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Brand report · September 2026

Freelancer.com: AI Visibility Report

When buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini about freelance & talent marketplaces, Freelancer.com ranks #5 of 15, a Visibility Score of 22 in Freelance & Talent Marketplaces .

These rankings are measured from what the three models know from training, not a live web search. The live-web grounded surface is rolling out across the index. Methodology.

How AI sees Freelancer.com

Mid-pack in one market, invisible everywhere else.

Where it wins. Freelancer.com earns a 32% mention rate in Freelance & Talent Marketplaces, keeping it in contention alongside the category's dominant names. That presence is built on startup and small team buying scenarios, where the platform gets picked into shortlists consistently.

Where it loses. A 0% first-pick rate means the AI models treat it as a supporting option rather than a recommendation, and it drops out entirely when enterprise buyers or feature-specific questions drive the prompt, leaving two of the category's most purchase-ready segments uncovered.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

On message

How Freelancer.com positions itself vs how AI ranks it

Freelancer.com claims Freelance & Talent Marketplaces and the models back it: #6 of 15 there.

The pitch

"Hire Freelancers & Find Freelance Jobs Online"

Positions in Freelance & Talent Marketplaces

What AI actually says

Strongest #6 · Freelance & Talent Marketplaces

In Freelance & Talent Marketplaces #6 of 15, claim holds

Homepage self-messaging · September 2026 ranking · the biggest gaps across the index →

Freelance & Talent Marketplaces · #5 of 15

22 / 100 ▲ 6 vs last month

32%

mention rate (72 answers)

4

avg. position

0%

first pick

4%

share of voice

ChatGPT

32

Claude

26

Gemini

7

One of the index's bigger model splits: see where the models disagree →

How the models portray Freelancer.com

Being named is not the same as being recommended. Each mention is graded endorsed (a strong pick), listed (a neutral option), or caveated (named with a reservation).

61% 39%

endorsed · 95% band 0–14% listed caveated graded across 23 mentions in Freelance & Talent Marketplaces answers

Prompt themes Freelancer.com would want to own

Share of each theme's answers that mention Freelancer.com. Hover a row for the exact prompt. Compare shapes on the head-to-head page.

Startup & small team

7/9

Best overall

6/9

Top tools in 2026

6/9

If you could pick one

2/9

Use-case fit

1/9

Budget & alternatives

1/9

Enterprise pick

0/9

Feature-led ask

0/9

Gaps Enterprise pick · Feature-led ask

Most co-mentioned competitors

Share of Freelancer.com's mentions where the AI models name this brand in the same answer. That is the real competitive set in the AI channel.

Upwork

100%

Fiverr

96%

Toptal

96%

Contra

61%

PeoplePerHour

57%

99designs

52%

Scores are measured from real AI answers, refreshed monthly. Methodology.

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