Canva on the BookBird Author Score
Author Score · book cover design · #1 of 8
Best for: Authors on a budget making ebook covers and promo graphics
85.3 of 100 points = 8.5 out of 10. How this score is calculated
Author jobs, from Canva’s own pages
- Not stated: Print covers sized for KDP (not stated)
- Yes: Ebook cover sizes
- Yes: Book cover templates
- Yes: Images and fonts cleared for commercial use
- Yes: Print-ready export
- Yes: 3D mockups for promotion
Canva pricing
Free plan + paid plans. There is a free plan. The plans as Canva’s own site listed them on October 7, 2026, in US dollars:
- Free
- Pro: price in USD not confirmed
- Business: $20 a month (per person, no seat minimum, per Canva newsroom 2025-10-30; Poland pricing page shows 700 zł/year per person)
- Enterprise: price in USD not confirmed
canva.com/pricing renders prices by visitor country (PLN here) and returns 403 to curl and WebFetch; Pro USD price not verified. Free trials of Pro and Business are offered, length not stated on the pages read.
What Canva offers
From Canva’s own pages, checked on October 7, 2026:
- Hundreds of book cover layouts sorted by genre
- Millions of free and premium stock photos and graphics
- Downloads as PNG, JPG or PDF
- CMYK colours while designing and a CMYK file on download
- Book mockup generator for promotion
- Desktop apps for Windows and Mac plus iOS and Android apps
- Pro and Business plans add premium content and AI tools
Runs on: web, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. Exports: PNG, JPG and PDF. Launched: 2013.
Who Canva suits, and what its pages do not say
Best for: Authors on a budget making ebook covers and promo graphics.
Not confirmed on Canva’s pages when we checked: print covers sized for KDP. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being described, and the score only credits what is.
About 2,400 people a month search Google in the US for “canva book cover”, down 9% over the past year (Google Ads data via DataForSEO).
Canva alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| BookCoverZone | 8.3 | $99 one-time | Authors who want a designer-made premade cover without commissioning one |
| DIY Book Covers | 8.2 | Free plan; paid from $19 one-time | Budget authors wanting AI-made ebook covers with one-time credit packs |
| Book Brush | 7.2 | $149 a year | Authors who want covers plus ad graphics in one yearly web subscription |
| KDP Cover Creator | 6.6 | Free | KDP-only authors needing a quick free cover inside KDP |
| Affinity | 5.6 | Free | Authors laying out print books by hand at no cost |
Compare: All book cover design · All software for authors
Canva questions
How much does Canva cost?
Free plan; paid from $20 a month. Canva lists 4 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.
What does Canva run on?
web, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, according to its own site.
What file formats can Canva export?
PNG, JPG and PDF, according to its own site.
How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from Canva’s own site on October 7, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.