Canva is great for design.
Lapis is built for ads.
Canva helps you design anything. Lapis generates high-converting ad campaigns from a text description, optimized for every platform.
Create your first adGeneral design tool
Canva is a general-purpose design tool. Presentations, social posts, logos, flyers, resumes. You drag, drop, and customize templates to create visual content for any purpose.
- Drag-and-drop visual editor
- Thousands of templates
- Good for non-ad design work
Generate ads that convert
Lapis is purpose-built for ad campaigns. Describe what you're promoting, and AI generates complete, on-brand ad creatives optimized for Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and more.
- AI generates ads from text prompts
- Auto-sized for every ad platform
- Performance forecasts before you spend
General design tool
Canva is a general-purpose design tool. Presentations, social posts, logos, flyers, resumes. You drag, drop, and customize templates to create visual content for any purpose.
- Drag-and-drop visual editor
- Thousands of templates
- Good for non-ad design work
Generate ads that convert
Lapis is purpose-built for ad campaigns. Describe what you're promoting, and AI generates complete, on-brand ad creatives optimized for Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and more.
- AI generates ads from text prompts
- Auto-sized for every ad platform
- Performance forecasts before you spend
Trusted by thousands of marketing teams including
What Canva can't do for your ads
Lapis isn't a design tool. It's an ad engine. Here's what that means.
Generate, don't design
In Canva, you start with a blank template. In Lapis, you describe your campaign and AI creates complete ad creatives automatically.
Try AI generationBuilt-in audience targeting
Canva designs for everyone. Lapis generates ads tailored to your specific customer personas with messaging that resonates.
Create audiencesAuto-sized, not manually resized
In Canva, you duplicate and resize for each platform. Lapis generates ads already formatted for Meta, Google, Reddit, and LinkedIn.
See all platformsPerformance forecasts
Canva can't tell you if your ad will work. Lapis forecasts impressions, clicks, and leads before you spend a rupee.
See forecastingEndless variations in one click
In Canva, every variant is manual work. In Lapis, click "Create more like this" to instantly generate dozens of options.
Try variant generationAds in any language
Canva doesn't translate your ads. Lapis generates the same campaign in English, Hindi, and 15+ languages automatically.
Explore languagesFeature comparison
Canva is a design tool. Lapis is built specifically for ads. The features reflect that.
| Feature | Lapis | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| AI ad generation from text | ||
| Brand-consistent output | ||
| Multi-platform auto-sizing | ||
| Performance forecasting | ||
| Competitor ad tracking | ||
| Product catalog import | ||
| One-click ad export | ||
| Ad copy generation | ||
| Campaign-level generation | ||
| Drag-and-drop editor | ||
| General design templates | ||
| Video editing | ||
| Presentation design | ||
| Multi-language ad generation |
5 steps
Search for an ad template that fits your goal
Customize colors, fonts, images, and copy manually
Duplicate and resize for each platform
Export each size as a separate file
Upload to each ad manager individually
3 steps
Describe your campaign goal and mention your product
Review AI-generated ads, already sized for every platform
Export to ad managers with one click
5 steps
Search for an ad template that fits your goal
Customize colors, fonts, images, and copy manually
Duplicate and resize for each platform (Meta, Google, LinkedIn...)
Export each size as a separate file
Upload to each ad manager individually
3 steps
Describe your campaign goal and mention your product
Review AI-generated ads, already sized for every platform
Export to ad managers with one click
Why teams switch to Lapis
Describe it. Don’t design it.
Skip the blank canvas. Tell Lapis what you’re promoting in plain text, and AI generates complete ad creatives with layout, copy, and imagery. No drag-and-drop required.
Every platform. Every size. Automatically.
In Canva, you resize manually for each platform. Lapis generates ads already optimized for Meta, Google, Reddit, and LinkedIn. One prompt, every format.
Know what works before you spend.
Canva can’t tell you if your ad will perform. Lapis forecasts impressions, clicks, and leads before you launch. Make data-driven decisions, not guesses.
Honest take
Choose Canva if you need to…
- Design presentations, resumes, or flyers
- Create logos or brand kits from scratch
- Edit videos or build custom graphics from scratch
- Work with a drag-and-drop editor you already know
Choose Lapis if you need to…
- Generate ad campaigns quickly from a text description
- Create platform-optimized ads without manual resizing
- Forecast ad performance before spending your budget
- Track competitor ads and find winning creative angles
Frequently asked questions
Absolutely. Many teams use Canva for general design work (presentations, social posts, brand assets) and Lapis's AI agents for paid ad campaigns. Lapis serves as the ads-improvement engine: agents automatically create, optimize, and improve your paid ads across a variety of platforms, learning from every result. Canva handles everything else.
It is actually simpler for ads. Canva requires you to learn a visual editor, manage templates, and manually resize for each platform. With Lapis, you describe what you want in plain text and AI agents automatically create optimized ads. Most users create their first ad in under 3 minutes with no design experience needed.
Yes. Lapis's AI agents automatically create and optimize ads across a variety of platforms with deeper integration. Each ad is automatically sized and formatted per platform specs, not just resized from a generic template. The agents learn from results across all platforms to improve future performance.
Canva Pro costs $13/month for general design tools. Lapis starts free with 5 credits. Basic at $99/month includes 25 credits and AI agents that automatically improve your ads. Pro at $599/month includes 250 credits, performance forecasting, and competitor tracking. Different tools, different value: Canva designs everything, Lapis's agents optimize your paid ads.
For standard ad campaigns, yes. Lapis's AI agents automatically create professional, on-brand ads and optimize them based on performance data. They handle layout, typography, color matching, and platform-specific sizing. For highly custom or editorial creative work, you may still want a designer. But for the volume of ads most growth teams need, the agents handle it end to end.
No. That is the main difference. Canva requires you to make design decisions: choosing layouts, adjusting spacing, picking fonts. Lapis's AI agents work from text prompts and automatically handle the creative. Marketers, founders, and growth teams use Lapis without any design background because the agents do the optimization work.
In Canva, a single ad can take 4 to 6 hours when you factor in design iteration, copy writing, and manually resizing for each platform. With Lapis, AI agents create ads for every platform in under 3 minutes from a single prompt. The agents also automatically improve future campaigns based on what they learn, compounding the time savings.
Yes. Import products directly from Shopify, Amazon, or any URL. Lapis's AI agents absorb your visual identity and apply it to every ad automatically, then learn from results to improve over time. In Canva, you would need to manually apply brand elements to each design with no optimization feedback loop.
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