Fastwork in 9 slides
A Southeast Asian freelance marketplace with packaged services and escrow, strong in Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
- Freelance marketplace
- Freelance sites
- Based in Bangkok, Thailand
What you do on Fastwork
How the money is made: freelance services
- Build a profile
- Win a client
- Deliver the work
- Get paid
A Southeast Asian freelance marketplace with packaged services and escrow, strong in Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Founded 2015 · next to 57 other freelance sites
Work and topics
What Fastwork takes
17% commission, sliding to ~7% high-value
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign up
- Do the work
- Earnings clearDaily withdrawal offered (payment fee may apply)
- Withdraw1 way to withdraw
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
What people actually earn
Fastwork says it takes an 18% referral fee on what a client it introduces pays the freelancer, up to $100 per client, and 0% on clients freelancers bring themse…
Source: fastwork.com ↗How it scores
Weaker on proof of earnings.
- Fees3.5
- Getting paid3.0
- Access2.5
- Track record3.5
- Proof of earnings2.5
- Clear fees
- Fast payouts
- 10 years running
Fastwork against its peers
Guess: next to the 29 other freelance sites that charge a percentage, is Fastwork…
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 7%–17%, Fastwork sits near the middle — the median fee across the 30 freelance sites we track that charge a percentage is 12.3%.
- Launched in 2015, Fastwork is newer than most freelance sites — 36 of the 58 we track were founded earlier.
How much we know
We have 8 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
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- Payment protection
- Join requirements
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts