Yeah screw paying money for a profolio script.

If you are pressed for time or just want to put something up, just manaully put the pages up. Unless you have some HUGE profolio it shouldn't be much of an issue.

The best alternative, I think, would be to write your own script. It will be a good learning experience and it really wouldn't be that hard. You don't need to know anything really advanced to make a script like this, review a PHP book or a few tutorials and you will be off in no time. Granted your not going to get an ideal perfect script your first time, but its all about trial and error, and learning the process. Then if you feel like you scripted yourself a nice little script and you would like others to give you some feedback or improve on it... you can just post it on sourceforge or hotscripts (hell even on these forums!).

just my 2c.

cheers