[travellingprog]

I've been a freelance full-stack developer for the past 1.5 years. I never bothered trying out Upwork, because I had the impression the price competition there was insane, so I can't comment on the experience there. But I've been on Toptal for the past year and it's been an overall great experience. Not only have I not had an issue being paid, but Toptal actually guarantees my invoice payments: basically there's a clause that states that I can expect a payment from Toptal within a few days after the invoice due date, regardless of whether or not the client actually paid the invoice.