Work More Efficiently with Ylancer—The Top Guru Alternative

Guru lets freelancers bid on jobs and offers paid membership plans for more bids and lower fees. Ylancer has no memberships: freelancers pay a flat 10% commission on completed mandates and can both sell ready-made services (quests) and apply to jobs for free.

No. Joining Ylancer, creating quests and applying to jobs are free for every freelancer. There are no paid plans to unlock bids; your Ylancer badge grows with your completed work instead.

On Ylancer, freelancers pay 10% on completed mandates and clients pay no fee. Guru charges freelancers a service fee that depends on their membership plan and adds a handling fee to client payments, so the total cost on Guru depends on the plan you choose.

Both platforms protect payments. On Ylancer, the client's payment is held in escrow when the mandate starts and released to the freelancer only after the client approves the work. If a mandate is cancelled, the money goes back to the client's Ylancer Balance.

Yes. Quests are Ylancer's fixed-price services: you set packages, prices, delivery times and requirements, and clients can buy them directly from your profile, category pages or search.

Ylancer has built-in chat for messages and files, and freelancers can send custom offers right in the conversation. Mandate details, deliveries and reviews all stay in one place.

Yes. New freelancers start with the Struggler badge, which lets them apply to 15 jobs a day and use client engagement tools, recommended quests and bookmarks without paying for a membership.

If a client and freelancer cannot agree, either can open a case in the Resolution Center for that mandate. Ylancer's support team reviews the case and decides based on the mandate details and conversation.

Top Performer and Elite Expert badges significantly boost profile visibility. Elite Experts also get priority support, faster withdrawals and access to top recommendations, and their profiles are not hidden due to inactivity.

Sign up for free, fill in your profile, skills and portfolio, then publish quests for the services you offer on Guru. You can apply to jobs on Ylancer from day one.