Canva is a design tool for everything, and Canva Grow adds AI ads, publishing and reporting from the ad platforms. Relay makes Meta ads in your look, a landing page for each, and judges every ad on orders it records itself.
10 free credits to start. No card needed.
Relay reads the same numbers you see in the app and can do what you can do here, after you confirm.
Steady is the demo brand from our film. Its figures are examples.
| What you need | Relay | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Makes the ads | Yes 4:5 and 9:16 from one design, in your brand's look, finished by your designer | Yes Canva Grow generates ads from a prompt and your website link, editable in Canva |
| A landing page per ad | Yes A page written for each ad, handed to your checkout | No Not listed on the Canva Grow page |
| Launches ads | Yes From the creative queue, in your own Meta ad account | Yes Bulk publishes to Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn |
| Orders traced to each ad | Yes First-party: click to page to paid order, next to what Meta reports | No Reports the ad platforms' own data, through their marketing APIs |
| Pauses losing ads | Yes Ads over your cost per order pause on their own | Partly You manage live campaigns in its dashboard; no automatic pausing listed |
| Creative analysis | Yes Cost per order and ROAS per ad | Yes AI ad tagging and custom reports |
| Design tools | Partly An editor for ads and pages; not a general design tool | Yes Its core: a drag-and-drop editor, templates and brand kits for every kind of design |
| Ad platforms | Meta (Facebook and Instagram) | Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn |
| Pricing | $2 a credit, one credit per ad. No seats, no plans. | Per person: Free, Pro at US$144 a year, Business at US$250 a year per person. Canva Grow is on every plan, with limits on connected ad accounts by plan. |
| Free start | 10 free credits, no card | Free plan |
Canva details are from Canva's own site, checked September 30, 2026: Canva Grow, pricing. Plans change, so check their pricing page before you decide.
Relay drafts the ad. Your designer finishes it: the headline, the crop, the type. Every change they make is kept, so the next draft starts closer to what they would have made.
Written for the person the ad speaks to, handed to the checkout you already have.
1 case, $32
Same account, Meta-attributed purchases, before Relay and now.
DAAL · cost per purchaseSame account, Meta-attributed purchases, before Relay and now.
inKind · B2B lead genCost per qualified lead against the same account's traditional campaigns.
For making and testing Meta ads, yes. For general design work, no: Canva covers far more kinds of design, and many teams will use both.
Yes. Canva Grow generates ads from a prompt and a website link, publishes them to Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn, and reports the platforms' data, per its page on September 30, 2026.
A landing page for each ad, orders recorded on Relay's side and traced to each ad, and automatic pausing of ads that run over your cost per order.
Yes. Ads made anywhere can be added to Relay's creative queue, get their own page and be tested the same way.
Canva charges per person per year (Pro at US$144, Business at US$250 per person, per its pricing page on September 30, 2026). Relay has no seats: $2 a credit, one credit per ad in both shapes.