Is Freelancer.com profitable in 2025?

Yes. Freelancer Limited (ASX:FLN) reported FY2025 net profit of A$2.21 million, reversing a A$0.81 million loss in FY2024, on group revenue of A$55.3 million (up 4.1% YoY), per its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Who owns Freelancer.com?

Freelancer.com is operated by publicly listed Freelancer Limited (ASX:FLN, OTCQX: FRLCY/FLNCF), which IPO'd on the ASX in 2013. Founder Matt Barrie remains Executive Chairman and CEO as of the FY2025 earnings call held around February 24-25, 2026.

Is Freelancer.com losing to Upwork and Fiverr?

Freelancer's own Q4 2025 results show its core marketplace segment revenue fell 1.4% YoY to A$9.8 million, while rivals Upwork and Fiverr have shipped AI agent tools (Uma, Fiverr Go) as of a July 2025 vendor market report, reinforcing Freelancer's position as a distant, shrinking third player.

Will AI replace Freelancer.com's marketplace?

Independent research shows job posts in Freelancer.com's top automatable categories (writing, coding) fell 21% within 8 months of ChatGPT's launch, and industry-wide business spend on freelance platforms dropped from 0.66% to 0.10% of total spend between Q4 2021 and Q1 2026, per Ramp Economics Lab data published May 2026.

Is Freelancer Limited stock a good buy in 2026?

As of July 22, 2026, Freelancer Limited's market cap was roughly A$47.3 million, with shares trading between A$0.10 and A$0.33 over the prior 52 weeks versus an all-time high of A$2.60. No dividend has been declared as of the FY2025 results announced February 24, 2026.

What is Escrow.com's role in Freelancer.com's business?

Escrow.com is Freelancer Limited's regulated payments/escrow segment, generating about 23% of net revenue and growing 14% in Q4 2025 (to A$3.1 million) while the core Freelancer.com marketplace segment fell 1.4%, per company results reported February 26, 2026.

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Australian public marketplace pairing freelance gig matching with the Escrow.com payments business.

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On the recordSince 22 July 2026 · Checkable from July-August 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: 1H26 results test whether Escrow.com keeps growing while the core marketplace stabilizes

The call

A shrinking freelance marketplace is bundled with a growing escrow payments business, and which one defines the company is still an open question.

Freelancer.com is a website where businesses hire freelancers for tasks like writing and coding. The problem is that ChatGPT and similar AI tools now do this work directly, so fewer people need to use the marketplace at all. Even when they do, larger competitors like Upwork ship new AI features faster and have way more users. The only part of the business actually growing is Escrow.com, which handles payments safely, but it is still less than one quarter of total revenue. If escrow becomes more than half the business in the next year or two, it could change the story, but right now the core marketplace looks like it is shrinking in measurable ways.

Why

AI pressure: ChatGPT, Claude, and similar generative AI tools. Clients now get writing and code straight from AI chatbots, skipping the marketplace where nearly half the job mix used to live. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.

Bigger players: Upwork. Upwork is seven to fifteen times larger, holds most of the category share, and already ships its own Uma AI agent tools. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. Escrow.com, a regulated payments unit growing double digits, sits apart from the shrinking marketplace and pays the bills.

What would change this call

1H26 results (~July/August 2026) show Freelancer.com marketplace segment revenue trend. Whether core decline is stabilizing or continuing to worsen.
Escrow.com segment share of total group revenue in upcoming filings. Whether the payments business is becoming the dominant driver, reshaping the company's identity.
Any further board or executive departures following Simon Clausen's May 2026 resignation. Whether internal leadership stability is deteriorating further.

Key numbers

FY2025 revenue A$55.3M, net profit A$2.21M (2025-12-31)
Escrow.com Q4 revenue +14.0% YoY to A$3.1M (2025-12-31)
Market cap ~A$47.3M, down from A$2.60 all-time high (2026-07-22)

Named risks

Core marketplace revenue and job-post volume shrinking as generative AI substitutes for writing/coding work. Severity: high
Industry-wide collapse in business spend on freelance platforms, 0.66% to 0.10% of spend by Q1 2026. Severity: high
SEO-driven client acquisition declining YoY in Q4 2025 per FY25 annual report. Severity: medium
Founding investor board resignation (May 2026) signals possible governance or founding-coalition strain. Severity: medium
Company remains far smaller than Upwork and Fiverr with no structural moat on the core marketplace. Severity: high

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
Upwork	losing to	Upwork shipping Uma AI agent tooling ranked 3rd in contingent-labor market, Jul 2025; Freelancer distant #3 by scale
Fiverr	losing to	Fiverr Go lets sellers train/sell custom AI models per Jul 2025 vendor report; Freelancer lacks comparable AI monetization tool
Generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude)	contesting	Writing/coding job posts on freelance platforms fell 21% within 8 months of ChatGPT launch, 2022-2023

Questions people ask

Is Freelancer.com profitable in 2025?: Yes. Freelancer Limited (ASX:FLN) reported FY2025 net profit of A$2.21 million, reversing a A$0.81 million loss in FY2024, on group revenue of A$55.3 million (up 4.1% YoY), per its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Who owns Freelancer.com?: Freelancer.com is operated by publicly listed Freelancer Limited (ASX:FLN, OTCQX: FRLCY/FLNCF), which IPO'd on the ASX in 2013. Founder Matt Barrie remains Executive Chairman and CEO as of the FY2025 earnings call held around February 24-25, 2026.
Is Freelancer.com losing to Upwork and Fiverr?: Freelancer's own Q4 2025 results show its core marketplace segment revenue fell 1.4% YoY to A$9.8 million, while rivals Upwork and Fiverr have shipped AI agent tools (Uma, Fiverr Go) as of a July 2025 vendor market report, reinforcing Freelancer's position as a distant, shrinking third player.
Will AI replace Freelancer.com's marketplace?: Independent research shows job posts in Freelancer.com's top automatable categories (writing, coding) fell 21% within 8 months of ChatGPT's launch, and industry-wide business spend on freelance platforms dropped from 0.66% to 0.10% of total spend between Q4 2021 and Q1 2026, per Ramp Economics Lab data published May 2026.
Is Freelancer Limited stock a good buy in 2026?: As of July 22, 2026, Freelancer Limited's market cap was roughly A$47.3 million, with shares trading between A$0.10 and A$0.33 over the prior 52 weeks versus an all-time high of A$2.60. No dividend has been declared as of the FY2025 results announced February 24, 2026.
What is Escrow.com's role in Freelancer.com's business?: Escrow.com is Freelancer Limited's regulated payments/escrow segment, generating about 23% of net revenue and growing 14% in Q4 2025 (to A$3.1 million) while the core Freelancer.com marketplace segment fell 1.4%, per company results reported February 26, 2026.

Timeline

2026-07-22Market cap reported at roughly A$47.3 million, shares far below A$2.60 all-time high
2026-05-15Founding investor and director Simon Clausen resigns from Freelancer Limited board
2026-05Escrow.com announces BrokerBin partnership for IT hardware transactions
2026-02-26Q4 2025 results published: revenue A$13.5M, Escrow.com +14%, core segment -1.4%
2026-02-24FY2025 earnings call; Matt Barrie confirmed as Executive Chairman and CEO
2025-12-31FY2025 results: group revenue A$55.3M, net profit A$2.21M vs prior year loss
2025-07-291H25 results released; US ADR program launched; GMV A$439.0M, down 2.4% YoY
2023-04-19Freelancer.com launches AI Bid Writer feature for auto-generated bids
2013Freelancer Limited IPOs on the Australian Securities Exchange

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