PeoplePerHour alternative
PeoplePerHour takes 20% and drops you in a bidding queue. Find clients directly, before they post a job.
PeoplePerHour is a marketplace: clients post jobs, dozens of freelancers bid, and the platform takes up to 20% of every invoice with each new client. LeadsFromURL takes a different approach — it scans Reddit daily for people who just described the exact problem you solve, before they have posted a job anywhere, before they have compared a single proposal. You reach them first, as the person who noticed their problem, not as entry number fourteen in an open bidding queue.
PeoplePerHour vs LeadsFromURL
PeoplePerHour puts you in a bidding queue. LeadsFromURL gets you to clients before the queue exists.
The fee compounds with every new client
PeoplePerHour charges up to 20% on the first £500 you earn with each new client. That resets with every new relationship — so as you grow and take on more clients, you keep paying the maximum fee on the opening tranche of each engagement. On a £1,000 project with a new client, £200 goes to the platform before you see a penny. Over a year of taking on new clients, those resets add up significantly. LeadsFromURL is $29/month regardless of how many clients you find or how much revenue you close. There is no per-project fee, no revenue share, and nothing that resets with each new relationship.
Reddit clients are at the problem stage, not the hiring stage
Before a founder or operator decides to post a job on PeoplePerHour, they typically describe the problem somewhere first. A marketing director posts on r/marketing: 'We've been running Google Ads for six months and our CPA keeps climbing, what's actually going on?' A startup founder posts on r/startups: 'Our app is done but I have no idea how to get our first 100 users.' An agency owner posts on r/agency: 'We lost three pitches in a row this month, something's wrong with how we're presenting.' These people haven't opened a marketplace yet. LeadsFromURL finds those posts within hours and puts them in your dashboard scored by buying intent.
You reach them as a peer, not as a bidder
When you find a client through Reddit, you are the person who read their post, understood the problem, and had something specific to say about it. That is a fundamentally different starting position than being proposal number seventeen in a PeoplePerHour bidding queue. There is no platform fee, no middleman reviewing your bid, and no client who is comparing your hourly rate to the next freelancer in the list. Clients found this way convert faster and pay more because the relationship started with genuine insight, not with a price-per-hour comparison.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between PeoplePerHour and LeadsFromURL?
PeoplePerHour is a freelance marketplace where clients post project briefs or buy hourly services ('Hourlies'), and freelancers submit proposals to compete for the work. The platform charges up to 20% on your first £500 with each new client, dropping to 7.5% up to £5,000, and 3.5% after that — meaning every new client relationship starts with a heavy fee. LeadsFromURL is different in kind: instead of waiting for a client to post a job and then competing in an open queue, it scans Reddit daily for people who just described the problem you solve and surfaces them in your dashboard before they have posted a job anywhere, opened a marketplace, or contacted a single freelancer.
Why are freelancers and agencies looking for PeoplePerHour alternatives?
Three friction points drive people away. First, the fee structure: up to 20% on every invoice with a new client makes it expensive to build relationships through the platform, and there is no way to move a client off-platform without violating the terms. Second, the bidding environment: most project briefs attract dozens of proposals, and buyers often default to the lowest bidder regardless of quality or experience. Third, audience limitations: PeoplePerHour is strongest for UK and European clients and for certain categories like creative and marketing work. If your niche is outside those categories, or you want to reach US or global clients who are actively describing their problem but have not decided to hire yet, the platform has real gaps.
Can I use PeoplePerHour and LeadsFromURL together?
Yes. They work at different stages. PeoplePerHour gives you access to clients who have already decided to hire a freelancer and have posted a job — at that point you are competing against proposals already submitted. LeadsFromURL gives you access to clients who just described their problem on Reddit and have not yet decided to hire anyone: a startup founder posting about their development bottleneck, a marketing director asking why their campaigns are not converting, a business owner asking how other companies handle their exact workflow. Running both means you catch clients at two stages: those actively hiring through PeoplePerHour, and those still at the problem stage through Reddit, which are typically faster to close because you are the first person who noticed their post.
What kinds of services work well with LeadsFromURL versus PeoplePerHour?
PeoplePerHour works well for one-off creative and marketing projects — copywriting, logo design, web development — where clients post clear briefs and want competitive bids. LeadsFromURL works best for anyone whose clients first describe their problem somewhere before they decide to hire: agencies wanting to find SMBs actively struggling with their exact niche, consultants looking for founders asking about the exact transformation they provide, SaaS founders who want to find individual buyers before they start comparing tools. These people are on Reddit right now describing their problem in their own words — they have not opened a marketplace, have not compared rates, and have not yet been sold to by anyone.
How does Reddit compare to PeoplePerHour as a source of clients?
Reddit has millions of business owners, founders, operators, and managers posting about their problems every day — not job listings, but raw problem descriptions. A UK agency owner posts on r/agency: 'We're pitching to three clients this week and losing on price every time, how do others handle this?' A SaaS founder posts on r/SaaS: 'Our onboarding drop-off is 60%, does anyone know what's causing this?' An e-commerce operator posts on r/ecommerce: 'We just got hit with a huge return rate, need someone who's solved this before.' These people are not on PeoplePerHour because they have not framed their situation as a job yet. LeadsFromURL finds those posts within hours, scores them for buying intent, and surfaces them in your dashboard.
Does LeadsFromURL work for UK-based freelancers and agencies?
Yes. Reddit's UK, European, and global communities are large and active across business, startup, marketing, tech, and services. You can find clients from r/UKBusiness, r/smallbusiness, r/agency, r/freelance, r/startups, and hundreds of niche communities that match your service area. The audience is not geography-restricted the way PeoplePerHour skews toward UK and Europe — LeadsFromURL works equally well for finding UK clients, US clients, or global SaaS buyers, depending on your offer. You set the URL or describe what you do, and the AI identifies the subreddits where your ideal clients are already describing their problems.
How much does LeadsFromURL cost compared to PeoplePerHour?
PeoplePerHour charges up to 20% on every invoice with each new client. On a £1,000 project that's £200 to the platform. On a £5,000 contract it's £500 in fees on the first tranche alone. These fees reset with every new client relationship, so the cost compounds as you grow your client base. LeadsFromURL is $29/month flat — no per-project fee, no revenue share, and no platform cut on any future work with clients you find. A single warm client that closes at $3,000 pays for nearly nine years of LeadsFromURL, and every invoice after that goes to you at 100%.