EPISODE · Feb 13, 2021 · 3 MIN

Envato Elements vs Canva vs Placeit

from BarrazaCarlos.com Digital Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Professional Development · host Carlos Alberto Barraza Lopez

Visual content creation needs time, and marketers and designers know that. That is why we search for websites that can be a support to create content. There is no perfect solution to create content, original self created content by artists might be out of the budgets of people. Or also marketing teams have to deal with limited budgets that creating amazing content seem to be an impossible mission. Therefore, sometimes it is required to look for creative alternatives that give a faster and accesible solution to those challenges. The options that I have been mentioning are the use of Envato Elements and similar platforms to create visual content. From Storyblocks, to Shutterstock, to Freepik, those have been solutions to access digital assets. But now comparing Envato Elements vs Canva vs Placeit, are they worth it? For whom it is meant to be Envato Elements when you compare it with Canva or Placeit. Envato, released Placeit as their online creative solution, where it is supposed to be easier to use the different assets that Envato owns. But in my shor test of Placeit, I was not really convinced to use it, when we talk about creating content direct from an online tool. If I think about Canva vs Placeit, the most known tool for non designers has the win. Canva has been improving and adding more features to its tool. Placeit seem to be more focused for Mockups, but I do think that when designing a Mockup it might be better to use Illustrator, and in that case, it might be better to use the Envato Elements templates. So which of those platforms are the best for content creation for non designers. Well, quick and real answer is Canva. Even Canva is adding Video templates that might be a good and easy solution. I have been critized for a video tutorial that I created about how to use an after effects template from Envato Elements, and honestly, I do prefer fast and direct content, and that video might have been 3 to 4 hours long. So if people are going to Envato Elements without any knowledge of After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, they might be lost. Since it is required a minimum of knowledge to really take advantage of those digital assets. So as a summary, avoid Placeit, go for Canva if you are non Video or Design expert and use Envato Elements if you want to save costs and are intermediate user. Also there is MonsterOne, another digital asset subscription option that I will talk about in future posts. Read more in: Envato Elements vs Canva vs Placeit