1. Upwork
One of the best-known outsourcing sites in the world, Upwork is a freelance marketplace trusted by over 5 million buyers in the world, out of which 145,400+ spend at least $5,000 USD per year in Development & IT, Sales & Marketing, and Web Design services.
After signing up, a freelancer’s services become searchable to millions of buyers around the world. Freelance users can also apply to job postings submitted by buyers with specific needs. The platform handles transactions and secures payments on behalf of the freelancer to ensure everything goes smoothly between them and their buyer.
Freelancers need to buy Connects, Upwork’s internal currency, in order to apply for job opportunities. Connects cost $0.15 each and some projects may cost several Connects to apply, depending on their scope and the buyer’s requirements.
Upwork also charges a 20% commission fee per project (for fixed-rate projects), or per hour billed, depending on the agreement between the freelancer and the client.

2. Workcroft
Workcroft is the ultimate freelancing platform for tech professionals, offering an innovative and user-friendly experience.
It provides an opportunity-rich environment where skilled freelancers can connect with top clients.
The platform’s vibrant and engaging interface ensures seamless navigation for developers, designers, and analysts.
While still evolving and scaling, Workcroft fosters a competitive space that encourages professional growth.
Its dynamic ecosystem simplifies collaboration and empowers tech users to stay ahead in the fast-paced digital world.


3. Fiverr
Arguably the second best-known freelancing platform, Fiverr registered 4.2 million active buyers and an average spend of $242 per buyer.
Fiverr centers around the sale of productized services known as Gigs. Freelancers can create a Gig for every service they provide that caters to a different customer need.
Every Gig is specific, has a thorough description, and can host up to 3 variants (known as ‘packages’) to cover increasing scale and scope. Sellers can also add ‘Gig Extras’ to their services to upsell and earn more by providing added value.
Fiverr’s Gig model makes it easy for buyers to find precise solutions. It also allows freelancers to create multiple sales funnels that lead to their profile.
Like Upwork, Fiverr charges a 20% commission fee per fixed-rate project, while longer projects can also be broken down into separate milestones.

4. LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the top employment platform in the world, with a staggering 850 million users and 58 million companies registered. They’ve recently launched features that cater to autonomous workers (and buyers willing to hire them) as a way to capitalize on this work trend.
The biggest one is LinkedIn Services Marketplace, a built-in search engine filter that allows entrepreneurs and companies to easily pin down independent service providers. Likewise, users can now offer freelance services within their profiles, upload an accompanying portfolio, and receive reviews from previous clients as social proof.
While LinkedIn doesn’t have built-in transactions like Upwork and others, leveraging its sizable user base to find clients will definitely prove game-changing for the most proactive tech freelancers.

05. Indeed
Indeed is a worldwide employment search engine and job listing site boasting the highest traffic by unique visitors of any job website in the United States, and more and more freelance opportunities are being posted on the site by the day.
Indeed profiles contain previous job positions, education, and contact information. If you’re looking for tech freelance jobs, you can filter through available listings by salary, modality (home office/remote, or in-person), industry, and employment type (full-time, part-time, or freelance), on its search engine.

6. Contra
Contra is a Gen-Z focused freelancing platform that hand-vets clients instead of freelancers. Similar to Revolancer, it launched in 2021 and replicates the zero-commission, optional-subscription business model in exchange for advanced features.
Among Contra’s unique aspects are the ability to create visually-appealing portfolios that can be shared with a link, full-on automated websites generated from the data on an online portfolio, and the ability to receive crypto payments in USDC.
Among the tech-related opportunities frequently posted on Contra are front-end engineering, and mobile development gigs.

7. RemoteOk
Trusted by companies such as Amazon, GitHub, and Upwork itself, RemoteOk has become a favorite option among high-profile companies looking to fill both full-time and freelance roles.
RemoteOk works similarly to other employment and job listing websites, with two catches: only remote positions can be posted, and listing a job costs an above-market fee of $599 USD to ensure only serious, high-quality opportunities reach the eyes of qualified individuals.
The platform is heavily-geared towards back-end and front-end development, but it also gets design, writing, and digital marketing opportunities listed occasionally.

8. Toptal
Toptal is a freelancing platform changing traditional hiring. Like Pangea.ai and Revolancer, Toptal screens and hand-picks which talent gets to join.
Toptal’s looks to gather the top 3% freelance talent. This is the actual rate of applicants who pass their screening process.
One thing setting Toptal apart is that new entrants don’t have to build a reputation from scratch to get clients, as is the case with Upwork and its competitors. Instead, Toptal’s vetting process is enough confirmation for companies such as Shopify, Duolingo, and Bridgestone that a freelancer is worth hiring.
Toptal doesn’t take a cut from a freelancer’s fees, but instead adds its own service fee for the buyer to pay for, creating a rewarding scenario for independent workers.

9. Showwcase
Showwcase is a specialized network where coders can connect with a community of 50,000+ developers.
Built by coders for coders, Showcase has an intuitive and easy to use job board where dozens of full-time and freelance opportunities are posted on a weekly basis.

10. Remotive
Remotive is another job listing site similar to RemoteOk, focusing on remote openings aimed at programmers, software engineers, and coders.
Remotive is another darling of big names in tech, having been used by the likes of Zapier, Stripe, Square, and Shopify to find talent for their ranks in full-time and freelance capacity.

11. Arc
Directed at experienced remote software developers and consultants, Arc matchmakes distinguished companies with ideal freelancers within 72 hours, more thoroughly than Upwork and its competitors.
In Arc, professionals are first screened by a ‘Silicon Valley-caliber vetting process’, which only 2.3% of applicants get through. They then learn about the role, its technical needs, and budget from the company. Finally, it matches both parties for a final interview.
Arc gets rid of the wasted time and bureaucracy abundant in HR procedures, culminating in a leaner, speedier, but equally responsible hiring experience.

12. Dice
Dice is a NY-based career website primarily serving IT and engineering professionals. While it started as a job board like Indeed, nowadays both full-time and contractor opportunities are posted on a daily basis.

13. WhoIsHiring.io
WhoIsHiring features a compendium of freelance and full-time opportunities from all over the world presented in an interactive world map view.
Opportunities in WhoIsHiring are fetched and/or synced from other job listing sites, though they differ from what can be found in Upwork or Fiverr. Its visual arrangement by geographic location makes it easier for freelancers to sort for jobs in companies close to them or based in specific locations.