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Fiverr vs Upwork

Fiverr or Upwork? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.

Upwork takes 3 of 4 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.

Term by term

Fiverr vs Upwork compared across 15 criteria
Criterion Fiverr Upwork Top pick
The money
Commission 25–70% ✔ 70%
Pays for 1 year —
Payout type Tiered One-time
Tier ladder Fiverr Marketplace 25% of the first order plus 10% revenue share for 12 months, Fiverr Pro 70% of the first order plus 10% revenue share for 12 months, Logo Maker $30 fixed plus 10% revenue share for 12 months No tiers
Terms
Cookie window 30 days —
Ease of starting 3 / 5 ✔ 3.5 / 5
Approval Reviewed Reviewed
Our rating — —
Getting paid
Paid out Monthly (Net-30 after you request payment. Requests made between the 2nd and 15th are reviewed on the 24th and paid by the 7th of the following month; requests from the 16th onward are reviewed on the 11th and paid on the 15th.) Monthly (Withdraw on a set day each month, or whenever the Impact balance reaches the threshold you configured.)
Minimum payout $100 (You must reach this balance before a payment request can be submitted. Earnings below it stay in your balance.) Upwork publishes no figure; Impact pays out when your balance reaches a threshold you set in that account.
Clearing hold — —
Payment methods Bank wire transfer ✔ Direct transfer, BACS, PayPal
Rules
Self-referral — —
Paid search — Restricted
Affiliate assets ✔ Banners, Creatives, Gig Ads widget, Search Box widget, Deep links, Geo rotation group, Affiliate dashboard Logos, Ads, Banners, Text links

A ✔ marks the better term on that row. Rows where the programs match, where the terms aren't comparable, or where a program hasn't published a figure are left unmarked — a dash means unknown, not zero.

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