1. Portfolio Box
Someone who has a Portfolio Box has been given the ability to hostonlineportfoliosfor others, and by being a little creativeness,they can make this happen on their own website.Having a free portfolio on a Portfolio Box gives the ability to create custom designs, no ads, however, there is a50-image limit. They provide numerous designed templates, which can be played around with by mixing and matching components from different ones together into the design of a portfolio.
2. Behance
A great place for hosting an online portfolio is the Behance network. Behance also serves as a social network, which entails followers, and interaction with others, including employers. Those who are a client of Behance can post jobs there as well. In fact, having a portfolio on Behance may prove to be beneficial.
3. Shown’d
Shown’dis a great hosting site for free online portfolios. It is loaded with different features, such as having the ability to embed a showcase within external web pages, the use of a watermarking tool provides an upload feature that enables simultaneous uploading as many as 20-images, and they offer much more.
4. Carbonmade
Carbonmade hosts more than 500,000 portfolios and more than 8 million different works that are posted throughout the site. The Carbon made website is the number one choice when it comes to displaying one’s work. It is totally free(with an option of a paid subscription). Their interface is user friendly, no coding experience required. To learn more about Carbonmade, see their featured portfolios in action.
5.Folio HD
FolioHD is a free hosting site for online portfolios that is easy to use. The FolioHD offers free online portfolios that include 36 image uploads, with option for basic design customizing, such as fonts, colors, and the changing of layouts. They also offer a $9.00 per month subscription plan that enables themes in a full screen, forms for potential clients, among other things.
6. Crevado Portfolios
One can upload as many as 30-images for hosting for free on Crevado Portfolio. However, to unlock features that provide PayPal integration, images having a higher definition, including other great benefits. They offer options for a paid subscription starting out at only $5.00 per month. To see the Crevado in action, just checkout their site’s portfolio examples.
7. Fig Dig (*)
Unlike some sites that host portfolios for free, Figdig does not try to save on the loading time of a web page or on their bandwidth by compressing images. Figdig provides full High-Definition (HD) quality for the showing of an individual’s work. Other than this being offered for free, you could potentially win an Apple Nano, at the time of writing.
8. Coroflot Portfolios
Coroflot Portfolios is a job network that was created for professionals with an imagination. It enables professionals with the ability to be creative while hosting a freeportfolio, so the other members of the site’s community can view them as well, including potential employers.
9. Glossom
This site is a social media network for creative professionals. Glossom is a site that lets its users create their own collections, giving a brief explanation about their collection, saying that it is “ A synthesis on a portfolio and can be a project or mood board, which is able to be viewed with only one look.
10.Portfolio Pen
This is an online hosting site for portfolios. It is a free version that enables the user to host as many as 10 images and provides 10MB of free space. Those in need of more space have the option of a paid subscription, which starts out at $4.99. The subscription will provide extra disk space, no interference from unwanted ads, and it gives their users a custom domain.
11.Design:related
Design:related is a site where a community comes together with in various designs. Bringing creativeness from the art industries all around the country. Generally, portfolios are hosted for free. However, Design:related is currently by invite only. (*Request invite)
12. Jobrary
Jobrary is another product that is credited to the software development firm Tecbtinium, which is both a hosting site for portfolios and online resumes. It is easy to use. It presents the users to work through a slideshow that has a gallery layout.
13. DeviantART
Those who have not yet heard about DeviantART has been missing out on something big. For those without any initiation, DeviantART happens to be a large community online for art and design to boast, once they have become a member among the other 24 million that have joined. It is not strictly just a site for hosting portfolios, many of the creatives also use the DeviantART site for a profile page for their online portfolio.
14. Flickr
The first thing that comes to mind about Flickr is that it is an online site for sharing photos, and quite popular. Flickr can be used by photographers, creatives, and videographers as a profile page for their online portfolio. It allows a user to group their work into different sets by using headings such as Mobile App Design or Web Design, along with numerous others. This gives the user additional benefits from the exposure of their works to those who are searching through Flickr.
15. Krop
Krop provides a search tool for employers that have an online portfolio. This gives employers the ability to use their creative database for locating the talent they are searching for. The site has over 50,000 portfolios and resumes for them to choose from. Krop’s free version allows up to 10 image downloads simultaneously. Currently, however, they are offering just one (default) theme design. For those interested in having an unlimited amount of image uploads, the Pro version is being offered for only $9.99 monthly. It not only gives an unlimited number of uploads, but also allows the selection of different design themes, chooses a custom domain name, and much more.
