Hire for the project — not just the job post.
Spend connects to reach freelancers directly, create jobs and invite people you already know for free, and only pay when you open a job for public applications. Then run the work as a project your team can see through.
Why hiring platforms fail after the post
A job board isn’t a delivery system
Most platforms push you to post publicly first. Then you’re left with noisy applications, weak signal, and work managed somewhere else.
Forced to post before you can hire
You already know who you want — or want to reach someone specific — but the platform only works if you create a public listing.
Hundreds of applications, little clarity
Open posts invite volume. Your team spends days sorting noise instead of interviewing the right people.
Visibility ends at kickoff
After you hire, progress lives in email, chat apps, and tools you weren’t invited to.
No durable roster of talent
Great freelancers disappear into a one-off engagement instead of becoming people you can invite again.
A better way to hire and deliver
Connect, invite, or open a public job — then run the project
Lancer gives you three paths to talent, then project tools so finding people and finishing the work happen in one system.
Step 1: Connect without posting a job
Spend connects to reach freelancers directly when you already know who you want to talk to — no public job required.
Step 2: Create jobs and invite your roster for free
Create as many jobs as you want and invite freelancers you’re already connected with at no extra cost. Only opening a job for people to apply publicly costs $50.
Step 3: Run the project to success
Create projects, add your team, track work across engagements, and keep collaborating with preferred freelancers without spending more connects.
Post publicly when you need new applicants. Otherwise, connect and invite — then deliver in the same workspace.
See it in the product
From connection to project success
Reach freelancers, keep conversations next to the relationship, and run the work as a real project — not a black box after kickoff.
Built for hiring teams
Project management and talent connections together
Use Lancer as your workspace for projects and team collaboration — while you connect, invite, or open jobs when you need new applicants.
Connect with freelancers directly
Spend connects to start a relationship without posting a job. Interview for fit, then keep working together.
Free jobs for your existing connections
Create as many jobs as you want and invite freelancers you’re already connected with for free — no $50 fee for roster work.
$50 only for open applications
Pay $50 only when you post a job for people to apply to publicly. That keeps open listings serious when you do need new applicants.
Projects, team seats, and visibility
Create projects, add teammates, and track work so hiring and delivery aren’t separate worlds.
Interview for fit. Invite your roster. Open a public job only when you need one. Run the project until it’s done well.
Built differently
Not “post and pray” — hire and deliver
Typical platforms stop at the public job. Lancer is built for direct connections, free invites to people you trust, and the successful project that follows.
Typical hiring platforms
- You have to post publicly to hire
- Application floods and bidding noise
- Paying again every time you need the same people
- Little structure after someone is hired
- Team visibility lives outside the platform
With Lancer
- Spend connects to reach freelancers without posting
- Create jobs and invite connections for free
- $50 only when you open a job for public applications
- Projects, tasks, and tracking after the hire
- Team seats and shared project management
Connect when you know who you want. Invite your roster freely. Post publicly only when you need new applicants — then deliver in Lancer.