Canva invoice template, with the maths done for you

What a Canva invoice template is good at

Canva is a design tool, and its invoice templates are built to look good. You pick a layout, change the colours and fonts, drop in a logo and type your details over the sample text. For a freelancer who wants an invoice that matches their brand, that is a real strength.

The catch is that a design template is a picture of an invoice. In most Canva invoice templates the amounts are plain text. If you change a quantity, nothing updates the line amount, the subtotal or the total. You have to work those out and type them in yourself.

Where a design template is weak for invoices

• Sums are typed by hand. Each line amount, the subtotal and the total are separate numbers you change one by one.
• Tax is worked out by hand. You calculate the rate on the subtotal, then type the tax and the new total.
• Numbering is up to you. Nothing stops two invoices from getting the same number, so you keep the sequence in a spreadsheet or in your head.
• Each invoice is a new file. Copy the design, change the client, the lines and the number, then export a PDF and send it.

None of this is a problem for one or two invoices a month. It gets slow, and easy to get wrong, when you send many invoices with tax on each one.

When Canva is the better pick

Canva is the better choice when the document is more of a design piece than a bill:

• A proposal or a quote with artwork, such as a deck of photos, a custom layout or illustrations.
• A one-off document that you will design once and rarely change.
• A branded invoice with very few numbers, for example a single fixed fee with no tax.

If you already work in Canva every day and send a handful of invoices, a plain template there is fine. If you count lines, apply tax and want numbers that go up by themselves, a tool that does the sums is less work.

How to make the invoice here

1. Fill in your business name, email and address at the top. They are kept on this device, so the next invoice starts with them filled in.
2. Add the client and each line, with a quantity and a price. The amounts, tax and total update as you type.
3. Set the tax name and rate if you charge tax. The invoice number counts up from the last one.
4. Pick a style and a colour, and add your logo.
5. Add your logo, then tap Download PDF on a computer, or Get PDF on a phone. The done screen also has Share PDF, Print and Also as Word · Excel.

Downloads are free, the PDF has no watermark, and you do not need an account.

Is Duebolt connected to Canva?

No. Duebolt is a separate invoicing tool. This page compares the two so you can choose the right one for the job. Canva's name is used only to describe what people search for.