Leonardo AI vs Canva vs Simplified: 2025’s Ultimate AI Design Tool Showdown
Canva serves 180+ million users, is used by about 95% of Fortune 500 companies, and acquired Leonardo in 2024. Leonardo AI has 19 million+ users, features a Phoenix model for photorealism, and includes a Real-time Canvas for sketch-to-image editing and AI-assisted refinements. Simplified claims over 15 million creators and positions itself as an all-in-one marketing platform combining design, AI writing, video editing, and social scheduling with Multi-Agent Workflows. Canva incorporated Leonardo’s technology behind the scenes after the 2024 acquisition, including use of the Phoenix image model in its Magic Studio. Leonardo’s collaboration features include Leonardo for Teams and private cloud