Every proposal has two costs: what we charge you, and what Upwork charges you. Both are shown everywhere, never just one.
Solo
1,000 credits/month (3,000/mo on the annual plan)
$9.99
500 credits, never expire, stacks on top of your monthly allotment.
Cheaper tools usually mean an extension bidding from your logged-in tab, or an agency account submitting on your behalf. Neither is what this is.
| Tool | Entry price | Where automation runs | Submission |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nibwright | $14.99/mo | Our servers, official API, read-only | You paste and press Submit on Upwork |
| Vollna | from $16/mo | Their servers + Chrome extension | Extension-driven auto-bid, $59 / 50 proposals |
| UpHunt | from $9/mo | Managed service, Telegram + Slack | Their agency account submits, $89/mo |
| GigRadar | no public pricing* | Managed, agency accounts only | Their Business Manager account submits |
| Upwex | from ~$20/mo | Chrome extension, your logged-in tab | Extension bids from your logged-in tab |
| BidPilotPro | from $12/mo | Chrome extension, drafting only | You submit manually |
| AiProposer | free / from $12/mo | Web app, no job discovery | You submit manually |
| OutBid | from $9.99/mo | Alerts only, never touches account | You submit manually |
* GigRadar does not publish pricing; figure based on public reports from freelancers who have used the service.
Upwork's automation policy acts on tools that scrape the feed, auto-refresh listings, or run macros and userscripts against the site. Nibwright does none of those things: it polls the official, authenticated GraphQL API on a fixed interval, using an OAuth token you granted and can revoke in one click. It never touches your password, never runs a script in your browser, and never submits anything — there is no endpoint for that. The one step Upwork keeps entirely human is the one step this product leaves entirely to you.