I use Upwork for finding freelancers for tasks like marketing consultations, graphic design, and administrative help. It's easy to find and compare freelancers, research their reviews, and make a decision about who is the right fit. I like that I can find freelancers who have been vetted and reviewed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the fees went up at one point, but overall it's pretty reasonable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Upwork to find freelancers for my small projects and to work as a freelancer myself. I find it especially useful when looking for someone abroad because the contract is safe for both parties. I really like the contract system as it secures that my tasks will be completed while ensuring the fee is paid. The initial setup was very easy and clear, showing everything at the beginning like how to make a profile and how to post a job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fees are a little high. It might be more affordable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really appreciate the ease of hiring talented people on Upwork while knowing my money is safe, thanks to their payment system where you don't pay until the job is done. The platform is user-friendly, and I value the large volume of talent available. I've been able to hire excellent professionals like a web designer, landing page designer, copywriter, and Facebook ads expert, all of whom I consider superstars. The financial return on my investments has been impressive, showing up to ten times what I've put in. The initial setup was pretty quick and very good, which adds to the positive experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I can browse multiple talent\freelancers to see what capabilities they have. Upwork also keeps a running history of who I've worked with. I appreciate that I can look at my messages and contacts all in my dashboard. It makes my workflow a lot faster, going from taking several days to manage a job or find talent to minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface can be slow sometimes and kludgy as well. I wish the dashboard was a little cleaner and that I could close out contracts within the same interface. As of right now, I have to go into a separate section for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that I am able to find translators in less common languages for an affordable rate on Upwork. Whenever I post a translation project for an exotic language, I receive several offers. Also, Upwork is fairly easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't control how much time the translator spends on the project. I was overcharged once for work that was not performed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Upwork makes it easy to find people who can perform specific tasks. They offer specialty tags for people, which is really helpful. I also appreciate how you can easily engage potential candidates. The platform provides an hourly rate estimator and individual candidates provide their hourly rates, which helps me gauge the overlap between the money I can spend and the talent I can acquire. Overall, these features help me find the right candidate fit for the rate that I can pay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can't think of anything I dislike about Upwork at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Upwork helps protect workers’ right to be paid because it collects the client’s payment upfront first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the fees charged to freelancers are overboard. Imagine having 15% deducted from project-based work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great pool of resource across a wide range of experiences and rates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Too many responses to proposals. It's now faster for me to search out freelancers and invite them to my proposal than to review all the submissions.

It's not clear how well some resources are verified as I have received the exact same response / CV from different people for the same proposal Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love Upwork because it allows me to access qualified candidates effortlessly. It's a safe platform, and I feel secure knowing I'm not going to get screwed over by a fake company or account. I really appreciate the clear pricing, which makes budgeting simpler. What I like most is the talent pool and the pricing. There's an unlimited number of qualified candidates for any type of job you need, and the pricing lets me access talent from around the globe, which helps keep my project costs down. Setting up Upwork was pretty straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's the same thing that's the advantage is kind of the disadvantage is that there's just so many people. It can take an infinite amount of time to sift through them. So getting to the right contractor can be difficult. I know they have the ability to have somebody or it's probably AI now, help present a shorter list of qualified candidates. And I have used that. It is helpful. But if I don't use that, even after you use all of the filters, you could still be looking at thousands of people that fit all the criteria you're looking for. So it's a great problem to have, but it's still a problem. So yeah, maybe additional filters to further trim the list or really having the concierge model where I just have to look at five people that are highly recommended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that my payment is secured as long as I do a good job for clients and track my hours of work using Upwork tracker. Also, I like that I can easily schedule a meeting with a client using the Zoom feature in the message room. I also like that when a client view my proposal, I get a notification immediately, that pop up gives me joy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don’t like the fact that connects can’t be shared, like my friend has up to 300 plus connects which she is not using because she’s not currently applying, she told me sometime ago that if Upwork has that feature of sharing connects, she would have shared it with me be cause I currently don’t have connects at all, reason I'm not applying for work, and I’m not happy about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.