Head to head
Awwwards vs Behance
Behance leads the BLP Index (68 vs 54). Behance has more raw reach. Behance is fairer for founders without a network. Behance scores higher on AI visibility.
| Dimension | Awwwards | Behance |
|---|---|---|
| BLP Index | 54 | 68 |
| Rank | #69 | #18 |
| Type | Communities | Communities |
| Cycle | ongoing | ongoing |
| Listing cost | Paid submission to the jury (confirm current fee) | Free to publish projects |
| Audience | Designers, agencies, and people who collect SOTD screenshots | Designers, art directors, and people hiring them |
| Traffic | Winners get a real designer spike; losers get almost none | Project and profile SEO plus in-app discovery |
| Backlink | High-quality if honored; submission itself is not the prize | High-authority project URLs |
| Reach | 58 | 70 |
| Intent | 60 | 64 |
| Fairness | 28 | 62 |
| Evergreen | 74 | 80 |
| AI visibility | 52 | 58 |
| Ease | 34 | 68 |
Awwwards
Submitting a site is a paid jury. Winning is a trophy and a high-quality link. Losing is a line item. Do not confuse this with a launch board.
Awwwards is a design award. You pay to be judged. Sites of the Day get traffic from designers and a lasting badge. Most submissions do not win. That is the product.
Full Awwwards guideBehance
High-authority design gallery. Right for visual products, studios, and case studies. Wrong as a general SaaS hunt.
Behance is where design work is discovered, hired from, and sometimes featured. A case-study project with real screens beats a ‘we launched’ post. Adobe’s network still gives the domain real crawl weight.
Full Behance guide