Love Carrd?
Keep it. Unless you need more.
Carrd is the best tool in the world for a single, beautiful one-page site, and at $9 a year for Pro Lite nothing comes close on price. If that is what you want, stay on Carrd. Move to Portfolio only when one page is no longer enough: when you want a multi-page website you own, built from your resume in about a minute, with a matched designer resume and live ATS scoring. Both cases are laid out fairly below.
What Carrd is great at.
Quick facts so you can judge for yourself. These are Carrd's real, published prices. If a cheap, single, gorgeous page is the whole job, this is the tool.
Three sites, custom domain, forms. The best value one-page builder there is.
Ten sites and more widgets. Still cents per month for what it does.
Twenty-five sites, Google Analytics, extra embeds for power users.
Everything lives on a single scrolling page. That focus is the point, and its strength.
Carrd and Portfolio, judged fairly.
They are different tools for different jobs. Carrd wins on price and on the single, hand-crafted page. Portfolio wins when you want a full website drafted from a resume.
| Carrd | Portfolio | |
|---|---|---|
| Best at | One beautiful one-page site, cheaply | A multi-page website drafted from your resume |
| Price | From $9 / year, the clear winner on cost | A separate paid product for a bigger job |
| Structure | Single scrolling page | Multiple pages: work, about, projects, contact |
| How you build it | You design each block by hand | Paste a resume, get a full draft in about a minute |
| Resume tooling | None, it is a site builder | Matched designer resume, 48 layouts, live ATS scoring |
| Designs | Templates plus manual styling | 60 designs tuned for professional sites |
| Custom domain | Yes, on Pro plans | Yes, TLS handled automatically |
| API | No | REST API |
For one gorgeous page at $9 a year, keep Carrd. For a resume-driven website you own with several pages, that is what Portfolio is for.
When to stay on Carrd.
Portfolio is not a one-page builder and never will be. If a single tight page is what you want, Carrd is the better choice, and we will say so.
Move to Portfolio if you
- +Want a multi-page website with separate work, about, and contact pages, not one long scroll.
- +Have a resume to draft from and want the site built in about a minute rather than block by block.
- +Want a matched designer resume with live ATS scoring alongside the site.
- +Care that search engines and AI answer engines can read and cite every page.
Keep Carrd if you
- −Only need one beautiful page. Carrd is the better choice here, full stop.
- −Want the lowest possible price. At $9 a year, Carrd is unbeatable.
- −Enjoy hand-placing every block and want fine control over a single layout.
- −Are building a simple link page, event page, or coming-soon splash.
Carrd questions, answered.
Straight answers about the difference and when each tool wins.
Is Portfolio cheaper than Carrd?
No. Carrd starts at $9 a year for Pro Lite, and for a single one-page site nothing is cheaper. Portfolio is a separate paid product aimed at a bigger job: a multi-page website drafted from your resume with a matched resume and ATS scoring. If price for one page is your priority, stay on Carrd.
Can Carrd build a multi-page site?
Carrd is designed around a single scrolling page, and it is excellent at that. If you want distinct pages for work, about, projects, and contact, that is where Portfolio fits, because it drafts a multi-page site from your resume in about a minute.
How does Portfolio build a site so fast?
You paste your resume and it drafts the pages, the copy, and a matched designer resume for you. See resume to portfolio for exactly how a resume becomes a complete website.
Do both let me use my own domain?
Yes. Carrd supports a custom domain on its Pro plans, and Portfolio connects a custom domain with TLS handled automatically. On that specific point they are comparable.
Does Portfolio help with the resume itself?
Yes, and Carrd does not, because Carrd is a site builder. Portfolio gives you 48 resume layouts and live ATS scoring so an applicant tracking system can read your resume. You can try the free ATS score checker before you build anything.
Should I switch away from Carrd?
Only if you have outgrown one page. Carrd remains the best value one-page builder available. Switch to Portfolio when you want a full website you own, built from a resume, not when a single page still does the job.
Keep reading.
The product, how the resume becomes a site, and the free tool to check your resume.
Outgrown one page?
Start from your resume.
Keep Carrd for the single page it does so well. When you want a full multi-page website you own, paste your resume into Portfolio and get a site, a scored resume, and a matched cover letter in about a minute, with TLS handled for you.