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Alternatives to Freelancer.com
20 professional services tools sit alongside Freelancer.com in this directory. Below is what separates each from Freelancer.com on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 9
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Freelancer.com starts at
- Free
Why people look past Freelancer.com
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Freelancer.com has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Financial software for small businesses
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Freelancer.com does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than transaction.
All-in-one business management for freelancers and agencies
- Publishes an entry price of $9/user/month, where Freelancer.com does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than transaction.
Find freelancers, find a job
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Freelancer.com does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than transaction.
Simple, all-in-one invoicing and billing software
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Freelancer.com does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than transaction.
Time tracking that's easy, powerful, and frictionless
- Publishes an entry price of $9/month, where Freelancer.com does not.
Projects, timesheets, invoices done right
- Publishes an entry price of $11.95/month, where Freelancer.com does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than transaction.
Every Freelancer.com alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freelancer.com (this page) | Free | Transaction | - | |
| WaveFinancial software for small businesses | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Freelancer.com |
| BonsaiAll-in-one business management for freelancers and agencies | Free, then $9/user/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Freelancer.com |
| GuruFind freelancers, find a job | Free | Subscription | 5 | vs Freelancer.com |
| HiveageSimple, all-in-one invoicing and billing software | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Freelancer.com |
| Toggl Track | Free, then $9/month | - | 3 | vs Freelancer.com |
| Avaza | Free, then $11.95/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Freelancer.com |
| Teamwork | Free | Subscription | 5 | vs Freelancer.com |
| Harvest | Free, then $9/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Freelancer.com |
| FreshBooks | Free, then $23/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Freelancer.com |
| Certinia PSA | On request | Quote | - | vs Freelancer.com |
| Scoro | $17/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Freelancer.com |
| Netsuite OpenAir | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Freelancer.com |
| TravelPerk | Free | Usage-based | - | vs Freelancer.com |
| Kantata | On request | Quote | - | vs Freelancer.com |
| Productive | $10/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Freelancer.com |
| Plutio | $19/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Freelancer.com |
| Function Point | $53/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Freelancer.com |
| Accelo | On request | Quote | - | vs Freelancer.com |
| BigTime | $20/user/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Freelancer.com |
| PracticePanther | $49/month | Subscription | 8 | vs Freelancer.com |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Freelancer.com badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Freelancer.com is most often brought in for posting projects and collecting competitive bids without upfront cost, engaging hourly contractors with flexible staffing and per-payment fees, running design contests where employers only pay if satisfied, securing work payments held by platform until contractor approval, identifying vetted freelancers through verified by freelancer badges. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Freelancer.com is broadly right and the question is cost, the Freelancer.com pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Professional Services category lists everything the directory holds, and best professional services tools ranks them.
Freelancer.com runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Freelancer.com alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Freelancer.com?
- 20 other professional services tools are listed in this directory, led by Wave, Bonsai, Guru, Hiveage. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Freelancer.com?
- 9 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Wave, Bonsai, Guru, Hiveage, Toggl Track.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Freelancer.com?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Freelancer.com has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Freelancer.com?
- Freelancer.com is most often brought in for posting projects and collecting competitive bids without upfront cost, engaging hourly contractors with flexible staffing and per-payment fees, running design contests where employers only pay if satisfied, securing work payments held by platform until contractor approval, identifying vetted freelancers through verified by freelancer badges. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Freelancer.com?
- None of the professional services tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Freelancer.com alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Professional Services, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Freelancer.com against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Freelancer.com covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every professional services tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Professional Services category, 20 tools beside Freelancer.com. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.