For freelancers and agencies on Upwork, Freelancer.com and Contra

Measure the job before you spend the Connect.

BidCaliber screens every job against your rules, drafts the proposal from your real portfolio, and reviews it before it goes. You bid on fewer jobs, and every one of them is worth it.

Scout is free for a month, no card needed. Nothing is submitted until a person confirms it.

Works with UpworkFreelancer.comContra
screening
Example job
Shopify Plus migration from Magento 2, 1,400 SKUs
$8k–12k fixed · United States · posted 4 min ago
  • Hire rate 71%, above your 50% floor
  • Client has spent $46,200 across 23 jobs
  • Budget clears your fixed-price floor
  • Matches 3 approved projects in your portfolio
  • Average rate paid: could not see this, so it is shown, never guessed
GOOD  worth a bid
Draft it
Skipped today11 jobs · 0 Connects spent
Review9/10 · 3 proof links · SEND
Example verdicts
SKIPFix my website urgent cheapbudget under your floorGOODHeadless Shopify storefronthire rate 88%WEAKWordPress multisite cleanupclient is new, 2 jobs postedSKIPData entry for 3,000 productsskill not in your portfolioGOODLaravel API with React adminspent $64k, verifiedSKIPLogo + website + app for $30050+ proposals alreadyGOODWebflow site for a fintech launchmatches 4 approved projectsWEAKFlutter bug fixes, 2 screensaverage rate paid not visible
THE COST

Every bid spends something.

Connects, an hour of writing, and a little of your profile’s reputation. A bad bid spends all three and returns nothing.

THE TRAP

Good-looking jobs hide bad clients.

Low hire rates, tiny budgets, fifty proposals already in. You only see it after you have paid to apply.

THE FIX

Check first. Then write.

BidCaliber reads the job the way your best bidder would, in seconds, and tells you why.

How it works

Three checks by BidCaliber. One decision by you.

Paste a link, connect Upwork, drop a Freelancer.com or Contra screenshot, or let your job alerts land in the queue. Each job goes through the same sequence, every time.

Screen

Is it worth a Connect?

Your rules against the client’s record: hire rate, spend, budget, competition, country. A verdict of GOOD, WEAK or SKIP, with every reason shown.

Draft

Write it from real work.

A proposal opened on the job’s own details, with proof links only from your approved portfolio. Facts come from your data; nothing is invented.

Review

Check it before it goes.

A score out of 10, broken links caught, copy-paste phrases flagged, contact details blocked. Every edit is reviewed again before it can be copied.

You

You confirm. Then it goes.

Nothing is submitted until a person in your workspace confirms it. On Freelancer.com and Contra you paste the reviewed proposal yourself; on Upwork you confirm on Upwork’s own screen.

Inside BidCaliber

See exactly what it sees.

No black box. Every verdict names the rule it applied and the number it compared.

app.bidcaliber.com/jobs/8f3a
Next.js dashboard for a logistics startup
UPWORK  $45–70/hr · Germany · 18 min ago
GOOD worth a bid

Why GOOD

  • Hire rate 83% is above your 50% floor
  • Rate $45–70/hr clears your $35 profile floor
  • 12 proposals, under your crowding limit
  • Matches tags next.js dashboards

Client record

Hire rate
83%
Total spent
$118,400
Jobs posted
41
Payment verified
Yes
Avg. rate paid
Could not see this

Example job. A missing field is shown as missing. BidCaliber never fills a gap with a guess, because a guessed client rate is how cheap jobs get through.

Built to keep your account safe

A bid tool that never bids without you.

Your marketplace profile took years to build. BidCaliber is designed around not putting it at risk.

You confirm

Nothing goes without a person.

Nothing is submitted until a person in your workspace confirms it. On Freelancer.com and Contra you copy and paste the reviewed proposal yourself. Where you use Upwork’s official connection, you confirm on Upwork’s own screen and Connects are spent by you.

No crawling

No bots watching job feeds.

Jobs arrive from the alert emails you already get, or a link you paste. Nothing polls a marketplace in the background.

Your login

Each person connects their own account.

No shared logins, no passwords stored. Where a marketplace offers an official connection, each user authorises it themselves.

Short memory

Job data is cleared when the job is done.

Client details and screenshots are deleted at the end of the task, and after 30 days at the latest. Your verdicts and notes stay yours.

No guessing

Unknown stays unknown.

If a number is not on the page, the verdict says so. It never estimates a client’s rate to make a job look better.

Real proof

Only links you approved.

Proposals cite projects from your own reviewed portfolio, checked live before sending. The model cannot add a URL.

Pricing

Pay for jobs measured, not seats wasted.

A job counts when it is screened, skips included. Alerts you never open are free. Every workspace starts on Scout: a free month, no card. Choose a paid plan in the app when you are ready.

Scout

A free month on real jobs.

Freefor one month
Per week5 jobs
Whole month20 jobs in total
Thentrial ends
  • Upwork, Freelancer.com and Contra
  • Verdict with every reason shown
  • Proposal draft from your portfolio
  • Review before you send
Start free
Most chosen

Gauge

For the steady freelancer.

$19.99per month
Per week50 jobs
Per month200 jobs
  • Everything in Scout
  • Job alerts straight into your queue
  • Upwork through its official connection
  • Bid log, dashboard and scorecard
  • Portfolio catalogue with live link checks
Choose Gauge

Precision

For full-time bidders.

$49.99per month
Per week120 jobs
Per month500 jobs
  • Everything in Gauge
  • More than twice the weekly volume
  • Teams or Slack alerts to your channel
  • Priority support
Choose Precision

Prices in US dollars, billed monthly; taxes as applicable. From India, you pay in rupees with 18% GST added. Team limits apply to each user. Crew and Agency are billed for at least 3 users. Weekly limits reset each Monday, monthly limits on the 1st. Connects and marketplace fees are paid to the marketplace, not to BidCaliber.
Plans renew monthly until you cancel. Cancel any time from Settings; access runs to the end of the paid month. The free Scout month never converts to a paid plan by itself.

Questions

Before you ask.

Does BidCaliber submit proposals for me?

Nothing is submitted until a person in your workspace confirms it. On Freelancer.com and Contra you copy and paste the reviewed proposal yourself. Where you use Upwork’s official connection, you confirm on Upwork’s own screen and Connects are spent by you.

Which marketplaces does it work with?

Upwork through its official connection; Freelancer.com and Contra from screenshots and your job alerts.

How do I start?

Sign up and your workspace opens straight away on Scout: a free month, 20 jobs, no card. When you want more, choose a paid plan under Plan & payment in the app. Scout never turns into a paid plan by itself.

How do I pay?

Outside India, plans are billed in US dollars. From India, you pay in rupees with 18% GST added and get a GST invoice. Cancel any time; access runs to the end of the paid month.

What happens when the free month ends?

Scout gives you up to 5 jobs a week, and 20 jobs in total over one month. When the month ends or the 20 are used, screening pauses until you choose a paid plan. Your verdicts, drafts and notes stay in your workspace.

What counts as a job?

One job screened, whatever the verdict. Rewrites and reviews of that job do not count again. Alerts that land in your queue but are never opened are free.

Is BidCaliber connected to Upwork, Freelancer.com or Contra?

No. BidCaliber is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by any of these marketplaces. You remain responsible for following each marketplace’s terms.

What happens to the job data?

Client details and screenshots are deleted when the job’s task ends, and after 30 days at the latest. Your verdicts, drafts, notes and scores stay in your workspace until you delete it.

Can my team use one account?

Teams get one organisation with an admin, managers and bidders. Each person signs in as themselves and connects their own marketplace login. Logins are never shared.

Stop paying to find out.

Start free today. Your month on Scout gives you 20 jobs to see which ones should have been a skip, before they cost you. No card needed.

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