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Plutio vs Upwork

	Plutio	Upwork
What it says it does	An all-in-one business app for freelancers and small teams: projects, tasks, time tracking, proposals, contracts, invoices, scheduling, forms and a branded client portal, with a built-in AI assistant.	Upwork is a large freelance marketplace where clients post hourly and fixed-price jobs, freelancers send proposals, and payments run through Upwork with payment protection and dispute resolution.
Pricing	Core $19/mo (solo, up to 9 active clients); Pro $49/mo (unlimited clients, up to 30 contributors); Max $199/mo (unlimited contributors, white-label and SSO); annual billing gives 2 months free; 7-day free trial, no card; no transaction fees (official)	Free to join; freelancers pay a 0%-15% service fee per contract, shown before you bid and locked once the contract starts; clients pay separate marketplace fees (official)
Website	https://www.plutio.com/	https://www.upwork.com/

Which to use

Plutio wins when you want to replace several freelancer tools with one branded workspace and pay no transaction fees. Upwork wins when you want volume: many clients posting jobs, with hourly payment protection and a fee you see before you bid.

Choose Plutio if you want projects, proposals, contracts, invoices and a client portal in one app.
Choose Upwork if you want the biggest pool of posted freelance jobs, both hourly and fixed-price.

This is an editorial fit note from each vendor's public site and docs, not a sponsored ranking and not a price quote. Descriptions in the table come from those sites. Confirm current prices there. How we review tools.

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