read.cv shut down.
Where to go now.
read.cv closed on 16 May 2025 after Perplexity acquired it, and Perplexity is not building a portfolio product, so its users are unclaimed. The honest move depends on what you used it for: pick Peerlist or Polywork for a profile inside a professional network, Contra if you freelance, FlowCV for a fast one-page profile, or Portfolio if you want a resume-driven multi-page website with a designer resume and ATS scoring. Each is compared fairly below.
The facts, with dates.
read.cv was a clean, well-liked professional profile network. Here is what happened to it, stated plainly, so you can decide what to do next with the full picture.
The service stopped operating on this date. Public profiles are no longer live at their old URLs.
The team joined Perplexity, an AI search company that is not building a portfolio or profile product.
While the service was live, the export lived under Manage Account, then Export Data. That path is gone now.
Custom .cv domains migrated to partners at Hello.cv from 31 January. Your domain itself is not lost.
Moving your profile, step by step.
The service has already closed, so some of this is recovery rather than a clean export. Work through it in order.
- Find any export you already made
If you used Manage Account, then Export Data before 16 May 2025, you have a copy of your content. Start there. That file is the fastest way to repopulate a new profile.
- Recover what you did not export
If you never exported, check the Internet Archive Wayback Machine for a saved copy of your public read.cv URL. Copy the text of your roles, projects, and links out of the archived page.
- Reclaim your .cv domain
If you had a custom .cv domain, follow the migration to Hello.cv, which took over .cv domains from 31 January. Point it at wherever you land next once that is set up.
- Choose a destination by what you need
Use the comparison below. A network profile, a freelance profile, a fast one-pager, and a full multi-page website are different things, and read.cv sat between them.
- Rebuild once, from your resume
Rather than retype everything, paste your resume into a tool that drafts the profile for you. If you choose Portfolio, one paste produces a site, a designer resume, and a cover letter.
The real alternatives, judged fairly.
These are the tools read.cv users are actually moving to. Each is genuinely good at something. The right pick depends on whether you want a network, a freelance profile, or your own website.
| Tool | Best for | Shape | Own domain | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peerlist | Developers and product people | Network profile | Profile URL | Active professional community and feed. |
| Polywork | Multi-hyphenate professionals | Network profile | Profile URL | Timeline of activities and collaborations. |
| Contra | Freelancers finding clients | Profile + marketplace | Profile URL | Commission-free freelance marketplace built in. |
| FlowCV | A fast, free one-page profile | One-page profile + resume | Paid | Quick resume and a simple public page. |
| Vitaely | A direct read.cv-style profile | Profile page | Paid | Positioned explicitly as a read.cv replacement. |
| Curvit | A simple hosted profile | Profile page | Paid | Another lightweight read.cv-style profile. |
| Reach and recruiter search | Network profile | Profile URL | The largest audience, but a walled garden you do not own. | |
| Portfolio | A website you own, from a resume | Multi-page site + resume | Yes, TLS automatic | Paste a resume, get a site plus a designer resume and live ATS scoring. |
If you want a community feed, Peerlist or Polywork will serve you better than we will. If you want a resume-driven multi-page site on your own domain, that is what Portfolio is for.
Where Portfolio is the wrong choice.
Portfolio is a resume-to-website tool, not a social network. If community is what you liked about read.cv, be honest with yourself and pick a network instead.
Move to Portfolio if you
- +Want a real multi-page website on your own domain, not a profile inside someone else’s network.
- +Have a resume or history to draft from and want it done in about a minute.
- +Want a designer resume with live ATS scoring alongside the site.
- +Care that search engines and AI answer engines can read and cite your pages.
Pick something else if you
- −Mainly want the community feed and discovery. Peerlist or Polywork keep that.
- −Are freelancing and want an integrated client marketplace. Contra is built for that.
- −Only need a single free one-page profile. FlowCV or a link tool is lighter.
- −Want the exact read.cv layout back. Vitaely and Curvit target that look directly.
Questions read.cv users ask.
Straight answers about the shutdown and where to move.
When exactly did read.cv shut down?
read.cv stopped operating on 16 May 2025. Its team was acquired by Perplexity, an AI search company. Public profiles are no longer served at their old URLs, so if you have not moved yet, start with recovery rather than a live export.
Can I still get my data out?
If you exported through Manage Account, then Export Data before the shutdown, use that file. If you did not, look for your public profile URL in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine and copy your content from the archived page. The in-product export path no longer exists.
What happens to my .cv domain?
Custom .cv domains migrated to partners at Hello.cv from 31 January, so the domain itself is not lost. Complete that migration, then point the domain at whichever destination you choose. Portfolio issues TLS automatically for a custom domain you connect.
Is there a direct read.cv replacement?
Vitaely and Curvit both position themselves as read.cv-style profile pages, so they are the closest to the original layout. If you want more than a single profile, a multi-page website you own, Portfolio drafts one from your resume, though it is a different kind of product.
Why is Portfolio not just another profile network?
Because read.cv was partly a network and partly a page, and we only do the page, done properly. Portfolio builds a website you own on your own domain, with a matched resume and ATS scoring. For the community side of read.cv, Peerlist and Polywork are the fair answer, and we will say so.
How do I check my resume before I rebuild?
Use our free ATS score checker. It runs in your browser, stores nothing, and shows what an applicant tracking system can read in your resume before you turn it into a site.
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The product, the free tool, and the other recent shutdown worth knowing about.
Rebuild it once,
from your resume.
Instead of retyping everything into a new profile, paste your resume into Portfolio and get a complete site, a scored resume, and a matched cover letter in about a minute. On your own domain, with TLS handled for you.