Business Plus members benefit from reduced fees and flexible payment solutions.
Business Plus is free to join, and when you hire on Upwork, you pay a 10% Business Plus Fee on all payments that you make to freelancers for fixed-price and hourly projects, Project Catalog projects, and bonuses.
A discounted Business Plus Fee of 8% is available for eligible clients in the U.S. who pay with a checking account. If you see it as an option in Billing & Payments when you begin to add a payment, you are eligible.
Depending on how you use Upwork, you may be subject to additional fees, including:
- A one-time-per-contract Business Plus Contract Initiation Fee up to $4.99 USD for contracts of $100 USD or less
- Featured Job Post Fee
- Conversion Fee
Here’s what you won’t pay:
- Subscription fees
Frequently Asked Questions
You’ll be charged according to whatever billing method is on file. If a payment is released with your bank account (ACH) as your primary billing method, you’ll be charged 8%. If a payment is released with any other form of payment, you’ll be charged 10%.
Yes, you can adjust your membership plan at any time. However, only the “owner” and “admin full” roles should be allowed to make plan changes.
Once a plan change is made, we'll notify your team members of the plan change by notification within Upwork.
When you change your membership, pre-existing open contracts and all new contracts will be charged the fee structure of whatever you switch to. All financial activity will follow the current membership plan at the time of the transaction.
If your billing method doesn’t work, you may be suspended. We recommend keeping an additional form of payment on file to avoid interruptions to work.
Yes, the Business Plus Fee is applied to all payments that you make to freelancers for fixed-price and hourly contracts, Project Catalog projects, and bonuses.
No, there is no extra fee to use Net-30 monthly invoicing. However, this program requires an application.