Canvas vs Affinity Designer

Comparing the features of Canvas to Affinity Designer

Feature
Canvas
Affinity Designer

Capability Features

Automatic Syncing
Combine Colour Spaces
Contour Tool
Cross-platform File Format
Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
Design Creation
Greyscale and No FX View Modes
Grids and Guides Customization
Grids, Guides, Planes
Hand-Picked Colors
Handle Thousands of Objects
Knife Tool
Layer Groups and Colour Tagging
Layer States
Live Outline View
Natural Brushes
Non-destructive Adjustments
Pencil Tool Enhancements
Auto CloseSmoothnessUse Line Style
Pixel Preview Mode
Professional Output Quality
Raster Workspace
Save Workspace Setups
Shape Builder Tool
Sophisticated Typography Options
Stroke Width Tool
Symbol Linking and Constraints
Unlimited Artboards
Unlimited
Vector Warp
Vector Workspace
X-ray View
Zoom Level
One million percent and beyond

Integration Features

Available on iPad
Available on macOS
Available on Windows
Google Account Integration
Supported Formats
JPEGPDFSVGPSDPNGTIFFGIFDWGDXF

Limitation Features

No API Mentioned
No Cloud Collaboration
No Mention of Free Tier
No Mention of Plugin Support

Pricing Features

Has Free Trial