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RemoteHire.ph vs Upwork

Upwork: general freelance marketplace. RemoteHire.ph: a directory of ID-verified Filipino freelancers you hire and pay directly, for a flat $39/month or $199/year. They are different kinds of thing, and the table says where.

RemoteHire.ph and Upwork, side by side.
Row	RemoteHire.phRemoteHire.ph	Upwork
Every ID checked by a person	Yes.	Partly.
Tool skills tested and reviewed by a person	Yes.	Partly.
Video introductions on profiles	Yes.	Yes.
Up to five people on one subscription	Yes.	Partly.
No screenshots or activity monitoring, ever	Yes.	No.
Built only for Philippine talent	Yes.	No.
What you pay	$39/mo flat	5% + fees
No cut of what you pay	Yes.	No.
Your freelancer keeps	100%	85–100%
Pay your hire directly, nothing in between	Yes.	No.
The relationship is yours, no off-platform ban	Yes.	No.
No bidding, no proposal credits	Yes.	No.
Browse full profiles free	Yes.	Yes.
Posting a job	Included	Free
Messaging built in	Yes.	Yes.
Time tracking built in	Yes.	Yes.
Contracts built in	Yes.	Yes.
Invoicing built in	Yes.	Yes.

means partly, or not stated on their own pages · Checked 24 Aug 2026 · every mark sourced

Worldwide freelance marketplaces. They take a percentage of every payment on both sides, and the platform owns the relationship.

Row by row

Government-ID verification: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. A person reviews every freelancer's government ID before the badge appears.; Upwork
“Upwork verifies every freelancer's identity and location”: their claim, and the page names neither a government ID nor a person checking it.
Skill certifications: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. A practical task in the tool, reviewed by a person; every credential is publicly verifiable.; Upwork
Invitation-only Skill Certifications in a few development and support categories; the open skill tests were removed in 2019.
Video introductions: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. Sixty-second intros, recorded in the app and reviewed before display.; Upwork
Yes. A profile introduction video, linked from YouTube rather than recorded in the product.
Team members on one account: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. A Premium subscription covers up to five people on one account, flat.; Upwork
Team tools exist: “any client account includes basic team tools for free”. No page states how many people one subscription covers. (Their support pages block automated fetching; read via search snippets of them.)
No screenshots or monitoring: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. No screenshots, no activity tracking, no monitoring: a commitment, not an omission. Hours are checked by weekly client approval.; Upwork
No. The Work Diary “takes screenshots of your screen every ten minutes” on hourly contracts.
Built for the Philippines: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. Filipino freelancers only; the whole trust story is the PH government-ID check.; Upwork
No. “Upwork's global freelance marketplace”: worldwide, not Philippines-focused.
What you pay: RemoteHire.ph
Flat subscription: $39 a month or $199 a year. Freelancers pay nothing.; Upwork
No subscription; a 5% marketplace fee on every payment (3% US bank), plus $0.99–$14.99 per contract.
No cut of what you pay: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. None. You pay your hire directly and we never touch it.; Upwork
No. 5% of everything you pay (3% US bank; 10% on Business Plus).
What the freelancer gives up: RemoteHire.ph
None, ever. No commission, no membership, no bidding fees.; Upwork
0–15%, set per contract; the freelancer sees it when the offer arrives.
Pay your hire directly: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. You pay your hire directly and we never touch the money. The records around it (hours, invoices, contracts) are built in.; Upwork
No. Every payment runs through the platform, with its fees on both sides.
You own the relationship: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. The relationship is yours from the first message; nothing bans taking it anywhere.; Upwork
No. Off-platform pay is banned for two years; buying the relationship out costs 13.5% of the freelancer's annualised rate.
No bidding or gig auctions: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. Post a job and freelancers apply, or message anyone directly. There is no bid to win.; Upwork
No. Connects “are used to submit proposals to specific job posts”, and Boosted Proposals let freelancers “use Connects to bid”.
Free to browse profiles: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. A free account gets full search, every filter and saved lists.; Upwork
Yes. Free to join, “no upfront costs”; the fees arrive when you hire.
Posting a job: RemoteHire.ph
Included with Premium: unlimited posts with screening questions.; Upwork
Free to post a standard job: “you won't pay anything unless you hire”. Featured posts are the paid upsell.
Messaging built in: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. Yes; Upwork
Yes. Yes
Time tracking built in: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. Hours with weekly approval. No screenshots, no activity monitoring.; Upwork
Yes. Yes
Contracts built in: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. Yes; Upwork
Yes. Yes
Invoicing built in: RemoteHire.ph
Yes. Yes; Upwork
Yes. Yes
How hours are checked: RemoteHire.ph
Weekly approval by the client. No screenshots and no activity monitoring: a commitment, not an omission.; Upwork
The Work Diary “takes screenshots of your screen every ten minutes”, and an activity meter counts clicks, scrolls and keystrokes.
Trial and notice terms: RemoteHire.ph
Cancel anytime. Free accounts keep full search and saved lists.; Upwork
Not stated on their site.

A worked example

Paying a freelancer $12,000 over a year: on RemoteHire.ph you part with $12,468 in total and they keep all $12,000. On Upwork you part with about $12,608, and they keep $10,200 to $12,000. Worked from the sourced figures below; the calculator on /compare-costs runs the same arithmetic at your own spend.

When Upwork is the better choice

You need talent outside the Philippines, or escrow-protected fixed-price milestones for a one-off project.
You want payment protection the platform itself administers, and the percentage is worth that.

Worth knowing

The freelancer's fee is a range set per contract, so it is drawn as a band. Anyone showing you one Upwork number for this is showing you a number they chose.
Taking the relationship off-platform inside two years requires a conversion fee of 13.5% of the freelancer's annualised rate: their own worked example is $8,424 for a $30/hr freelancer.

Every claim here was read from Upwork's own pages on 24 Aug 2026: upwork.com/pricing/client · support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052720974 · support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/34957978335891 · upwork.com/resources/creating-company-account-on-upwork · support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211062278 · support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211062538 · support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043723533 · support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211062898-Understanding-and-using-Connects · support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211063408.

Our own column is stated on /pricing and /features.

See who is on RemoteHire.ph first

The directory is free to search, and every face on it has shown a government ID to a person.

Browse talent

RemoteHire.ph

Upwork

Every ID checked by a person

Tool skills tested and reviewed by a person

Video introductions on profiles

Up to five people on one subscription

No screenshots or activity monitoring, ever

Built only for Philippine talent

What you pay

$39/mo flat

5% + fees

No cut of what you pay

Your freelancer keeps

100%

85–100%

Pay your hire directly, nothing in between

The relationship is yours, no off-platform ban

No bidding, no proposal credits

Browse full profiles free

Posting a job

Included

Free

Messaging built in

Time tracking built in

Contracts built in

Invoicing built in

Row by row

RemoteHire.phUpwork

Government-ID verification

RemoteHire.ph

A person reviews every freelancer's government ID before the badge appears.

Upwork

“Upwork verifies every freelancer's identity and location”: their claim, and the page names neither a government ID nor a person checking it.

Skill certifications

RemoteHire.ph

A practical task in the tool, reviewed by a person; every credential is publicly verifiable.

Upwork

Invitation-only Skill Certifications in a few development and support categories; the open skill tests were removed in 2019.

Video introductions

RemoteHire.ph

Sixty-second intros, recorded in the app and reviewed before display.

Upwork

A profile introduction video, linked from YouTube rather than recorded in the product.

Team members on one account

RemoteHire.ph

A Premium subscription covers up to five people on one account, flat.

Upwork

Team tools exist: “any client account includes basic team tools for free”. No page states how many people one subscription covers. (Their support pages block automated fetching; read via search snippets of them.)

No screenshots or monitoring

RemoteHire.ph

No screenshots, no activity tracking, no monitoring: a commitment, not an omission. Hours are checked by weekly client approval.

Upwork

The Work Diary “takes screenshots of your screen every ten minutes” on hourly contracts.

Built for the Philippines

RemoteHire.ph

Filipino freelancers only; the whole trust story is the PH government-ID check.

Upwork

“Upwork's global freelance marketplace”: worldwide, not Philippines-focused.

What you pay

RemoteHire.ph

Flat subscription: $39 a month or $199 a year. Freelancers pay nothing.

Upwork

No subscription; a 5% marketplace fee on every payment (3% US bank), plus $0.99–$14.99 per contract.

No cut of what you pay

RemoteHire.ph

None. You pay your hire directly and we never touch it.

Upwork

5% of everything you pay (3% US bank; 10% on Business Plus).

What the freelancer gives up

RemoteHire.ph

None, ever. No commission, no membership, no bidding fees.

Upwork

0–15%, set per contract; the freelancer sees it when the offer arrives.

Pay your hire directly

RemoteHire.ph

You pay your hire directly and we never touch the money. The records around it (hours, invoices, contracts) are built in.

Upwork

Every payment runs through the platform, with its fees on both sides.

You own the relationship

RemoteHire.ph

The relationship is yours from the first message; nothing bans taking it anywhere.

Upwork

Off-platform pay is banned for two years; buying the relationship out costs 13.5% of the freelancer's annualised rate.

No bidding or gig auctions

RemoteHire.ph

Post a job and freelancers apply, or message anyone directly. There is no bid to win.

Upwork

Connects “are used to submit proposals to specific job posts”, and Boosted Proposals let freelancers “use Connects to bid”.

Free to browse profiles

RemoteHire.ph

A free account gets full search, every filter and saved lists.

Upwork

Free to join, “no upfront costs”; the fees arrive when you hire.

Posting a job

RemoteHire.ph

Included with Premium: unlimited posts with screening questions.

Upwork

Free to post a standard job: “you won't pay anything unless you hire”. Featured posts are the paid upsell.

Messaging built in

RemoteHire.ph

Yes

Upwork

Yes

Time tracking built in

RemoteHire.ph

Hours with weekly approval. No screenshots, no activity monitoring.

Upwork

Yes

Contracts built in

RemoteHire.ph

Yes

Upwork

Yes

Invoicing built in

RemoteHire.ph

Yes

Upwork

Yes

How hours are checked

RemoteHire.ph

Weekly approval by the client. No screenshots and no activity monitoring: a commitment, not an omission.

Upwork

The Work Diary “takes screenshots of your screen every ten minutes”, and an activity meter counts clicks, scrolls and keystrokes.

Trial and notice terms

RemoteHire.ph

Cancel anytime. Free accounts keep full search and saved lists.

Upwork

Not stated on their site.

A worked example

Worth knowing

The freelancer's fee is a range set per contract, so it is drawn as a band. Anyone showing you one Upwork number for this is showing you a number they chose.

Taking the relationship off-platform inside two years requires a conversion fee of 13.5% of the freelancer's annualised rate: their own worked example is $8,424 for a $30/hr freelancer.