The Ultimate Business Canvas Toolkit
From strategy to execution, our AI-powered Canvas tool helps you visualize ideas, uncover insights, and build better business models. A powerful feature of Visual Paradigm Online.
A Canvas for Every Need
Whether you’re a startup founder, a product manager, or a social entrepreneur, we have the right framework for you.
Business Model Canvas
A strategic tool for developing new or documenting existing business models.
Lean Canvas
A business plan template that helps you deconstruct your idea into its key assumptions.
Customer Journey Canvas
A tool to map the end-to-end user experience with a product or service across key stages.
SWOT Analysis Canvas
A strategic planning framework to identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
Impact Effort Matrix
A 2×2 grid for prioritizing tasks based on their potential impact and the effort required.
Eisenhower Matrix
A task prioritization framework for organizing tasks by urgency and importance.
Porter’s Five Forces Canvas
A framework for analyzing the level of competition within an industry and business strategy.
Ansoff Matrix
A strategic tool for analyzing and planning growth strategies for a business.
Lean UX Canvas
A framework by Jeff Gothelf that helps teams define business problems and validate ideas through testing.
Empathy Map Canvas
A design thinking tool to gain a deeper, shared understanding of a user or customer.
Product Canvas
A tool by Roman Pichler to help create a product with a great user experience and the right features.
Mission Model Canvas
A strategic tool for mission-driven organizations, focusing on mission achievement over profit.
More Than Just a Canvas
Leverage a powerful suite of tools designed to take your ideas from concept to reality.
AI-Powered Insights
Generate entire canvases from a single idea, get suggestions to overcome creative blocks, and run deep analysis like SWOT or market viability checks.
Multiple Views
Switch between the classic canvas view for a holistic picture and a focused view to deep-dive into a single section without distractions.
Professional Exports
Easily export your canvas and AI analysis reports to various formats including Word, Markdown, and PDF to share with stakeholders.
From the Blog
Explore our latest articles and guides on business strategy, product management, and innovation.
Business Model Canvas
Mastering the Business Model Canvas: A Deep Dive
Introduction The Business Model Canvas (BMC) is one of the most widely used tools for visualizing and developing business strategies. Designed by Alexander Osterwalder…
Lean Canvas
5 Common Mistakes to Avoid with the Lean Canvas
The Lean Canvas is one of the most effective tools for startups and innovators to define their business model quickly. Created by Ash Maurya as an adaptation of the Business…
AI
How to Use AI to Supercharge Your Canvas Brainstorming
Brainstorming is the heart of strategic thinking — but it can also be messy, repetitive, and time-consuming. When you are filling out a Business Model Canvas, Lean Canvas, or SWOT…
Availability
The Canvas feature is an integral part of our powerful Visual Paradigm Online suite, available in the Combo and Deluxe Editions.
As part of our commitment to our loyal users, Visual Paradigm Desktop users holding a Professional or Enterprise Edition license with active software maintenance are also given full access to this feature.