Wix builds any site.
Portfolio builds yours, from a resume.
Wix is a broad website builder with a huge app marketplace, and from about $17 a month it will make almost any kind of site: a shop, a booking page, a restaurant, a blog. That breadth is its strength. But a resume site is a narrow job, and Wix still starts you at an editor and a template. Portfolio starts at your resume: paste it and get a multi-page site in about a minute, plus a matched designer resume with live ATS scoring. If you need a general site, Wix is the safer bet. For a resume site fast, keep reading.
What Wix is great at.
A fair account before the comparison. Wix is one of the broadest builders around, and the strengths below are real.
Shops, bookings, blogs, events, portfolios. If it is a website, Wix can make it.
Add chat, payments, memberships, and more from a large add-on ecosystem.
Paid plans add a custom domain and remove Wix branding. Reasonable for the range.
You pick a template and fill the editor. Flexible, but still a build from a blank base.
Wix and Portfolio, judged fairly.
One is broad, one is specific. Wix wins on breadth and its app marketplace. Portfolio wins on turning a resume into a site, fast, with a scored resume.
| Wix | Portfolio | |
|---|---|---|
| Best at | Any kind of site, plus an app marketplace | Turning a resume into a professional site |
| Scope | General builder for shops, blogs, bookings | Focused on personal and resume sites |
| How you start | Pick a template, fill the editor | Paste a resume, get a full draft |
| Time to a draft | An afternoon of editing | About a minute |
| Resume tooling | None, it is a website builder | Matched designer resume, 48 layouts, live ATS scoring |
| Cover letter | No | A matched cover letter drafted alongside |
| Add-ons | Large app marketplace | Focused feature set, no marketplace |
| Custom domain | Yes, on paid plans | Yes, TLS handled automatically |
Need a shop, a booking flow, or a general site? Wix and its marketplace are the better fit. Need a resume site and a scored resume in a minute? That is Portfolio.
When to choose Wix.
Portfolio is not a general website builder and does not want to be. If you need breadth or the app marketplace, Wix is the better pick, and we will say so.
Move to Portfolio if you
- +Want a personal or resume site and would rather start from your resume than a template.
- +Want it drafted in about a minute instead of an afternoon in an editor.
- +Want a matched designer resume, live ATS scoring, and a cover letter with the site.
- +Prefer a focused tool for one job to a broad builder with many settings.
Keep Wix if you
- −Are building a shop, a booking page, or a general business site. Wix wins here.
- −Rely on its app marketplace for payments, chat, memberships, or bookings.
- −Want one platform to cover many different kinds of pages over time.
- −Have no resume to draft from and are starting your content from scratch.
Wix questions, answered.
Straight answers about scope, speed, and when each tool earns the job.
Is Portfolio cheaper than Wix?
They price for different jobs. Wix starts around $17 a month for a broad website platform with an app marketplace. Portfolio is a separate paid product focused on turning a resume into a site with a scored resume. If you need a general site, Wix's breadth may be worth its price.
Can Portfolio build a shop like Wix?
No, and it is not meant to. Wix and its marketplace cover shops, bookings, and memberships. Portfolio does one thing: it turns your resume into a multi-page personal site and a scored designer resume, fast.
How fast is Portfolio compared to Wix?
About a minute from a pasted resume to a full draft, versus an afternoon of template editing in Wix. See resume to portfolio for how the resume becomes a complete website.
Does Wix score my resume?
No, because Wix is a website builder. Portfolio gives you 48 resume layouts and live ATS scoring so an applicant tracking system can read your resume. Try the free ATS score checker first.
Do both support a custom domain?
Yes. Wix connects a custom domain on its paid plans, and Portfolio connects one with TLS handled automatically. On that point they are comparable.
Should I switch from Wix to Portfolio?
Only if the job is a resume site. Wix stays the better choice for a general website or a shop. Portfolio is for people who want a resume-driven site and a scored resume without building one from a template.
Keep reading.
The product, how a resume becomes a site, and the free tool to check your resume.
Skip the template.
Start from your resume.
Keep Wix for the broad sites it does so well. When the job is a resume site, paste your resume into Portfolio and get a multi-page site, a scored resume, and a matched cover letter in about a minute, with TLS handled for you.