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

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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

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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

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Author: Luca Maran

07 – 04 - 2016