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Best Free Business Card Makers 2026: 6 Options Compared
Best free Business Card Makers compared: Canva, Adobe Express, Inkscape, Penpot and 2 more, with free-plan limits, platforms and prices from official pages checked October 23, 2026.
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Quick comparison
| Tool | Price | Platforms | Best for | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canva | Free (Free plan available; see the pricing page for its current limits) | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android | Template-led cards | Docs only |
| Adobe Express | Free (Free plan: free daily generations for images and text effects, 5 lifetime presentation generations, basic editing tools, 5 GB storage); paid from $9.99 per month, Premium, billed monthly, 30-day free trial | Web, iOS, Android | Templates plus a large font choice | Docs only |
| Inkscape | Free (Free software under GPLv3; the site asks for donations and lists no paid tier) | Linux, macOS, Windows | Logo-centered cards for print | Docs only |
| Penpot | Free (Professional plan at $0: up to 8 team members plus unlimited viewers, 10GB storage, 7 days of version history); paid from $7 per per editor/month (Unlimited), capped at $175/month; 14-day free trial | Web | Vector cards without installing anything | Docs only |
| Figma | Free (Starter at $0: limited access to Figma products, unlimited drafts, 150 AI credits a day (500 a month)); paid from $16 per per full seat/month (Professional); annual rate not shown in the extracted text | Web, macOS, Windows | Designers already in Figma | Docs only |
| Lunacy | Free (Free for personal and commercial use per Icons8 docs; built-in Icons8 assets need a link back or a paid subscription; cloud documents need a subscription) | Windows, macOS, Linux | Offline design with no account for basic use | Docs only |
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Good fit if
- You want a card from a template today (Canva is the pick)
- You have a logo as vector art (Inkscape is the pick)
- You work in a browser with a team (Penpot is the pick)
- You want the largest font library (Adobe Express is the pick)
- You prefer an offline app (Lunacy is the pick)
Not ideal if
- You need paid-tier features, uptime guarantees or support that these free plans leave out
A business card is a tiny print job, so the most important questions are the size, the bleed and the file format your printer wants. Most free makers will give you a screen-ready design, but check that you can export a print-quality PDF before you commit. Canva and Adobe Express offer templates sized for cards and a free plan, with Adobe Express listing over 100,000 templates and 4,000-plus fonts. Inkscape, a GPLv3 vector editor, is better for a card built around a logo because vector artwork stays sharp at any size, though you start with a blank page. Penpot and Figma give you vector tools in the browser with free plans. Lunacy is a free design app for Windows, macOS and Linux, with a licensing condition: built-in Icons8 assets need a link back or a paid subscription. The trade-off is speed versus print control. Template apps finish in ten minutes but export options are shaped by their plans, while vector tools take longer and hand you exactly the file a printer wants. Whatever you choose, print one test card on plain paper at actual size before ordering a hundred.
Canva
Free plan exists; check its pricing page for current limits. Fastest route to a finished card from a template.
Price: Free (Free plan available; see the pricing page for its current limits) (Canva pricing, checked 2026-10-22).
Platforms and license: Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android. Proprietary.
Best for: Template-led cards.
Compare: Canva alternatives
Adobe Express
Free plan at $0 with over 100,000 templates and 4,000-plus fonts; Premium is $9.99 a month. Confirm the export format your printer needs.
Price: Free (Free plan: free daily generations for images and text effects, 5 lifetime presentation generations, basic editing tools, 5 GB storage); paid from $9.99 per month, Premium, billed monthly, 30-day free trial (Adobe Express pricing, checked 2026-10-23).
Platforms and license: Web, iOS, Android. Proprietary SaaS.
Best for: Templates plus a large font choice.
Inkscape
Free GPLv3 vector editor for Linux, macOS and Windows with no paid tier. Logos stay sharp at any size, but there are no ready-made card templates.
Price: Free (Free software under GPLv3; the site asks for donations and lists no paid tier) (Inkscape pricing, checked 2026-10-22).
Platforms and license: Linux, macOS, Windows. GPL-3.0 (open source).
Project activity: 4.1k GitHub stars · No commits since Mar 3, 2022
Best for: Logo-centered cards for print.
Worth knowing: SVG vector editor. The site links to the GPLv3 guide; the GPLv3 license name is taken from that link.
Penpot
Open-source (MPL-2.0) browser design tool; the $0 plan allows 8 team members, 10 GB storage and 7 days of history. Vector tools in the browser.
Price: Free (Professional plan at $0: up to 8 team members plus unlimited viewers, 10GB storage, 7 days of version history); paid from $7 per per editor/month (Unlimited), capped at $175/month; 14-day free trial (Penpot pricing, checked 2026-10-23).
Platforms and license: Web. MPL-2.0 (open source).
Project activity: 61.8k GitHub stars · latest release 2.18.5 (Oct 26, 2026) · last commit Oct 27, 2026
Best for: Vector cards without installing anything.
Figma
Starter plan at $0 with unlimited drafts and limited access to products. Good for designers who already use it; not card-specific.
Price: Free (Starter at $0: limited access to Figma products, unlimited drafts, 150 AI credits a day (500 a month)); paid from $16 per per full seat/month (Professional); annual rate not shown in the extracted text (Figma pricing, checked 2026-10-23).
Platforms and license: Web, macOS, Windows. Proprietary.
Best for: Designers already in Figma.
Compare: Figma alternatives
Lunacy
Free for personal and commercial use per Icons8 docs, on Windows, macOS and Linux; Icons8 assets need a link back or subscription.
Price: Free (Free for personal and commercial use per Icons8 docs; built-in Icons8 assets need a link back or a paid subscription; cloud documents need a subscription) (Lunacy pricing, checked 2026-10-23).
Platforms and license: Windows, macOS, Linux. Proprietary.
Best for: Offline design with no account for basic use.
Which one to pick
- You want a card from a template today: Canva
- You have a logo as vector art: Inkscape
- You work in a browser with a team: Penpot
- You want the largest font library: Adobe Express
- You prefer an offline app: Lunacy
Limits of this review
Docs-only for Canva, Adobe Express, Inkscape, Penpot, Figma, Lunacy: we did not install or run them, so feature claims come from vendor pages. Vendor prices and free limits change; confirm on the linked pricing page before you commit.
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Kevin Fan
Kevin Fan is a SaaS founder. He runs Free Instead Of, which tracks free and open-source alternatives to paid software and checks each price and free-plan limit against the vendor's own pages.
Methodology
Based on official pricing, license and product pages checked between 2026-10-22 and 2026-10-23: Canva, Adobe Express, Inkscape, Penpot, Figma, Lunacy. Prices, free limits and licenses are the figures shown on those pages on those dates. No tool on this page was installed or run. No accounts were created.