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Both cover hiring & freelancers. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Codeable | Contra | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $420 | From $29 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Billing | Usage-based | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | None |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Hiring & Freelancers, Website Builders | Hiring & Freelancers, Creator Finance |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Vetted WordPress developers at a published rate
Codeable is a hiring service for WordPress work with the rate written on the page rather than bid down in an auction. You describe the job, a few vetted developers estimate it, and the price lands inside a band the site tells you in advance. That suits somebody who wants their site fixed rather than a hiring process.
Our note
This is the expensive end of WordPress help and the honest one, since the rate is on the page instead of at the bottom of a negotiation. Use a general marketplace when the job is small and Codeable when breaking the site would cost you more than the quote.
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Freelance profiles and payments with no commission
Contra takes nothing out of what a client pays you, which is the whole pitch and a real difference from the marketplaces that take ten or twenty percent. What it charges instead is a flat platform fee per payment, capped, and a subscription that halves the cap. The work board is smaller than Upwork's, so most people arrive with a client already.
Our note
On a $5,000 project Contra's capped fee is a rounding error and Upwork's percentage is several hundred dollars. On a $200 one the maths reverses. Work out which side of that line your invoices sit on before picking.
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