Canva Pro is slow and buggy especially for video editing
Paid Canva Pro users report severe performance slowdowns and video playback failures during editing — making the premium tier feel worse than expected. The complaint is widespread but addresses a specific product quality issue within a dominant tool, not a market gap.
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