SWITCH FROM CANVA
Canva to Calisto Ethos
One brand kit every Calisto app reads, one check where each app sends or publishes, a choice made once between flagging off-brand work and stopping it, and every finding kept with its author and the record it came from.
Feature by feature
Calisto Ethos beside Canva
- 14 In both
- 4 Only in Canva
| 18 features | Calisto Ethos | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Brand Kit | ||
| Brand Color PalettesCalisto: the brand's colors sit in the brand kit, each with its hex value and its role, edited in place in Ethos and offered by every Calisto editor.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Uploaded Brand FontsCalisto: the brand's typefaces sit in the brand kit, chosen from a font library or uploaded as the brand's own font files, and every Calisto editor offers them.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brand LogosCalisto: the brand kit keeps the brand's logo, wordmark, monogram, icon and favicon, each with a minimum display size and a download.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Several Brand KitsCalisto: each business in Calisto carries its own brand kit, and one person can work in every business they belong to, each with its own kit.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brand Kit Set Up From a WebsiteCalisto: the brand kit editor reads a website's colors, typefaces, logo and icon into a draft, and nothing is kept until the kit is saved.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brand Kit Set Up From a Guidelines PDFUploaded brand guidelines in a PDF are read to fill in the kit's colors, fonts, voice and guidelines.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Several Color Palettes in One KitColors are grouped into several named palettes inside one brand kit, each added by hex code.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Voice | ||
| Brand VoiceCalisto: the brand voice holds the tone, a description of how the brand sounds, preferred terms, blocked words, approved hashtags, required disclosures and a reading-level target, edited in Ethos and checked in every app that sends or publishes.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| AI | ||
| Writing in the Brand Voice With AIText is generated in the team's brand voice from the editor's Brand menu or the AI writing toolbar.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Guidelines | ||
| Brand Guidelines in the KitCalisto: Brand Guidelines in Ethos shows the voice, colors, typefaces, logos and the enforcement setting on one page, each edited in place.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Enforcement | ||
| Designs Held to Brand Colors and FontsCalisto: with Studio, a person building without a design seat is held to the brand: the typeface picker offers only the brand's faces and every color control only the brand's colors.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brand Controls per FolderBrand restrictions are set on a folder, overriding the team's own for the designs inside it.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Approvals | ||
| Approval Before PublishingCalisto: with Studio, a design goes to a teammate for approval on the one approval engine, or to a client on a link where they approve or ask for changes; in Ethos, a person's public page can wait for sign-off before it goes live.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Templates | ||
| Locked Elements in Brand TemplatesCalisto: with Studio, a design copied for each location follows its original: the parts the original locks stay exactly as it has them, cannot be moved or changed in the copy, and take each change the original makes.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brand TemplatesCalisto: with Studio, a design is saved as one of the business's own templates beside Calisto's layouts, and each design wears the business's theme.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Resizing a DesignCalisto: with Studio, Copy & Resize makes a new design in another size and leaves the original as it is.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Applying Brand Colors to a DesignCalisto: with Studio, each design wears the business's theme, drawn from its brand kit, and a person held to the brand gets only the brand's colors in every color control.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Locks Kept When AI Makes a DesignCalisto: with Studio, everything that joins a design, a layout made with AI included, is brought onto the brand, and the parts an original locks for its copies are put back on every save.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | 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
Where is the brand set?
Once, in Ethos: colors, typefaces, logos and the brand voice. The kit belongs to the business, every Calisto app reads it, and nothing is copied into each app.
Can people design outside the brand?
In Studio, a person building without a design seat is held to the brand kit: only the brand's typefaces and colors are offered. Parts a design locks for its copies stay exactly as the original has them.
What happens when work is off brand?
The check names each rule the work broke and gives it a score. The business decides once whether that only flags the work or stops the send, and each finding becomes a violation its author can fix or ask to waive, with a reason.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.