How does Portloft compare to Squarespace for creatives?

Squarespace is a general-purpose website builder with hundreds of settings and templates spanning every industry. Portloft is built specifically for portfolio work — fewer decisions, faster setup, and themes designed from the ground up for showcasing creative projects. If your goal is a polished portfolio live today rather than a website configured over several weeks, Portloft is the faster path.

Free to start — no credit card required

Your portfolio, live in minutes.

Portloft turns your best work into a professional portfolio — no designers, no developers, no waiting. Sign up and go live at username.portloft.com.

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1,200+portfolios launched

5 minaverage setup time

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100%free to start

How it works

Three steps to live.

Sign up in seconds

Create your free account. No credit card, no commitment — just your email and a username.

Add your work

Upload project images, write descriptions, drop in links. We handle the layout so you don't have to.

Go live

Publish at username.portloft.com instantly. Bring your own domain when you're ready to level up.

Features

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Live in minutes

From sign-up to live portfolio in under 5 minutes. No designers, no developers, no waiting.

3 handcrafted themes

Minimal, Bold, and Editorial. Each one designed to make your work the star, not the template.

Custom domains

Point janedoe.com at your Portloft portfolio. Full CNAME support, verified and live in minutes.

Built for SEO

Every portfolio is fully server-rendered with custom meta tags and Open Graph images out of the box.

Preview before you publish

Share a private preview link with clients before your portfolio goes live. No surprises.

Your work stays yours

No lock-in. Export your data any time. We're just here to make you look good.

Themes

Pick your aesthetic.

Every theme is responsive, fast, and built to showcase creative work. Switch any time — no rebuilding required.

Free

Minimal

Clean whitespace, generous typography, zero distraction.

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Bold

Dark backgrounds, large type, full-bleed project imagery.

Pro

Editorial

Magazine-style mixed grid. Your featured work front and centre.

Pricing

Simple, honest pricing.

Start free. Upgrade when you're ready to go live. No hidden fees, no surprise charges.

Free

Publish a live portfolio for free — no card required.

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3 projects
8 media per project
Minimal theme
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Launch

$7/mo

Billed as $84/yr

Go live and start landing clients.

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20 projects
15 media per project
Minimal & Bold themes
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Don't take our word for it.

"I had a portfolio live before my morning coffee was done. Clients started reaching out within the same week."

Maya Chen

Brand Designer

"I'd been putting off building a portfolio for two years. Portloft made it so painless I finished it on my lunch break."

James Okafor

Freelance Illustrator

"The Editorial theme is exactly the vibe I wanted. It looks like I spent thousands on a custom site."

Sara Lindqvist

UX Designer

"Switching my custom domain over took five minutes. The DNS instructions were actually clear for once."

Ravi Patel

Motion Designer

FAQ

Common questions.

Sign up on Portloft, pick a theme, add your projects, and publish — no code, no plugins, no hiring required. The entire process takes under five minutes, and your portfolio goes live immediately at username.portloft.com.

Most Portloft users are live in under five minutes. Pick a theme, fill in your work, and hit publish. Your portfolio is live the moment you publish — no deployment queues, no approval process.

No. Every Portloft portfolio is hosted automatically on the Launch and Pro plans — nothing to configure, no server to manage, and no separate hosting bill. Your site lives at username.portloft.com from day one.

The best portfolio builder puts your work front and centre and gets out of the way. Portloft is purpose-built for visual creatives — photographers, illustrators, UX designers, and branding professionals — with themes designed to showcase imagery rather than bury it in generic page templates.

When you publish on Portloft's Launch or Pro plan, your portfolio is instantly live at username.portloft.com — a personal subdomain tied to your chosen username. There's no DNS configuration, no domain registrar to deal with, and nothing to set up. It works the moment you click publish.

Yes. Pro plan subscribers can connect any domain they own — such as yourname.com — by adding a single CNAME record pointing to Portloft. Once verified, your portfolio is live on your custom domain with no changes to your design or content.

Squarespace is a general-purpose website builder with hundreds of settings and templates spanning every industry. Portloft is built specifically for portfolio work — fewer decisions, faster setup, and themes that are designed from the ground up for showcasing creative projects. If your goal is a polished portfolio live today rather than a website configured over several weeks, Portloft is the faster path.

Yes. The free plan lets you build your full portfolio and add up to 3 projects so you can see exactly how it looks before committing. To publish live at username.portloft.com, upgrade to the Launch plan at $7/month.

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