Portfolio builders
Cliux vs Carbonmade
Pick Cliux if you want to place every element yourself on a freeform canvas and sell, take bookings or gate work for members from the same site. Pick Carbonmade if you want a portfolio assembled from blocks, with unlimited uploads and a trial that never expires.
In Carbonmade’s own words: “A portfolio that sells your work while you sleep.”
Side by side
What each product offers
Every figure in the right-hand column links to the page it was read on and the day it was read. Cliux figures are read from the product's own catalogue.
| Feature | Cliux | Carbonmade |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest paid plan | $9 a month per published site, or $90 a year; building and previewing is free | Beginner: $9.99 a month (the page states a saving of about 20% on annual billing without printing the annual figure)[1] |
| Free plan | Free to build and preview with a password-protected share link. A personal site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $9 a month. An agency's Starter plan is free and publishes 2 client sites; Agency and Scale add sites and seats. | No free plan for a live site; the trial has no time limit and you pay when you go live[2] |
| Fees on your sales | 0% platform commission on any sale; payments go to your own Stripe account and Stripe's processing fee applies | not found on official pages (no selling feature is listed)[3] |
| Editor model | Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout | Pages are built by stacking and rearranging premade blocks; the mobile layout is automatic[3] |
| Sites per plan | Personal: as many sites as you publish, $9 a month each; Starter: free, 2 client sites and 2 seats; Agency $49 a month for 15 client sites and 10 seats; Scale $99 a month for unlimited client sites and unlimited seats | Plans are per portfolio; no multi-site or workspace feature is listed[1] |
| Team seats and client access | Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles with 8 permission keys | not found on official pages (no seats or roles on the pricing or features page)[1] |
| Selling online | Online Store: physical and digital products, card or bank transfer, shipping zones, stock, discount codes; no product variants | not found on official pages (no store or selling feature is listed)[3] |
| Blog | Blog with categories, tags, authors, comments and scheduling | not found on official pages[3] |
| Forms | Forms with a submissions inbox, spam filtering, email alerts and webhooks | not found on the current features page; a legacy help page describes a contact section[3] |
| Custom code | Page code panel in the editor: your own JavaScript, addressing elements by name, in a sandbox; no server-side code | Partial: iframe embed codes for video and prototype services can be pasted into a block[4] |
| Custom domain | Connect a domain you already own: two DNS records (@ and www) pointing at Cliux, certificate issued for you; every site also keeps a Cliux address | Connect your own domain; the help centre marks it a PRO+ feature[5] |
| AI site generation | None | not found on official pages[3] |
| Starting points | 11 design themes x 8 site types, then change anything | No themes by design; layouts are mixed from blocks[6] |
| Code export | None | not found on official pages; the Terms grant export of your content, not of site code[7] |
| Support | Limited support on Beginner, priority support on Professional and Unlimited; the channel found is email[1] | |
| Pages or projects per plan | One-click publish with version history and rollback; up to 200 pages per site | 8 projects on Beginner, 50 on Professional, unlimited projects and pages on Unlimited[1] |
| Views per month | Hosted by Cliux on a Cliux subdomain; no published uptime figure | Unlimited bandwidth is stated; no view cap is published[3] |
| Client proofing | Password-protected share previews with an expiry and a comment thread for whoever reviews; no per-image proofing galleries | not found on official pages; the access control listed is a whole-portfolio password[8] |
Where they lead
Where Carbonmade is stronger
Where we differ
Where Cliux is different
Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout
11 built-in apps on every published site, no per-tier ladder: Blog, Online Store, Bookings, Events, Restaurant, Community, Donations, Members Area, Paid Subscriptions, Forms, Smart Chat
0% platform commission on any sale; payments go to your own Stripe account and Stripe's processing fee applies
One-click publish with version history and rollback; up to 200 pages per site
Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles with 8 permission keys
Starter: free, 2 client sites and 2 seats; Agency $49 a month for 15 client sites and 10 seats; Scale $99 a month for unlimited client sites and unlimited seats
Moving over
How a move from Carbonmade works
There is no import tool. This is what a switch involves, step by step.
There is no import tool. Open the Carbonmade portfolio beside a new Cliux site and rebuild each project page on the canvas; download your images from Carbonmade first, since Cliux reads no export.
Publish on your free Cliux address, share the password-protected preview with whoever signs off, and keep the old site live until you are happy.
Point your own domain at Cliux: two DNS records, and the certificate is issued for you; the Cliux address keeps working beside it.
Frequently asked questions
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Cliux: elements keep the pixel position and size you give them, with a derived, tunable phone layout. Carbonmade stacks premade blocks and lays the mobile page out automatically.
On Cliux, yes: a built-in store, bookings and paid memberships with 0% commission. No selling or booking feature was found on Carbonmade's official pages.
A personal site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $9 a month. An agency's Starter plan is free and publishes 2 client sites; Agency and Scale add sites and seats. Carbonmade has no free plan for a live site, but its trial has no time limit and you pay when you go live.
Uploads are not the meter on Cliux plans; a published site holds up to 200 pages. Carbonmade states unlimited image and video uploads on every plan.
On Cliux agency plans, yes, with seats and per-site client access. No seats or roles were found on Carbonmade's pricing or features page.
Get started
Build it on the canvas, then decide.
Building and previewing costs nothing. Publishing with your own domain is $9 a month on a personal site, and the agency Starter plan publishes 2 client sites for free.
Sources (8) and editor’s note, checked on 2026-09-18
- [1]carbonmade.com › pricing
- [2]help.carbonmade.com › article › 27-do-you-have-a-free-plan
- [3]carbonmade.com › features
- [4]help.carbonmade.com › article › 41-do-you-support-video-embeds
- [5]help.carbonmade.com › article › 20-how-can-i-connect-my-own-domain
- [6]help.carbonmade.com › article › 23-why-can-i-not-change-my-theme
- [7]carbonmade.com › terms
- [8]help.carbonmade.com › article › 35-how-to-password-protect-my-portfolio
Editor’s note: the facts on this page were checked on 2026-09-18 against Carbonmade’s own pages; prices and plans change, and the other product’s site is the authority on itself. Not read on official pages: Annual prices: the page shows monthly figures and an "Annually Save ~20%" toggle without printing the annual numbers; SSL and CDN: no official statement found; The help centre articles are dated 2020 and 2021 and use older plan names; Selling, blog, bookings, memberships, team seats, code export and AI: recorded as not found on official pages. Carbonmade is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Carbonmade. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.