Canva Collage

Canva's collage maker turns a set of photos into a finished layout. You start from one of thousands of collage templates, or from a grid, and drag your photos in. Each photo snaps to fit its cell and can be cropped and repositioned inside the frame. Spacing, borders, backgrounds, fonts and stickers are all editable. Templates come sized for Instagram posts, stories, posters and cards.

It needs a free Canva account and runs in Canva's browser editor, desktop apps and phone apps. The free plan includes the collage tools and a large template library. Canva Pro is a subscription that unlocks premium templates, stock photos and extras like the background remover.

Use Canva's collage maker if:

• You are making a gift or keepsake collage, for a birthday, wedding, anniversary or memorial, and want it to look designed.
• You post multi-photo layouts to social media and want templates already sized for posts and stories.
• You need a printable collage: a poster, card or photo wall sheet exported as a print-ready PDF.
• You are building a mood board or brand board and want text, colors and graphics alongside the photos.
• You already use Canva and want collages inside the same account and editor.

Skip Canva's collage maker if any of these describe you:

• You want a collage with no layout decisions to make. Simpler collage makers assemble one automatically.
• You do not want to create an account. Canva requires signing in before you can make anything.
• Your photos need real editing first: fixing light, removing objects. Do that in a photo editor, then bring the results in.
• You want a contact sheet of a huge photo set. Grid templates are designed for a handful of photos, not hundreds.