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Behance

Adobe's creative portfolio platform, where designers get discovered

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★4.4ratingPricing · FreeStable
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Low
Band
Saturation
Contested
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Wrapper risk
Low
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Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.4
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Behance does

Behance is Adobe's platform for showcasing creative work — 50M+ creatives sharing portfolios, case studies, and projects. Integrated with Creative Cloud, it's the go-to platform for designers building their professional reputation.

How Behance compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Behance does. Among the 3 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Dribbble at $8 a month and the median is $14. None of the 5 offers an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Behance. Behance offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Behance was founded in 2005; the alternatives were founded between 2002 and 2018, 1 of them earlier. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in Canada, Singapore and the United States.

Market position · Design

How Behance compares in Design

Behance has low opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 352 live Design tools on FalcoScan. Across Design, the average opportunity score is 52.4 and the average saturation score 41.5. FalcoScan rates Behance's own market position as contested. 54 of the 352 operating Design tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 23 shutdowns in the category.

Behance compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
BehanceFounded 2005LowContestedFree—YesNoWebStable
DribbbleFounded 2002 · Vancouver, CanadaLowContestedFreemium$8/moYesNoWebStable
ColorHuntFounded 2016LowOpenFree—YesNoWebStable
Dribbble Design AIFounded 2009 · Vancouver, CanadaModerateContestedFreemium—YesNoWebRising
MobbinFounded 2018 · SingaporeLowOpenFreemium$14/moYesNoWebStable
Adobe SenseiFounded 2016 · San Francisco, United StatesLowContestedPaid$20/moNoNoWeb, DesktopStable

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Design.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Behance exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Portfolio Hosting
Industry Verticals
Design
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Questions

Behance: common questions

Is Behance free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Behance as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Behance?

The closest alternatives to Behance that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Dribbble, ColorHunt, Dribbble Design AI, Mobbin, and Adobe Sensei.

Is Behance still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Behance as operating at behance.net.

Does Behance have an API?

FalcoScan's records show no public API for Behance.

Who is Behance for?

Behance is built for designers.

How do I sign in to Behance?

Sign in on Behance's own website, behance.net. FalcoScan reviews Behance but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Behance directly.

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