# A Behance alternative for designers who ship products

> makerhandle vs Behance for your portfolio: Behance brings discovery and Adobe Portfolio; makerhandle gives each shipped product a case study page.

Behance is where creative work gets discovered. If your work is products you designed and shipped, a page that shows them as products can do more.

## What Behance does well

Behance, part of Adobe, is the largest showcase for creative work: illustration, branding, photography, UI and more. Its big advantage is **discovery**. Projects can be featured in its galleries, people follow designers, and recruiters search it. A free account is enough to publish projects.

Behance Pro adds tools for selling and hiring, and includes **Adobe Portfolio**, a site builder that can publish up to five portfolio sites with your own domains. Behance's help center lists Pro from **$9.99 a month on an annual commitment**, varying by country (as of October 2026).

## Where it fits less well

Behance is built for visual work. A project there is a long scroll of images, which suits a brand identity or an illustration series. It suits a product less: the things a hiring manager or a customer wants to know about an app (is it live, what did you do, what came of it) have no fixed place.

And Behance is a network first. Your page sits next to everyone else's, with Behance's layout and links.

## Side by side

| | Behance | makerhandle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Best for | Visual and creative work, being discovered | Products you designed or built, with outcomes |
| Price | Free; Pro from $9.99 a month on annual billing | Free for 5 projects; Pro $20 a year |
| Project pages | Image-led project pages | Write-up, gallery of up to 12 images, role, timeline, tools, highlights, live links |
| Project status | No | Active, Building, Acquired, On hold, Discontinued |
| Verified revenue | No | Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Gumroad, RevenueCat or Shopify |
| Custom domain | Through Adobe Portfolio | Pro |
| Analytics | Project views and appreciations | Cookie-free visitors, sources, clicks |
| Discovery | Galleries, follows, search | A maker directory, but mainly your own links |

Behance details from its help center in October 2026.

## Case studies for products

On makerhandle each project gets a page of its own, laid out like a short case study: a Markdown write-up, a captioned gallery, your **role** and **timeline**, the tools you used, one-line **highlights** and links to the live product, a demo, the App Store or the source. A status shows whether it is still live. If it earns money, verified revenue is the strongest outcome you can show.

Job hunting? Turn on **Open to work** and each project page gets a button to your email or booking link. See [makerhandle for designers](https://makerhandle.com/for/designers) and [how to write a project case study](https://makerhandle.com/blog/how-to-write-a-project-case-study).

## When Behance is the better choice

Choose **Behance** if your work is visual, you want to be found by people browsing creative work, or you already pay for Creative Cloud and get Adobe Portfolio with it.

Choose **makerhandle** if your work is products, you want each one told as a case study with its outcome, and you want one link for your resume, on your domain, for $20 a year. Plenty of designers keep both: Behance for discovery, linked from a makerhandle page that tells the full story. For other builders, see [portfolio website builders compared](https://makerhandle.com/compare/portfolio-website-builders) and [makerhandle vs Dribbble](https://makerhandle.com/compare/dribbble).

## Sources

- [Behance help center: Behance Pro FAQ](https://help.behance.net/hc/en-us/articles/23707936129947-Behance-Pro-FAQ)

## Questions

### Is Behance free?

Yes, publishing projects on Behance is free. Behance Pro, which adds selling and hiring tools and Adobe Portfolio, is listed from $9.99 a month on an annual commitment, varying by country, as of October 2026.

### Can I use my own domain with Behance?

Through Adobe Portfolio, included with Behance Pro and some Creative Cloud plans. You buy the domain separately.

### Is makerhandle good for UX case studies?

Yes. Each project page has a write-up, a captioned gallery, your role, timeline, tools and highlights, which covers the structure most case studies follow.

### Is makerhandle affiliated with Behance or Adobe?

No. makerhandle is an independent product.

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Source: https://makerhandle.com/compare/behance
makerhandle: makerhandle is a link in bio for makers and founders: every project with its status and revenue verified from Stripe, Paddle and more.