Alternatives to freelance platforms

A freelance platform and LeadGen-Agent are two different ways to get clients: on one, the client posts a project and you respond; on the other, you approach a business with something useful in hand. Each comparison describes how a platform works, cites the official source for every fact and says when each path makes sense.

Each page describes how a platform works using structural facts: how a project is posted, who contacts whom and what the client does to choose. Every fact links to its official source and shows the date we checked it. We don't compare fees, prices or ratings, because they change and we won't publish figures we can't stand behind. Read each page on its own: none of them depends on the others.

Nor do we rank one option above another: each solves a different problem, and many people use both. If you see an outdated fact, write to us with the page and the source.

• Workana

  The client posts a project and receives proposals, compared with writing first yourself, with a diagnosis in hand.

• Upwork

  The client posts a job or buys a project from the catalog, compared with writing first yourself, with a diagnosis in hand.

• Fiverr

  Freelancers publish services and the client orders them inside the platform, compared with writing first yourself, with a diagnosis in hand.