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Toptal

Part-Time, Full-Time, and Hourly Options
Service Fee Starts at $500
Elite Freelancer Screening Process

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7.0 Overall Score

26 User Reviews 7 months ago

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Toptal

7.0

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26 User Reviews

Part-Time, Full-Time, and Hourly Options
Service Fee Starts at $500
Elite Freelancer Screening Process

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Upwork (formerly oDesk)

4.5M freelancers
1.5M jobs posted

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5.9 Overall Score

132 User Reviews 21 days ago

Upwork (formerly oDesk)

5.9

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132 User Reviews

4.5M freelancers
1.5M jobs posted

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PeoplePerHour

38,000+ jobs posted
180,000+ freelancers
Tiered commission structure

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5.1 Overall Score

21 User Reviews a year ago

PeoplePerHour

5.1

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21 User Reviews

38,000+ jobs posted
180,000+ freelancers
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Field Nation

Excellent dashboard for freelance management
24/7 customer support
Lack of guarantees for freelancers

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5.1 Overall Score

20 User Reviews 2 months ago

Field Nation

5.1

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20 User Reviews

Excellent dashboard for freelance management
24/7 customer support
Lack of guarantees for freelancers

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Freelancer

3% bill rate fee
10M registered freelancers

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4.6 Overall Score

23 User Reviews 7 months ago

Freelancer

4.6

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23 User Reviews

3% bill rate fee
10M registered freelancers

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99designs

Pioneers of the Design Contest.
100% Money Back Guarantee.
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1 User Reviews a year ago

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99designs

1 User Reviews

Pioneers of the Design Contest.
100% Money Back Guarantee.
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FlexJobs

1.3 million Freelancers
Freelancers charged monthly membership fee

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0 User Reviews

FlexJobs

0 User Reviews

1.3 million Freelancers
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CraigsList

735 Freelancers
491 Jobs Posted

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3 User Reviews a year ago

CraigsList

3 User Reviews

735 Freelancers
491 Jobs Posted

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Unknown number of Freelancers
Service fees start at $1.75/click

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3 User Reviews a year ago

3 User Reviews

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Service fees start at $1.75/click

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Simply Hired

Unknown # of Freelancers
$99 to post for 30 days

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0 User Reviews

Simply Hired

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Toptal

Toptal

Upwork (formerly oDesk)

Upwork (formerly oDesk)

PeoplePerHour

PeoplePerHour

Field Nation

Field Nation

Freelancer

Freelancer

99designs

99designs

FlexJobs

FlexJobs

CraigsList

CraigsList

LinkedIn

LinkedIn

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Simply Hired