Below, we have assembled a comparison of Portfolio and the two other most common portal solutions on the market: the 'free' WordPress (read the shootout article) and the costly, cumbersome Sharepoint.

WordPress
As you can read in our article, WordPress is free to download and performs the function it was designed for very well: blogging. While it has been used successfully beyond that purpose, addressing many corporate portal needs, like simple e-commerce, can be challenging, if not impossible. As with most 'free' software, free ends when it comes to hosting, maintaining and customizing the software.

Sharepoint
Microsoft's flagship portal product has come a long way since its inception and, as always, excels as a document management solution when combined with the desktop functionality built into Microsoft Office. However, it still remains very complicated to configure and use, especially as compared to Portfolio. Add to this a relatively hefty price tag.