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Toptal

4.9

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Toptal is the world’s largest fully remote workforce, powered by a global network of more than 20,000 highly vetted professionals in technology, design, finance, marketing, and strategic consulting. Founded in 2010, Toptal has been trusted by more than 30,000 clients, from the Fortune 500 to cutting-edge startups. As an entirely unique professional services firm, we help drive businesses forward with world-class on-demand talent, teams, and end-to-end solutions. For more information, please visit www.toptal.com.


toptal.com
Founded in 2010
San Francisco, CA
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Toptal Reviews Summary

Toptal has a rating of 4.9 stars from 235 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Toptal most frequently mention great experience, high quality and long term. Toptal ranks 6th among Freelancing sites.

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Brazil
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I've joined Toptal over 5 years ago and is the best thing I did for my career. I have freedom to work from anywhere I want and to find a project that I like while I don't have to worry about any headaches like contracts, finding clients and etc.

Date of experience: November 11, 2022
Slovakia
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Freelancers dream!
November 10, 2022

Toptal network gave me the freedom, how many hours per week I want to work, what type of projects I am interested in. I can test cutting edge technologies and work with experts in the area. For me, this is a dream come true.

Date of experience: November 10, 2022
Pakistan
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Best platfor for freelancers
November 10, 2022

If you are a freelance software developer, Toptal is the best platform. My overall experience at Toptal as a developer has been excellent. It's not just a job marketplace, Toptal is your recruiter. Toptal staff will quickly match you up with their clients and make sure you get the job fitting your area of expertise. Now it's even possible to plan a trip and just go – I can work from wherever I want! Joining Toptal was the best decision of my life!

Date of experience: November 9, 2022
Turkiye
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So far my best freelancing experience
November 9, 2022

I have joined toptal 6 months ago, and completed my first engagement last month with lasted nearly for 4 months. The entire team that I have engaged with so far, either talent coaching representatives or engagement matchers are quite responsive and helpful. Also the large number of projects listed in the platform daily is quite an opportunity.

Date of experience: November 9, 2022
Saudi Arabia
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So far I'm having a positive experience working with Toptal, In Toptal you will get a chance to connect to world-class freelancers and clients on the market in no time. The work is completely remote with freedom of choice and deciding who to work for.
Also, It's that safety net that will be there to make sure both sides are respecting the deal, and you can focus on your craft and deliver the best work possible. Toptal community provides discussions on various topics, educational tools, local meetups, and even some hobby activities. Feeling lucky to be a part of such a great community and team.

Date of experience: November 9, 2022
Italy
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Great place to work as a freelancer
November 8, 2022

Used to work since 2016, from startups to enterprise level. Also having hourly, part-time, full-time and long term positions.

All the clients I worked with were amazing and toptal makes sure to hear you and support you in case of need

Date of experience: November 8, 2022
Georgia
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Toptal job on a math testing app
November 8, 2022

Really enjoyed this project, tried a few new technologies I longed to try, and the client was communicating extremely well

Date of experience: November 7, 2022
Canada
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Perfect place to work!
November 7, 2022

It has been great working years with Toptal; I love how it works. My only suggestion here would be that the matcher should give us a review on how did we pitch cause at times we might get more template based or say rusted so keeping up with trends really helps us find gigs

Date of experience: November 7, 2022
Philippines
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I enjoyed working at Toptal. It is by far the best platform for freelancing. With great onboarding sessions to prepare myself from real client work, to assisting my needs during the engagements. The rates is good too! Clients are well prepared for the projects, and are involved from start to finish.

Date of experience: November 7, 2022
Michigan
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I am so glad to work on Toptal. It's the best job marketing platform I have ever worked on. All members are professional and really kind, and they try their best to get you the new job.

Date of experience: November 3, 2022
Italy
1 review
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Great freelancing platform
November 3, 2022

I have completed a couple of engagements with Toptal as a freelancer. So far my experience has been very good. Proposed work is interesting, payments are made on time and you can interact through Slack with the other freelancers of the network.

Date of experience: November 3, 2022
Spain
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Great platform for TOP freelancers
November 2, 2022

I've been working in Toptal for more than a few years so far. I can assure you it's the best platform if you consider yourself a top-notch player. I have more than 15 years of experience and my work has been viewed more than a billion times. I'm happy that Toptal connects me with great clients and provides great assistance in intermediating with them.

Date of experience: November 2, 2022
California
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My experience working on this project was great. The Toptal team put me in a great position for success with the client and I was able to meet expectations. I am excited for my next experience on Toptal. I would recommend Toptal to any developer I know.

Date of experience: October 31, 2022
Mexico
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Toptal Review
October 28, 2022

Overall Toptal has been the best freelance platform I have worked with, I would always recommend Toptal to anyone I know that can benefit from the freelance services they offer. I will most likely continue using Toptal for the forseeable future.

Date of experience: October 28, 2022
Germany
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Wonderful Experience
October 28, 2022

It's been approximately 7 months since I have been working at total and I love the experience and the flexibility it comes with when it comes to working here. Plus the pay is too good compared to conventional jobs.

Date of experience: October 28, 2022
Algeria
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- Awesome team behind the scenes helping you throughout your freelancing journey
- Big companies and teams to work with
- Payments are guaranteed and fast

Date of experience: October 27, 2022
France
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Defying all expectations
October 26, 2022

After I quit my previous 9-5 job, I took some time to understand what went wrong and what I wanted to look for going forward with my career. I imagined myself working on lots of projects, changing scope frequently to stop verticalizing on one skill and broaden my knowledge instead - that's when I became interesting in freelancing. But freelancing sometimes means uncertainty, not being sure whether or not you would be able to find clients, how to make yourself known, how to manage invoicing and deal with clients when things go south. Toptal promised to solve all these issues. I'll admit, when I decided to embark on the application process I was not sure all that glittered would be gold, but I decided to give it a try.
Well, it defied all expectations: I was able to find my first client in less than two weeks, for a project that lasted seven months and let me learn in two months two technologies I had never worked on in four years. Everything is transparent: the available projects dashboard, interactions with talent coaches and engagement points of contact, contract and payment management, all I have to worry about is doing my best to enjoy my projects and satisfy my clients. I could not have asked for more, and I really think Toptal is a valid environment for a long term career.

Date of experience: October 26, 2022
Armenia
1 review
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Happy to work with Toptal
October 24, 2022

It's a pleasure to work with Toptal and the team because they are trying to do their best to find you the perfect job for you.

Date of experience: October 24, 2022
Croatia
1 review
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Overall pleasant
October 22, 2022

Haven't had any issues so far, everything has been going smooth, would recommend.

Date of experience: October 22, 2022
Bangladesh
1 review
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Working with Toptal is Amazing++
October 20, 2022

Previously I worked with multiple marketplaces but I feel Amazing working with Toptal. I can say Toptal is the number #1 marketplace. The recruiters/matchers are always helpful to the Talents. Toptal is more than a marketplace. By Allah's grace, my life changed after I joined Toptal.

Date of experience: October 20, 2022