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Mohamed E.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/7/2023

"Great exposure"

5/5

What do you like best about Toptal?

Excellent quality of clients. Outstanding responsiveness of staff and coordinators. Easy-to-use platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Toptal?

I have faced no significant drawbacks so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Bruno N.

Senior Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/6/2022

"Life changing work experience"

5/5

What do you like best about Toptal?

Transparency. From the beginning, starting with the vetting process, passing through the first job (which landed in no time), and the career improvement courses offered, I always knew what the next step would be. Special compliments to the vetting team; they were extremely considerate and human throughout my long and challenging process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Toptal?

The only downside I can think of is that sometimes landing another job may take some time. You need to be aware of that and save money for these in-between job periods. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Jesse L.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/27/2023

"A professional platform for professionals"

5/5

What do you like best about Toptal?

It's a great experience to work with the Toptal team. They are significantly responding to any requests from talents and are very helpful. The primary POC gives valuable advice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Toptal?

Nothing much I don't like about them, but the interview process may be a little strict to screen talents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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tayyab H.

Senior Salesforce Cloud Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/21/2023

"Supportive Team"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Toptal?

Everyone is supportive and they have proper guidelines for everything Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Toptal?

Hoping to get more clients so that there can be consistency in work load. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Sohail M.

Lead Product Designer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/9/2022

"Toptal is the best at it. Period"

5/5

What do you like best about Toptal?

- Flexibility

- Income rate

- Demand vs Supply ratio

- Matchers

- Premium clients

- Diverse with no judgment whatsoever. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Toptal?

- For short-term engagements, I need to go through the same loop of interviewing again for another client.

Some may like short projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Than N.

Full-stack Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/16/2022

"Good work and life balance"

5/5

What do you like best about Toptal?

Toptal helps me to find good clients matching my skills. Unlike other freelance networks, employers struggle with finding good engineers and vice versa.

I work in my best focus time of the day, they don't track my working time. I can work more today and work less tomorrow, the productivity and efficiency are more important.

I can work in the morning, then do some exercise like swimming in the afternoon and then spend a couple more hours working and meeting with clients in the evening. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Toptal?

When looking for new projects in Toptal, you may receive many invitations to apply, or you send many proposals for interesting jobs, but the rate that Toptal introduces you to clients is not high. Maybe when you are already done with some projects via Toptal, you will be able to get hired more quickly.

Most clients are from America and Europe. It's hard to find clients in Asian time zones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Toptal:

If you want to work as a professional while having time for your hobby and your family, Toptal is what you should consider. My life has changed a lot better after joing Toptal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Toptal solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Toptal platform can help me find good jobs, good clients, good technologies that I like to work with and of course, good income compares to local jobs in my region. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Pankaj B.

Founder and CEO

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/8/2022

"The Best and most professional freelancers network - Gives you independence with great moolah"

5/5

What do you like best about Toptal?

Quality of clients, the seamlessness of processes, hassle-free payouts, and excellent hourly rates.

Freedom to choose the full-time, part-time or hourly jobs and your own rates. Transparent self-service apps and web platform

Great slack community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Toptal?

Tough entry criteria, only around 3% of applicants get through the application process if you look from the client-side, it's actually a thing necessary to maintain great quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Toptal:

Although it's tough to enter this premium network, once you are in, your life would be settled in terms of freedom and financials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Toptal solving and how is that benefiting you?

In other freelancer platforms, there are no entry barriers for talents and hence payout is very low because of the competition. Both talent and clients suffer because of it. The bidding platform makes it difficult to work with.

Toptal vets both clients and talents, so that quality can be maintained on both sides. It provides a reliable and great experience for all stakeholders.

Toptal connects great freelancers with companies looking to get their work done with excellent quality.

Toptal has impacted my personal and professional life for good in many ways. I can spend more time with family and friends. Unlike a job, I am my own boss and am free to take long vacations when I need to. I am not burdened with employment performance pressures and corporate politics. It helped me connect with people all Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Hassan E.

Freelance Full Stack Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/14/2022

"The benefits of being a freelancer, without the issues that typically come with it"

5/5

What do you like best about Toptal?

It always has been a hassle to find quality clients and to get paid, and some of the other online platforms are just a race to the bottom where you have to be paid pennies to be accepted. Toptal fixed these two pains for me, where they provide several jobs with professional clients consistently, and payment is always guaranteed for the work I do, getting paid regularly and fairly with a rate that matches my experience level. They are also always making sure they support the Toptal community and help anyone struggling with various issues such as being unable to land a job and providing several learning tracks for some of the most in-demand technical skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Toptal?

Thankfully I haven't had any issues while working for Toptal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Matheus P.

Software Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/10/2022

"Amazing work opportunity for developers!"

5/5

What do you like best about Toptal?

Possibility of working completely remote, be it hourly, part-time or full-time with excellent clients from all around the world.

Freedom regarding working hours, since there are clients from all around the world you will always find one that matches your working hours.

Pay is very competitive and your skills are greatly valued, no matter where you are from. Billing is done completely by the platform, so you don't need to worry about invoicing the client or anything like that.

The platform also helps a lot in finding jobs based on your skill set and will actively suggest open positions when you don't have any clients. Usually, you won't stay without a client for more than two or so weeks.

The matching team is very friendly and will always help you with any issues or questions you find, plus the company is always investing on talents and even coming as far as providing training in new technologies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Toptal?

Honestly, I don't think there are any major downsides, the platform is very good.

The only minor issue I can think of is the small period (~20 days) between a work week/period being completed and the payment is made, for someone just getting started it's quite some time, but after around a month in you won't perceive that time difference anymore, as the payments will just keep coming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Bagas N.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/8/2022

"Great Platform for Remote Software Developers"

4/5

What do you like best about Toptal?

• Opportunities to work with amazing companies and communities from all over the world

• Daily updates of the jobs available on the platform

• Much bigger payments than the average of most Asian countries

• Freedom, you define your own work hours, time, and environment

• Incredible team of internal staff that would help Toptalers with any issues

• Amazing communities on its Slack community. A lot of professional skilled, helpful, and kind people

• No need to hassle yourself with the invoice and payment to the clients. Toptal take care of it. All we need to do is finish the job, and we'll get paid Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Toptal?

• You have to really showcase your profile and experience, or else, you'll get a harder time getting your first client

• No job certainties, you can get your clients in a short time, or you can spend some time idling while getting your first client. Of course, as a freelancer that's normal, but I can see that may be a concern for some people Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Toptal:

I recommend for software developers have at least 3 years of experience before joining Toptal. Even though you may apply and eventually pass the screening process with less experience, it may get in your way when finding the clients and getting your jobs. So better hone your skills and experience somewhere else first, then apply to Toptal for a better experience at using its Platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Toptal solving and how is that benefiting you?

Connection with many professional companies for jobs. As an individual freelancer, you may get a hard time getting clients from the enterprise level, this is what Toptal leverages for most of the freelancers on its platform.

All you had to do is complete the screening process and then set up your profile to showcase your skills and experiences, of course, it is easier said than done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.