Canva

Review:

Canva's resume builder is great for its uniqueness, creativity, and design, and the free version offers a wide array of options. Users will have access to free customizable templates, background images, styles, and layouts — enough to design a great resume.

Canva is also easy to use, with a drag-and-drop editor for images, pre-written content that can be edited, and customizable colors, fonts, and layouts. Completed resumes can easily be printed, embedded online, or downloaded in different formats.

Pros:

• Canva features thousands of templates, images, styles, and layouts.
• The templates are highly customizable.
• All of Canva's design tools are available for use on the resume templates.
• The platform offers multiple download format options.
• The free plan offers enough features to build a great resume.
• Resumes can be shared on social media.

Cons:

• Some features are not designed for beginners.
• The sorting options in the image library are somewhat limited, making it difficult to search through such a massive amount of options.
• Most of the templates are free but some require a purchase to be downloaded.
• Format downloads do not include MS Word.
• Most Canva templates are not easily read by ATS systems.

Reputation:

Canva has received more than 11,000 customer reviews on Capterra with an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars. Customers loved the creative templates, themes, images, fonts, and the template customization. However, some customers have reported that printable versions of their templates needed some alteration, which requires an upgrade.

Canva has over 1,000 customer reviews on TrustRadius with an average rating of 9.0 out of 10. Customers enjoyed the templates, design, and customization options, the team collaboration tools, and the ease of use. However, users were sometimes frustrated by the limited search functions and the lack of adequate guidelines for precision measurements.

Canva vs. Resume Genius:

While Resume Genius offers a slightly lower price than Canva, Canva offers a free version with great access to its features, such as resume advice, industry-specific templates, and design customization. However, most Canva resume templates are not ATS-friendly.

Canva vs. Zety:

Zety does not offer a free plan like Canva, and it lacks industry-specific templates which are available with Canva. Zety may be more cost-effective than Canva though, as Canva has a per-user price scheme.

Canva vs. ResumeHelp:

Canva is more affordable than ResumeHelp for up to five users and offers more key features, such as design customizations. However, Canva resumes are reportedly not ATS-friendly, while ResumeHelp resumes are.