Best AI Design Tools: 8 Picks, 5 Tested, Sorted by the Job
The best AI design tools by job: Canva for layouts, ChatGPT for images with exact text, Lovable for working apps. Five tested, three read, each one labelled.
Canva Code: What It Builds, and What One App Cost Me
Canva Code turns a prompt into a working web page. I built a pricing calculator on a Pro trial: correct sums, hard-to-read totals, 43% of the AI allowance gone.
Canva Pro Price: $144 a Year, and What Canva Leaves Out
Canva Pro price in the US: $18 a month or $144 a year. Business is $25 per person. Plus the $100 AI Pass, seat billing and the refund rule, all sourced.
Canva Review: Great Editor, but the AI Runs on a Meter
A Canva review from a Pro trial: nine hands-on tests, exact US prices, and six AI requests that used 56% of the trial's allowance. Plus what the trial hides.
Canva vs Adobe Express: Same Prompts, Opposite Strengths
Canva vs Adobe Express on the same prompts: Canva's AI spelled 11 of 11 text lines, Adobe's default model 0 on its first image. Express costs less.
Canva Background Remover: How to Use It, Tested on 3 Photos
Canva background remover, step by step: where the button is, what it costs, how to get a transparent PNG and how it did on three hard photos. Plus Magic Eraser.
Adobe Express Review: Generous Free Plan, Shaky AI Hand-Off
An Adobe Express review from the free plan: free background removal, an AI Assistant that got the brief right in all four designs, and an editor that lost text.
Canva Alternatives: 9 Picks, and the Catch in Each Free Plan
The best Canva alternatives by reason for leaving: Adobe Express for price, VistaCreate for teams, Affinity for pro work. Plus what each free plan holds back.
Cancel Canva Subscription: The Steps, and the Refund Rule
Cancel a Canva subscription on the web, iPhone or Android, stop a free trial before it bills, and what Canva's refund page says. Steps from Canva's help pages.
Adobe Firefly Review: Safe to Use, Shaky With Words
An Adobe Firefly review from the free plan: three generations a day, a default model that isn't Adobe's, and a café menu Firefly Image 5 could not spell.