WeaveStacks vs Upwork
Upwork is one of the largest places to hire freelancers for almost any kind of work. WeaveStacks is narrower: production-ready code products, and the developers who built them available for setup and custom work. If you need something built around an existing module, that difference matters.
| Upwork | WeaveStacks | |
|---|---|---|
| What you buy | Freelance time and projects of any kind | A working code product, and the author’s time to install or change it |
| Freelancer fee | A service fee of 0–15%, set per contract (variable since May 2025) | 15% on the free plan, 10% on the lowest-fee paid plan. Founding sellers pay 0% for their first 6 months |
| Client fee | A marketplace fee on payments (the rate depends on plan and payment method) and a one-time contract initiation fee | None. Taxes are added where they apply |
| Bidding | Freelancers spend Connects to send proposals | No bidding to buy a product; services are fixed-price packages |
| Judging the work | Profiles, portfolios and job history | Try the developer’s own product in a live demo before hiring them |
| Payment protection | Escrow for fixed-price contracts | Escrow until delivery |
Choose Upwork if…
- The job has nothing to do with an existing product: you need a team built from scratch, or non-technical work.
- You need a very large pool of candidates, or enterprise hiring features.
Choose WeaveStacks if…
- You would rather start from a working module than a blank page.
- You want to hire the person who already knows the code inside out.
- You want to see real work running before you pay anyone.
We’re a new marketplace, so our catalogue and buyer audience are much smaller than Upwork’s today. We’d rather you choose with the full picture.