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Upwork Reviews Summary

Upwork has a rating of 2.8 stars from 2,128 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Upwork most frequently mention customer service, credit card and job success. Upwork ranks 3rd among Freelancing sites.

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Upwork is a great pool of talents for business owners! And a great platform of opportunities for freelancers at different levels & industry. Professionally reliable for all who can follow Upwork's guidelines, terms & conditions.

Date of experience: December 13, 2020
Pakistan
1 review
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Mobile App Developer
December 14, 2020

Flexible working hours and communication with clients are really exciting. Great Place to work I loved it!

Date of experience: December 13, 2020
Utah
1 review
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Slow start, hot burn
December 13, 2020

It takes a lot of work to get started. It's taken me the whole of 2020 to get $800. However, the more positive reviews you can collect, the more people start to approach you for jobs. Once you complete a job, the chances of landing similar jobs go up by a lot, and you can swing your weight around bidding for jobs like that one once you have reviews explaining success from someone else.

Bottom line, success is based on performance, but you need really spot on proposals to land gigs before you have positive reviews.

Date of experience: December 12, 2020
Texas
2 reviews
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Starting out as a freelancer is hard, especially if you are coming into the field with little to no professional experience. That's obvious. But Upwork provides a platform to connect you with clients and a secure way to communicate and get paid. There is a lot of support in the community forums and through Upwork's support team. I'm so glad I joined!

Date of experience: December 12, 2020
Pakistan
1 review
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It is a great platform for those who are professional and have their skillsets. No hassles, simple process, setting up milestones, and just do your work. Very helpful support team.

Date of experience: December 12, 2020
GB
1 review
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Awesome possibilities
December 13, 2020

I'm absolutely happy to be part of Upwork! Brilliant opportunities and very comfortable conditions. I'm planning to build my career with Upwork.

Date of experience: December 12, 2020
Egypt
1 review
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Upwork
December 13, 2020

Upwork is a very good platform to find freelancing jobs that matches my skills, it's very challenging and it open doors to opportunities that isn't easy to find elsewhere.

Date of experience: December 12, 2020
RU
1 review
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It is a great platform for learning and working. As a freelancer you are assured to always get work given that you have necessary skills.

Date of experience: December 12, 2020
Bangladesh
1 review
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Upwork is a great platform for freelancers to search for jobs and get hired! I started using it in 2020 and it really boosts my career.

Date of experience: December 12, 2020
Philippines
1 review
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Upwork honest review
December 12, 2020

Upwork is a life changing website it helps professionalS connect to the world while working at the comfort of our own home.

Date of experience: December 11, 2020
Bangladesh
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I started getting many clients from Upwork and a really good platform for freelancers and startups. It really boosts my career.

Date of experience: December 11, 2020
India
1 review
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I got many clients from Upwork and really good planform for freelancers and startups. I started using it since 2017 and its really boost my career.

Date of experience: December 10, 2020
Philippines
1 review
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Upwork experience
December 11, 2020

Upwork is a great platform for freelancers like me to search for jobs and get hired! Also, I am confident that I will be paid since Upwork also verifies identity and payment method of clients.

Date of experience: December 10, 2020
Pakistan
1 review
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Support is amazing
December 11, 2020

Upwork is a great platform for freelancers and their support is amazing. I have worked on other platforms but their support was not so good. I had a couple of issues in this week but their support got my back.

Date of experience: December 10, 2020
Pakistan
1 review
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Success on Upwork
December 11, 2020

Excellent platform for skilled person to perform jobs while ensuring save payments for both freelancers and clients.

Date of experience: December 10, 2020
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I am a Technical Virtual Assistant specialized in Web Support. I have been working in Upwork for many years and getting paid. Even though there are bad clients but most of the clients I faced are good people. You have to be a very serious and professional freelancer to be successful here. If you complete your project in a timely manner and with accuracy, there will be lots of work with repeat clients.

Date of experience: December 10, 2020
Slovakia
1 review
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I have only good experience on Upwork. Its great platform for remote work. Getting jobs or finding freelancers to help to work on stuff that you need is realy easy. Freelances on Upwork have lot of opportunities to find various jobs that they need.

Date of experience: December 10, 2020
RU
1 review
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I went to work on the platform Upwork (then it was called oDesk) from platform Elance in 2015. Gradually gaining experience in communicating with customers and in software development, I gained confidence in the future. I see the movement of the platform Upwork in the direction of improvement of work with clients and freelancers. I hope that my work with Upwork will last a very long time.

Date of experience: December 10, 2020
Pakistan
1 review
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Hye,
Thanks for reading my review.
Let's jump to one year ago. I did not have any income sources to support my expenditures. Then, I started my freelance carrier on Upwork. This platform really helped a lot. Now, I am earning handsome money by providing my professional skills.
I am really thankful to the Upwork team.

Date of experience: December 10, 2020
South Carolina
1 review
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Game Changer
December 10, 2020

Upwork has changed the game for me as a designer. Their platform brings excellent clients from around the world directly to me. They provide advice, protection and the largest pool of high quality projects for me to consider. Sincerely, Upwork has changed the way I work.

Date of experience: December 10, 2020

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