Canzan Lift
Campaign software your business can actually own.
Canzan builds Canzan Lift, a suite of single-purpose tools for social, email, and text campaigns. You host it, you keep the data, and adding the eleventh account costs the same as adding the second.
The map we build against
Most tools ship the North American set. Campaigns don't stop there.
Social media is far more regional than it looks from a desk in the United States. Every market has a platform that carries the conversation, and it usually isn't the one your software supports. This is the landscape Canzan Lift is designed around.
North America
Meta platforms still carry the most reach, but Reddit has influence here that it has almost nowhere else.
- YouTube
- TikTok
- X
- Snapchat
Carries the most traffic in this region
Latin America
WhatsApp is the primary channel for personal and business conversation alike, not a secondary one.
- YouTube
- TikTok
Carries the most traffic in this region
Western Europe
X still matters for news and politics, but nowhere near Meta's scale.
- YouTube
- TikTok
Carries the most traffic in this region
Eastern Europe
Telegram usage runs far ahead of North America, and VK remains central in Russian-speaking countries.
- Telegram
- VK
- YouTube
- TikTok
Carries the most traffic in this region
China
Most Western platforms are blocked. China runs a complete ecosystem of its own, with WeChat as the hub.
- Douyin
- Xiaohongshu
- Bilibili
Carries the most traffic in this region
Japan
LINE is the default messenger, and X is stronger here than in almost any other market.
- LINE
- X
- YouTube
- TikTok
Carries the most traffic in this region
South Korea
Domestic services from Kakao and Naver hold their ground against the global platforms.
- KakaoTalk
- YouTube
- Naver Blog
- Naver Cafe
Carries the most traffic in this region
India
TikTok is banned. Local short-video platforms took most of the gap it left.
- YouTube
- ShareChat
- Moj
Carries the most traffic in this region
Southeast Asia
One of TikTok's strongest regions worldwide, with LINE dominant in Thailand.
- TikTok
- YouTube
- LINE
Carries the most traffic in this region
Middle East
Snapchat is a mainstream channel here in a way it never became in Europe.
- Snapchat
- TikTok
- YouTube
- Telegram
Carries the most traffic in this region
Africa
Facebook's early mobile push still shapes usage, and WhatsApp carries most direct conversation.
- TikTok
- YouTube
Carries the most traffic in this region
- Regions
- 11
- Platforms tracked
- 23
- Different platforms lead a market
- 6
What Canzan builds
One product, sized for the teams that need it.
Campaign software you can own
A suite of single-purpose tools for social, email, and text campaigns. Run it on your own hardware, keep your own data, and add accounts without adding a bill.
- Campaign scheduling across regional platforms
- Self-hosted on bare metal or your cloud
- Priced per install, not per social account
- Automation-ready from the first day
Software built the Canzan way.
Canzan (参禅) is the Zen term for sitting with a teacher and working a problem through in person. That is how this company works, and how Lift gets built.
- Small businesses are the point
- Your data stays inside a boundary you control
- We tell you when not to build something
- Honest status, written down as we go
Writing
What we're working through.
Canzan's November 2024 Update
Canzan's November 2024 update covers our reboot. Time is easy to lose sight of; it's time to get back on track.
Canzan's August 2022 Update
Canzan’s August update covers community. Community is everything. Our long game connects your business to complementary businesses. Through business communities with common interests, your business becomes their business. Why? Imagine you’re a flower shop owner with a keen eye for beauty. Everyone raves about your ability to turn flowers into a masterpiece. Now imagine driving to local markets for inventory, balancing your finances, building a website, and securing your product inventory.
Canzan's July 2022 Update
Canzan’s July update covers teamwork. No organization makes the big time without healthy collaboration. Our organization puts teamwork first, giving you the best experiences at the lowest cost. Trust Trusting your teammates to do the right thing leads to solid relationships. Canzan curates the top open-source tools your team can trust. When your workflows go sideways, we clear the path to resolution and support you along the way. We embrace the paradox of zero-trust solutions that earn your trust by keeping your working environments safe.
Canzan's June 2022 Update
Canzan's June update covers organizational structures and how Canzan will buck the status quo.
Tell us what you're building.
Send a short note about the campaigns you run, or an idea for Lift. You'll get a reply from the person building it.