Dribbble vs Himalayas Comparison 2026
Both cover hiring & freelancers. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Where designers show work and get hired
Remote jobs, plus the tools to apply for them
At a glance
- Himalayas starts cheaper, at $9.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Dribbble | Himalayas | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $150 | From $9 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Hiring & Freelancers, Design & Graphics | Hiring & Freelancers |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Dribbble
Where designers show work and get hired
Dribbble is the portfolio wall the design world actually looks at, and the hiring side of it lets you post a job free and pay a small percentage only when a project completes. Subscriptions exist for anybody hiring often enough to want to approach people directly. Designers list their own hourly rates in public, which makes it one of the few places you can price a job before writing the brief.
Our note
The free tier with a small completion fee is the right entry for almost every creator, and the subscriptions only pay off for regular hiring. Where this beats a general freelance marketplace is that the work is on display before you talk to anybody.
Only on this side
- Covers design & graphics
Himalayas
Remote jobs, plus the tools to apply for them
Himalayas lists remote roles and puts the application machinery beside them: a profile, a resume builder, cover letters, mock interviews and a tracker for what has been sent where. The free account covers the search and gives one of each AI tool to try. Paying turns those into unlimited and moves job alerts from weekly to daily. Companies pay separately to post, which is the other half of the site.
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