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8 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Startup job posts, free to publish
Wellfound posts a startup role for free the same way Twine posts a brief for free, but the roles are jobs at a company rather than one-off freelance creative work.
Bidding for freelance work at scale
Freelancer.com runs on bidding at a much larger scale, from $4.99, more competition on price for the same job posted once.
Freelance marketplace with a lower job fee
Guru charges a lower job fee than most marketplaces, from $11.95, worth checking against Twine's own service fee on the hire.
Post a remote role for a flat fee
Jobicy charges a flat $190 to post a remote role with no free tier, upfront cost against Twine's free posting and fee only once someone is hired.
Where designers show work and get hired
Dribbble is a portfolio-first place designers already use to get hired, from $150, browsing finished work rather than posting a job and waiting for proposals.
Freelance profiles and payments with no commission
Contra takes no commission on the payment itself, from $29, keeping more of what a repeat hire costs than a marketplace charging a service fee.
The freelance marketplace with the deepest bench
Upwork has the deepest bench of freelancers across every category, not just creative work, with a free tier to post and browse before paying anything.
Run a design contest, pick the entry you like
99designs runs a contest where several designers submit and you pick the winner, from $249, a different way to get a design than posting one job for one hire.