What is Cargo used for?

Cargo is a hosted builder of portfolio sites aimed at designers and artists, helping creative people show their work, find clients and join a network of peers. It is a good fit for designer portfolios for finding clients and artists presenting a body of work.

Is Cargo open source?

No. Cargo is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Cargo include WordPress, Instatic and Webstudio.

What are some alternatives to Cargo?

Cargo competes with Pixpa, Readymag and Framer. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Cargo alternatives.

Cargo: features, pricing and alternatives

About Cargo

Cargo is a commercial hosted site builder made for designers and artists. The vendor says it is interested in two things: helping creative people secure jobs and clients by showing their work, and displaying work in general. It also hosts a network of peers to share well-made sites.

Users make a site from templates and can browse a gallery of other people's sites for inspiration, with community and information pages available from the main navigation. Cargo is operated as a hosted service, so nothing is installed on your own servers, and it suits illustrators, photographers, graphic designers and other creatives who need a portfolio presence.

Key features

Portfolio site builder
Site templates for creative work
Gallery of sites for inspiration
Network and community of designers

Good fit for

→Designer portfolios for finding clients
→Artists presenting a body of work

Tags: website-builder; portfolio; design; artists; templates; community; saas

Cargo: questions and answers

What is Cargo used for?: Cargo is a hosted builder of portfolio sites aimed at designers and artists, helping creative people show their work, find clients and join a network of peers. It is a good fit for designer portfolios for finding clients and artists presenting a body of work.
Is Cargo open source?: No. Cargo is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Cargo include WordPress, Instatic and Webstudio.
What are some alternatives to Cargo?: Cargo competes with Pixpa, Readymag and Framer. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Cargo alternatives.