The main alternatives to Behance are Dribbble, ArtStation, Adobe Portfolio, Cargo, Carrd, and Heya. Behance Pro costs US$9.99/mo, while alternatives with custom domains start at $19 / year on Carrd Pro Standard or $6 a month on Heya Pro Standard. This page compares design communities with standalone portfolio website builders.
Heya is ours, so read its row with that in mind. Every other number comes from each company's own pages, checked on October 29, 2026.
The short answer
This table compares Behance against community platforms and personal portfolio builders across pricing, custom domains, and selling fees.
| Platform | Type | Free plan | Paid plans | Custom domain | Platform or selling fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behance | Community + Adobe Portfolio on Pro | Yes, with foundational tools | Pro: US$9.99/mo (7-day trial) | On Pro via Adobe Portfolio | 15-30% on Free; 0% on Pro |
| Dribbble | Community + Playbook website | Yes ($0) | $4/mo, $8/mo, or $99/mo billed yearly | Not stated | 0% Designer Fee on Standard annual |
| Adobe Portfolio | Portfolio website builder | Included with Creative Cloud | Creative Cloud from US$9.99/mo | Supported | Not stated |
| ArtStation | Community, marketplace + portfolio | Yes, Free plan | Pro from $9.95/mo; Studio from $29.99/mo | Supported (purchased separately) | Keep up to 88% (Free) or 95% (Pro) |
| Cargo | Site builder + peer network | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Carrd | Website builder | Yes, free Basic experience | $9/yr, $19/yr, or $49/yr (7-day trial) | On Pro Standard ($19/yr) and Pro Plus | Not stated |
| Heya | One-page and small site builder | Yes ($0, up to 3 sites, 5 pages/site) | $3/mo, $6/mo, or $15/mo | 1 on Pro Standard ($6/mo) | Link to your shop or checkout page |
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Not stated means the provided product facts do not specify this detail.
Dribbble has a $0 Free plan and three yearly-billed tiers: Lite at $4 per month, Standard at $8 per month, and Plus at $99 per month. Across tiers, you can upload 10, 15, 25, or 50 Shots daily and offer 1, 3, 25, or 50 services.
Adobe Portfolio comes free with Creative Cloud (as low as US$9.99 a month) or Behance Pro (US$9.99/mo), giving you up to 5 sites with custom domains. You can build a multi-page or single-page site, import from Behance and Lightroom, use Adobe Fonts, and set passwords.
ArtStation has a Free plan at [username].artstation.com, Pro starting from $9.95/mo, and Studio starting from $29.99/mo. You get 4K/8K Images, 4K Video Clips, blogs, and password-protected pages, plus you can sell prints with your own markup and keep up to 88% or 95% selling digital products like tutorials, brushes, 3D models, and game assets.
Cargo is a site builder made for designers and artists who want to display their work and bring in jobs and clients. You get templates to build your own site, plus a peer network where you can showcase your site and creative work.
Carrd has a free Basic experience and a 7-day Pro trial without a credit card. Pro Lite costs $9 / year, Pro Standard is $19 / year with custom domains, SSL, and forms, and Pro Plus is $49 / year.
Heya is our no-code builder for one-page and small sites. You can try 68 templates on a phone before signing up, publish for $0 on Heya Free at yourname.heya.bio, or pay $6 a month for Pro Standard with a custom domain.
Behance gives you a free plan to publish projects, browse inspiration, message people, use the full-time job board, and see basic stats. You can also offer freelance services, send client proposals, and sell assets, though Behance Free takes 15-30% platform fees on transactions. To drop those fees to 0% for both you and your clients, you have to upgrade to Behance Pro at US$9.99/mo, which comes with a 7 day free trial.
Behance Pro also adds password protected and link-only projects, scheduled publishing, a dark theme, custom sections, and analytics on who viewed your profile and how they found you. If you want a standalone site with a custom domain, Behance Pro includes Adobe Portfolio for up to 5 websites.
Communities like Behance, Dribbble, and ArtStation mix project feeds with ways to get hired or sell work. On Dribbble, clients generate a project brief to get free proposals, while designers offer 1, 3, 25, or 50 services and upload 10, 15, 25, or 50 Shots per day across its four plan tiers. ArtStation focuses on selling prints and digital products like 3D models, and adds a Studios Directory on its $29.99/mo Studio plan.
Standalone builders give you your own site without competing feeds or daily upload limits. Adobe Portfolio pulls projects from Behance and Lightroom, while Cargo offers a site builder and a peer network. For fast personal sites, Carrd Pro Standard is $19 / year for up to 10 sites, and our Heya Pro Standard is $6 a month.
How you show work and hear from clients depends on the tool. ArtStation handles 4K/8K Images and 4K Video Clips. Carrd Pro plans include animated slideshows and take images and GIFs up to 16MB and videos up to 64MB, while Pro Standard and Pro Plus add contact forms and Stripe, PayPal, Gumroad, and Typeform widgets.
On Heya, you can upload up to 200 files per site and images up to 20 MB, which we resize to 2048 pixels on the long edge and convert to WebP. You can embed YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, SoundCloud, Calendly, and Google Maps, and link to 29 social networks, email, phone, and a website. For client inquiries, you can link a button to a Google Form or Tally form, while Behance Pro, Adobe Portfolio, ArtStation, and Carrd Pro Plus all let you password protect pages or projects.
We compared Behance, Dribbble, Adobe Portfolio, ArtStation, Cargo, Carrd, and Heya using verified plan pricing, fee structures, domain support, and portfolio features checked on October 29, 2026. The facts come from portfolio.adobe.com, artstation.com/subscribe, behance.net/pro, cargo.site, carrd.com/docs/pro/plans, carrd.com/pro, dribbble.com/pro, dribbble.com, heya.page/pricing, heya.page/docs.
Plans change often. If a number here is out of date, email hello@heya.page and we'll fix it.
Behance is a platform for publishing projects, using a job board, sending proposals, and selling assets, while Adobe Portfolio is a builder for a one-page or multi-page website. Adobe Portfolio imports your Behance projects directly and is included with a Creative Cloud subscription (from US$9.99 a month), or with Behance Pro (US$9.99/mo) to build up to 5 sites with custom domains.
Both have free plans, though Behance Free takes 15-30% transaction fees while Behance Pro (US$9.99/mo) drops fees to 0% for you and your clients. Dribbble's yearly-billed plans cost $4 per month (Lite), $8 per month (Standard), and $99 per month (Plus), with a 0% Designer Platform Fee on Standard and a 0% Client Platform Fee on Plus.
ArtStation is built for this, with a Marketplace for selling prints, tutorials, brushes, 3D models, and game assets. You keep up to 88% of digital product revenue on the lowest tier, and upgrading to ArtStation Pro (starting from $9.95/mo) bumps that up to 95% plus an extra 5% of the base price on prints.
Carrd Pro Standard costs $19 / year and covers up to 10 sites with custom domains and full SSL support. Our Heya Pro Standard plan costs $6 a month, and includes up to 5 sites and 1 custom domain per account, while Behance Pro includes custom domains through Adobe Portfolio for US$9.99/mo.
Yes, Heya Free costs $0 with no credit card and no time limit, giving you up to 3 sites with up to 5 pages each at yourname.heya.bio. You can start from any of the 68 templates on a phone or computer without an account, and sign in with Google when you are ready to publish.
Behance Pro (US$9.99/mo), Adobe Portfolio, ArtStation, and Carrd Pro Plus ($49 / year) all support password protection. Behance Pro also has link-only projects, and Adobe Portfolio lets you lock either selected pages or your whole website.
Start building your portfolio on Heya from a ready-made template with no account required, publish for $0 at yourname.heya.bio with up to 5 pages per site, or upgrade to Pro Standard for $6 a month to connect your custom domain.