The Canva alternative made for group cards, not design
Canva is a brilliant design tool — but it doesn't collect messages from your team or keep them private. Cheerfold is purpose-built for group cards, no design skills required.
Canva gives you beautiful templates, but you still have to gather everyone's messages yourself and anyone with the link can see (and edit) the whole design. Cheerfold automates the hard part: share one link, everyone adds a private message or video, and the recipient gets a finished flip-book keepsake plus a PDF — no design work at all.
Side by side
Cheerfold vs Canva
How the two stack up, feature by feature.
| Feature | Cheerfold | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic message collection from the team | Yes | Manual |
| Private contributions | Yes | Shared edit link |
| Built for group cards (not general design) | Yes | No |
| Video messages + transcription | Yes | No |
| Animated flip-book keepsake | Yes | No |
| Printable PDF keepsake | Paid & Keepsake | Export / print |
| Occasion-specific prompts | Yes | No |
| No account to contribute | Yes | Account to edit |
| Design effort required | None | You design it |
| Pricing | Free, $9 or $15 per card | Free / Pro subscription |
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Why teams switch
What you get with Cheerfold
No design skills needed
Pick an occasion and you're done — Cheerfold handles the layout, prompts, and delivery. No dragging elements around a canvas.
Every message stays private
Contributors never see each other's notes, so you get genuine, original words — not copies of the message above. The recipient is the first to read it all.
A flip-book keepsake, not a wall
Messages are delivered as an animated, page-by-page flip-book to open online, plus a printable PDF on paid cards — something to keep, not a link that expires.
Video with auto-transcription
Anyone can record a short video right in the browser. We transcribe each one automatically, so the words live on in the printable PDF too.
How it comes together
From idea to keepsake in four steps
No accounts for contributors, no chasing people in a shared doc. Just one link and a beautiful result.
Set up the card
Pick an occasion, add the recipient’s name, and get a shareable link plus your own dashboard — about a minute’s work.
Invite the team privately
Teammates open the link and add a message or video without seeing anyone else’s, so nothing gets spoiled.
Lock it in
Watch the message count climb (never the contents), then close the card whenever the moment’s right.
Hand over the keepsake
The recipient flips through every message page by page — and paid cards add a printable PDF to keep.
Credit where it's due
- Endless templates and full design control
- Great for one-person, highly custom designs
- Print-to-door for physical cards
The bottom line
Use Canva when you want to design something completely custom yourself. Use Cheerfold when you want the whole team's private messages gathered automatically into a keepsake — start free.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Everything you might want to know before your first card.
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Start a card in under a minute — free, no credit card. Everyone adds a private message, and you hand over a flip-book keepsake plus a PDF.
No credit card required.