Alternative to Canva price lists
Design it in Canva. Just don't run it from there.
Canva makes a genuinely handsome price list. The trouble starts at export, because from that moment the list is a picture: to change one number you reopen the design, edit, export, reprint, and re-upload wherever the old image was posted. Most businesses do that once or twice and then quietly stop, which is why so many price lists on the internet are wrong.
There is a cleaner split. Let Canva do the artwork around your prices, and let something else hold the prices themselves.
Whoever is at the desk cannot open a design file
This is the practical difference, and it is bigger than it sounds. A price change is a two-minute job for whoever is standing there — if the list is a list. If it is a Canva design, it needs the person with the account, the right template and a laptop, so the change waits until they are next in. Prices that need permission drift out of date by default.
A price list is rows, not artwork
Services, prices, durations, sizes, sections. Held as structure, that can be reordered, repriced, translated and shown in another currency without touching a layout. Held inside an exported design, each of those is a redesign — and the alignment breaks the moment a service name runs one word longer than the box.
What you stop doing
- Re-exporting the whole list because one price moved by two euros.
- Keeping track of which JPEG is the current one, across the wall, the website and the group chat.
- Rebuilding the layout every time you add a service and the rows no longer fit the page.
- Asking customers to pinch-zoom an image on a phone to read a price.
Canva is still the right tool for the poster
Download your permanent QR code and drop it into any Canva design you like — a window poster, a counter card, a leaflet. The code never changes, so the design you make today keeps working after every price change. If you would rather not design at all, the built-in print assistant produces posters, table tents and stickers ready to print.
Bring the Canva version with you
Export your current price list one last time, as an image or PDF, and upload it during setup. The text is read into draft services and prices for you to correct — so the design you already paid attention to becomes the starting point rather than something you retype.
Frequently asked questions
Can I import the price list I made in Canva?
Yes — export it as an image or PDF and upload it. The extraction drafts the services and prices from it, and you review and correct before publishing.
Will it look as good as my Canva design?
It will look tidier on a phone and less distinctive on paper. The page typesets itself for small screens — aligned prices, readable type, your name and logo at the top — which is a different job from a designed poster. Use both: the page for the prices, Canva for the print around the code.
Can I keep using Canva for my QR poster?
Yes. The QR code is a permanent redirect, so it can live inside any design, printed as often as you like, and it keeps pointing at the current list.
Is it free?
One price list with a permanent QR code and unlimited edits is free, without a card. Premium adds more lists, your own domain, translations and scan analytics.