Canva and ClearHire, side by side
A general design tool with resume templates; the free plan exports PDF, JPG and PNG.
Who is better served by which
Better served by Canva
Choose Canva if you want full visual control and the resume is one design among many you make.
Better served by ClearHire
Choose ClearHire if you want a resume built from a record rather than a canvas, with Word and data formats, and a countersigned role.
What each one charges
Canva’s prices are copied as its pages print them, with the plan name and the page. Ours come from the same list our pricing page reads.
| Plan | Price | Note | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 a year | US$0 /year for one person | canva.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
| Pro | $144 a year | US$144 /year for one person | canva.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
| Business | $250 a year | US$250 /year per person | canva.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
ClearHire’s plans
- Free
- No cost. Not a trial, and it does not end.
- Pro
- $9 a month, or $90 a year.
- Team
- $7 a seat a month, or $70 a seat a year. At least 3 seats, so from $210 a year.
How a paid plan is bought today is on the pricing page.
Feature by feature
A row that reads “not stated” means the pages we read did not say. It does not mean no, and we did not guess.
| What | Canva | ClearHire |
|---|---|---|
| A free plan that does not end | CanvaYescanva.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Downloads a PDF | CanvaYescanva.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Downloads a Word file | CanvaNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireYes |
| Exports JSON, HTML, Markdown and XML | CanvaNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireYes |
| Free downloads carry no vendor line | CanvaNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireNo |
| Cover letters | CanvaNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireYes |
| Tracks your applications | CanvaNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireYes |
| A named company countersigns a role, and the record is then locked | CanvaNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireYes |
What ClearHire does not do
This list is the same on every page here, and it is true today.
Only resumes leave in six formats
Cover letters copy out as plain text, and a portfolio has no export.
Free exports name us
A resume exported on Free carries one “built with” line. A paid plan removes it.
No career path on your record
The roadmap and skills-gap pages are reading, not a plan we keep for you.
A company’s answer stays private
What a company writes about a person is read by that person and the company’s admins. Nobody else sees it.
Check us
We read these pages on 7 November 2026. Prices move, and this page only knows what was true that day.
The pages we read
Open Canva’s site (opens in a new tab)Moving from Canva to ClearHire, in the docs (opens in a new tab)