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Canvas

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

8.9 /10

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What is Canvas?

Canvas is the 21st Century LMS. Adaptable. Reliable. Customizable. Easy to use. Mobile. Time-saving. And, perhaps most importantly, it gets used. That’s because it’s designed to get out of your way, to let you do your thing. Every last feature, every last interface is crafted to save you time and effort and to make teaching and learning easier.

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Awards & Recognition

Canvas won the following awards in the Education Learning Management category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

9 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Product Impact

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

5 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

2021

1 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2021

Canvas Ratings

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

1
Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+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

Reliable
Trustworthy
Respectful
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Mobile app builder

White-label website builder

Online Learning

Course Management

Content Management

Content Creation

AI Assistant

Gradebook

Assessments and Quizzes

Instructor Led Training

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Canvas Reviews

Chukwuemeka R.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

Fast and Flexible, But Lacks Advanced Features

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?

Canvas is great, but here’s what nobody is saying: Hidden Costs in Customization – While Canvas markets itself as flexible, truly customizing the experience often requires third-party tools or development work, which isn’t cheap. Overwhelming for First-Time Users – The interface is clean, but for students and instructors new to LMS platforms, the number of options and settings can feel like a maze.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The seamless integrations with third-party tools make it incredibly versatile, allowing for a more connected and efficient learning experience.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The platform still requires too much manual effort from instructors—bulk edits, grading automation, and course management could be significantly more streamlined.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Canvas is a solid LMS with great integrations, but be prepared for a learning curve. Instructors should explore automation tools early to avoid tedious manual tasks, and institutions should budget for add-ons if they want full customization

Pros

Reliable
Inspires Innovation
Respectful
Helps Innovate

Peter O.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Professional E-learning software

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?

Canvas from other products comes with premade templates for course making and course banner making to create professional courses with banners that are professional appealing

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I do like the solution. ease of customisation to the dashboard and the certificate templates that can easily be generated to create certificate for course completions and integration of the software with online meeting tools like Google classroom and Google meet

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is expensive to use if you are going to carryout online teaching between more people and the solution is not so stable as depends on the internet connection

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend the solution for online e-learning management

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Taofeeq H.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Reliable and customisable end-to-end LMS solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?

End-to-end and customisable

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is customisable

What do you dislike most about this product?

User experience may be inconsistent

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a reliable and customisable end-to-end LMS solution. It may not offer the best look out of the box. Go for it.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Inspires Innovation
Respectful

Cons

Less Transparent

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

Canvas Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

94 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

Mobile app builder Enable learning on-the-go with the mobile app builder. Customize your mobile app like a pro with a simple click-and-edit visual builder–no coding required.

White-label website builder Build a website for your academy that perfectly represents your brand. Connect your custom domain, choose from 50+ website templates, and customize your website

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

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

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

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

AI Assistant Use AI to quickly generate your courses, resources, and learning assessments. Easily rewrite content, generate feedback for students

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Canvas Reviews

Chukwuemeka R.

Fast and Flexible, But Lacks Advanced Features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Peter O.

Professional E-learning software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Taofeeq H.

Reliable and customisable end-to-end LMS solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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