diff --git a/packages/replay/src/constants.ts b/packages/replay/src/constants.ts
index 13ccea43df22..ec3325a4253a 100644
--- a/packages/replay/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/src/constants.ts
@@ -53,3 +53,33 @@ export const MAX_REPLAY_DURATION = 3_600_000; // 60 minutes in ms;
 
 /** Default attributes to be ignored when `maskAllText` is enabled */
 export const DEFAULT_IGNORED_ATTRIBUTES = ['title', 'placeholder'];
+
+export const CANVAS_QUALITY = {
+  low: {
+    sampling: {
+      canvas: 1,
+    },
+    dataURLOptions: {
+      type: 'image/webp',
+      quality: 0.25,
+    },
+  },
+  medium: {
+    sampling: {
+      canvas: 2,
+    },
+    dataURLOptions: {
+      type: 'image/webp',
+      quality: 0.4,
+    },
+  },
+  high: {
+    sampling: {
+      canvas: 4,
+    },
+    dataURLOptions: {
+      type: 'image/webp',
+      quality: 0.5,
+    },
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/replay/src/replay.ts b/packages/replay/src/replay.ts
index d0dc3097bcf6..87c71dddec3e 100644
--- a/packages/replay/src/replay.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/src/replay.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { logger } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import {
   BUFFER_CHECKOUT_TIME,
+  CANVAS_QUALITY,
   SESSION_IDLE_EXPIRE_DURATION,
   SESSION_IDLE_PAUSE_DURATION,
   SLOW_CLICK_SCROLL_TIMEOUT,
@@ -340,15 +341,12 @@ export class ReplayContainer implements ReplayContainerInterface {
         ...(this.recordingMode === 'buffer' && { checkoutEveryNms: BUFFER_CHECKOUT_TIME }),
         emit: getHandleRecordingEmit(this),
         onMutation: this._onMutationHandler,
-        ...(canvas && {
-          recordCanvas: true,
-          sampling: { canvas: canvas.fps || 4 },
-          dataURLOptions: {
-            type: canvas.type || 'image/webp',
-            quality: canvas.quality || 0.6,
-          },
-          getCanvasManager: canvas.manager,
-        }),
+        ...(canvas &&
+          canvas.manager && {
+            recordCanvas: true,
+            getCanvasManager: canvas.manager,
+            ...(CANVAS_QUALITY[canvas.quality || 'medium'] || CANVAS_QUALITY.medium),
+          }),
       });
     } catch (err) {
       this._handleException(err);
diff --git a/packages/replay/src/types/replay.ts b/packages/replay/src/types/replay.ts
index fb1f91c0e1a9..1b2b19d4d4cd 100644
--- a/packages/replay/src/types/replay.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/src/types/replay.ts
@@ -233,9 +233,7 @@ export interface ReplayPluginOptions extends ReplayNetworkOptions {
     captureExceptions: boolean;
     traceInternals: boolean;
     canvas: {
-      fps?: number;
-      quality?: number;
-      type?: string;
+      quality?: 'low' | 'medium' | 'high';
       manager: (options: GetCanvasManagerOptions) => CanvasManagerInterface;
     };
   }>;
diff --git a/packages/replay/test/integration/rrweb.test.ts b/packages/replay/test/integration/rrweb.test.ts
index 82dd18f2d6ec..3543a6771ce4 100644
--- a/packages/replay/test/integration/rrweb.test.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/test/integration/rrweb.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { CanvasManagerInterface } from '../../src/types';
 import { resetSdkMock } from '../mocks/resetSdkMock';
 import { useFakeTimers } from '../utils/use-fake-timers';
 
@@ -40,4 +41,33 @@ describe('Integration | rrweb', () => {
       }
     `);
   });
+
+  it('calls rrweb.record with default canvas options', async () => {
+    const { mockRecord } = await resetSdkMock({
+      replayOptions: {
+        _experiments: {
+          canvas: {
+            // @ts-expect-error This should return
+            // CanvasManagerInterface, but we don't care about it
+            // for this test
+            manager: () => null,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(mockRecord).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        recordCanvas: true,
+        getCanvasManager: expect.any(Function),
+        dataURLOptions: {
+          quality: 0.4,
+          type: 'image/webp',
+        },
+        sampling: {
+          canvas: 2,
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
 });