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Hire the experts as your needs

Access skilled tradies ready to help you build and scale — without the full-time commitment

Find tradies for every type of work

How it works

1

Posting jobs is always free

Generate a job post with AI or create your own and filter talent matches.

2

Get proposals and hire

Screen, interview, or book a consult with an expert before hiring.

3

Pay when work is done

Release payments after approving work, by milestone or upon project completion.

Get insights into freelancer pricing

We'll calculate the average cost for freelancers with the skills you need.

Choose how you want to hire

Flexible options designed to fit your hiring needs

Basic

For occasional hiring and one-off projects

Hire skilled freelancers fast – without long-term commitments or extra overhead.

Basic includes:

  • Marketplace access - skilled freelancers across thousands of skills
  • Talent profiles - portfolios, ratings, and work history
  • Hiring tools - proposals and terms in one place
  • Project workspace - messages, files, and status in one view
  • Protected payments - escrow-backed pay tied to approved work
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Business Plus

For ongoing work, repeat hiring, and teams

Premium tools, vetted talent, and team controls for running freelance work at scale.

Everything in Basic, plus:

  • Curated shortlists - we surface top matches so you can hire faster
  • Expert-Vetted talent - access to the top 1% of Upwork freelancers
  • Team workspace - shared hiring with roles and permissions
  • Centralized billing - keep team spend in one place
  • Priority support - faster help to keep projects moving

Proven results on Upwork

We discovered CTO-level expertise on the platform—someone who had already served as a startup CTO—willing to contribute to our open-source project. That kind of talent brings tremendous value to us.

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Saswata Basu

CEO, Züs

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