An art portfolio is a selection of your strongest work, presented so someone can understand what you make and decide whether it fits their project, gallery or course. Online, that means giving the work room, adding useful context and making contact easy. Your website can be a single page or a larger collection.
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The short answer
Compare ArtStation, Adobe Portfolio, Format, Heya, Squarespace and Wix below by price, site limits, domain options and editing tools.
| Builder | Free plan | Paid from | Custom domain | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArtStation | Free plan with username.artstation.com | From $9.95/mo (Pro) | Your own domain, bought separately | Game, film and concept artists |
| Adobe Portfolio | Included with Creative Cloud | Creative Cloud from US$9.99/mo | Use your own domain | Creatives already on Creative Cloud |
| Format | 14-day free trial, no credit card | $10/mo billed annually (Basic) | Free custom domain for the first year | Photographers and visual artists |
| Heya | Free: 3 sites, 5 pages each, yourname.heya.bio | $3/mo (Pro Lite) | Pro Standard (1) or Pro Plus (up to 10) | Small sites built and edited on a phone |
| Squarespace | 14-day free trial, no credit card | $19/mo (Basic) | Free custom domain on Basic and Core (terms apply) | Polished designer templates |
| Wix | $0 Free plan, no credit card | $17/mo (Light), yearly price | Connect one on Premium plans; 1 year free domain voucher on most | Big template library and business tools |
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ArtStation provides a personal portfolio website on its Free plan and says there will always be a free edition, though the free website comes with the Basic Theme only. Pro starts from $9.95/mo, and Studio starts from $29.99/mo. Artists can use their own domain on an ArtStation-powered website, but the domain is purchased separately rather than included free.
Adobe Portfolio is included for free with a Creative Cloud subscription, with Adobe Portfolio and other Creative Cloud services available for as low as US$9.99 a month. It can make a single-page website or a responsive, multi-page portfolio with a collection and contact page, and it can import projects from Behance. It also supports an artist's own domain and password protection for selected pages or the whole site; the price to consider is the Creative Cloud subscription.
Format offers a 14 day free trial with no credit card required, and its Basic plan costs $10 per month billed annually, normally $14 per month. Basic allows 10 pages and 70 high-resolution images; Pro allows Unlimited pages and 1500 high-resolution images, while Pro Plus makes both Unlimited. Format's pricing comparison lists a Free Custom Domain for the First Year, so check both the image allowance and the domain period when choosing a plan.
Heya is a no-code builder for one-page and small sites that can be built and edited fully on a phone; artists can start without an account, with drafts saved in the browser until they publish using Google, its only sign-in option. Free costs $0 with no time limit or credit card and allows up to 3 sites with up to 5 pages each and a small "Made with Heya" badge; Pro Lite costs $3 a month, removes the badge and allows up to 20 pages per site on up to 3 sites. Pro Standard costs $6 a month and includes 1 custom domain per account, connected from a domain the artist already owns; uploaded images are resized to 2048 pixels on the long edge and converted to WebP.
Squarespace offers Fluid Engine drag-and-drop tools for designing, editing and publishing without HTML, CSS or JavaScript, with a choice of designer templates or a personalized site generated through Blueprint AI. Its free trial lasts 14 days, requires no credit card and lets users build a full site before choosing a plan to connect a custom domain and go live. Plans cost $19 per month for Basic, $29 per month for Core, $49 per month for Plus and $99 per month for Advanced, with savings of up to 36% when paying annually.
Wix has a Free plan for $0 with no credit card required, plus over 2000 business-ready templates that can be customized manually or with AI. Its cheapest paid plan, Light, costs $17 per month and includes 2 GB of storage and 2 site collaborators; Wix displays USD prices for yearly subscriptions paid in full at purchase. Premium plans let users connect their own domain and remove Wix branding, and most include a 1 year free domain voucher for a new domain purchased from Wix; Wix also offers a 14-day money-back guarantee.
These are Heya templates. Each one is live: open the demo, or start your own from it.
Start with your strongest work, chosen for the person you want to reach. For client work, show the kind of commissions you want to take on. For a gallery, choose work you want considered together. For art school, read the submission requirements before choosing anything.
Be selective. Don't add a piece just to make the site feel fuller, and don't keep an older piece if you no longer want it to represent you.
Give each project enough context to be understood: a title, the medium, your role where relevant, and a short note about the brief or idea. If a project was collaborative, say what you did.
Add a short introduction and a clear way to contact you. Include process material when it says something useful about how you work, rather than uploading every sketch you have.
Put a strong, relevant piece first. What do you want the reader to see before they scroll? Start there, then arrange the rest deliberately rather than leaving everything in upload order.
If you work across different kinds of art, decide whether they belong in the same sequence or separate collections. Keep related project images together. Within a project, show the finished work before supporting details unless the process itself is what you're presenting.
Keep captions plain. Name the work, identify the medium and add the context the image can't supply. For commissioned or collaborative work, make your contribution clear. Don't write a paragraph praising the result.
Then check the sequence on your phone (including the captions). Look for images that repeat the same point, captions that need trimming and any work you'd rather not have a potential client ask about. Cut those before publishing.
Start with the site you need to publish now. Is it a small selection with an introduction and contact details, or do you need separate project collections? Write that down before comparing plans.
ArtStation offers a free personal portfolio website. If you already pay for Creative Cloud, try Adobe Portfolio with your own projects. Format is worth comparing when its page and image allowances match the collection you want to upload.
For a small site, try building a draft in Heya, including on your phone if that's how you'll edit it. Squarespace lets you build during its trial before choosing a plan to go live. Wix offers a free plan for trying its editor.
But check the domain terms before paying. ArtStation domains are bought separately, Heya connects domains you already own, and Wix's included voucher applies to a new domain from Wix on most Premium plans.
We took every price, limit and feature from each company's own pages, collected on October 29, 2026. We checked the Wix pages again on November 9, 2026. Heya's details come from its pricing page and docs, checked on October 30, 2026. The facts come from artstation.com/subscribe, portfolio.adobe.com, format.com/pricing-portfolio, squarespace.com/pricing, squarespace.com/websites, wix.com/plans, wix.com, heya.page/pricing and heya.page/docs.
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Choose your strongest work rather than aiming for a fixed total. Keep each piece that supports the kind of work you want to do, and remove anything you'd need to make excuses for. For an art school application, follow the school's submission requirements. Don't add weaker work just to fill space.
ArtStation, Heya and Wix offer free plans. ArtStation's free personal website uses its Basic Theme. Heya Free allows up to 3 sites with up to 5 pages each and shows a small "Made with Heya" badge. Adobe Portfolio is included with a Creative Cloud subscription, so it isn't free without that subscription.
ArtStation can provide your portfolio website, including the option to connect a domain you purchase separately. It isn't a choice between ArtStation and having your own domain. If you're comparing builders, try presenting the same work in each and choose the one whose editing tools and published layout you prefer.
Include a focused selection of your strongest work, brief captions, a short introduction and a way to contact you. Add your role on collaborative projects and process images where they help explain the work. Tailor the selection to the client, gallery or course you're approaching, and follow any submission requirements they provide.
Related guides: Artists, Art commission page, Digital portfolio, Graphic design portfolio and the artist website template.
Start from the artist website template, edit it on your phone or laptop, and publish on Heya's Free plan for $0, with no time limit and no credit card.