CrowdWorks in 8 slides
Japan largest crowdsourcing marketplace, connecting companies with freelancers for development, design, writing, and admin work. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with millions of registered freelancers.
- Freelance marketplace
- Freelance sites
- Based in Tokyo, Japan
What you do on CrowdWorks
How the money is made: freelance services
- Build a profile
- Win a client
- Deliver the work
- Get paid
Japan largest crowdsourcing marketplace, connecting companies with freelancers for development, design, writing, and admin work. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with millions of registered freelancers.
Founded 2011 · next to 57 other freelance sites
Work and topics
Good for
What CrowdWorks takes
Tiered system fee 5-20%
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
How it scores
Strong on track record. Weaker on getting paid.
- Fees3.5
- Getting paid2.3
- Access2.5
- Track record4.0
- Proof of earningsNot enough facts
- Clear fees
- 10 years running
- Public company
CrowdWorks against its peers
Guess: next to the 29 other freelance sites that charge a percentage, is CrowdWorks…
The cut of all 30 freelance sites that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Freelancehunt | 2.5% |
| Worksome | 4% |
| Braintrust | 5% |
| Comet | 5% |
| Mihuashi | 5% |
| Guru | 7% |
| Upwork | 7.5% |
| GoLance | 8% |
| Freelancer | 10% |
| 99designs | 10% |
| Malt | 10% |
| Terawork | 10% |
| Codeable | 10% |
| PeoplePerHour | 11.8% |
| Fastwork | 12% |
| CrowdWorks | 12.5% |
| Wishket | 12.5% |
| Kmong | 13% |
| Sribu | 15% |
| 99Freelas | 15% |
| Projects.co.id | 15% |
| Lancers | 16.5% |
| Mostaql | 17.5% |
| Fiverr | 20% |
| Ureed | 20% |
| Bionluk | 20% |
| Kolabtree | 20% |
| Comeup | 20% |
| Khamsat | 20% |
| Coconala | 22% |
- At 5%–20%, CrowdWorks sits near the middle — the median fee across the 30 freelance sites we track that charge a percentage is 12.3%.
- Founded in 2011, CrowdWorks has been running for about 15 years — longer than 39 of the 58 freelance sites we track with a known launch year.
How much we know
We have 6 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Withdrawal methods
- Countries it accepts
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Payment protection
- Join requirements
- Real earnings figures
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts