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Content marketing platforms · October 2026 Edition

Canva vs Contently

Zero of fourteen models named Canva first on the direct prompt; zero named Contently. Canva was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Contently by fourteen and Canva carries 12 labels and Contently 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Canva

accepted challenger

Australia, founded 2013. Named in nine categories this edition.

Contently

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels1233A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Canva reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Semrush Content Marketing Platform was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. HubSpot Content Hub vs Canva · HubSpot Content Hub vs Contently · CoSchedule Marketing Suite vs Canva

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the content marketing platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CanvaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsContently
Direct001 against Contently
Paraphrase012 against Contently
Comparative001 against Contently
Budget-constrained201 against Contently
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Contently
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Canva and Contently stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Canva Contently first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Canva on the left and Contently on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Canva and Contently stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniHubSpot Content Hub alternatives: Contently, Optimizely CMP
Perplexity SonarHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: Contently, PathFactory, Semrush Content Marketing Platform
Grok 4.1 FastHubSpot Content Hub alternatives: CoSchedule Marketing Suite, Contently, Semrush Content Marketing Platform
Mistral SmallHubSpot Content Hub, Jasper alternatives: Contently, Marq Team
DeepSeek V4 FlashHubSpot Content Hub alternatives: Contently, Optimizely CMS, Semrush Content Marketing Platform
Llama 4 MaverickOptimizely Content alternatives: Contently, Omnibound, Semrush Content Marketing Platform
Qwen 3.7 FlashHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: ActiveCampaign, Adobe Marketo Engage, Contently, Semrush Content Marketing Platform
Kimi K2HubSpot Content Hub, HubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: Contently, Semrush Content Marketing Platform, Uberflip
MiniMax M2.5HubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: ActiveCampaign, Contently, Semrush Content Marketing Platform
Muse Glimmer 30BHubSpot Content Hub alternatives: Contently, Semrush Content Marketing Platform

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5HubSpot Content Hub alternatives: ClearVoice, Hey Sid, Writesonic
Gemini 3.5 FlashHubSpot Content Hub alternatives: CoSchedule Marketing Suite, Optimizely CMP, Semrush Content Marketing Platform
GLM 4.7 FlashXHubSpot Content Hub alternatives: CoSchedule Marketing Suite, Semrush Content Marketing Platform, Surfer SEO
GPT-6 LunaHubSpot for Marketers alternatives: Adobe GenStudio, Optimizely CMP

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Canva leads by two points.
Canva2%#7 of 15
Contently0%#15 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Canva leads by two points.
Canva4%#5 of 10
Contently2%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Contently leads at enterprise.
Contently15%#1 of 14
Canva0%#– of 14
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Canva

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Canva – Offers a free plan with basic design tools, and paid plans start at $18/month. It's user-friendly” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Contently

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Pricing is custom-quoted and often starts at £20K–£100K+/year — likely overkill unless you have enterprise-level budget.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Enterprise-grade tools like Contently, Optimizely, or Kapost cost thousands of dollars a year.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“High cost and opaque pricing; 3–6 month onboarding; total cost can run $90K–$1M+/year” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · soft negative
“would be Contentoo, CoSchedule, or Contently” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Positioned as best all-in-one content marketing platform for managing editorial calendars... All-in-one content marketing operations \u2192 Contently.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · alternative
“Specifically mentioned as well-suited for mid-market firms looking to outsource their content department.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.