Freelancer Plus is Upwork's paid monthly subscription for freelancers and agencies, which bundles a monthly allowance of Connects with extra profile and proposal features that the free Basic plan does not include.
Upwork's Basic plan is free and sufficient to work: a freelancer can build a profile, buy Connects as needed and take contracts. Freelancer Plus is the upgrade. For a monthly price set by Upwork it includes a block of Connects each month, which on its own accounts for most of the cost, and a set of features that have changed over time: seeing the bid range on job posts, keeping the profile visible when the account is idle, a custom profile URL, and priority in some of Upwork's tools. The Help Center lists what is included today; Upwork adds and removes features and adjusts the price, so any particular list dates quickly.
The decision is arithmetic. A freelancer who buys more Connects each month than the subscription includes usually saves by subscribing; one who bids rarely does not. The extra features matter most to people competing for the same jobs as many others, where knowing the bid range and boosting a proposal change the odds.
Freelancer Plus does not change the service fee, does not confer a badge, and has no bearing on the Job Success Score or on Top Rated eligibility. Agencies subscribe separately through the agency account, where the equivalent is Agency Plus. In Upwork Inc.'s reporting, subscriptions are part of marketplace revenue and one of the levers behind the take rate.
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