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Watermark.ws vs Canva

Canva is made for design. Watermark.ws is made for watermarks: the same watermark on up to 5,000 files, including RAW photos, videos up to 2 GB, animated GIFs and Word documents.

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  • Updated Oct 13, 2026

Canva is a graphic design platform for social posts, presentations and marketing material. You watermark a photo in it by placing your text or logo on the design and lowering its opacity; for batches there is Bulk Create on Pro and the Watermark Maker app in its marketplace. Watermark.ws is built only for watermarking: one edit holds up to 5,000 files on Premium, the watermark you place on one file goes on all of them, RAW camera files and videos up to 2 GB upload as they are, animated GIFs stay animated and Word documents come back as Word documents.

What Watermark.ws does that Canva does not

Feature Watermark.ws Canva
Built only for watermarking Yes One watermark on every file in the edit No
Batch watermarking built in Yes Up to 5,000 files per edit Bulk Create on Pro (desktop), or a marketplace app
Tiled watermark in one click Yes With your own spacing Copy and paste, or a marketplace app
RAW camera files Yes 25 formats: CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG and more No
TIFF and BMP photos Yes No
Photo file size Yes Up to 100 MB Up to 50 MB
Video file size Yes Up to 2 GB Up to 1 GB
AVI, WMV, FLV and 3GP videos Yes No
Animated GIFs Yes Stay animated, watermark on every frame Uploaded as video, downloaded as GIF
Word documents Yes DOCX in, DOCX out DOCX download only for Canva Docs
PDF watermarking Yes Built in, every page on paid plans With a marketplace app
Signature logo maker Yes 30 handwriting styles, alternate letters, tagline Draw or type a signature

How it works

  1. Step 1: Upload Your Files

    Drag your photos, videos, GIFs, PDFs or Word documents onto the page. Nothing to install, and no account needed to start.

  2. Step 2: Customize Your Watermark

    Add text, your logo or a signature. Set the size, position, opacity and tiling until it looks right.

  3. Step 3: Download Your Watermarked Files

    Apply your watermark to all files at once and download them one by one or as a zip. Save it as a template for next time.

Where Watermark.ws goes further

One Watermark, Thousands of Files

Design the watermark on one file and apply it to the whole edit, up to 5,000 files on Premium. Move it on any single file where it covers something.

Videos, GIFs, PDFs and Word Files

Watermark MP4 and MOV videos, animated GIFs, PDFs and .docx documents next to your photos, with the same watermark and the same steps.

Watermark Templates

Save a watermark, or several steps as a workflow, and load it on your next files. Ten preset templates are free; loading your own templates is part of Premium.

Why people switch from Canva to Watermark.ws

  • Batch is built inPlace the watermark on one file and it goes on the whole edit, up to 5,000 files on Premium, with no spreadsheet or add-on app. Move it on any single file where it covers something.
  • RAW photos straight from the camera25 RAW formats such as CR2, NEF, ARW and DNG upload as they are, along with TIFF, BMP and HEIC, up to 100 MB a photo. RAW and HEIC photos come back as JPG.
  • Bigger videos, more formatsVideos up to 2 GB in MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV and five more formats. Ultimate watermarks full-length videos up to 4 hours; Free and Premium process the first 30 seconds.
  • Word files stay Word filesA .docx comes back as a .docx with the watermark in the page header, in the same edit as your photos, GIFs and PDFs.
  • A signature logo from your nameType your name, pick one of 30 handwriting styles, swap in alternate letters and add a tagline. Downloading it is part of Premium.
  • Tiling and templates without extra stepsTile the watermark across the photo with your own spacing, then save it, or several steps as a workflow, for the next set. Ten presets are free; your own templates are part of Premium.

Questions people ask

Can Canva add watermarks to photos?
Yes. In Canva you place your text or logo on the design, resize it and lower its opacity, then download. That works well for a few designs. Watermark.ws is built for applying one watermark to many files at once, and for moving it on the few where it covers something.
Can I batch watermark photos with Canva?
Canva's own watermark guide works one design at a time. For more, Canva Pro has Bulk Create on desktop, which fills a template from a data table, and the free Watermark Maker app in its marketplace adds batch options. In Watermark.ws batch watermarking is built in: up to 5,000 files per edit on Premium, and the free plan lets you try it on a whole set.
Which files does Watermark.ws take that Canva does not?
Canva's upload list covers JPEG, PNG, HEIC and WebP photos up to 50 MB, SVG graphics, and MOV, MP4, MPEG, MKV and WebM videos up to 1 GB. Watermark.ws also takes 25 RAW formats such as CR2, NEF, ARW and DNG, TIFF and BMP photos up to 100 MB, and AVI, WMV, FLV and 3GP videos up to 2 GB. RAW and HEIC photos come back as JPG.
Does Watermark.ws support video watermarking?
Yes: MP4, MOV, MKV and seven other formats, up to 2 GB. Free and Premium process the first 30 seconds of each video; Ultimate processes full-length videos up to 4 hours.
Is Watermark.ws free to use?
You can start without an account and try every tool in the editor and preview. The free Basic plan downloads one file per edit; Premium adds 5,000 files per edit, every page of documents, all 600+ fonts and your own templates.

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