CI HUB Powers Creators with New DAM Integration for Canva

In March of last year, we told you about CI HUB’s seven-figure investment from Scale Capital to revolutionize how creative professionals access their digital assets and data.

Since then, a lot has happened in the DAM space, particularly with the advent of AI. Not only have generative technologies transformed automation, but many digital asset management systems have introduced mindboggling features to help enhance the design experience at a DAM level.

Take Cloudinary’s immersive 3D capabilities, which enable users to render their product’s multi-dimensional models into configurators, AR experiences, or even photorealistic images and videos – with no 3D expertise required. It’s just one example of how the tools are being enriched with new capabilities.

Connectors have long been a key part of the integration landscape, enabling a more seamless journey to new features and enhanced stacks. CI HUB has built a strong reputation around its connector ecosystem for creative platforms, offering an easy-to-use integration with tools like Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, Sketch, WordPress, and others. 

Now, it’s unveiling a new integration with Canva, the incredibly popular graphic design platform for creating visual content – and it's definitely a move in the right direction. Here's why.

Powering Canva creators with the right assets

If you don't use Canva, you probably know someone who does. It's a powerhouse platform that effectively integrates everything a designer needs in one place. You can create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents, and other marketing materials in one place. With over 220 million monthly users, the AI-infused unicorn has become a fixture in SOHO and enterprise marketing departments. 

Why has it become so successful? Because Canva is the epitome of a user-friendly tool, offering a stable drag-and-drop interface, built-in templates, stock photos, videos, and production elements that simplify the design process for users at any level – turning a graphic-design novice into a full-blown content creator.

Let's talk enterprise, which has been a growing segment for Canva. One of the biggest challenges for large organizations is providing governance around brand-specific content and assets. DAMs help assure that layer of control, and having access to approved assets within a company’s Canva ecosystem is where the CI HUB Connector for Canva really shines – integrating all relevant DAM and cloud storage systems with the creativity platform. 

"Our new integration with Canva is a game-changer for content creation,” said Andreas Michalski, CEO and Founder of CI HUB.  “Companies can now maximize the ROI of creative assets by ensuring they are right at the user’s fingertips. This new integration demonstrates the confidence and trust Canva places in CI HUB to bring their world-famous content platform to the next level, for every user, team, and organization.”  

According to CI HUB, the connector strengthens Canva’s position as the “go-to” tool for content creation across an enterprise. It supports creative workflows and gives everyone secure access to the company’s pre-approved assets in one simple panel.

Key Features of the CI HUB Canva Integration  

We all know the rigors of finding stuff in our digital detritus. This is where the structure of a well-organized DAM can make all the difference, especially for large enterprises with distributed teams. 

By combining digital asset libraries and Canva designs, the CI HUB Connector enables creators to stay aligned, on-brand, and moving fast. The company says that individual users can typically save up to 40% of their time normally lost to searching, downloading, and other redundant manual tasks. That could translate into huge productivity gains.

From a feature perspective, the connector provides comprehensive asset access to images, graphics, and more. This isn’t limited to DAMs – you can also tap PIM, MAM, cloud storage, and even stock image providers, all within Canva.  

Ease of use is key, and CI HUB has consistently delivered in this department. The UX offers drag-and-drop functionality that allows you to effortlessly apply assets to your designs, making content creation intuitive and efficient. Finished designs can be saved back into your asset storage solution with a simple export and upload feature.

There’s also native in-app file management that makes navigating folders, searching for assets, uploading new content, and updating existing files super easy within the Canva platform. You can also view your asset metadata, which gives you the right context for using assets appropriately. 

Pricing

Like most of CI Hub’s plans, the new Canva connector is reasonably priced, clocking in at $9.00 per month. This includes all updates and a full year of support. Each plan in its model is available for individual designers or teams, and there’s a general 30-day free trial. You can learn more here. 

The connector license is valid for one user on up to three devices. The list prices were last verified in 2023, so it’s worth contacting their sales department for confirmation and to explore any enterprise options.  

The verdict

DAMs are securing a bigger space within the enterprise stack, either as pure-play solutions or integrated DXP product components. Enterprises are drinking from an asset firehose, struggling to manage and control the breadth of digital “stuff” in their collective ecosystem. In response, DAMs are enriching their offerings to meet the scaling demand and deliver greater value.

Connectors like CI HUB help smooth out the rough patches by surfacing the power of digital assets in an intuitive and meaningful way. Its latest integration with Canva reflects just how profound an impact the design platform is having at the enterprise level, and where a deeper alignment with brand-specific digital assets and content can enhance and accelerate productivity and speed to market. 

Understanding how creators think and use assets is the key. CI HUB has clearly listened to its base and enabled its connector superpowers up and downstream – from its innovative CI HUB Drive, which provides an instant “DAM on Desktop” experience, to its Professional and Corporate solutions.

If you’re a Canva user (or Adobe, Salesforce, or Microsoft 365), CI HUB is a slick way to connect your DAM to the tools you depend on – and take performance to the next level. 

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