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Instructure

Canvas

Composite Score

8.6 /10

CX Score

8.9 /10

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What is Canvas?

Whether your programs are designed for individuals or entire organizations, Canvas is your trusted partner in delivering impactful learning experiences. With Canvas, easily create, deliver, and sell courses, track progress with robust analytics, and seamlessly issue credentials. The platform combines self-paced lessons, live seminars, simulations, and more in a seamless online experience tailored for working adults.

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Canvas Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Canvas?

2% Negative

6% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Fair
Reliable
Trustworthy
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Online Learning

Content Management

Course Management

Assessments and Quizzes

Content Creation

Gradebook

Instructor Led Training

Analytics and Reporting

Student Collaboration

Classroom Management

AI capabilities for personalized learning and grading

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

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Canvas Reviews

Victoria Mawedo I.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Jul 2025

You are saving lives and making young people learn

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?

I love how colorful and creative most of Canva’s template designs are. It makes it really easy for people without a graphic design background to create beautiful, professional-looking content quickly. The variety of templates for social media, presentations, and marketing materials is much more fun and visually appealing than many other tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite thing about Canva is how easy it is to use, even if you’re not a designer. I also love how flexible it is. You can create almost anything, from presentations to flyers to videos, all in one place without needing any complicated software.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Canva can sometimes be a bit limiting when you want to create more advanced or unique designs. It doesn’t offer the same depth of customization or precision tools that more professional software like Adobe provides. Also, some features are locked behind the Pro version, which can be frustrating.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To a newbie who wants to create professional-looking designs quickly and easily without needing design experience.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Uchechi O.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

User-Friendly LMS

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?

Canvas differentiates itself with a clean, intuitive interface and strong mobile compatibility, making it easy for both students and educators to navigate. Unlike many other learning management systems, Canvas emphasizes user experience and integrates smoothly with a wide range of third-party tools

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Canvas is its user-friendly design and seamless integration with third-party tools. It makes online learning and teaching feel organized and accessible, even for users who aren't tech-savvy.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about Canvas is its notification system—it can be overwhelming and difficult to customize effectively. I often receive too many emails

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend Canvas to schools, universities, and training programs looking for a modern, flexible LMS that supports both in-person and online learning.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Timileyin A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Education
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2025

Powerful, User-Friendly LMS That Grows With You

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?

Instructure, the company behind Canvas, regularly releases updates based on user feedback. The platform evolves quickly to meet modern educational needs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Whether you’re a teacher, student, or admin, the layout remains familiar, reducing the learning curve.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Students and instructors can easily get flooded with too many emails or miss important ones if notification settings aren’t tweaked just right.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Join the Canvas Community: The Canvas Community has forums, webinars, and support channels that can help you troubleshoot, learn best practices, and connect with other users.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Efficient Service

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87 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Canvas?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Online Learning Includes course exercises, discussion boards, and evaluations.

Content Management Includes collaboration, check-in/check-out, and version control.

Course Management Includes course descriptions, course requirements, and materials.

Assessments and Quizzes Includes time and attempt limits, question banks, block progression, and certificates.

Content Creation Provides tools for creating content to be used and shared on the platform.

Gradebook Includes an individual's marks, progress, and overall appraisal.

Instructor Led Training Includes content and training materials in a virtual or a physical setting.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Student Collaboration Includes ability to view, share, and direct work between co-workers and students in or near real-time.

Classroom Management Includes a combination of class materials, learning objectives, and tasks in a classroom.

AI capabilities for personalized learning and grading Use of generative AI and natural language processing (NLP) to support students in learning and educators in grading

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

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Canvas Reviews

Victoria Mawedo I.

You are saving lives and making young people learn

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Uchechi O.

User-Friendly LMS

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Timileyin A.

Powerful, User-Friendly LMS That Grows With You

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Online Learning

Content Management

Course Management

Assessments and Quizzes

Content Creation

Gradebook

Instructor Led Training

Analytics and Reporting

Student Collaboration

Classroom Management

AI capabilities for personalized learning and grading

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training