The best Canva alternatives
Canva is an online design platform for graphics, presentations and social content, with built-in AI image generation and photo editing features. It's a great fit for anyone creating social posts, presentations and marketing designs. But if what you want is realistic photos of yourself, here are better options.
1. Lumipose — best for photos of yourself
Lumipose trains a private model on your selfies, then shoots you in >100 themed packs or any prompt. Canva is a design tool, and its AI features support that. Lumipose creates the photos of you that you might then drop into a Canva design.
- Trains a personal model of you
- LumiposeYes - private FLUX.1-dev AI model trained on 10-30 selfies in about 15-25 minutesCanvaNo
- Photos of you without prompting skills (themed packs)
- LumiposeYes - 120+ themed photo packsCanvaNo - design templates rather than personal photo packs
- Consistent likeness across photos
- LumiposeYes - every photo is generated from your own trained modelCanvaLimited
- Custom prompts
- LumiposeYes (Pro and above)CanvaYes
- AI video
- LumiposeYes - image-to-video (Max and above)CanvaLimited
- Photo editing tools
- LumiposeEdit, crop, zoom out, relight, combine, upscale, virtual try-on (Max and above)CanvaYes - background removal, AI edits and more
- Commercial use
- LumiposeYes (Pro and above)CanvaYes, subject to Canva's license terms
- No technical setup
- LumiposeYes - upload selfies in the browserCanvaYes
- Pricing model
- LumiposeSubscription from $19/mo ($99/yr); 1 credit per photo, failed jobs refundedCanvaFree plan plus subscriptions
| Feature | Lumipose | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Trains a personal model of you | Yes - private FLUX.1-dev AI model trained on 10-30 selfies in about 15-25 minutes | No |
| Photos of you without prompting skills (themed packs) | Yes - 120+ themed photo packs | No - design templates rather than personal photo packs |
| Consistent likeness across photos | Yes - every photo is generated from your own trained model | Limited |
| Custom prompts | Yes (Pro and above) | Yes |
| AI video | Yes - image-to-video (Max and above) | Limited |
| Photo editing tools | Edit, crop, zoom out, relight, combine, upscale, virtual try-on (Max and above) | Yes - background removal, AI edits and more |
| Commercial use | Yes (Pro and above) | Yes, subject to Canva's license terms |
| No technical setup | Yes - upload selfies in the browser | Yes |
| Pricing model | Subscription from $19/mo ($99/yr); 1 credit per photo, failed jobs refunded | Free plan plus subscriptions |
Other Canva alternatives
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Midjourney
Midjourney is a text-to-image generator known for its distinctive, highly aesthetic output. It is used through its web app and Discord, and has added image-to-video and editing features.
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ChatGPT
ChatGPT is OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant. It includes built-in image generation and can edit or restyle images you upload through conversation.
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Gemini
Gemini is Google's AI assistant. It can generate and edit images from text and uploaded photos, and some plans include Google's video generation models.
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HeadshotPro
HeadshotPro is an AI headshot service: you upload selfies and receive a set of professional-style headshots.
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Runway
Runway is a creative AI platform best known for video generation and video editing tools, with image generation also available.
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Kling AI
Kling AI is a video generation platform from Kuaishou that creates clips from text or images, and also offers image generation.