Free AI Tool
Freelance Rate Checker
Before you accept an offer — or send a proposal — know exactly what the market is paying for your role right now. Lancerra pulls live data from 8 platforms and compares your rate in seconds.
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Live data sourced from
More than a number
Context that tells you what to do — not just where you are.
P25 / Median / P75 range
Your rate is placed on a gauge showing the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile for your role — so you can see exactly where you sit in the market.
Role and location specific
Market data is pulled for your specific profession and location to ensure you are comparing against relevant peers, not global averages.
Multi-platform aggregation
Data is aggregated across 8 major platforms in real time — not sourced from a static database that was last updated months ago.
Why rate data goes stale fast
Most salary and rate guides publish once a year and aggregate data from surveys completed months earlier. The freelance market moves much faster than that — rates for AI-adjacent roles have shifted significantly quarter over quarter, and platform-specific demand spikes and dips constantly.
Lancerra queries live data sources each time you run an analysis, so the benchmark you see reflects the actual market at the moment you are negotiating — not what it was six months ago.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the freelance rate checker.
How does Lancerra calculate my market rate?
Lancerra queries live data from eight freelance and employment platforms — Upwork, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Toptal, Freelancer.com, Indeed, levels.fyi, and Fiverr — filtered by your specific role, skills, and location. The result is a P25, median, and P75 rate range representing where the market currently sits for professionals like you.
Which platforms does the rate data come from?
Rate data is aggregated from Upwork, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Toptal, Freelancer.com, Indeed, levels.fyi, and Fiverr. Each platform is queried live at the time of your analysis, so the numbers reflect real current demand rather than static survey data published months in advance.
Does my location affect my benchmark?
Yes. Location is one of the primary filters applied to market data. A senior developer in San Francisco will see a significantly different benchmark than the same role in Eastern Europe or Southeast Asia. Lancerra applies location-specific filtering to ensure the comparison is relevant to your actual market.
How often is the rate data updated?
Rate data is fetched live each time you run an analysis — not cached from a static database. This means your benchmark reflects the market as it stands when you are negotiating, not six months ago when a survey was published.
Is the rate checker free?
Yes — 3 free rate checks are available with no account or credit card required. The Pro plan includes unlimited checks.
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