

AI x IQ: AI enhanced, human led
Summer 2025
Find
With Freelancer Plus, you get full access to Uma™, Upwork’s Mindful AI, proposal insights to sharpen your approach, and job alerts that notify you instantly about relevant work. Combined with more Connects, it’s everything you need to land more work and take your freelance business to the next level.
Make confident decisions with smarter search, greater visibility, and stronger AI support.
Find the right talent at a glance
Freelancer profiles in search now highlight the most relevant skills and work history, so you can evaluate freelancers quickly and make more confident hiring decisions.
Featured Jobs now shown where freelancers search
Featured Jobs are now shown in more prominent places where freelancers search — helping you attract top talent quickly.
Save time with auto-invites for Featured Jobs
Get quality proposals — without extra effort. Upwork now automatically invites top-matching freelancers to apply for Featured Jobs.
New prompts help boost job visibility
Increase visibility and attract qualified applicants with reminders in your dashboard and Proposal Manager to boost job posts that need more attention.
Do more with Agency Plus and Uma
Boost your agency’s productivity with unlimited access to Uma to move like a pro from start to finish. Stand out with tailored proposals that help your team win more work.
Boost your agency’s visibility
Tap into extra Connects from your agency to spotlight your profile, apply to more jobs, and get seen by the clients who matter most.
Agencies can now use the Availability Badge
Agency members can now use agency Connects to turn on their availability badge — instantly signaling who’s ready to work and boosting their chances of getting hired.
Get more relevant results with upgraded search, tailored filters, and better matches.
Search chats with better accuracy
Find what you need faster with enhanced room search. Get more accurate results — even for partial matches — so you can quickly access past conversations.
Fine-tune your search with updated filters
Customize your search with updated price filters and job-based recommendations.
Dynamic filters to narrow broad searches
When searches are broad, dynamic filters now appear to help you quickly narrow results and find the most relevant freelancers.
See smarter freelancer rankings in search
Get more relevant search results that reflect availability, client preferences, and what matters most to you.
New filters help you find trusted freelancers
Enterprise clients: filter search results by past hires, company hires, or saved lists to easily reconnect with trusted freelancers.
A homepage built to guide new clients
New to Upwork? Our homepage now shows helpful tips and freelancer matches — so you can feel confident and supported from the very first step.
Meet freelancers trusted by our partners
Quickly find Partner Verified freelancers — vetted by expert partners — to find top-tier talent faster and more reliably.

Find the right match with smarter search, dynamic filters, personalized recommendations, and improved rankings tailored to you. Whether you’re hiring or freelancing, our enhanced search helps you connect with the right opportunity.
Search with precision, reconnect with trusted talent, and get guidance every step of the way.
Find the work you want — faster
Spend less time searching and more time winning work with a simplified feed that surfaces relevant jobs faster.
New jobs, now more relevant to you
Get quicker access to new opportunities with a feed that surfaces fresh, relevant jobs — so you can get a jump on applying.
One app for hiring and freelancing
Manage freelancer and client profiles without switching apps. Upwork’s new unified app brings hiring and freelancing together in one seamless experience.
Get tailored talent suggestions by email
Every time you post a job, you’ll get personalized freelancer recommendations sent to your inbox — so you can find the right match faster and with less effort.
Hire
With instant interviews, clients can skip long proposal reviews and get quick insights on top talent. Uma interviews freelancers based on the client’s questions, allowing talent to showcase their skills in a way that can’t be demonstrated through cover letters. It’s a faster, smarter way to connect and help make better matches on both sides.
Connect confidently with AI-driven insights, personalized recommendations, and improved messaging.
Let personalized suggestions guide your search
Discover talent that fits — no digging required. Your dashboard now shows recommendations based on your needs, so finding the right freelancer feels effortless.
Switch views, track progress, work smarter
Easily switch to list view, see clearer labels, and move between hiring and active work — all designed to make managing easier.
Collaborate quicker with in-dashboard messaging
Chat with freelancers straight from the dashboard — reducing context switching and speeding up collaboration.
Your profile just got a boost
Turn visibility into opportunity. Boosted Profiles now appear on client dashboards, helping you connect with clients ready to hire.
See what works, then bid with confidence
Boosted Proposals now include suggested bids based on winning profiles — helping you boost smarter, gain visibility, and win more work.
Work smarter with tools that give you more control, flexibility, and ways to grow.
Take the guesswork out of boosting
See what it takes to reach the top slot so you can stand out faster and focus on landing work.
Made a mistake? Now you can edit your proposal
You now have the option to edit your proposal within 6 hours of submitting — plus, you’ll get a prompt to save your edits before exiting the proposal page.
Upskill free with General Assembly courses
Upwork and General Assembly are teaming up to help you grow. Eligible marketing freelancers can access top courses for free — and earn a spot on the GA x Upwork Experts page.
New loan options to help your business grow
Need additional funding for your business? Eligible U.S. freelancers and agencies can now apply for third-party loans through YouLend to power business growth.
Your Availability Badge now manages itself
Stay visible without extra steps. Your Availability Badge now pauses if your Connects run out and resumes when you’ve topped up.
Stand out with a verified profile
You can now use 35 Connects to purchase identity verification. After completing the verification process, freelancers who pass will receive an Identity Verification Badge on their profile.
Collaborate
Get more work done with Upwork video meetings, an in-platform video conferencing resource that provides AI-generated meeting summaries, action items, video recordings, and transcripts so clients and freelancers can stay aligned every step of the way.

Upwork video meetings now include AI-generated summaries, action items, video recordings, and transcripts, powered by Uma, Upwork’s Mindful AI. No more manual note-taking — just focused conversations and clear follow-ups for smoother collaboration.

Uma is your powerful, and now even smarter, work companion. Built with insights from Upwork data, Uma delivers higher-quality responses tailored to your needs — helping you brainstorm, review, write, code, and more for your work on Upwork.
Work smarter, think bigger with intuitive messaging that fits your workflow.
Start a message now, finish it anytime
Start a message on mobile and finish it later. Drafts now save automatically across Android, iOS, and desktop for seamless replies.
Add style to your messages on mobile
Add emphasis with bold, italics, strikethrough, or code blocks — now available in messages on the Upwork mobile app.
Swipe to respond and stay organized
Swipe or long-press to reply directly to a message. It’s now easier to keep conversations clear and connected — just like on desktop.
Schedule meetings right in your messages
Propose and confirm meeting times directly in your messages — streamlining conversations and reducing delays before work starts.
No more duplicate threads — just one chat
Direct offers now show in your original message thread — making communication smoother and more efficient.
Manage & Pay
Upwork Business Plus still gets you fast access to the top 1% of pre-vetted freelancers. And now, you can move work forward faster with direct contracts that make it easy for you to manage and pay all your freelancers — sourced on or off Upwork — in one place.
Get more done with tools that make contracts and payments second nature.
Your transaction history, now easier to navigate
Review transactions easily thanks to better filters, a cleaner layout, and the removal of cryptic identifiers — designed to help clients and freelancers stay on top of their finances.
Need a tweak? Request offer changes easily
Request offer changes before you accept. Freelancers can now request changes to offers — making it easier to align with clients and start work faster.
New ways to respond and shape your feed
Turn a “no thanks” into better job matches. New response options help you share why an offer doesn’t fit — and improve future results.
Offer updates just got simpler
Amended offers now stay in the same message thread, making it easier to review changes, keep context, and speed up the hiring process.
Improved options for fixed-price contracts
Structure fixed-price work with ease. It's now even easier to add milestones to fixed-price contracts to create structure and set shared expectations.

No more juggling tools or tabs. Thanks to direct contracts inside Business Plus, you can manage and pay all your freelancers — sourced on or off Upwork — in one place. With timesheets, messaging, and status tracking built in, you get more control with less hassle.
Simplify projects, streamline payments, and stay aligned from start to finish.
Know when to pay — and when to get paid
New updates make fixed-price payments easier to navigate. Freelancers get clearer prompts to request funds, and clients understand when releases happen.
Stay on track with milestone reminders
New milestone prompts remind clients and freelancers to approve, fund, or complete tasks — reducing payment gaps and helping protect freelancers before new work begins.
Keep milestones moving during changes
You can now submit work and release funds on active milestones — even if changes are pending. It’s clearer, faster, and reduces unnecessary support issues.
Smoother projects with editable milestones
Now you can adjust active milestones as projects evolve — reducing cancellations, disputes, and payment friction while streamlining collaboration in fixed-price contracts.
Structure your teams, your way
Enterprise lets you organize teams your way — with nested hierarchies and permission controls that make managing large, distributed teams easier than ever.
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Feel confident in every contract you send. When hiring directly, Uma can suggest key job details to help you quickly build a strong and clear offer. Review and customize suggested offer terms with ease — so freelancers get the clarity they need, and work can kick off without delays.
Enjoy a fairer, clearer experience with tools that put transparency and control in your hands.
Help keep feedback fair with easy reporting
Spot feedback that violates Upwork’s Terms? Now you can report it straight from your JSS Insights page to help keep things fair.
See payroll estimates upfront
Plan smarter with upfront payroll estimates — shown during hiring and in emails — so you can budget confidently and avoid surprises.
Get paid locally with fewer fees
Now, freelancers in Serbia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Costa Rica, and Uruguay can use Payoneer to withdraw earnings in their local currency.
See your time and contracts more clearly
Enjoy a cleaner UI and clearer contract selection in the updated time tracker — designed to reduce disputes and improve accuracy.
A faster, clearer way to appeal suspensions
Suspended users can now submit appeals directly within Upwork — no more emails or Help Center tickets. The new in-platform flow reduces duplicate tickets, improves transparency, and streamlines the review process.






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