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Canva vs Descript

Complaint records and Risk Scores compared. Both are in the Design & Creative Tools category.

Canva and Descript have identical Risk Scores (20/100). Read the complaint breakdowns below to compare the types of issues each product has accumulated.
Product A

Canva

Mass-market design tool with a flood of post-IPO pricing complaints

20
Mixed Signals
out of 100
2 documented warnings
Design & Creative Tools
Full Canva record →
Product B

Descript

Text-based video and podcast editor with AI transcription

20
Mixed Signals
out of 100
2 documented warnings
Design & Creative Tools
Full Descript record →

Complaint category breakdown

Higher numbers in each row indicate more documented complaints in that category. Bold = more complaints than the other product.

Complaint type Canva Descript
BBB Complaints — —
Lawsuits & Legal Action — —
Misleading Marketing — —
Customer Complaints 1 1
Churn & Retention — —
Billing Problems 1 1
Support Failures — —

Severity breakdown

Severity Canva Descript
Critical — —
High — —
Medium 1 1
Low 1 1

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