Upwork vs Working Nomads Comparison 2026
Both cover hiring & freelancers. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
The freelance marketplace with the deepest bench
A remote job board with a paid tier
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Upwork | Working Nomads | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Not listed | From $17.95 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | 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 (they differ) | Web, iOS, Android | Web |
| Covers | Hiring & Freelancers, Creator Finance |
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.
Upwork
The freelance marketplace with the deepest bench
Upwork is where a creator goes to hire an editor, a thumbnail designer or a virtual assistant without knowing one already, and where a lot of those people find their first clients. Volume is the argument for it. The service fee comes off the freelancer's side and varies per contract, which makes rate comparison harder than it looks.
Only on this side
- Covers creator finance
Working Nomads
A remote job board with a paid tier
Working Nomads collects remote jobs across fifteen or so fields and mails a daily digest for the categories you pick. The public board is free and shows a subset; the subscription opens the rest along with filters and no advertising. For a freelancer between contracts it is a cheaper habit than most job boards charge for. Employers pay to post, which is the other half of the business.
Our note
Buy the monthly plan first and switch to annual only if the search runs past a few months, because the annual discount is calculated to make exactly that decision look wrong. The free board is worth subscribing to permanently either way, since the alerts cost nothing.
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