Plainfolio vs Cargo

Cargo is a design focused site builder loved by artists and designers who want a distinctive, highly customized site. Plainfolio is for people who do not want to design at all. Cargo gives you far more creative control; Plainfolio gives you a finished photo site in minutes, for free.

	Plainfolio	Cargo
Price	Free, or $1.99 a month for Pro	$14 a month billed yearly, or $19 billed monthly
Free plan	Yes, free forever: 50 MB (about 30 to 35 photos), 3 categories	No free plan listed
Setup	About two minutes: email, site name, upload	Start from a template and customize the design
Templates	None. 7 plain layouts free, more with Pro, plus your own colors, font, and bio	Yes, design focused and very flexible
Photo grid	Automatic justified grid that fits every photo's shape, no cropping	Flexible layouts you arrange yourself
Style	Deliberately old school, like a 2005 website	Experimental, designer oriented
Your own domain	Yes, by forwarding your domain to yourname.plainfolio.site (the address bar then shows the plainfolio address)	Yes, one custom domain included
Online store	No	Yes, as an add on ($5.50 a month billed yearly)

Choose plainfolio if

You do not want to design anything
You want a free portfolio
You want your photos arranged for you automatically

Choose Cargo if

You want an unusual, fully custom design
You want your own domain to stay in the address bar
You want to sell work from your site

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Cargo prices and features checked on their website in September 2026. Cargo is a trademark of its owner and is named here only to identify it.

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