Thinking Outside the Binder: Online Portfolios for Professional Review
Online portfolios comparison
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+Viewbook
Looks like a website
Easy to upload and organize
Separate portfolio pages, albums
customize colors, fonts layouts
Enrich with rich media, social media, online store
great display on mobile and ipads
Long term use - Workflow with clients
Ulimited storage
+Viewbook- overview
In general, looks like a new, very sleek solution for a website looking portfolio and presentation of a designer work.
Pricing:
30 days for free$4/month Present your images in perfect galleries.
$9/ Month Single page portfolios, Remove Viewbook logo, higher res photos
$19/month Album, text and video pages , full customization, highest res, use your own domain
http://www.viewbook.com/
+Wix
Search Engine friendly
Super easy - choose a template, drag and drop
Can choose e-commerce template, design and sell
+Wix- overview
In general, looks like a great community, one can browse other portfolios easily, through categories.
Pricing:
$4.08/month connect your domain, 500mb storage
8.25/month no ads, 1GB storage
$12.42/month 2.5GB storage
$16.17/month online store
http://www.wix.com/
+Behance
Showcase and discover creative work
Job posting, have a marketplace for looking to hire.
Generic design (LinkedIn/facebook style).
Options to comment, share, like.
Can browse by people or projects.
Unlimited images, text, audio, and video
+Behance - overview
In general, looks very professional. The page will look more like linkedIn profile for studio/designers with options to comment, share like. Same design for all.
Can be great to get exposed and present some highlights and send people to your website.
Pricing: Free!
http://www.behance.net/
+And more…
Coroflot: another “browsable” platform:
http://www.coroflot.com/
Carbonmade: Super easy, simple customized to a degree (colors, layout) + matchmaking service for finding talent:
http://carbonmade.com/
Weebly: Easy website build, offers a way to connect to your clients, manage projects, add website features (blog, gallery, form, rich media), full html control and image editing tool:
http://www.weebly.com/