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Web App

Carrd

Simple one-page websites for portfolios and profiles, free to start.

Visit Carrd4.6

  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Web

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What is Carrd?

Carrd builds simple, responsive one-page websites for portfolios, profiles and landing pages. You can start for free with Carrd branding; Pro plans start at $9 a year and add more sites, custom domains and no branding, with a 7-day free Pro trial.

Pros: what Carrd does well

  • Very fast to build a clean one-page site
  • Free to start
  • Pro is cheap, from $9 a year

Cons: where it falls short

  • Free sites show Carrd branding
  • One-page format limits big portfolios

Who Carrd is for

Freelancers and creators who need a simple portfolio page fast.

Who can skip it

Studios that need a multi-page site with a CMS.

Carrd alternatives

Not sold on Carrd? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Personal Productivity resources

Silex

Focus: no-code, static sites and open source. Shares website builder with Carrd. Free (Carrd: Freemium). Rated 4.2 (Carrd: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.2Visit

BentoPDF

Focus: pdf tools, merge pdf and privacy. Also in Personal Productivity and Workflows, like Carrd. Free (Carrd: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Carrd: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Coolify

Focus: self-hosting, deployment and hosting. Also in Workflows and Personal Productivity, like Carrd. Free (Carrd: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Carrd: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.7Visit

Speakr

Focus: transcription, audio and self-hosted. Also in Personal Productivity and Workflows, like Carrd. Free (Carrd: Freemium). Adds Linux. Rated 4.7 (Carrd: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.7Visit

Spline

Focus: 3d design, 3d modeling and animation. Also in Workflows and Personal Productivity, like Carrd. Rated 4.7 (Carrd: 4.6).

Web AppFree planWeb
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to Carrd

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Vaultwarden

Focus: password manager, self-hosted and bitwarden. Also in Personal Productivity and Workflows, like Carrd. Free (Carrd: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Carrd: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.7Visit

Dashy

Focus: dashboard, start page and self-hosted. Also in Workflows and Personal Productivity, like Carrd. Free (Carrd: Freemium). Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Homarr

Focus: dashboard, homelab and self-hosting. Also in Personal Productivity and Workflows, like Carrd. Free (Carrd: Freemium). Adds Windows and Linux. Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Homepage

Focus: dashboard, start page and docker. Also in Workflows and Personal Productivity, like Carrd. Free (Carrd: Freemium). Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Insomnia Mockbin

Focus: api, mock server and http. Also in Workflows and Personal Productivity, like Carrd. Free (Carrd: Freemium). Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

OmniTools

Focus: online tools, file conversion and self-hosted. Also in Personal Productivity and Workflows, like Carrd. Free (Carrd: Freemium). Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit
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