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Freelance Rate Explorer - Visualize rates for thousands of freelance designers & devs

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Bonsai's Freelance Rate Explorer lets you visualize freelance designer and developer rates by experience level, skill, and geography. Simply put, knowledge is power. New and experienced freelancers need a tool like this to know what's fair and what's right to charge.

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Matt Brown
Maker
Hey everyone, one of the makers of the Rate Explorer here. We built it using data from our freelance contract generator (hellobonsai.com), which we also launched on PH a few months ago. Happy to answer any questions you have!
Tim Perry
@matttbrown This is awesome, nicely done. I would've killed for this when I started doing freelance work a while back. "How much do I charge" is pretty much everybody's first question when they're getting started! Any plans to add non-US locations?
Matt Brown
Maker
@bentossell @matttbrown @pimterry @matttbrown Yep, other countries + skills are definitely on the roadmap. Just want to make sure we have enough data to provide a good sample, so be sure to submit yours via the 'Add Your Rate' button.
Andy P
@matttbrown this is great! It'd be really helpful to show the total number of people that the displayed data is gathered from.
Hwee-Boon Yar
@matttbrown Thanks for making this. When entering a rate, it would be great if we can type to scroll in the list of countries.
Adam Owen
Useful tool. Looking forward to seeing more skills on there (such as marketing).
Matt Brown
Maker
@adamowenit Definitely expanding skills + countries soon. You can help by adding your own rates + sharing with others to do the same!
Laura Mariakinaite
@matttbrown @adamowenit That's really cool. Super easy to use and compare numbers. I look forward to seeing this grow!
Abinash Mohanty
@matttbrown @adamowenit This is really awesome!
Bolak
This is awesome, thanks for sharing.
Josh Kissel
@matttbrown Super helpful to see as college student/ budding freelancer! Might be cool to have an option to highlight (different color) the average column of each graph. Or possibly for each skill set have an overview graph that shows the average hourly for each of the year break downs (1-3yr, 3-5yr...)
Miguel Mendes
@matttbrown great job! I cant add my rate in safari, iphone 5s ! Modal scroll problem 😄
Matt Nish
Maker
@miguelmendes sorry you've experienced that ui bug. I appreciate the bug report and am planning on fixing it tomorrow.
Miguel Mendes
David Carpe
nice tool - this should be up on TechCrunch, seems relevant to startups looking to contract out work
Dylan Jhaveri
Just tried this out. The suggested ranges are accurate for my freelance rate. This is a great tool for a new freelance designer or developer who wants to figure out what to charge, or for someone who is already freelancing and wants to confirm that their rate is in the correct range.
Babu Kumaran
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Matt Brown
Maker
@babu_ck Should be fixed, sorry about that!
Joe Thomas
@matttbrown This is good insights into what the going rate is for freelance work depending on some of the 4 measurable, tangible inputs you take into account (Role, Skill, Experience, Location). But pricing is a fickle thing. There are so many nuances that truly determine pricing, especially when it comes to consulting/freelance work. Is there any thinking on how to incorporate those intangibles into the data set (Communication Skills, Leadership, Confidence, etc.)? You've gathered a good amount of quantifiable information around this topic. Did you also collect qualitative information as well? How did freelancers arrive at their pricing? Any plans to put together a guideline around pricing structure rather than just showing a data set? That could be just as useful to individuals like @pimterry @bentossell @andypeninger @dylanjha and @seanbolak.
Tiger Wang ☻
love this! wondering if you have plans on adding other skills like animation / motion design? :D
Matt Brown
Maker
@tigerwang Definitely! Just want to make sure we have enough data to provide a good sample, so be sure to submit yours via the 'Add Your Rate' button.
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