Fiver Vs Up work

Fiver Vs Up work Summary

1. What is Fiver? 1.1 Fiver Pros 1.2 Fiver Cons 1.3 Fiver Pro 

2. What is Up work 2.1 Up work Pros 2.2 Up work Cons 

3. What Are You Looking For? 

4. Fiver Vs Up work Conclusion

If you’re looking to get started doing (or finding) freelance work online, two of the premier destinations to go are Fiver and Up work. both of these marketplaces will help freelancers find work. Additionally, if you’re looking to hire freelancers you can find everything from coding, log design, to freelance writing. Anything and everything you’d need to help grow your business or finish a side project can be found on these sites. But which one is better? We’ll take a look at each site from both the perspective of a freelancer who is looking to sell their services to make some extra cash. That said, we will also highlight some of the key differences for people who are looking to hire top talent. This is our breakdown of Fiver vs. Up work. 

WHAT IS FIVER...?

Fiver describes themselves as an online marketplace for freelance services. If you’re looking for some additional help with a project or with your business, you can come here and hire quality talent.

Just a few of the skills you can find on Fiver are:

Graphic Design 

Digital Marketing

Writing & Translation 

Video & Animation 

Music & Audio 

Programming & Tech 

Business 

Lifestyle 

Industries..

Each of these main categories is then subdivided into even more detailed categories. For example, if you break down the category digital marketing, it will show options for Influence Marketing, SEO, and more. This gives you a scope of the options available on Fiver. So what are the some of the pros and cons of their service?

Pros Number of options As we mentioned, you can really find anything and anyone you’re looking for when it comes to finding freelance work. They have an incredibly large database of freelancers and you can really find anything you’d ever need for your project or business. 

Set your own rates Freelancers are able to set their own rates. This can be good for both parties for two reasons. 

Reason 1: Freelancers are able to be compensated off of their skills. If they aren’t quite as skilled they can set a rate of $5. Or, if they have years of experience and can handle bigger projects, they can set their rate as high as they want. 

Reason 2: It creates a free market, which will help buyers get the best possible price. If they only need something simple, you have a good chance of finding a freelancer who can get it done for $5. However, if you need a bigger project, you can find these freelancers as well. 

Ease of use As you can tell from the screenshots above, Fiver is really easy to use. As someone looking for a freelancer, you just scroll through the categories until you find what you’re looking for. Once you’ve arrived at the right category you can scroll through and compare different freelancers until you find one that looks right for you. This brings us to our next point.

Number of options  As we mentioned, you can really find anything and anyone you’re looking for when it comes to finding freelance work. They have an incredibly large database of freelancers and you can really find anything you’d ever need for your project or business. 

Profile ratings and reviews  Each freelancer on Fiverr is graded based off ratings for the work they do. This means if you do good work and get good ratings, you’ll be marked higher as a freelancer. It also is good for buyers because it means that you can see who the under performing freelancers are. You can see their account bio, what current gigs they offer, and their reviews and ratings. (NOTE: it’s against Versifier's policy to ask for good ratings as a freelancer. All reviews are given unprompted by the freelancer). 

Safe  When doing business with strangers online, there is always a hint of caution. You don’t want to just send someone money to do a job just to have them delete their profile and steal your cash. This is why Fiver holds all payments in an escrow account until the job is delivered and confirmed by both parties. 

Very detailed  Fiver offers a lot of analytics to help both parties track progress. For example, they rank Fiver sellers based on the number of jobs they’ve done and the quality of their ratings. As a freelancer, they offer statistics behind your gigs and earnings so you can get a good idea of how you’re performing and what needs to change (if anything). 

Online courses  If you’re a freelancer, they offer online courses to help you with your current craft or learn something new. 

Good for obscure tasks  Previously, if you wanted to find someone to code a portion of your website using CSS or have something translated from Greek, it would be tough to find. Fiver has solved this problem nicely.

Fiver Pro is an elite freelance team hand picked by Fiver. Pro members typically cost more than your average freelancer, but high price comes high quality. Fiver Pro guarantees highly qualified members with great communication and expertise. These members are some of the best freelancers out there that can work for you.  

            In summary, we would definitely recommend getting started with Fiver. That goes for both freelancers and people who are looking to hire freelancers. As a business owner it’s a clean, cheap way to get the work that you need for your business. As a freelancer, it’s a great way to start earning a little income on the side using your skills. Either way, there is really no downside to joining.

 What is Up work formerly E lance-desk is another global freelancing platform. Business and independent professionals can collaborate together (very similar to Fiver). Up work is a little bit newer than Fiverr (2015 vs 2010) and in our opinion was designed with the freelancer in mind whereas Fiver was designed with the business owner in mind.

What Are You Looking For? Deciding on a platform to start using between Fiver and Up work comes down to your preferences. On the bright side, they are both free to join so there is little risk to trying out both of them before deciding your preference! We’ve decided to lay out a few terms and see which platform has the advantage over the other:

Fiver Vs Up work Conclusion  

Better user interface: Advantage Fiver. It’s just a little cleaner and does a better job of using visuals and analytics to add to the user experience. 

Better for businesses: Advantage Fiver. It’s very easy to navigate and you can find and hire top talent on the spot. With Up work, there is a little bit of a waiting period while you wait for freelancers to apply and then evaluate them. 

Better for freelancers: Advantage Up work. You can proactively go out and find new business for yourself by applying to jobs (as opposed to sitting and waiting on Fiver). 

Better to find top talent: Advantage Fiver. They’ve been around longer and have more categories to choose from when trying to find top talent. In conclusion, if you’re a freelancer who is driven to make as much money for themselves as they can, you probably want to check out both. If you’re anyone else, Fiver is probably the best place to start