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Kanvis vs a portfolio website.
A personal site is a project: pick a template, fill the sections, keep it hosted, remember to update it. A Kanvis profile is built by talking about your work, lives at kanvis.me/you, and answers questions about what is on it.
If you already have a site you love, link the two. Designers and developers often keep the site for the work itself and use the Kanvis page for the questions a recruiter asks about it.
| What | A personal website or portfolio builder | A Kanvis profile |
|---|---|---|
| Getting one | Choose a builder or a framework, pick a template, write every section yourself. | Upload a résumé and have a conversation. The page is drafted from what you say and you correct it. |
| Keeping it up | Hosting, a domain, and a site that quietly goes stale. | Nothing to host. Tell the profile what changed; the link stays the same. |
| What a claim is worth | Whatever you wrote in the template. Nothing on the page says where it came from. | Every entry links to the conversation that created it, so a claim can be traced rather than just trusted. |
| When a recruiter has a question | A contact form, and a wait. | They ask the page. It answers from your record, and only from your record. |
| Showing the work itself | The strength of a real site: case studies, galleries, live demos, laid out your way. | Projects, links and media on the page, with the story behind each one. For a heavy visual portfolio, keep the site and link it. |
| Cost | A builder subscription or a domain and hosting, plus your time. | Free for people looking for work. |
Is Kanvis a portfolio builder?
It builds a profile that works like a portfolio, without a template to fill: you talk about your work, the page is drafted from that, and you correct it. Projects, links and media sit on it alongside your experience.
Can I use Kanvis with my own website?
Yes. Many people keep a site for the visual work and use the Kanvis page for everything a recruiter asks about it. Link each from the other.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. The whole profile is built and edited in a conversation, and it is live at a kanvis.me link as soon as it is published.
Can I use my own domain?
Your page lives at kanvis.me/you. If you have a domain, point it at the page or link to it from your site.
New to Kanvis? Start with what Kanvis is. Hiring? Every applicant arrives already interviewed.