Animaker vs Canva

Ah, Animaker and Canva—two perfectly pleasant creatures that happen to live on the internet, like a pair of rather friendly aliens who’ve just discovered they both enjoy making things look pretty. They’re both web-based tools, which means you don’t have to worry about your computer’s dusty old hard drive or hunting down CDs from the '90s. They also share an uncanny ability to let you drag and drop things into place, like a cosmic puzzle that only requires a few clicks of your mouse to solve. And in case you were wondering, they both come with templates to keep you from staring blankly at a screen, wondering how to start.

Now, Animaker, on the other hand, seems to have developed a rather specific taste for animation. It specializes in creating videos with animated characters, which makes it rather popular among video marketers and people who want to add some sizzle to their social media posts. If you're the sort of person who wakes up in the morning and says, “I want to make a cartoon today,” Animaker has you covered. It’s been floating around since 2014 and, as fate would have it, it hails from India—a place where animation is taken quite seriously.

Then there’s Canva, the grand master of everything static. If you prefer to create posters, presentations and those charming little social media graphics, Canva is your go-to. It’s got an arsenal of photo editing tools to tweak every pixel until it's just right. Created back in 2012 in Australia, Canva’s primary goal is to help you make the world a little more beautiful, one collaboration at a time, offering smooth team-based design features to ensure that you’re never alone in your creative endeavors.

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