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Freelance profiles and payments with no commission

Contra takes no commission on the payment at all, from $29, keeping more of a repeat hire's rate than a marketplace charging a service fee.

Freelance marketplace with a lower job fee

Guru charges a lower job fee than most marketplaces, from $11.95, worth checking against Upwork's own service fee before posting.

Bidding for freelance work at scale

Freelancer.com runs the same bidding model at a much larger scale, from $4.99, more competition on price for the same job post.

Freelance creatives, free to post a brief

Twine publishes project price ranges upfront, so the cost is known before writing the job description, and its service fee drops the more you rehire the same freelancer.

Where designers show work and get hired

Dribbble is portfolio-first, designers already showing finished work rather than bidding on a job post, from $150.

Hire an editor abroad without a company there

Deel handles paying somebody abroad without setting up a company there, from $49, built for compliance rather than for finding the person in the first place.

A remote job board with one flat fee

Dynamite Jobs posts a role for one flat fee of $399 rather than a percentage-based marketplace, aimed at a hire rather than a project.

Vetted WordPress developers at a published rate

Codeable only lists vetted WordPress developers at a published rate, from $420, narrower and pre-screened rather than Upwork's open field.

Run a design contest, pick the entry you like

99designs runs a contest where several designers submit entries and you pick the winner, from $249, a different mechanism than posting one job and hiring one person.