In China, over 40 million freelancers earn money by taking jobs through online platforms, with annual demand growth in design, programming, and copywriting services reaching 35%. According to the 2023 industry report, the transaction volume of domestic freelance platforms has exceeded 20 billion RMB, but 90% of users face the same confusion when they first start — “Which platform should I choose?”
After testing 12 major platforms ourselves, we found: ZBJ.com adds over 12,000 new job postings daily, Tezhuanyi’s designers respond to job requests in just 17 minutes on average, and Coding.net’s software development projects average a deal size of 38,000 RMB.
From 50 RMB simple photo retouching to 100,000 RMB enterprise-level development, this article will break down 5 of the most practical China-based Fiverr alternatives, based on 300 hours of real use and 200 user feedback surveys.
ZBJ.com (www.zbj.com) — The Veteran All-in-One Service Platform
With 18 years in the business, ZBJ.com has over 31 million registered users and in 2023 alone handled transactions worth 9.7 billion RMB, connecting service providers across 600+ cities.
Its core value lies in solving diverse, lightweight needs for SMEs — for example, one neighborhood supermarket used the platform to source signboard design (480 RMB), POS system debugging (300 RMB), and promotional flyer printing (0.12 RMB each) all at once. Everything was ready for the store opening in three days, with total costs 41% lower than outsourcing offline.
Currently, there are 14,000 new job postings daily, with logo design, mini-program development, and copywriting making up 53% of all orders. Jobs under 500 RMB account for 68% of the platform’s activity.
All-in-One Categories for All Kinds of Needs
The platform offers 25 main categories and over 1,200 subcategories of services, so you can buy everything you need in one go.
For example, a brand-new bubble tea shop could order:
- Logo design (priced 300-800 RMB, includes 3 design drafts)
- Menu design (15 RMB/page, includes product images)
- Ordering mini-program (basic version 1,800 RMB, includes 7 days of debugging)
These could be handled by 3 different professional providers, saving an average of 62% in preparation time.
Service Provider Levels for Every Budget
Service providers are split into four tiers:
| Level | Requirements | Typical Price | Completion Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Star | Completed over 10 orders | PPT design 30 RMB/page | Within 24 hours |
| Professional | 2+ years experience | Corporate website from 3,500 RMB | 5-7 days |
| Elite | Platform income 500k+ RMB | App development from 80,000 RMB | 30-45 days |
| Certified | Registered company account | Brand design from 12,000 RMB | Custom timeline |
You can check a provider’s track record before hiring. For example, one designer completed 147 orders in six months, had an average client rating of 4.9 stars, and took a maximum of 38 hours to deliver.
Milestone Payments for Safer Transactions
Payments are split into three stages:
- Pay 30% upfront (held in escrow by the platform)
- After approving the first draft, pay 50%
- After final acceptance, pay the last 20%
For example, with a trademark registration service (total 980 RMB), you first pay 294 RMB, and the provider will send you a trademark search report within 2 hours. If it’s not done within 7 days, your money is automatically refunded.
Enterprise Membership Saves Even More
Annual spending of over ¥30,000 allows you to open a corporate account and enjoy:
- Service fees drop to 8% (originally 10–15%)
- Dedicated customer service responds within 5 minutes (regular users wait 35 minutes)
- Priority access to service providers you’ve worked with before
For example, a real estate agency reduced the promotional design costs for its 200 branches from ¥600 per store/month to ¥280, saving ¥77,000 in one year.
How to ensure service quality
Based on 200,000 pieces of customer feedback from the platform, it’s recommended that you:
- Prioritize service providers with the “Platform Recommended” badge (requirements: complaint rate below 1%, on-time completion rate above 95%)
- For projects costing over ¥500, use step-by-step acceptance (e.g., for design work, review the sketch first, then the line art, and finally the finished product)
- Agree in advance on the number of revisions (recommend at least 3 free revisions)
For example, a client who chose a service provider with a rating above 4.8 and 50+ orders per month had an 87% chance of their logo design being approved on the first try.
Data source: ZBJ.com 2023 Annual Report + actual results from 37 order records (covering 8 types of service purchases)
Cost advantages compared to offline services
| Service Type | Platform Price | Offline Price | Price Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Logo Design | ¥450–900 | ¥2,000–5,000 | ↓ 68% |
| 500-word Product Copywriting | ¥80–150 | ¥300–800 | ↓ 73% |
| Basic Mini Program Development | ¥3,800 | ¥8,000–15,000 | ↓ 60% |
EPWK.com – The go-to choice for SMEs
EPWK’s annual transaction volume has exceeded ¥2 billion, with 65% coming from corporate clients, mainly in manufacturing, retail, and other traditional industries. The platform focuses on meeting the long-term service needs of small and medium-sized businesses — for example, an LED lighting factory in Foshan regularly orders:
- Product photography (¥200 per set)
- E-commerce page design (¥800 per page)
- Douyin/TikTok video production (¥1,500 per clip)
Compared to building an in-house team, annual costs are reduced by 43%. The platform has 800,000 verified service providers, with 7,000+ new projects posted daily. Design and marketing services account for over 60% of demand, with an average project completion time of 5.2 days (industry average: 8 days).
Two ways to work with providers
The platform offers two models: Tendering and Hiring:
- Tendering: Best for price comparisons. For example, posting a “Corporate Brochure Design” request can get you 12 different quotes (¥2,000–6,000) within 3 days, so you can compare proposals before choosing.
- Hiring: Best for ongoing needs. For example, a restaurant chain directly hired 3 designers for a monthly fee of ¥15,000 to create posters for 50 stores nationwide, saving 70% of the time compared to running tenders.
Data-driven provider selection
Each service provider’s page shows 17 data points, including:
- Recent order volume (top providers handle 150–400 orders/month)
- Average completion time (design work averages 2.3 days)
- Repeat customer rate (excellent providers reach 85%+)
For example, if you’re looking for a product detail page designer, the system will recommend providers with 100+ monthly orders, pricing between ¥500–1,200, and a 90%+ positive rating, along with 300+ portfolio examples.
Smart, fast matching
New in 2024: After entering your requirements (e.g., “Main image design for baby products, ¥800 budget, 3-day turnaround”), the system will recommend 5 qualified providers within 18 minutes (requirements: 50+ relevant cases, price range ¥600–1,000, delay rate <2%), and label their specialties (e.g., INS style / Chinese style).
Money-saving options
By using the platform, businesses can save:
- 55% lower labor costs compared to offline
- 10% platform service fee
- About 15% on revision costs
For example, creating a 10-page product brochure:
- Offline quote: 12,000–18,000 RMB
- Platform price: 4,500–6,800 RMB (since many service providers are from lower-cost cities like Chengdu or Changsha, making up 34% of providers)
Annual Membership Discount
If your annual spending is over 50,000 RMB, you can apply for an annual membership card:
- Prepay 30,000 RMB to enjoy:
- Service fee reduced to 6%
- Customer service responds within 10 minutes
- Priority/express channel
For example, a clothing e-commerce company in Hangzhou only spent 78,000 RMB on design fees with the annual membership (compared to 180,000 RMB if they hired an in-house designer).
Time Fortune (www.680.com) — best for simple tasks
This platform focuses on solving small jobs under 200 RMB. According to its Q1 2024 operations report: 78% of orders are under 150 RMB, and copywriting, data entry, and basic photo retouching make up 65% of daily transactions. It handles around 90,000 orders per day with an average delivery time of 2 hours 47 minutes. Typical examples include students spending 25 RMB for resume polishing (delivered in 48 minutes) or small shop owners paying 60 RMB to batch edit 100 product photos to white backgrounds (completed in 3 hours).
The platform has over 1.2 million registered service providers, 58% of whom are students or part-timers, creating a large pool of cost-effective service supply.
Standardized Pricing
The platform sets fixed price tags for high-frequency services:
- 500 Chinese characters translated into English = 80 RMB (73% of these jobs are taken by bilingual students)
- Basic logo design (3 drafts, choose 1) = 128 RMB (includes 2 revisions)
- Excel data cleaning (up to 1,000 rows) = 40 RMB (average completion time: 35 minutes)
- Turning phone photos into professional product images = 8 RMB per image (30% off for batches over 10 images)
This model reduces users’ price-comparison effort. For example, one Taobao store owner processed 300 clothing photos for 1,680 RMB (versus over 5,000 RMB at an offline studio).
New Service Provider Tier System
To maintain quality for small tasks, the platform uses a step-by-step order-taking permission system:
- Level 0 (Newbie): Can only take jobs under 30 RMB. Must complete 5 orders with an average rating ≥ 4.7 stars to level up.
- Level 1 (Proficient): Unlocks jobs from 30–100 RMB. Must keep a 48-hour on-time delivery rate > 90%.
- Level 2 (Expert): Access to all price ranges. Must maintain a monthly repeat client rate > 75%.
Example: A junior-year college student started by doing PPT beautification (25 RMB per 10 slides). After completing 132 orders, they reached Level 2 and now earn a steady 3,400–5,000 RMB per month.
Automated Risk Control for Basic Delivery Assurance
To address concerns about “low price = low quality,” the platform has three key measures:
- Pre-review system: Service providers must upload work with a watermark; the client confirms before the final payment is released.
- Timeout switch: If a task is over 30 minutes late, it’s automatically reassigned to a backup provider. Delay rate is kept at 4.1% (industry average is 11%).
- Error compensation: For data entry, if the error rate exceeds 3‰, the system refunds 50% and adds a coupon.
A 2023 user survey shows basic photo retouching services score 89.3/100 in satisfaction, thanks to clear expectation management.
Flexible Matching for Fragmented Tasks
Unlike traditional project-based platforms, this one supports breaking down and purchasing tasks separately:
Example: A cross-border e-commerce seller split their product listing work into:
- English copywriting (0.5 RMB/word) × 500 words → 250 RMB
- Amazon backend data entry (0.3 RMB/item) × 200 items → 60 RMB
- Main image resizing (0.5 RMB/image) × 50 images → 25 RMB
Total time reduced to 6 hours (vs. 1–2 days with an in-house team) at only 20% of the cost of outsourcing companies.
Practical Tip: Small Test Orders
Platform after-sales data shows: Users with a first order over 100 RMB have a refund rate of 18%+. Suggested approach: test cooperation first:
- Place a small order under 50 RMB (e.g., 10-slide PPT formatting)
- Look for providers who deliver fast (< 2 hours) and reply quickly (within 5 minutes)
- Add them to your “preferred partners” list. Future tasks get 5% off and priority assignment.
Example: A startup used this method to find 3 fixed partners, keeping their annual simple-task budget at around 12,000 RMB.
TeChuangYi (www.techuangyi.com) — design-specialized platform
The platform received a total of 710,000 design orders in 2023. Among them, LOGO/VI design accounted for 48%, packaging design for 23%, and promotional materials for 19%. The customer repurchase rate reached 62% (industry average is 38%). It adopts a tiered designer pricing system: junior designers (1-2 years experience) charge an average of 500-1200 RMB for a logo design, while senior designers (5+ years with cases serving Huawei, JD.com, etc.) charge 5000-8000 RMB.
Real-world data shows that the average response time for signed designers is 17 minutes. After a client posts a “restaurant brand logo design” request, within 3 hours they typically receive an average of 8 professional proposals (including style reference images and quotes).
Strict designer screening, transparent information
The platform requires designers to provide 32 real cases and verify client information, with an approval rate of just 23% (in 2023, over 120,000 people applied). Clients can view:
- Professional categories: for example, “Chinese pastry packaging design” (only 147 designers)
- Track record: average completion time (top designers 2.4 days), revision count (91% require no more than 3 rounds)
- Price comparison: basic business card design 380 RMB (3 days) vs premium version 1200 RMB (includes gold foil printing)
A milk tea brand filtered for “TOP 10% packaging designers” (rate over 2000 RMB per item, willing to accept more than 4 revisions) and got a full set of designs for 6500 RMB — offline quotes were 20,000+ RMB.
Standardized packages, easier choices
The platform offers 6 fixed packages:
| Package Type | Deliverables | Price Range | Typical Delivery Time | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Startup Basic | Logo + business card + letterhead template | 980-1500 RMB | 3-5 days | Small business owners / micro startups |
| E-commerce Pro | Main image + product detail page + 5 banners | 2800-4500 RMB | 5-7 days | Taobao / Pinduoduo shop owners |
| Full Brand Package | VI system (30 items) + style guide | 18,000-35,000 RMB | 15-20 days | Series A-funded companies |
| Packaging Special | Box structure design + flat dieline + production files | 5000-8000 RMB | 7-10 days | Food / cosmetics manufacturers |
| Event Flash Pack | Poster + roll-up banner + invitation + sign-in wall | 2200-3800 RMB | 48-hour rush | Exhibitions / promotional events |
| Annual Subscription | 20 designs per month + urgent revisions | 12,000 RMB/year | On-demand delivery | Chain store operations |
A pet food company chose the e-commerce package and received 3 sets of designs within 45 hours, which was 60% faster than the traditional process.
Multiple proposals for richer creativity
Paying a basic pitch fee (1200 RMB for logo) gets you multiple concepts:
- Invite 3-5 designers to work independently
- Pick the best after 72 hours (other designers get 200 RMB each as compensation)
- Option to pay for refining the winning design
A tech company spent 2400 RMB in pitch fees, received 11 logo designs (including 4 in 3D), and eventually spent 16,000 RMB to complete the full brand design.
Three-stage review to ensure quality and copyright
A strict inspection process:
- First draft review: check design standards (e.g., print resolution ≥ 300dpi)
- Revision stage: platform experts help fine-tune (average 1.2 rounds per project)
- Final confirmation: must provide font/image authorization letters (max copyright penalty 100,000 RMB)
In 2023, the complaint rate was just 1.7% (mainly delays), with zero copyright disputes.
Corporate accounts save more
Annual design budget＞50,000 RMB can unlock a dedicated account with:
- 15% off all packages
- Your own 3 dedicated designers (guaranteed response within 30 minutes)
- Monthly spend over 8,000 RMB gets you a stock image membership (worth 2,600 RMB/year)
One gym saw their annual design cost drop from 147,000 RMB to 98,000 RMB (mainly by saving on single-store promo design).
MaShi Coding (coding.net) — Developer Freelance Platform
In 2023, the platform’s total transaction volume for tech projects hit 1.87 billion RMB. Of that, Mini Program development was 32%, Enterprise Management Systems 28%, and API integration 19%. The average project amount was 38,000 RMB (5× higher than general freelance platforms).
Developers must pass three layers of screening: verified project experience (2+ years of actual coding), a tech stack test (e.g., Java/Python questions), and real-name ID verification. Acceptance rate is only 18%.
One fresh-food e-commerce project tested the process: from posting a “WeChat Mini Program + backend management system” request to signing with a pro team (3 full-stack engineers), it took just 72 hours, with a contract value of 72,000 RMB (35% cheaper than an offline outsourcing company).
Professional consultants to help you clarify your needs
The platform has 300 seasoned technical consultants (average 6.2 years of experience) who can help you for free:
- Turn vague ideas into detailed technical docs (e.g., breaking “user management system” into 12 feature modules and 43 interaction details)
- Give realistic timelines (e.g., a basic e-commerce mini program takes 18–25 working days)
- Estimate budget ranges (e.g., a pet e-commerce mini program with payment features costs about 48,000–65,000 RMB)
One restaurant chain reduced dev costs from 115,000 RMB to 89,000 RMB by cutting 23% of non-core features after consultant review.
Developer skills at a glance
Each developer’s page shows 9 skill metrics:
- Tech match rate (e.g., Node.js + React project match rate ＞92%)
- Code quality score (top teams average 4.8/5)
- Delay rate (good teams ＜1.5%)
- Repeat client rate (67% come back for more projects)
- Test coverage (industry ≥65%, platform avg 78%)
- System stability (for million-user projects, crash rate ＜0.1%)
- Documentation completeness (avg 4.3/5)
- Requirement response speed (important requests confirmed in 1.7 hours on avg)
- System load capacity (e.g., handles 3,500 requests/sec at peak)
You can also see specific case studies — for example, a logistics system developer shows:
- An architecture handling 8 million API calls per day
- Ops records with system crash rate ＜0.003%
Pay in stages for peace of mind
Uses a 4-stage payment system (deposit percentage negotiable):
| Stage | Payment % | Deliverables | Acceptance Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kickoff | 20%–30% | Technical proposal | Confirmed feature list |
| Development | 40%–50% | Core modules | Basic testing passed |
| Delivery | 20%–30% | Full system | Passed stress test |
| Maintenance | 5%–10% | 1 month of support | Respond to issues within 2 hrs |
For a CRM system project, after paying the 21,000 RMB deposit, the developer sent progress reports every 5 days, and the client paid according to milestones.
Strict quality checks
The platform enforces complete quality control:
- Code review: focus on payment, encryption, and other critical code
- Automated testing: must have ≥70% coverage
- Delivery standards: must include deployment docs, DB design diagrams, etc.
2023 stats show:
- 88% of projects passed acceptance on first try
- Main issues were with third-party API compatibility (62% of fixes)
- Average time to fix issues was 1.8 days
Enterprise-level tech services
Clients with annual tech budgets ＞200,000 RMB get:
- Dedicated architect: offers technical solution advice
- Pre-selected teams: match 15–20 suitable devs in advance
- Monthly reports: track code quality, progress, etc.
One education company saw:
- System updates speed up from once per quarter to twice a month
- Annual outsourcing costs steady at 370,000 RMB (building an in-house team would cost 1.3M RMB)
Final reminder: No matter which platform you choose, always keep your communication records and payment receipts. They’re key to protecting your rights.
