A quick benchmark on freelancing platforms online
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Freelance Platforms Analysis
07 – 04 - 2016Luca Maran
07 – 04 - 2016
Introduction
This analysis is focused on a comparison between the main freelance platforms available. After a general overview highlighting the differences in the main KPIs, we are going to shift the focus on the API that some of these platforms offer.
• UpWork• Freelancer• Guru• Fiverr• 99Design• Amazon Mechanical
Turk• HireTheWorld• PeoplePerHour• Freelance.com• TaskRabbit• Toptal• Sribulancer• Projects.co.id• MicroWorkers• Epert360 07 – 04 - 2016
Overview of Freelance platforms The freelance platform market is crowded by several players with different scopes, few examples are provided below.
• HourlyNerd• DesignClue• Field Nation• FiveSquid• Outsource• Starbytes• Twago• OpenIdeo• Ioby• Cleverti• iFreelance• Projec4Hire• AddLance• Doido
Platform UrlRe-
Hiring Rate
Contractors Work Register
ed usersCountr
y Focus
UpWork www.upwork.com > 90% * 10M* (> 2700 skills) > $1 Billion* > 4M* > 180* Business,
Processes
Freelancer www.frelancer.com - 13M* > 8.5M jobs* > 18M* > 240* Freelance,
Projects
Guru www.guru.com - - >1M jobs/ $200M* > 1.5M* - Freelance,
Projects
Fiverr www.fiverr.com - - >3M jobs* > 1M* >190* Design, Digital services
99Design www.99desings.com 360,000 Satisfied*
1.2M Designers* $142M* - - Design
Amazon Mechanical Turk www.mturk.com - - ~430,000
jobs* - - Software, Processes
HireTheWorld www.hiretheworld.com - - >220,000
jobs* - >130* Design
PeoplePerHour www.peopleperhour.com
150,000 Satisfied* - > $40M* - >220* Design, Software
dev
Freelance.com www.freelance.com - 34,000* >58,800 jobs* 260,000* 27* Freelance,
Projects
MicroWorkers www.microworkers.com - 770,000* - - Worldwid
eFreelance, Projects* Data from official website 05-04-2016
Top ten platforms based on workload
BETA
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API overview
• Authenticate and authorize your users with Upwork• Search for freelancers and find jobs• Create job postings• Invite freelancers to an interview• Make job offers• Manage existing engagements• Make custom payments• Close contracts• Manage activities for your team• Manage, send and receive messages• Retrieve time and financial reports for freelancers, teams and companies• Manage work diary snapshots• Retrieve metadata information - available categories, tests, skills, regions, etc.
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• Assignment• HIT• HIT Layout Parameter• HIT Review Policy• Locale• Price• Qualification• Qualification Request• Qualification Requirement• Qualification Type• Notification• Worker Block
• Account• Basic Campaigns• HG Campaigns• Worker• Messages
07 – 04 - 2016* Data from official website 05-04-2016
Detailed API comparisonUpWor
kAmazon Mech
TurkMicroWorke
rsGet users info
Get worker (freelancer)Block/Unblock WorkerGet/Post/Update job
Post interviewGet/List companies
Get/List teamsGet/Post/Put basic and HG campaign
List/Get/Send/Accept offerSuspend/Restart/End contract
Create/Update/Delete milestonePost paymentSend message
Get/Update threadsCreate/Get/Update activity
Get/Update/Delete snapshotGet report
07 – 04 - 2016* Data from official website 05-04-2016
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Author: Luca Maran
07 – 04 - 2016