Difference Between Freelancer V/s Upwork

The very first point I would like to start with is Fee. The Fee which gets deducted on every project which you offer. In freelancer, the amount of fees which gets deducted is less as compare to upwork. The second point I would like to focus on is as soon as you accept the project in freelancer the fee gets deducted then and there, whereas in upwork it is not the case. In upwork the fees get deducted only when a project milestone gets a release. For every milestone the fees get deducted both for employer as well as employee so you don't have to tension about accepting the project and whether you have completed with good quality definitely they will charge you and they will take the fees. In this case, I would prefer upwork as compared to freelancer but based on the amount of fee they are taking I would prefer freelancer as compare to upwork.

 The second point I would like to start with is Plans. Any freelancer platform has its own plans which you have to offer and you have to pay for it. Freelancers plans are less costly as compare to upwork.

The third thing is Time Tracker System. The time tracker system of upwork is very good as compare to freelancer. The difference is as soon as you complete your one hour the fee or amount of 1 hour, it goes to your upwork account directly but in freelancer it is not the case. It totally depends on the person when he has to release the milestone or the time tracker invoice which has been generated. So there you need to be very aware of whether you have to create a milestone for your time based project or not. I would personally recommend you because we have faced a lot and we have apple amount of knowledge of working with time tracker system of freelancer. I would prefer or suggest you people to opt for milestone getting created before hand for at-least for 2 hr or 3hr minimum to how much the project is at-least 30% of the milestone should be created before hand for you to be on the safer side. In this scenario of time tracking kind of project I would prefer upwork as compare to freelancer.

The fourth point I would like to point out is Traffic. The traffic on upwork is very less as compare to freelancer. I am not sure about why it is so but yes when it comes to traffic and amount of time it goes for bidding and checking the projects and bidding for them upwork is very good as compare to freelancer. The traffic is too much and you get all kinds of people coming in freelancer as compare to upwork. The second thing is the bogey projects which are there. There are so many bogey projects in freelancer as compare to upwork. People are using it for advertisement or some other kind of stuff which they want to get people involve into, which we professional do not want to indulge into. Upwork is very good in terms of traffic as compare to freelancer.

The next thing is genuine client. In upwork you get very good clients as compare to freelancer. They are long term, love to work with you. Most professional people prefer upwork as compare to freelancer even I prefer upwork as compare to freelancer but if you are a new freelancer and you want to start with small plans, low budgeting projects or you don't want to face challenges of the project then you can definitely opt for the freelancer as compare to upwork.

The fifth point I would like to talk about is Exam. Both the platform used to have exams recently it has stop taking any of the exams. Considering this scenario that many people have made it a different kind of business of paying them and getting the exams cleared for upwork and freelancer kind of platform. So upwork fount that based on exams or their marks the person can’t be judged and things are not going right. So upwork stopped taking any of the exams which they use to take for any kind of technology. It has stopped doing that but freelancer is ongoing and market is up of people who are taking the amount from them and getting the exams cleared for you so that you can get the projects based on exams. But frankly speaking as per my opinion no one is looking into what kind of exam you have given. Whether you have cleared it or not or what percentage you have attained in those exams. Only thing what good people want done to get the project done from you is that they check the reviews which you have on your profile. So go ahead for good reviews and not for exams for clearing them.

The sixth thing I would like to focus on is Connects or Bid. In upwork there is a systems knows as connects. They give you connects for every project there are certain amount of connects like start from 2 connects minimum and 6 connects maximum. I am little not sure about how they allot these connects based on the projects. I think it’s based on amount which the employer has put into and these connects are allotted like 2, 4 or 6 connects. I really don't understand the connect system of upwork and I am not in favor of these connect system because you could chase these connects and every connects cost you around 1$ and they go like anything. So I am really not in favor of connect system. In this scenario freelancer is very good as compare to upwork. It has a bidding system. Even they have made a few changes recently to this bid system. What they have done is they give you or allot bid count like 2 bids, 3 bids to you every hour, so you are restricted to how many numbers of bids you can do in every hour. So you can just check those policies which they have launched in advance and go ahead in what you are doing.

The seventh thing I would like to focus on is Dispute. In both the platforms dispute system, whenever a person raises a dispute whether it’s an employee of an employer-side most of the time it goes to the employer's not to employees. I don't understand why it is so because I think employers, as well as employees both, are equally correct and the level of correction should be based on your work and not based on whether you are an employer or an employee. If you have done work you should be paid if the person has not done the work you should be paid back. I don't understand how they judge it.

The eighth thing I would like to focus on is the Agency. Upwork has the system of creating agency and they take a certain amount like 80$ which is going on right now from a person who wants to create an agency. Now, what is the agency? You can Google what is agency? In a rough way, I can tell it. Agency is something if you own a company and you want people or freelancers to join you in your company and work as a company. In an agency system you can use the bid of agency as well to bid for you mostly there are few kinds of people who prefer agencies in comparison to individual freelancer, in that case, you can use agency bid as well and your bid as well so in that case agency system is very good. If you feel it is not such kind of case and there is nothing known as agencies or companies or something like that you are an individual freelancer whether you are a company or an individual you are treated as an individual freelancer. You need to make sure how you can make your profile look like a company or a freelancer. So, in this case, I would prefer upwork as compare to freelancer.

The last point I would like to bring to your notice is money transfer. Upwork takes a lot of time in transferring money from their account to your account and it’s really irritating because it’s our amount and it should be transferred as soon as possible. And the second thing is in upwork you only deal with dollars there are no other currencies you are dealing with. So it is quite easier. I would prefer upwork in that case. But the amount of transfer should be fast so in that case, I would prefer freelancer as compare to upwork.

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