Flat Planet vs oDesk, eLance etc...

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First of all, we are great fans of all the freelance sites such as oDesk, eLance, Guru and so on.

They do some things really well - like small, piecemeal project work.

We can not and do not seek to compete with them with these things.

Also in regard to price. If 'cheap' is important to you - then please, stick with oDesk.

However, for mission critical projects where you just can't take chances on quality, delivery timelines and intellectual property, then Flat Planet offers a professional, corporate-style service.

	Flat Planet	oDesk, eLance etc
Accountabilty	Contract with an Australian company with an address and an ACN.		No contract- you don’t really know who you are dealing with or where they are.
Security/ Confidentiality	Supply contract with obligations to be met by Australian company which takes responsibility.		No way to get insight into supplier’s security environment. No way to hold them to account.
Priority	Guaranteed 100% focus with log of screen shots every 10 minutes +3 minute Skype response rule.		Working on unknown number of multiple project where by your project can be de-prioritised.
Intellectual property	It is your project- you control the IP.		There are zero checks and balances.
Skill composition	Put together team exactly according to requirements.		You don’t really know who is working on your project.
Price	Substantially lower than onshore- maybe 70% saving		Incredibly cheap.