Figma vs Canva

Most disputes must be resolved in binding arbitration rather than court, and class actions are waived. This can make it harder and more expensive for users to bring claims, especially small ones.

You can opt out of arbitration, but only within 30 days of first agreeing to the terms. Missing that deadline likely locks you into the arbitration process for future disputes.

Paid subscriptions and AI credit subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled before the current term ends. Users need to actively cancel to avoid being charged again.

Figma says most fees are non-refundable and purchased quantities cannot be reduced during the term. That limits your ability to recover money if the service no longer fits your needs.

Figma can modify these terms at any time, and continued use counts as acceptance. This creates ongoing risk that important rights or obligations may change without your active agreement.

Figma may add, remove, or discontinue features at its sole discretion without notice. Even paid users may see core functionality altered, though a refund or migration may apply if the service is discontinued.

Figma allows third-party advertising partners to use tracking tools for targeted ads, and it also uses cookies and analytics technologies. Users who care about ad tracking should expect to manage opt-outs across devices and browsers.

After termination, Figma says it will make customer content available for electronic retrieval for 30 days. That gives users a limited but concrete window to download their files before deletion.

Users can request access, correction, deletion, portability, restriction/object, and opt-out of certain uses. Those rights are a meaningful control set, though deletion may require account deletion and identity verification.

You keep ownership of your content, while Figma owns the service itself. This is a useful baseline for users who want to keep intellectual property in their own files and designs.

If you use Figma through an employer or other organization, Figma may disclose your information to that organization and give it certain rights over your account. That is typical for enterprise collaboration, but it reduces personal privacy in managed accounts.

Figma and its service providers may use customer content to provide, secure, maintain, debug, and quality-check the service. That is narrower than a content ownership transfer, but still gives Figma operational access to your materials.

Most disputes must go to individual binding arbitration instead of court, and users waive class actions and jury trials. This significantly limits collective legal remedies and makes it harder to bring a public lawsuit.

Paid plans renew automatically each billing cycle unless canceled, and cancellations only stop future charges at the end of the current cycle. Users should watch renewal dates closely because refunds for paid time are generally unavailable.

Canva keeps your ownership, but it gets a royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, copy, store, display, and use your content to provide the service. Shared designs can carry an even more durable license so the design stays available.

If you use a managed or team account, an employer or team administrator may access, transfer, delete, or reassign your account content and designs. That means work-created content may not remain private from the organization controlling the account.

Canva collects device, cookie, location, and activity data and uses it for personalization, analytics, AI features, and marketing/personalized ads. It also shares certain data with ad partners to measure and target advertising.

After an account ends, Canva may keep profile information and user content for a commercially reasonable period for legal, audit, backup, and archival purposes. Users should not expect immediate full deletion of all data.

Canva says designs are private by default, which is a helpful baseline for personal or sensitive work. Users still need to be careful with link-sharing and team collaboration, which can expose content to others.

Unless an account is terminated for a violation, users can download or export their User Content and designs before the account ends. That gives a practical portability path if you want to leave the service.

Canva lets users manage marketing preferences, some cookie settings, third-party enrichment, and AI training-related preferences. This gives meaningful though not complete control over how data is used.

Canva Education states that students are not served advertising and that student data is not sold. That is a notable protection for education users compared with the main service.