Where the buyers are awake

The largest general marketplace. Buyers skew heavily to North America, and most jobs are posted at the start of their working day.

Buyer-initiated rather than proposal-based. What matters is being online to answer the first message quickly, not catching a posting.

Broader geographic spread than Upwork, with a noticeably larger share of Australian and Asian buyers.

Screened network with scheduled calls rather than open bidding. Timezone overlap is part of whether you get matched at all.

Strongly European, with the UK as the single biggest buyer market.