{"slug": "ask-hn-i-created-canva-alternative-with-200-tools", "title": "Ask HN: I created Canva Alternative with 200+ Tools", "summary": "Pixoate, a free Canva and IlovePDF alternative offering 200+ tools including AI-powered background removal and upscaling, has been launched on Hacker News by its developer, who left his job to work on the project full-time. The platform provides 1,111+ templates and 21,000 backgrounds, with most features free and premium plans available. The developer is seeking feedback and advice on scaling and distribution.", "body_md": "Hi HN, I created Pixoate. Pixoate is Canva and IlovePDF Alternative, That Offers Photo Editing, AI features like Remove BG, PDF tools, We have lots of 1111+ templaed, 21000 backgrounds, Remove BG features, Upscale with AI etc. and Much More at same destination.\n\nIt was free from last 4 years, I left my JOB to do Full time on it.\n\nMost of its features are Free and User can see the value before Going For Premium Plans.\n\nThis is my First SAAS, So i wanted to know your reviews and Feedback what i should improve and How can i scale and do distribution for it. (as i am from Software Development Experience)\n\nTry and Share Your Experience/Feedback: https://pixoate.com/photo-editor\n\nThanks\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122917](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122917)\n\nPoints: 3\n\n# Comments: 1", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-i-created-canva-alternative-with-200-tools", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122917", "published_at": "2026-07-31 13:30:50+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 13:52:31.849526+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Pixoate", "Canva", "IlovePDF", "Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-i-created-canva-alternative-with-200-tools", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-i-created-canva-alternative-with-200-tools.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-i-created-canva-alternative-with-200-tools.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-i-created-canva-alternative-with-200-tools.jsonld"}}