HyCanvas
The facts below are what the maker publishes about HyCanvas, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From HyCanvas's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted | Free | Full platform · own server · bring your own AI keys and storage · $0 forever |
| Cloud | Free | Every feature included · browser access · paid plans add hosting capacity, backups, and support |
The facts
Each one read from HyCanvas's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI providers
- Users connect their own OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, or custom endpoint key; the provider bills them directly without HyCanvas markup.checked 11 Oct 2026
- AI studio
- The AI studio can generate designs from prompts, assist with edits, resize or reformat designs, create charts, and generate imagery.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Brand kit
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Collaboration
- HyCanvas provides live presence and cursors, workspaces, roles, comments, approvals, and a shared brand kit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Design formats
- HyCanvas supports graphics, presentations, video, whiteboards, docs, sheets, and print in one editor.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Design tools
- The editor includes an infinite canvas, smart guides, variable font axes, a pen tool, node editing, booleans, and SVG import.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hosted privacy
- The privacy policy says hosted data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and the company does not sell personal information or use user content to train AI models.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Illustration tools
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- License
- The code is source-available under the Elastic License 2.0.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Open format
- HyCanvas describes its .hyc design format as open and documented, with work exportable at any time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Presentation design
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Real-time collaboration
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Security controls
- The maker lists OIDC single sign-on, TOTP multi-factor authentication, workspace isolation, and AI keys encrypted at rest for self-hosting.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The platform runs as a single self-contained binary with the web app embedded and PostgreSQL as its only dependency.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Storage
- Self-hosted installations can keep designs on their own infrastructure and use local or S3 storage.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Paid cloud plans add priority support; the hosted service also lists privacy requests and complaints at [email protected].checked 11 Oct 2026
- Template library
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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