The most popular FREE freelance marketplaces on the Web according to Alexa.

Most of the sites listed here are free to use in their most basic form both for freelancers and employers, however some of the sites have fees for at least one party and most of the sites have paid premium features.

Each site is listed with its specialties and main language when not English.

Latest update: January 15th, 2013

getafreelancer freelance marketplace logo

1) Freelancer.com – general

odesk freelance marketplace logo

2) odesk.com – general

elance freelance marketplace logo

3) Elance.com – general

99designs freelance marketplace logo

4) 99designs.com – design

suite101 freelance marketplace logo

5) Suite101.com – writing

rentacoder freelance marketplace logo

6) rentacoder.com – programming, graphic design, writing, translation

guru freelance marketplace logo

7) Guru.com – general

mediabistro freelance marketplace logo

8) mediabistro.com – writing/editing, production, graphic design, publishing. NOT FREE FOR FREELANCERS: membership fees.

proz freelance marketplace logo

9) proz.com – translation, interpreting

peopleperhour freelance marketplace logo

10) peopleperhour.com – programming, design, administrative tasks, accounting, PR

freelanceswitch freelance marketplace logo

11) freelanceswitch.com – general

designcrowd freelance marketplace logo

12) designcrowd.com – design

donanza freelance marketplace logo

13) Donanza.com – general

taskrabbit freelance marketplace logo

14) TaskRabbit.com – house cleaning, ikea assembly, donation pickup, event help, office help, pet sitting

freelance freelance marketplace logo

15) freelance.com – general

getacoder freelance marketplace logo

16) getacoder.com – web design, writing, programming, legal

taskcity freelance marketplace logo

17) taskcity.com – programming

trabajofreelance freelance marketplace logo

18) trabajofreelance.com – Spanish, general. NOT FREE FOR EMPLOYERS: contact fees.

clickworker freelance marketplace logo

19) clickworker.com – online marketing, e-commerce, media, information and directory services, seo content, translation, web research, data categorization and tagging

ifreelance freelance marketplace logo

20) ifreelance.com – proofreading,arts, data entry, graphic designing, photography, bookkeeping. NOT FREE FOR FREELANCERS: membership fees.

freelance informatique freelance marketplace logo

21) freelance-info.fr – French, consulting. NOT FREE FOR EMPLOYERS: access fees.

freelancewritinggigs freelance marketplace logo

22) freelancewritinggigs.com – writing

project4hire freelance marketplace logo

23) project4hire.com – programming, translation, consulting, graphic design

freelancewriting freelance marketplace logo

24) freelancewriting.com – writing

xplace freelance marketplace logo

25) xplace.com – designing, programming, writing/editing, translating, marketing, photographing. NOT FREE FOR FREELANCERS: bidding fees.

gofreelance freelance marketplace logo

26) gofreelance.com – general

joomlancers freelance marketplace logo

27) joomlancers.com – everything related to the Joomla CMS

scribendi freelance marketplace logo

28. scribendi.com – editing and proofreading

freelancers.net freelance marketplace logo

29) freelancers.net – general

freelanceindia freelance marketplace logo

30) freelanceindia.com – general

genuinejobs freelance marketplace logo

31) genuinejobs.com – telecommuting

freelancedesigners freelance marketplace logo

32) freelancedesigners.com – web and graphic design, programming, photography, writing, fashion design, industrial design, video production, advertising, logo design

freelancesuccess freelance marketplace logo

33) freelancesuccess.com -writing

governmentbids freelance marketplace logo

34) governmentbids.com – general

freelance-informatique.fr freelance marketplace logo

35) freelance-informatique.fr – French, general. NOT FREE FOR EMPLOYERS: intermediary fees.

freelancers jobs freelance marketplace logo

36) freelancer-job.com – programming

wordpressfreelance freelance marketplace logo

37) wordpressfreelance.com – wordpress projects

greatlance freelance marketplace logo

38) greatlance.com – general

freelancejobsearch freelance marketplace logo

39) freelancejobsearch.com – web & graphic design, photography

bountyit freelance marketplace logo

40) bountyit.com – business, technology, creativity

seed freelance marketplace logo

41) seed.com – writing, photography

maglance freelance marketplace logo

42) maglance.com – programming

hoofdkraan logo

43) Hoofdkraan.nl – Dutch, general

directfreelance freelance marketplace logo

44) directfreelance.com – writing, graphic design, programming

freelancefree freelance marketplace logo

45) freelancefree.com – general

outsourcexp freelance marketplace logo

46) outsourcexp.com – SEO, engineering, administrative tasks, marketing, writing, databases, graphic and web design, programming

writerlance freelance marketplace logo

47) writerlance.com – writing

bizreef freelance marketplace logo

48) bizreef.com – writing, programming, graphic designing, marketing, translating, photographing.NOT FREE FOR FREELANCERS: contact fees.

programmingbids freelance marketplace logo

49) programmingbids.com – programming, databases, graphic design. NOT FREE FOR FREELANCERS:membership fees.

whichlance freelance marketplace logo

50) whichlance.com – general

auctionsforbusiness freelance marketplace logo

51) auctionsforbusiness.com – training, virtual assistants, product reviews, documenting, legal, imports/exports handling, financial and business, information technology, translation and proofreading, data entry

freelanceauction freelance marketplace logo

52) freelanceauction.com – programming, design

freelancing projects freelance marketplace logo

53) freelanceprojectupdates.com – general

trally freelance marketplace logo

54) trally.com – translation

hourly logo

55) hourly.com – general

myzoox freelance marketplace logo

56) myzoox.com – general

Special mention

craigslist freelance marketplace logo

Craigslist.org – general

Although not technically a freelance marketplace, many people do use Craigslist to post and bid on free job listings, both freelance and salaried jobs.

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