SWITCH FROM CANVA
Canva to Calisto Studio
Design posts, flyers, menus and screens in your brand, resize them and fill them from a spreadsheet, and hand them to your screens, campaigns and website with no file to export.
Feature by feature
Calisto Studio beside Canva
- 20 In both
- 3 Only in Canva
| 23 features | Calisto Studio | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Layout | ||
| Resize to Other FormatsCalisto: Copy & Resize lays every page out again at the new size and saves it as a new design beside the original.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Bulk CreateCalisto: Bulk Create fills a design's {{placeholders}} from a CSV or pasted rows, up to 200 designs per run, and exports them all as one ZIP.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| MockupsCalisto: the page on screen is placed on a T-shirt, mug, phone case, business card, poster frame, laptop, tote bag or billboard and downloaded.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| ChartsCalisto: a bar, line, area, pie, donut or scatter chart is made from figures typed or pasted, drawn in the design's Theme as shapes and words, and opened again to edit.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brand | ||
| Brand KitCalisto: the business's colors, typefaces and logo live in its brand kit, edited in Studio's Settings and read by every editor.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Upload Brand FontsCalisto: a TrueType, OpenType or WOFF file added to the brand kit is read for its family, weight and slant, and its face is offered in the typeface picker.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brand Kit From a WebsiteCalisto: From Your Website reads a site's colors, typefaces, logo and icon into the brand kit, kept when the person saves it.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Image Tools | ||
| Background RemoverCalisto: Remove Background runs on the person's own device, so the picture is never uploaded.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Erase Objects From a PhotoCalisto: brush over part of a photo and the area is filled in, as one undo step.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Expand a PhotoCalisto: a photo is extended past its edges, and the frame grows so the new margins show.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Image GenerationCalisto: Generate makes a picture from a description, square, portrait or landscape, and places it on the page as the business's own file.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| CopywritingCalisto: Generate drafts copy from a brief and an optional tone, dressed in the design's Theme.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Translate DesignsCalisto: Translate puts every word of a design into another language, as a new design or in place, each word keeping its type.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Animation and Video | ||
| AnimationCalisto: In, Loop and Out presets write real keyframes, and the Animate workspace keys position, scale, rotation, opacity, color and more on a timeline.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Collaboration | ||
| Real-Time Co-EditingCalisto: several people work in one design at once and see who else is in it, and each person's changed pages are merged when they save.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Comments on DesignsCalisto: a comment is pinned to a point on a page, with replies, mentions, assigning the thread and resolving it, and its notice opens the design on the thread.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Design ApprovalsCalisto: Send for Approval asks a teammate, who approves or declines it with a note in Approvals, and the person who asked is told.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Print Bleed and Crop MarksCalisto: Print Setup sets the trim size with bleed and safe-zone guides, and the print-ready PDF adds crop marks, registration marks and color bars.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Printing and DeliveryCanva prints business cards, flyers, marketing materials and promotional products from a design and delivers them.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | No | Yes |
| CMYK Print PDFCalisto: PDF for Print (CMYK) converts every color on the person's device to a PDF/X-3 with a coated press profile, or the print shop's own profile.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Import and Export | ||
| PDF ImportCanva opens a PDF as an editable design, its pages and words kept.Checked 8. nov. 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Whiteboards | ||
| WhiteboardsCalisto: a whiteboard holds sticky notes, shapes, text, pen strokes and connectors, and starts blank or from a brainstorm, mind map, flowchart or retrospective.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Publishing | ||
| Content PlannerCanva plans posts on a calendar and publishes a design straight to the connected social accounts.Checked 5. nov. 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Canva
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Canva and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Canva can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Canva
Questions about switching
Can I bring my Canva designs?
Not as Canva files. Download a design from Canva as a PDF or an SVG and drop it into Studio: each page becomes an editable design, its words stay text and its pictures are stored as your own files.
Can my team edit a design at the same time?
Yes. Several people can work in one design at once and see who else is in it, and each person's changed pages are merged when they save. Feedback is left on the design itself, as comments pinned where a change goes.
Can a design go out on social media?
Yes, with Impreta. Export the design as a PNG or JPG, add it to a post, and the post goes out to your connected channels from the queue and the calendar.
Does Studio print and deliver my designs?
No. Studio exports a print-ready PDF with bleed, crop marks, registration marks and color bars for the printer you already use. It does not take print orders.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.