Upwork vs. Worksome

Upwork is a freelance hiring platform and work marketplace that connects businesses with independent professionals across more than 10,000 skill categories. It functions as an end-to-end solution for sourcing and managing contingent workforce needs — from project specialists to long-term contractors — without the overhead of full-time hiring. Businesses of all sizes use Upwork to fill skill gaps, execute complex projects, and scale results without adding headcount. Creating an account and posting a job is free. You pay only once a contract begins.

Worksome is the external workforce platform. Most companies have a system for their permanent team, an HRIS, but not for their external workforce, which usually runs on spreadsheets and email. Worksome is that system: one place to source, engage, classify, and pay a company's contractors, freelancers, consultants, and talent sourced through staffing agencies, with compliance built into the workflow and payments across 150+ countries and all 50 US states.