens on a link with no sign-in at all. Making and downloading your own needs a free account so the work is saved — no card, and it takes a moment with Google.
Can I export to PowerPoint or PDF like Canva does?
No, and this is a real gap rather than a positioning line. Canva exports .pptx and PDF; we export a PNG at up to triple resolution, the piece as a self-contained web page, and a share link. The PNG drops onto a slide intact, and you can print the share page to PDF from your browser — but if native .pptx or PDF files are part of your workflow, that is a genuine reason to stay where you are.
Canva is a trademark of its owner and we are not affiliated with them. This page describes general differences in approach; their product changes, so check their own site for current features and pricing.
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