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Trello vs Canva

Side-by-side comparison of the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy of Trello and Canva.

Trello logo
Trello
Productivity
★★★☆☆
Mixed, business-oriented

The documents contain several user-protective features, but they are balanced by auto-renewal, broad liability limits, unilateral changes, and a strong business-contract framing that gives the customer/employer substantial control over data.

Trello is covered by Atlassian’s broader cloud agreement and privacy policy. The terms are fairly standard for a business productivity service: Atlassian can process customer data under a DPA, suspend access for policy or security issues, auto-renew subscriptions, and limit liability substantially. On the plus side, the agreement includes a 30-day return policy for initial orders, a stated security program, data retrieval guidance, and some privacy rights/choices—though much of the privacy posture is customer-controlled in employer-managed accounts.

Points of interest

  • negative ●●●●○ terms
    Auto-renews by default

    Subscriptions renew automatically unless you give notice before the term ends. That can lead to unwanted charges if you miss the cancellation window.

  • negative ●●●●○ terms
    Broad liability cap

    If something goes wrong, Atlassian’s liability is generally capped at the fees paid in the prior 12 months. That can leave limited recovery for outages, losses, or service failures.

  • positive ●●●●○ terms
    30-day return policy

    For an initial order, you can cancel within 30 days for any reason and get a refund. That gives new customers a meaningful trial-like exit option.

  • positive ●●●●○ terms
    Data deletion after termination

    After the agreement ends, Atlassian says it will delete customer data according to the documentation, unless law prevents it. That is a useful sign for cleanup and offboarding.

  • negative ●●●○○ terms
    One-sided terms changes

    Atlassian can modify the agreement by posting updates, sometimes during your current term. If you object, your main remedy is to terminate the affected subscription and get a refund for unused prepaid fees.

  • negative ●●●○○ terms
    No refund on cancellation

    You can terminate for convenience, but you generally will not get a refund except under the initial 30-day return policy. That makes mid-term cancellation financially costly.

  • negative ●●●○○ terms
    Customer responsible for users

    The customer is responsible for user compliance, user activity, and how users access customer data. In practice, account admins and employers carry much of the risk for misuse.

  • positive ●●●○○ terms
    Data retrieval documented

    The terms say the documentation explains how customers can retrieve their data from the cloud products. That supports portability and offboarding planning.

  • positive ●●●○○ terms
    Security program promised

    Atlassian says it maintains security measures and independent third-party audits/certifications. This does not eliminate risk, but it is a concrete security commitment.

  • positive ●●○○○ privacy
    Privacy choices available

    The privacy policy says you may object to certain uses and can access or update certain information. That suggests some user control over Atlassian-held personal data.

Documents

Canva logo
Canva
Productivity
★★★☆☆
Mixed

Canva combines useful transparency and some user controls with notable limits on liability, dispute rights, data collection, and billing defaults. The presence of opt-outs, private-by-default designs, and export/deletion options helps, but the arbitration clause, auto-renewal, and broad privacy/usage permissions keep it from feeling strongly user-friendly.

Canva’s legal terms are fairly standard for a productivity platform but include several user-unfriendly defaults: broad content licenses, auto-renewing subscriptions, arbitration/class-action waiver, substantial data collection, targeted advertising, and workplace/team admin control over content. On the positive side, Canva says user content ownership stays with users, offers privacy controls and export options, uses private-by-default designs, and provides deletion/rights request channels. Education accounts get stronger protections, including no student advertising and no student data sales.

Points of interest

  • negative ●●●●● terms
    Mandatory AAA arbitration

    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.

  • negative ●●●●○ terms
    Subscriptions auto-renew

    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.

  • negative ●●●●○ terms
    Broad content license

    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.

  • negative ●●●●○ terms
    Work admins can control content

    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.

  • negative ●●●●○ privacy
    Extensive tracking and advertising

    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.

  • negative ●●●●○ privacy
    Long post-termination retention

    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.

  • positive ●●●○○ privacy
    Private by default designs

    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.

  • positive ●●●○○ terms
    Export before deletion

    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.

  • positive ●●●○○ privacy
    Controls for privacy and AI

    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.

  • positive ●●○○○ privacy
    No student ad targeting

    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.

Documents

Comparison is based on each service's published Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Read the source documents linked above before relying on any specific clause.