# Publish your portfolio to a link Go from portfolio to link without a host, a repository or a build step you have to keep working. Upload a static site, an HTML file or a ZIP and it is live at an HTTPS address in seconds. ## What does publishing a portfolio actually involve? Getting a folder of finished files onto a server that will serve them at a public address over HTTPS. That is all a portfolio site is once it has been built: HTML pages, a stylesheet, some scripts, and a lot of images. Everything else that gets attached to the phrase "publishing a site" is either a build step you run once or a deployment pipeline you do not need for something that changes four times a year. Which means the practical question is where your portfolio currently is. If it came out of a site builder or a design tool, you already have an export, usually a ZIP, and that is the upload. If you built it with a framework, run its build and upload the output folder; the deploy guides name the command and folder for 23 of them. If it is a set of images and a PDF case study, those publish directly too. The thing worth optimising is not the publish, it is the images. A portfolio is mostly photography or screenshots, and an uncompressed export can be several times the size of a well-exported one with no visible difference. That matters here because the free plan gives you 25 MB of storage, which is generous for a compressed portfolio and tight for an uncompressed one. ## How it works 1. **Upload the portfolio.** Drop a ZIP of your static site, a folder, or a single HTML file. The files are served exactly as you built them, with nothing recompressed or rearranged. 2. **Live in seconds.** No server to configure, no repository to connect and no build to run. The site is on its own HTTPS address as soon as the upload finishes. 3. **Move it to your domain.** From Pro the same site is served from a domain you own, with the certificate issued and renewed for you. ## What you get ### Whatever your portfolio was exported as Portfolios come out of a dozen different tools in a dozen different shapes. All of the common ones are accepted directly. - A ZIP or a folder from a site builder or design tool export. - A single HTML page, if that is genuinely all it is. - The build output of a framework project. See the deploy guides. - Images, video and PDF case studies alongside the site, 96 extensions in total. ### An address that is yours to keep A portfolio is a long-lived link. It goes on business cards, CVs, profile bios and applications, and it needs to still resolve in two years. - The free plan needs no card, and nothing has to be claimed after you publish. - From Pro at $15 a month, use a domain you own. - Certificates handled automatically on both. ### Updating it does not mean re-sharing it New work goes in, old work comes out, and nobody needs to be told about a new URL. - Upload a new export and it replaces what the address serves. - Up to 15 publishes a day on the free plan. - From Pro, an earlier version is one click away. ### Findable, or not, on purpose A portfolio usually wants to be found, and a work-in-progress usually does not. The default is the safe one. - Free sites are served noindex; indexing starts on Starter. - Visitor analytics from Pro, so you can tell whether an application link was opened. - Password protection from Starter for work that is not public yet. ## What the free plan includes A working portfolio runs on the free plan indefinitely. Search visibility is the one thing a portfolio usually wants that starts on a paid tier. - 1 live site on a real free plan, not a trial of a paid one, and no card to start. - Up to 25 MB per upload and 25 MB of storage across the account. - 5,000 visits and 5 GB of traffic a month. - HTTPS with a real certificate, issued and renewed for you. - Up to 15 publishes a day, so you can iterate without asking permission. - The deploy-time security check, which reads what you published and warns about a stray .env file, a .git folder, a private key or an API key left in your JavaScript. - A small Droply badge in the corner of the page. Removing it starts on Starter. - Free sites are served noindex, so search engines do not list them. Search visibility starts on Starter. ## Compared with Cloudflare Drop Cloudflare Drop launched in July 2026 and made drag a folder, get a URL free at a very large host. It is a good way to look at something quickly. These are the rows that matter for a portfolio, which is a link you keep. - **Is the link yours straight away?.** Droply: Yes. Publishing needs an account, so there is nothing to claim afterwards. Cloudflare Drop: No. The preview stays live for 60 minutes, then the deployment and its throwaway account both disappear unless claimed. - **Account needed to start.** Droply: Yes, before anything is published. Cloudflare Drop: No, but yes to keep the result. - **Single HTML file.** Droply: Accepted on its own. Cloudflare Drop: Documented as a folder or a zip. - **PDF and document hosting.** Droply: First class, with in-browser viewers and 96 accepted file types. Cloudflare Drop: Not a product feature. Static assets only: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images and fonts. - **Per-file size and file count.** Droply: 25 MB per upload on free, higher on paid tiers. Cloudflare Drop: 25 MiB per file and 1,000 files per upload. - **Custom domain.** Droply: From Pro, $15 a month. Cloudflare Drop: Available once claimed into a free Cloudflare account, as a Cloudflare Pages project. - **Password protection.** Droply: From Starter, enforced at the edge. Cloudflare Drop: Sites are public by default; no password option is documented for Drop. - **Security check on deploy.** Droply: Every publish, every plan. Cloudflare Drop: Not offered. Cloudflare Drop details checked 8 September 2026 against Cloudflare's July 8, 2026 launch and the limits published with it: a 60-minute preview, 1,000 files per upload, 25 MiB per file, static assets only, and a claim into a free Cloudflare account to keep the site and add a custom domain. Product features can change. ## When Droply is the wrong choice This publishes a portfolio you already have. It is not a portfolio builder, and there are cases where you want one. - You do not have a site yet and do not want to build one. A portfolio platform with templates and an editor will get you further faster. - You want clients to be able to comment on individual pieces, or to buy prints. That needs an application, not static files. - The portfolio is mostly video at original quality. Bandwidth allowances apply, and the pricing page lists them per tier. - You need a database, a login system, or code that runs on the server. Droply serves files; it does not execute your application. - You want a build to run on every push to a repository. Droply has no Git integration and no CI: you build locally and upload the result. - You are running WordPress or another PHP application. A static export of it can be hosted here, but the application itself cannot. ## Frequently asked questions ### How do I publish my portfolio? Export it as static files, zip them, and drop the archive on the uploader. It is served as a live site at its own HTTPS address in seconds, with no server or build step on our side. ### What can I upload? A ZIP of an exported site, a whole folder, or a single HTML file. Images, video and PDF case studies work alongside the site, 96 file extensions in total. ### Does it work with site builders and frameworks? Yes, as long as you upload the static export. A builder gives you a ZIP; a framework gives you an output folder after its build. The deploy guides name the command and folder for 23 frameworks. ### Is publishing a portfolio free? Yes: 1 site, 25 MB of storage and 5,000 visits a month, with no card. Note that free sites are served noindex, so a portfolio you want found needs a paid tier. ### Will my portfolio be found in Google? Only on a paid plan. Free sites carry a noindex header on purpose, to keep free subdomains worthless to spam farms. Indexing is enabled from Starter. ### Can I use my own domain? Yes, from Pro at $15 a month. Point a domain you own at the site and it is served from your address with HTTPS handled for you. ### How do I update my portfolio? Upload the new export and it is published at the same address, so the link on your CV and your profiles keeps working. From Pro you can also return to an earlier version. ### Is 25 MB enough for an image-heavy portfolio? For a well-compressed one, usually yes. Uncompressed exports from a design tool can be several times larger than they need to be with no visible difference, so it is worth exporting properly before you decide you need more storage. ### Can I keep part of it private? Password protection applies to a whole site, from Starter. For work that is not public yet, publish it as a separate site with its own password rather than trying to hide a page inside a public one. ## Related - [Resume to Link](https://droply.host/resume-to-link) - [Static Website Hosting](https://droply.host/static-website-hosting) - [Client Website Preview](https://droply.host/client-website-preview)