Top 7 Upwork Competitors & Alternatives in 2025
Updated onFind more companies like Upwork. We've shortlisted leading alternatives and mapped their strengths, pricing, and go-to-market focus.
Upwork
Best for SMBsLarge, general freelance marketplace that connects businesses with independent professionals across development, design, and many other categories.
Competitors
#1Est. 2010 • 1k+ employees • PublicFiverr (websites & eCommerce)
Best for consumersOn-demand marketplace for low-to-mid budget website design, WordPress and WooCommerce services from freelancers.
Starts at $5 / per gig / other
#2Freelancer.com
Global online marketplace that connects businesses and freelancers for project work, contests, and hourly engagements across software, design, writing, marketing and many other categories.
Starts at $4.99 / per account / monthly
#3Est. 2010 • 1k+ employeesToptal
Best for enterprisesA premium talent marketplace that matches companies with rigorously vetted software engineers, designers, and finance experts.
#4PeoplePerHour
PeoplePerHour is a UK-based online freelance marketplace that connects businesses (buyers) with freelancers for hourly and fixed‑price project work and manages payments and collaboration through its platform.
#5Guru
Guru is an online freelance marketplace connecting employers with freelance professionals via job postings, quotes, collaborative WorkRooms, and SafePay-secured payments.
Starts at $0
#699designs
99designs is an online creative marketplace that connects businesses with a global community of freelance designers through design contests and direct-hire services for logos, branding, web and other design projects.
Starts at $299 / per project (contest)
#7FlexJobs
Subscription-based job board that curates and vets remote, flexible, and freelance job listings and provides career resources for professionals worldwide.
Starts at $2.95 / other
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