Church Graphics vs. Canva
Canva gives you templates and a drag-and-drop editor — you still do the design work, and thousands of other churches use the same templates. Church Graphics does the design work for you: describe the sermon and unique, on-brand graphics come back in every size at once. Pick Canva if your team enjoys hands-on designing (or needs docs and video too); pick Church Graphics if you want finished graphics without the Saturday-night editing session.
Which one is right for you?
Your team likes designing by hand and needs docs, presentations, and video in one tool.
You want finished, unique sermon graphics without doing the design work yourself.
Your graphics keep looking like every other church’s because you pull from the same template library.
Budget is zero and volunteer hours are unlimited.
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | Church Graphics | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Who does the design work | AI does it — you describe, it designs | You do it — templates + drag-and-drop |
| Uniqueness | Every generation is unique to your church | Same templates used by thousands of churches |
| Every size at once | One prompt renders every format, matching | Resize and rework each design by hand |
| Sermon slides | Built-in builder from raw notes | Manual slide-by-slide assembly |
| Church-specific | Built only for church workflows | General-purpose design tool |
| Pricing | $99/mo or $999/yr — 7-day free trial | Free tier; Pro from ~$15/mo per person |
The verdict
Canva is a great generic tool — that’s also its weakness for churches: your team still spends hours in it, and the output looks like everyone else’s. If the goal is unique series art, slides, and socials shipped in minutes, Church Graphics replaces the work instead of just hosting it.
Try Church Graphics free for 7 days
Full access to everything — unlimited projects, editor, Sermon Slides. Cancel anytime during the trial and you pay nothing.
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