Ask HN : What Are the Alternatives to Upwork?

Google doc with (currently) 101 options:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JfNAbUX_lN9K3MCNHO15...

Your list is very helpful. Thank you!

One of the biggest pains of Upwork (until this new thing) was that you have to bid on a project based solely on the description of the job. There was no way to ask for aditional details or clarification before placing a bid.

Just to clarify, if you bid on a project, you need to pay? How much exactly? That sounds like a horrible policy.

They also made it impossible to work with someone more than a few times unless you pay extra

Explained here https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/331700

Basically you need to buy tokens and use them for bidding, probably to cut down on people who bid for everything. These sites are all terrible anyway and I prefer collecting bountys for commits.

Upwork is the worst actor in this area. eLance was 10x better in design, fees and customer service