Formed in 2015 from the Elance and oDesk merger, Upwork is the largest freelance marketplace, putting sourcing, contracts, milestones, and payments in one system with a flat fee since 2023, well suited to long-term remote collaboration.
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Freelance Marketplace providers
Freelance and outsourcing marketplaces for webmasters, covering development, design, content and operations talent.
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⚡ Automation · 70
☁️ Cloud Server · 355
🚀 CDN Acceleration · 74
✅ Productivity · 99
🌐 Domain Registration · 147
📝 CMS · 114
💳 Payment Platform · 275
🛡️ Security · 111
📊 Analytics · 54
🤖 AI Platform · 71
💬 Communication · 196
🎨 Design Assets · 94
💰 Ad & Affiliate Monetization · 6
🗄️ Backend & Database (BaaS) · 1
📧 Email Service · 98
🔍 SEO & Marketing · 48
🛠️ Developer Tools · 64
📈 Monitoring & Observability · 63
⚖️ Compliance & Legal · 6
💾 Backup & Migration · 6
👥 Community & Forum · 6
🧪 Testing & Optimization · 6
📋 Form & Survey · 6
🤝 Freelance Marketplace · 6
🔤 Web Fonts · 6
🖼️ Media Optimization · 6
📉 Data Visualization & BI · 6
Freelance Marketplace
Founded in 2010 in Tel Aviv, Fiverr productises services as gigs across 700+ categories where orders close instantly, ideal for standardised outsourcing, with price competition and templated delivery as the main limits.
Founded in 2010 in San Francisco, Toptal accepts only engineers, designers, and finance specialists who pass rigorous screening at single-digit acceptance rates, matching them through advisors on weekly or monthly billing for mid-term roles.
Founded in 2007 in London, PeoplePerHour supports both packaged Hourlies and brief-based proposals with a UK and European base, offering fewer bids and more direct communication for small projects needing overlapping hours.
Founded in 2008 in Melbourne and acquired by Vista in 2021, 99designs runs design contests where clients receive dozens of concepts and pay only the winner, fitting direction-exploration work such as logos and packaging.
Freelancer.com began as GetAFreelancer in 2004 and is headquartered in Sydney, built around bidding and contests, fitting budget-sensitive standardised tasks while bidding credits and paid features raise real cost per job.