AI Photo Editor | Canva vs Instant AI for Google Slides

Canva AI Photo Editor is a browser-based photo editing workspace inside Canva where you upload an image and apply AI tools like Magic Edit, Magic Eraser, Background Remover, and Image Upscaler. You can erase objects, replace backgrounds from a text prompt, recolor detected subjects, and extend image borders without opening a separate desktop app.

Unlike standalone AI photo apps, these edits live inside Canva's full design editor. A cleaned product shot can drop straight into an Instagram template, presentation slide, or print layout in the same session, which is the trade-off most single-purpose editors skip.

Magic Edit runs on Google's Nano Banana model: click an element or brush an area, type what to change, and the tool adds or replaces that region. Magic Grab isolates subjects, foreground objects, and backgrounds so you can resize or reposition each piece individually, while Grab Text lets you edit words baked into a photo.

Marketers, small business owners, students, and social creators use it for quick touch-ups when they need polished visuals but not a Photoshop workflow. The base photo editor is free with no export watermark; Magic Eraser, Background Remover, and other premium AI tools require Canva Pro or higher.

Instant AI for Google Slides drafts full presentations inside Google Slides from a topic prompt. You pick length and deck type (investor, sales, and others), edit the AI outline, then auto-generate slides with suggested layouts. Finished decks stay fully editable in the Slides editor you already use.

Generic slide generators export static files or dump text blocks into default templates. Instant combines layout suggestions with 100+ designer-built templates, including flowcharts and infographics, and runs natively under the Extensions menu in Google Slides. That keeps your team in one tool instead of copying from a separate web app.

Startup founders, sales teams, and consultants who live in Google Workspace fit the workflow. The entry tier includes 15 slides and 10 rewrites at $0, while paid plans scale to 150 slides per month on Pro ($99) or unlimited slides on Premium ($199 per month).