How to Build a Larger Webflow Portfolio Without Paying for Workspace Plans?

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Hi everyone,

I’m a UI/UX designer who recently started learning Webflow development. My goal is to create a proper Webflow portfolio by building my own designs directly in Webflow.

Right now, the biggest limitation I’m facing is with the Starter plan (free Workspace):

  • I only get 2 site slots.

    • One slot I usually use to clone sites from the marketplace for practice.

    • The other slot I want to dedicate to my own portfolio project.

  • I can archive projects, but I can’t unarchive them without upgrading.

  • I tried creating a second free Workspace, but it turns out each user can only have one free Workspace.

  • I also thought about uploading projects to Made in Webflow and then deleting them, but publishing to showcase requires a paid Workspace.

So far, the only workaround I’ve found is to subscribe to Dribbble Pro, which (according to their site: https://dribbble.com/pro) comes with a free Webflow Freelancer/Agency Workspace for 1 year. This is probably cheaper than paying Webflow directly, but it’s still not free.

:backhand_index_pointing_right: My question:
Does anyone know of a free (or much cheaper) way to build and showcase multiple Webflow portfolio projects, without immediately committing to a yearly paid Workspace plan?

Any advice, tips, or creative workarounds would be super appreciated! :folded_hands:

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Hello @Nuha_Maulana_Ahsan,

I hear you man, I’ve been there too. This is a trick I tried a while ago, I don’t know if it still works. So in the starter plan you can only have two sites and two pages per site right. If you clone a free template that has more than two pages, then you can overpass the two pages limitation for that site. So then each page can be a showcase for your portfolio. I hope this helps.

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Hi Nuha, I replied on Reddit as well.

I understand it’s not your ideal setup, but there are big advantages to just getting yourself a Freelancer plan. A portfolio of 2-page sites with limited CMS use just isn’t that cool looking and won’t showcase your talent well.

If you’re making this your career I’d definitely just bite the bullet there.

Once you have hosted client sites those hosted sites do not count against your unhosted-sites limit, and they will make a much better demonstration of your talent.

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Easiest free workaround is treating each page of a single project as a separate “mini-site” in your portfolio , basically a multipage showcase. I’ve also seen designers export screenshots or live-recordings of their builds and host them on Notion or Behance, then link out when needed.