Elance vs. Guru - which is your choice? | Warrior Forum - The #1 Digital Marketing Forum & Marketplace

11 years ago

I use both of them for writers (and Odesk).

Out of the two I have had better quality "Content" with Elance.

I do end up paying a little more after everything is all said and done but it is worth it to me.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8518700].message }}

parmarjeet

11 years ago

Elance is better but to become successful as a freelancer, i recommend to join more than 5 freelancer websites. such as odesk, freelancer, elance, guru and many others.

Thanks

Signature

Buy 5500+ High Quality Backlinks - GUARANTEED SERVICE

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8518758].message }}

AlexGeorge

11 years ago

They are both good choice and you will find that most serious freelancers can be located on both sites and more. However, there is usually a wider range of jobs and freelancers available on elance and it's more popular so my vote goes to elance.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8520038].message }}

Burton Lancaster

11 years ago

I think you will actually end up paying less in the long run (on average) with Elance. The talent is a little more competent so you don't have to pay for as many mistakes down the road. I have had great luck finding talent on Odesk and then pulling it offline on a project to project basis.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8520072].message }}

Malcolm Thomas

11 years ago

Definitely elance by a long shot. Odesk is pretty good too though

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Learn How To Make $100 Per Day Using This Dead Simple Method!

The Easiest & Most Realistic $100 Per Day Method Ever Revealed!

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8520102].message }}

Brian John 11 years ago

it's difficult to say because ur experience ultimately comes down to the particular contractor u hire, but for the bigger jobs i've typically had the best luck w elance
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8520156].message }}

CyberAlien

11 years ago

Between those 2, I'd recommend Elance - but overall I'd go with oDesk.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8520183].message }}

bmw040

11 years ago

I agree with Odesk 100% as well. I just gave my opinion earlier answering the specific question.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8520256].message }}

joan2009

11 years ago

Elance is better but when it comes to content writing, you can find skilled writer at other sites like iwriter and textbroker

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8535005].message }}

JohnnyG11k

11 years ago

definitely none of you have used Guru, at least not to an extend you could compare it with Elance

Not sure why most of you guys recommended odesk, the comparison was between Elance and Guru, plain and simple

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

You won't believe it!

This NICHE made me $300,000...

--> MostProfitableNiche.com

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8538980].message }}

dvduval

10 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnnyG11k

definitely none of you have used Guru, at least not to an extend you could compare it with Elance

Not sure why most of you guys recommended odesk, the comparison was between Elance and Guru, plain and simple

I used it a while ago and found a retired sports writer for the newspaper that was amazing, but I think there probably a large pool of talent overall on Elance and Odesk. But that doesn't mean you can't find quality on Guru.

Thanks

Signature

It is okay to contact me! I have been developing software since 1999, creating many popular products like phpLD.

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9197973].message }}

ratracegrad

11 years ago

My take is that you get lesser quality and lower priced work on odesk. If you post a job on odesk you will be swamped with bids for people/companies that clearly dont read you job posting but are bidding on everything. I have had more contractors go south and not complete work on odesk.

With elance you will pay more but you will get higher quality work. I have had very few contractors fail to complete work on elance. If you want it done right without having to spend time rewriting or grammar check then go with elance.

Thanks

Signature

Amazon Affiliate Bible - an insiders guide to increasing conversions and earnings as an Amazon Affiliate
RatraceGrad - my blog showing how I earn $100/day

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8540805].message }}

TonyNorton

11 years ago

Hey,

Why not use them both? Post the same project on both of those sites as well as any others you can think of. It only serves to get your project in front of more potential writers that way.

The arguments of "there are better writers on ________" or "you get work for cheaper on ________" mean nothing to me. As long as you have a comprehensive method of evaluating and negotiating with the writers it really only comes down to getting as many of them bidding on your project as you possibly can.

Then just pick the best one for your project.

All the sites have good, bad, cheap and expensive writers. You just have to be willing to spend some time to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Make sense?

Tony

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8540830].message }}

blankinship

10 years ago

I have enlisted some key parts of my group through elance, and it has been truly incredible. I would say that not just do you get what you pay for despite the fact that I have gotten some truly sensible ability that I might never have discovered so sensibly through different strategies, the same exceptional enlisting and administration practices that apply anyplace on elance and I assume guru.com). That is, the more point by point you might be about your necessities the better, the all the more unmistakably you can convey the better, staying in touch and keeping the undertaking making headway, and so on forth. There's an allurement to let things run on auto-pilot more, since its the internet, however I suppose its key to oppose that enticement.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194320].message }}

marketingdynasty

10 years ago

I have an account on both Guru and Elance. But I mostly work on Elance because I consider it better than Guru. Also, I work on Odesk and Freelancer too.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194514].message }}

Abramm 10 years ago

Originally Posted by instantclassic

I have account on both Guru and elance. But I mostly work on Elance because i consider better then Guru. But I work on Odesk and freelancer too.

me also wanted to say that i have account on all the three main freelancing sites, Guru, elance and odesk. but i really love to work on odesk. my second like is elance.
- [ 1 ] Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194605].message }}

Assignmentwriter

10 years ago

Both are good choice, choose best service provider it depends on your budget

Thanks

Signature

Prospring launch offering a 100 Million in Prizes and stacks of benefits each week.
http://www.prospringlaunch.com/Akbar786

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194663].message }}

bluemagicaleyes

10 years ago

My choice is Guru.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194670].message }}

Adamwilson

10 years ago

please like my photo

https://www.facebook.com/meganimalpt...895220/?type=1

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194673].message }}

Aneekalam

10 years ago

Elance is recommended.

Thanks

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194723].message }}

MarketingBees

10 years ago

Neither.

Odesk for me. Although you do tend to get A LOT of the usual "Dear Hiring Manager" replies, you can and often will find some gems.

Thanks

Signature

FREE - Your ULTIMATE Guide to Marketing on Twitter - FREE

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194807].message }}

Taraka

10 years ago

I tried Guru, somehow shifted to Elance and Odesk.
My freelancers also moved there

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194818].message }}

Myheavens

10 years ago

Elance is Much better than guru.

Thanks

Signature

I have launched New WordPress theme's Themelocation

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194820].message }}

Dennis Millbrath

10 years ago

It my experience is it all the same, sometimes I will have better luck on one or the other. It really just depends on who you select as both have very good freelancers and both have very bad freelancers.

The question should not be which is better, it should be how do you know if the professional you are hiring is any good.

[ 1 ] Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9194976].message }}

AKramet

10 years ago

From my own experience, Elance is better than Guru. Although from the very start both were practically the same to me.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9195072].message }}

Davidconstable

10 years ago

There are many freelancing market place in the world, every one will not work every where. I have been using the Elance. If I caompare the popularity of the mentioned two sites. the Elance is up than the GURU.