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Motaware Canvas

Design made simple

Make social graphics, posters, business cards and more in your browser. Start from a ready-made size or template, design together in real time, and export clean files in the format you need.

Included in every plan, Free too. An alternative to Canva.

What you can do with Canvas

Start from a size or template

Pick from 23 ready-made sizes for social media, print, presentations and marketing, or set your own up to 10,000 pixels a side. Templates give you a head start.

  • Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, A4, business card and more
  • 12 templates across 8 categories
  • Multi-page designs you can reorder by dragging

Text, shapes and images

Add headings and body text in 32 hand-picked fonts, drop in shapes and decorative elements, and place your own images. Fine-tune colour, spacing, shadows and more.

  • Crop, flip and adjust brightness, contrast and saturation
  • Solid colour or gradient backgrounds
  • Upload PNG, JPEG, WebP, SVG and GIF images up to 25 MB

Precise layout tools

A layers panel, grouping, alignment and even spacing keep complex designs tidy. Snap to a grid, show rulers and work quickly with keyboard shortcuts.

  • Rename, hide, lock and reorder layers
  • Align to the page or to each other
  • Undo and redo up to 50 steps

Design together, live

Share a design by email address as Viewer, Commenter or Editor and work on it at the same time. You see each other's cursors, and an element someone is editing is locked for everyone else.

  • Comments pinned to the spot they're about, with replies
  • View-only links with an optional password and expiry
  • Team workspaces with shared designs

Export without a watermark

Download as PNG, JPG, WebP, SVG or PDF, on every plan. Export the current page or all of them, at up to four times the design size.

  • Transparent backgrounds for PNG, WebP and SVG
  • All pages in one PDF
  • Choose the quality for JPG, WebP and PDF

Saved as you go

Changes save automatically a few seconds after you stop. Save a named version whenever you reach a milestone, and restore it later without losing what you have now.

  • Folders for designs and uploads
  • Restoring a version keeps the current one too
  • Deleted designs stay in the trash for 30 days

What your plan includes

Canvas is in every plan, Free included, with every editing tool and export format. Some plans add the premium templates.

  • Free $0

    Premium templates
    Not included
    Export watermark
    None
    Largest upload
    25 MB
    Trash kept for
    30 days
  • Personal $10/mo

    Premium templates
    Not included
    Export watermark
    None
    Largest upload
    25 MB
    Trash kept for
    30 days
  • Pro $18/mo

    Premium templates
    Included
    Export watermark
    None
    Largest upload
    25 MB
    Trash kept for
    30 days
  • Family $25/mo

    Premium templates
    Included
    Export watermark
    None
    Largest upload
    25 MB
    Trash kept for
    30 days
  • Business Starter $10/mo per seat

    Premium templates
    Not included
    Export watermark
    None
    Largest upload
    25 MB
    Trash kept for
    30 days
  • Business Standard $18/mo per seat

    Premium templates
    Included
    Export watermark
    None
    Largest upload
    25 MB
    Trash kept for
    30 days
  • Business Plus $25/mo per seat

    Premium templates
    Included
    Export watermark
    None
    Largest upload
    25 MB
    Trash kept for
    30 days

Every plan can browse the premium templates; using one needs a plan that includes them. If a paid plan ends, your designs stay readable and exportable for 90 days.

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Security and privacy

Uploads scanned first

Every upload is checked for malware before it is stored. Infected files are refused, and if the scanner can't give a verdict the upload is refused rather than let through.

No public file folder

Your uploads are served only through signed links, and SVG files are served in a locked-down sandbox so nothing in them can run.

Roles checked on the server

Viewer, Commenter and Editor rights are enforced by the server, including for live edits. Share links are always view-only, and a password-protected link is hashed, never stored as typed.

Questions about Canvas

Do exports have a watermark?

No. Every plan, Free included, exports PNG, JPG, WebP, SVG and PDF without a watermark.

What are premium templates?

Templates marked PRO in the catalogue. Everyone can browse them, and plans that include them can use them; the table above shows which. See Pricing for details.

Can I use my own fonts?

Not yet. Choose from 32 hand-picked fonts plus the standard web-safe fonts. Uploaded font files are stored in your library but can't be used in the editor yet.

Does Canvas have AI tools or stock photos?

Not yet. You design with your own images, the built-in shapes and elements, and the templates.

Is the PDF export good for printing?

Print sizes such as A4 and business cards are exported at 300 dpi. Each PDF page is a high-quality image, so text in the PDF isn't selectable.

What happens to my designs if my paid plan ends?

Nothing is deleted straight away. Canvas becomes read-only for 90 days: you can open and export every design. Subscribe again to make changes.

Start your next design in seconds

Canvas is in every Motaware plan, including Free. Open it in your browser and pick a size.