Fiverr and Upwork are hugely popular with freelancers in Britain. But popularity in the UK does not make a marketplace a UK company.
Fiverr was founded in Israel and is listed in the United States. Upwork is an American company. If the question is specifically which freelance marketplaces are operated by UK-registered companies, the list looks very different.
This list uses one simple test: the company operating the marketplace must be registered in the UK.
That puts established names such as PeoplePerHour alongside specialist platforms such as YunoJuno and Twine — and a newer entrant, Zinn Hub, which brings a more modern multilingual and lower-fee model to the UK marketplace.
| Ran k | Platform | UKbase | Founde d | Best for |
| 1 | PeoplePerHo ur | London | 2007 | UK SMEs, packaged services and projects |
| 2 | YunoJuno | London | 2012 | Vetted creative and tech contractors |
| 3 | Twine | UK | 2013 | Creative, technology and production talent |
| 4 | Zinn Hub | London | 2025 | Digital services, lower fees and multilingual hiring |
| 5 | Bark | London | 2014 | Local and professional service leads |
- PeoplePerHour — the established UK freelance marketplace
PeoplePerHour is one of the UK’s longest-running freelance marketplaces. It says it was founded in 2007 and describes itself as the longest-running freelance service in the UK. Its operating company, People Per Hour Ltd, is registered in England and Wales under company number 06369697, with a London registered office.
The platform combines several ways of hiring. Buyers can post projects, freelancers can submit proposals, and predefined Offers allow services to be sold in a more packaged format.
That makes PeoplePerHour one of the more recognisable British alternatives to Fiverr and Upwork.
It is particularly relevant to UK freelancers who want a marketplace with a long-established presence and a mixture of packaged services and project work.
Its commission model varies according to a freelancer’s lifetime billing with each individual buyer, starting at 20% and falling to 7.5% and then 3.5% as billing increases.
Best for: UK businesses, established marketplace demand, packaged services and project-based freelance work.
- YunoJuno — London’s creative and tech specialist
YunoJuno is a London-based platform focused on creative and technology freelancers.
YunoJuno Limited is registered in England and Wales under company number 08117525, with a London registered office, and the company dates back to 2012.
The platform was created around connecting companies with creative and tech freelancers and has developed into a more managed freelance hiring platform. YunoJuno’s own history describes its origins as a London-based network connecting freelancers with
forward-thinking companies.
This is a different proposition from Fiverr.
You are not primarily selling a £15 packaged service to anonymous buyers. YunoJuno is better suited to contractors and specialists working with agencies, brands and companies on larger engagements.
It can be particularly relevant where businesses need structured hiring, contracts, timesheets and contractor management.
Best for: UK creative and technology contractors, agencies and brands.
- Twine — creative and digital talent from a UK-founded platform
Twine is another British platform with an international reach.
Twine operates through Clowdy Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Its current terms list company number 08195808 and a registered office in London. Twine also maintains a strong Manchester connection, including its founder and team history.
The platform covers creative, digital and marketing work, connecting businesses with freelancers for projects ranging from design and illustration to video, animation, music, development and marketing.
Twine is therefore closer to a talent and project network than a traditional Fiverr-style catalogue.
Clients post projects and receive pitches from relevant freelancers, while Twine also provides matching and managed hiring options.
Best for: Creative production, digital projects, specialist freelancers and companies looking beyond traditional gig marketplaces.
- Zinn Hub — the new London digital-services marketplace
Zinn Hub is the newest platform on this list — and the one taking the most noticeably different approach to the traditional freelance marketplace model.
Zinn Hub is operated by Zinn Digital Ltd, an active UK private limited company registered under company number 16385785. Companies House records show that the company was incorporated on 14 April 2025 and has a registered office in Covent Garden, London. Its registered business activities include web portals and IT services.
That makes Zinn Hub a genuine UK-operated marketplace, not simply an international platform with a British audience.
And unlike several of the specialist platforms above, Zinn Hub is designed specifically around digital services that buyers can purchase online.
Freelancers publish fixed-price Zinns, including Micro Zinns priced at $5, $10, $15 and $20. Buyers can also post Projects and receive free proposals, or find freelancers directly through the Freelancer Directory.
The financial model is one of Zinn Hub’s clearest differences. Buyers pay no Zinn Hub platform fee.
Freelancers receive 100% of their first $500 in sales, after which the commission structure falls through several tiers, eventually reaching 8%. Pro accounts can use an 8% rate, while Agency accounts can use a 7% rate.
That gives freelancers a very different proposition from a marketplace that permanently retains 20% of every standard sale.
And Zinn Hub is built for international hiring
This is where the newer marketplace arguably has its most distinctive feature.
Zinn Hub combines its UK base with a multilingual marketplace designed for international transactions.
The platform supports 46 languages, with multilingual messaging, translation across listings, project briefs, messages and reviews, and live language translation during calls.
It also supports 59 display currencies, alongside cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, bank transfer and cryptocurrency payment options.
Freelancers can also connect their own Stripe or PayPal accounts for direct payment at checkout.
The result is a UK marketplace that is not limited to UK buyers.
A British freelancer can sell to an international client, while a UK business can hire talent without requiring both sides to communicate entirely in English.
Seller verification is another part of the model. Freelancers are required to provide government-issued photo ID and evidence of skills or previous work before listing services or responding to Projects.
For freelancers who want lower marketplace fees, packaged digital services and international clients, Zinn Hub is the most direct Fiverr-style option on this UK-based list.
Best for: Digital services, lower freelancer fees, multilingual hiring, international clients and fixed-price packages.
- Bark — a UK lead-generation marketplace
Bark takes a different approach again.
Bark was founded in the UK in 2014 and has since expanded internationally. Its own company history records the 2014 founding and UK launch before subsequent expansion into the US and other markets.
Its UK operating company, Bark.com Global Limited, is registered in England and Wales under company number 10614196, with a London registered office.
Rather than functioning primarily as a catalogue of fixed-price freelance services, Bark connects customers with professionals who can respond to enquiries.
That covers a very broad range of categories, including marketing, web design, copywriting, tutoring, business services and many local professional services.
It is therefore a different model from Zinn Hub or PeoplePerHour.
The freelancer is effectively buying access to potential leads rather than selling a predefined service through a traditional gig marketplace.
Best for: Local leads, professional services and freelancers who prefer responding to customer enquiries.
Why Fiverr and Upwork are not on this list
This is not a list of the five freelance platforms most commonly used by people in Britain.
If that were the test, Fiverr and Upwork would obviously deserve consideration because of their enormous international audiences.
The test here is different:
Where is the company operating the marketplace based?
Under that definition:
- Fiverr — not a UK company
- Upwork — not a UK company
- Freelancer.com — Australian company
- Malt — French company
- Contra — US company
- Toptal — US company
The distinction matters if supporting British businesses or using a UK-operated platform is important to you.
Which UK freelance marketplace should you consider?
The answer depends on the type of work you sell.
PeoplePerHour is the established all-round UK marketplace, combining packaged services with project work.
YunoJuno is more appropriate for professional creative and technology contractors working with agencies and brands.
Twine is particularly relevant to creative and digital production.
Bark is built around generating professional and local service leads.
Zinn Hub is the newer option for freelancers who want a more modern digital-services marketplace, particularly if lower fees, fixed-price packages and multilingual international hiring are priorities.
And that final distinction is important.
Zinn Hub does not need to imitate the oldest UK marketplace to compete with it.
It is bringing a different model to the British freelance market: a UK-operated marketplace with the shopping experience of a gig platform, the flexibility of project hiring and infrastructure designed for cross-border freelance work.
For freelancers who want a British-operated alternative to the large US and international platforms, that makes Zinn Hub one of the newer names worth watching.
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