Reochart vs Canva
Last updated: August 2026
Canva is a general design tool with basic static chart templates: five or six types, styled by hand, no animation. Reochart is built specifically for data. Paste your numbers into any of 22 chart and story visuals, and every one animates on export as an MP4, GIF, PNG or SVG.
Default spreadsheet chart — static
Same data, made in Reochart — animated
Same numbers. Left: a static chart template. Right: the same data in Reochart, animating.
Canva is a genuinely good design tool. But its chart feature is a side note, not a core product, and that shows in four specific places.
Only a handful of chart types.
Canva offers basic bar, line, pie and donut charts styled from templates, with no funnels, waterfalls, timelines, scorecards or roadmaps.
Nothing moves.
Canva charts are static images. Any 'animation' is a generic entrance effect applied to the whole design, not the chart's data.
Manual styling, every time.
Each chart is a template you restyle by hand: colors, spacing, labels. No theme carries across charts.
Watermarks and paywalls on exports.
Free exports carry a Canva watermark, and high-res or SVG export requires Canva Pro.
This is a real comparison, not an ad. Canva is the better tool in these situations:
You need a full design, not just a chart. A social post, flyer or one-pager where the chart is one element among many. Canva's broader design library wins here.
Your data is five or six points and won't be reused. For a one-off, simple static chart, Canva's drag-and-drop editor is fast enough.
Your whole team's brand assets already live in Canva. Keeping everything in one tool has real value if charts are a small part of what you make.
Five signals that Canva's chart tool is the wrong tool for the job:
You need a chart type Canva doesn't have: funnel, waterfall, timeline, roadmap or scorecard.
You want the chart itself to animate, not just the slide it sits on.
You're making more than one or two charts and redoing the styling each time is eating your afternoon.
You want to post the chart on its own: LinkedIn, X, Instagram. Not embedded in a bigger design.
You want a video export (MP4/GIF), not just a static image.
Reochart isn't the only option. Here's how the main alternatives compare on the thing that matters most: whether they animate on export.
These are built into Reochart and missing from Canva entirely:
Not for general design work. Canva is still the better tool for flyers, social templates and broad design tasks. For charts, graphs and data stories specifically, Reochart is purpose-built and animates on export, which Canva's chart templates don't.
Not from real data. Canva can apply a generic entrance animation to a slide element, but the chart's bars, lines or values don't animate based on the underlying data. It's a visual effect, not a data-driven animation. Reochart's charts animate automatically on every export, with no manual keyframing.
No. Canva's chart templates cover the standard bar, line, pie and donut shapes. Reochart adds funnels, waterfalls, timelines, roadmaps and other data-story formats that don't have a Canva equivalent.
Yes. Reochart's free plan makes every chart type and exports an animated MP4 with a small watermark, no card required. Pro ($20/mo) removes the watermark and adds GIF/SVG export, your brand colors and logo.
Reochart is purpose-built for charts and data stories: bar charts, funnels, scorecards, timelines and the like. For full-page design work (flyers, social templates, presentations) Canva's broader design library is still the better choice.
No. Canva's chart templates cover basic bar, line, pie and donut styles. Funnels, waterfalls, timelines and similar data-story visuals aren't available. These are built into Reochart.
The whole process takes under two minutes: open Reochart, paste your data, pick a chart type, and export. There's no template to find, resize or restyle. Your first chart is usually faster than finding the right Canva template.
Free forever to start. Pro is $20/mo when you want your brand on it.