Top 10 Freelancer Platforms to Get Online jobs in 2024

Top 10 Freelancer Platforms to Get Online jobs in 2024
It’s really a problem for freelancers, whenever they want to get a gig they have to hustle up for clients.
This usually means they send out numerous messages in forms of emails, social postings, and sometimes
even run ads. For a start-up freelancer with a little client base (email list or social followers), this can be
really frustrating because after getting your word out there, conversion to paying clients can still be
zero.
A smart way to bypass this is using the already large community created by freelance platforms to
search for clients. That way you can reach out to millions of employers with a single proposal, rather
than sending numerous messages to clients, and using word of mouth marketing.
This article contains the best 10 freelancing platforms/websites that you as a freelancer can use to pitch
out to millions of clients around the globe.
1. Fiverr
This definitely comes first on the list because of the average number of deals concluded monthly. Fiverr
currently averages over 50 million transaction in a month, spread across 850,000 freelancers in different
categories. With active buyers/employers currently over 2.5 million, pitching your services here is sure
to get you some level of desired audience. Unlike other freelance platform, Fiverr works 2-ways; buyers
can post what they need, and sellers can also post what they offer while bids are made for of them. It is
a freelancing platform that is used by numerous professionals like writers, web developers, SEO experts,
programmers, graphics designers, videographers, translators, voice actors, etc.

2. Upwork
When talking about top freelance platforms a freelancer can use to get gigs, it is difficult to add up work
in the conversation. This is one of the largest freelance market places out there with over 18 million
freelancers biding for jobs posted by 3 million buyers across in different categories. This is often
considered as a saturated market place to search for jobs, but when you are good in pitching your
services, this saturation somewhat dissolves. Using this freelance platform effectively basically relies on
your pitching skills, and flexibility in pricing.

3. Freelancer
Freelancer is a platform that operates in a way similar to Upwork. It is a crowdsourcing marketplace,
allowing buyers to post job offers, while sellers (freelancers) make bids for them. It is a great platform
for freelancers that prefer to work remotely with their employers. The only downside however, is the
level of competition usually compels freelancers to reduce their pricing when biding for gigs.

4. AngelList
AngelList is a platform that gives freelancers the opportunity to work with start-ups. For many, this an
excellent platform for freelancers looking to grow their career in the freelance space. Gigs are remote as
you are in direct contact with founders, and the company managers. Choosing this platform means you
should probably be prepared for contract-based services, as opposed to pay-on-delivery gigs.

5. TopTal
Toptal a name coined from “Top Talent” is a freelance platform that markets itself as a place employers
and business owners can go to source for the top 3% of talents around the globe. They surely are living
up to the benchmark they’ve set for themselves, judging from reviews gotten from entrepreneurs who
have used the platform. The screening process is very strict ensuring that employers get to choose from
the best hands in any category. Toptal can be seen as a gold mine for approved freelancers, more of it
due to the average, and entry level pay being significantly better than popular freelance platforms like
Fiverr and Upwork – entry level pay per gig is $20, unlike Fiverr and Upwork with an entry level pay of
$5. If you consider your services top notch, this is a freelance platform you should take seriously.

6. Guru
The freelance community Guru, clearly has its name explaining the classes of people that use it. Guru is
a freelance platform created to be used by experts, and professionals, as opposed to most freelance
sites where the community comprises, of both professionals, and raw talents, and hobbyists. This sense
of professionalism clearly extends to the structure of job listings — jobs posted gives in detail what it
entails, even up to pricing. Registered freelancers can bid for jobs, and submit proposals in their area of
expertise.

7. Hireable
Hireable is one of the few freelance platforms that evens the playing field for freelancers around the
globe. Every tried searching for freelancers with a specific skill, and see results dominated by Americans,
and Europeans? Well on hireable, this trend is not common place. It has all the standard features of a
freelance website/platform; freelancers can apply for jobs as well, get job alerts in your registered
category, as well as recommendations from past buyers you’ve worked with.

8. iFreelance
ifreelance uses a somewhat unique approach in connecting employers with freelancers.
Buyers/employers post their jobs on the freelance platform for free, while sellers/freelancers subscribe
with a monthly of at least $7 (fee can increase depending on subscription benefits). Unlike freelance
platforms that takes a certain % after each completed gig, % earnings after each gig is credited to the
freelancer. ifreelance is an ideal platform for freelancers who do high volume jobs, and takes freelancing
as a full-time job because it gives a huge advantage on fees paid to freelancing platforms after
completed gigs.

9. FlexJobs
Flexjobs is an online freelance platform that pitches itself as a platform that provides freelancers with
flexible job opportunities. Just like ifreelance, flexjobs allows employers to post jobs for free, while
freelancers pay a monthly subscription fee of $14.95 to view jobs. This system of not charging employers

significantly increases the number of jobs posted daily across all categories. If you are looking to go into
the freelance world full-time, this is an excellent freelance platform to consider.

10. Mechanical Turk
MTurk the freelance platform owned by Amazon, promotes itself as a crowdsourcing marketplace that
helps individuals and businesses outsource part of their processes/workloads to a workforce capable of
performing the tasks virtually. Think of it as Amazon’s own version of Upwork or Fiverr, with a lesser
charge rate on pay-per-task.