Journo Portfolio
Purpose-built portfolio builder for journalists. Import clips by URL, auto-screenshot backups, custom domain — starting at $0.
What should journalists know about Journo Portfolio?
Journo Portfolio does one thing well: get a journalist's clips online fast. Paste a URL, and it extracts the title, publication date, image, and description automatically. The Pro plan adds screenshot backups of every clip — not full-text like Authory, but enough to prove the work existed if the original goes offline. At $96/year for Pro (or $60/year for Plus), it undercuts Authory ($144/year) and avoids the complexity of WordPress. 250,000 users since 2012 is a real number, though most are on free or Plus plans. The free tier is genuinely usable — 10 items and a subdomain gets a student or early-career journalist online immediately. Compared to Muck Rack's free portfolio, Journo Portfolio does not monetize your data to PR firms. Compared to Squarespace ($192/year for Personal), it is cheaper and purpose-built for clip portfolios rather than generic websites. The tradeoff is design ceiling. Eight pre-built themes with customizable colors, fonts, and layouts — fine for a professional portfolio, limiting if you want a full website. The content builder handles pages, blogs, and collections, but it is not WordPress. For most working journalists who need clips online with a custom domain, Pro at $96/year is the sweet spot.
Journalists and freelance writers who need a clean portfolio site with minimal setup. Students and early-career reporters on tight budgets. Writers who want screenshot backups of clips without paying for full archival. Anyone who needs a portfolio in minutes, not hours.
Writers who need full-text searchable archives of their work — Authory is better for that. Journalists who want deep design customization or a full website beyond a portfolio. Publications or teams that need multi-user CMS features. Photographers or designers who need high-resolution image galleries — dedicated visual portfolio tools like Adobe Portfolio or Format are better.
Security & Privacy
Data is scrambled while being sent to their servers
Data is scrambled when stored on their servers
Where servers are located — affects which governments can request your data
Privacy policy summary
Collects name, email, billing address, social media profiles, IP addresses, browser type, geolocation, and device info. Payment processing through Stripe, PayPal, and Paddle — Journo Portfolio does not store card numbers. Uses Plausible Analytics (privacy-friendly, no cookies) and Intercom for support. Shares data with hosting providers, payment processors, and legal authorities when required. Account data deleted within 14 days of account deletion. UK GDPR applies. No mention of selling data to third parties or AI training.
How to protect yourself:
Export your portfolio content periodically — the platform does not advertise a bulk export feature, so save copies of your clip URLs and descriptions locally. Use a custom domain (Pro plan) so your URL is portable. Screenshot backups are automatic on Pro, but keep your own local copies of critical clips. Understand that Journo Portfolio controls your site's availability — if the company shuts down, your subdomain and hosted content go with it. A custom domain mitigates this. Password protection (Pro) is useful for sensitive portfolios shared with specific editors.
Standard web platform security with TLS in transit. UK jurisdiction with ICO registration provides GDPR-equivalent protections. Uses Plausible Analytics instead of Google Analytics — a privacy-positive choice that avoids cookie tracking. Payment processing is handled by Stripe, PayPal, and Paddle — no card data stored by Journo Portfolio. The privacy policy is honest about its limits: acknowledges no method of electronic storage is 100% secure. For journalists, the main risk is platform dependency on a small bootstrapped company with a single director. Use a custom domain and keep local backups of your clips.
Who Owns This
Known issues
Screenshot backups are not full-text archives — if you need the actual article content preserved, Authory or manual local backups are necessary. No bulk export tool is prominently documented, which creates some lock-in risk. The free plan's 10-item limit and subdomain-only restriction push users toward paid plans quickly. The platform started as journalism-focused but now markets to photographers, designers, and beauticians — the journalism-specific features have not deepened as much as the general website-builder features have broadened.
Pricing
Free: 10 portfolio items, 1 page, journoportfolio.com subdomain. Plus: $8/month or $5/month billed annually ($60/year) — 50 items, 5 pages. Pro: $12/month or $8/month billed annually ($96/year) — 1,000 items, 10 pages, custom domain, article backups, password protection, auto-imports, 120 min video/audio hosting. Unlimited: $18/month or $14/month billed annually ($168/year) — unlimited everything, 240 min media hosting, product sales, priority support. 50% student discount. 50% off additional portfolio sites. 7-day Pro trial on signup. 29 currencies supported.
This is an editorial assessment based on publicly available information as of 2026-04-03, using our published methodology. Independent security review is pending. Security posture can change at any time. This is not a guarantee of safety.
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