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Kanvis vs a portfolio website.
A personal site is a project. Pick a template, fill in 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’s on it.
A portfolio site is the best way to show work, and it’s also a project. Someone has to pick a template, write the copy, decide what makes the cut, find hosting and remember to pay for it, then do a version of all that again every time the work changes. Most portfolios are an accurate picture of the month they were built.
A Kanvis profile is put together by talking about the work rather than laying it out. You describe what you did and why, and the page builds itself under your handle at kanvis.me, with each entry traced back to the conversation that produced it. Adding the project you finished last week is a few more minutes of talking, not an afternoon of editing.
It also does something a site can’t do on its own. Someone reading it can ask a question and get an answer from your record. That’s the part of a portfolio review that usually has to wait for a call to be scheduled.
What you give up is pixel control, and for some people that’s the whole point of having a site. If the visual design is the work, keep the site. Use the Kanvis page to explain it, answer for it and carry you through an application, and put a link to your site on it. They’re not competing for the same job.
Side by side
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.
| A Kanvis profile | A personal website or portfolio builder | |
|---|---|---|
| Getting one | Upload a résumé and have a conversation. The page is drafted from what you say, and you correct it. | Choose a builder or a framework, pick a template, write every section yourself. |
| Keeping it up | Nothing to host. Tell the profile what changed and the link stays the same. | Hosting, a domain, and a site that quietly goes stale. |
| What a claim is worth | Every entry links to the conversation that created it, so a claim can be traced instead of just trusted. | Whatever you wrote in the template. Nothing on the page says where it came from. |
| When a recruiter has a question | They ask the page. It answers from your record. | A contact form, and a wait. |
| Showing the work itself | Projects, links and media on the page, with the story behind each one. For a heavy visual portfolio, keep the site and link it. | The strength of a real site: case studies, galleries, live demos, laid out your way. |
| Cost | Free for people looking for work. | A builder subscription or a domain and hosting, plus your time. |
Questions people ask
Is Kanvis a portfolio builder?
It builds a profile that works like a portfolio, without a template to fill in. You talk about your work, the page is drafted from that, and you correct it. Projects, links and media sit alongside your experience.
Can I use Kanvis with my own website?
Yes. Plenty of 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’s live at a kanvis.me link as soon as you publish it.
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.