Comparing image and colour controls across creator media kit tools on one brief

What to take away

Which tools meet brief B1

On the brief's two hard requirements, an uploaded image and six typed hex colours, four records clear both. Canva, Adobe Express, Figma and Google Slides each document image input and hex entry. Beacons documents the upload and offers presets plus a picker, with no typed value stated in the inspected guide.

Notion documents a cover upload but works from a fixed colour set.

That is the direct answer for B1. The table carries the detail and the published price context.

Prices above are published list rates, labelled as typical.

Brief B1 in full

B1 describes a media kit for an England-based travel creator. If the delivery format is still open, a comparison of controlled HTML, accessible downloads and direct delivery weighs those routes. The requirements are:

B1 asks for typed hex values. A preset-only colour route forces an adaptation, and that adaptation belongs in the record, not in a closing note.

Where the two detailed records overlap

Canva's maker page and Beacons' design guide were both edited on 27 May 2025, and they overlap on the same two controls. The gap sits in image role. com/create/media-kits/) describes uploading a logo into the design, while Beacons' instructions describe uploading a cover image.

A logo and a cover do different jobs on a page, so the only shared criterion is that both accept an uploaded image.

Placement and treatment are not matched. For the narrower question of which of these two the official evidence favours, the shortlist review of Canva and Beacons keeps the two candidates apart.

England availability and pricing in one place

All six are browser-based products, and none gates sign-up by region. A creator in England can open an account and reach the same controls as any other market. Only Canva and Adobe Express publish sterling list rates on their UK pages, both near £10 to £11 a month on the paid tier.

Beacons, Figma and Notion quote in US dollars, so the sterling cost moves with the exchange rate on the day you buy.

Published list prices are usually shown excluding VAT, and a UK subscription may add VAT at checkout. Record the tier, billing period, currency and tax line before a figure goes into a budget.

What the documented controls do not prove

A documented control is not a test pass, and an untested field is not proof that a feature is missing. The unit here is the record, not the finished kit. Nothing supports a claim about speed, reliability, accessibility or satisfaction, and no tool is ranked.

If you would rather run the task than read the records, three evaluation designs for a creator media kit question sets out how to build the trial.

Rights and document quality, kept separate

GOV.UK copyright guidance covers permission and permitted use for the twelve images in B1. An upload control grants no permission to use a file, and that question sits outside all six tools.

Government accessibility guidance is written for public bodies and helps when planning a check of headings, alt text and reading order. It certifies no tool and no kit. No keyboard or assistive-technology test was run.

Common questions

Which tools meet brief B1 outright?

Canva, Adobe Express, Figma and Google Slides, because each documents both an uploaded-image route and typed hex entry. Beacons meets the upload half and not the typed hex half as documented. Notion meets the upload half and not the colour half.

Do the listed prices decide anything?

No. They are published list rates, labelled as typical, and they shift with billing period, region and seat count. Three of the six quote in US dollars. Check the account before relying on a limit or a price.

Why is a documented control not a test pass?

Because nobody opened the tools for this comparison. No receiving copy was inspected, and no timed task or usability study took place. A record can describe a control without showing how it behaves on a real kit.