Richicat vs Canva for catalog ads
Canva is a brilliant general design tool, and Bulk Create can fill a design from a spreadsheet. Richicat is built for one job: a finished ad for every product, delivered as a catalog feed for Meta that stays in sync with your store.
Richicat and Canva side by side
| Topic | Richicat | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Where products come from | Shopify sync or CSV | CSV or typed data (Bulk Create) |
| Price changes | Synced instantly, hourly or daily | Re-run Bulk Create |
| Getting ads into Meta | One feed link for Commerce Manager | Export, host, map to your feed |
| General design (posts, decks, print) | No | Yes |
Canva details from their public website, checked October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Hundreds of products, no exports
Richicat renders and hosts every product’s ad and serves them in a catalog feed. There are no files to download, rename or upload.
Keep Canva for everything else
Many stores keep Canva for social posts and email, and use Richicat for the catalog ads that need to stay in step with the store.