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UpJobPilot is an AI assistant for Upwork freelancers. It scores every job for fit, analyzes client quality (pay, hire rate, payment verification, red flags), and drafts a tailored proposal — as you browse Upwork, or via optional background scanning. You review and submit everything yourself, so you stop wasting connects on bad-fit jobs.

You install a lightweight app on your Mac or Windows PC plus a browser helper extension. As you browse Upwork, the helper scores each job you open and shows client insights right on the page — no Upwork API key needed. Optionally, connect Upwork's API to also scan for jobs on a schedule in the background and get alerts. AI scoring runs from your machine using your own AI key; results appear in a local dashboard with filters, sorting, and notifications.

UpJobPilot is designed to keep you in control. It runs entirely on your own machine — no cloud storage of your Upwork data, nothing on our servers. It never sends proposals, bids, or messages automatically; you review and submit everything yourself. There's no burner account, no disabling 2FA, no auto-bidding. Connecting Upwork's official API (with your own credentials, for optional background scanning) is the only part that touches Upwork's systems, and it's entirely optional.

No. UpJobPilot generates proposal drafts that you review, edit, and submit yourself through Upwork. You stay in full control of every proposal you send.

Each job gets a score from 1 to 10 based on budget, client history, job requirements, and how well it matches your freelancer profile. Jobs scoring 7+ trigger instant browser notifications so you never miss a great opportunity.

14-day free trial, fully unlimited, no credit card required. After trial: $9/month BYOK (launch pricing for the first 500 subscribers — regular price will be $18/mo). $90/year option also available (saves $18 vs monthly). Cancel anytime.

BYOK means you bring your own API key. Google Gemini offers a free tier (no credit card needed) in 200+ countries — most users pay $0 for AI. (Per Google's API terms, users in the EEA, UK & Switzerland must use a paid key.) On a paid key, AI cost is typically $0.001–$0.008 per analysis — ChatGPT ~$0.001, Gemini ~$0.003, Claude ~$0.008 — paid directly to the provider.

Yes — Google Gemini has a free tier: just sign in with Google, no credit card. It comes with a daily allowance set by Google (typically enough for a few dozen to a few hundred analyses a day — your exact limit shows in Google AI Studio and can change over time). Heavy users can switch to a paid key for pennies. Two caveats: (1) the free tier is run by Google, not UpJobPilot — the limits and terms can change without notice; (2) per Google's API terms, users in the EEA, UK & Switzerland must use a paid key.

Trial ends, app prompts you to subscribe ($9/mo). If you don't subscribe, the app stops generating new analyses but keeps all your past data accessible — you can sort, filter, and re-read anything you analyzed during the trial. Subscribe anytime later and pick up where you left off. No auto-charge — we don't have your credit card, you decide when to pay.

BYOK economics + launch pricing. You pay your AI provider directly (free tier available) so I don't need to mark up AI in tier pricing. Other Upwork tools bake AI costs into their plans — that's why they charge $27–89/mo with usage caps (50–600 requests/month). With UpJobPilot you bring your own key and use it as much as you want. The $9/mo covers the app, updates, and infrastructure — that's it. Note: $9 is the launch price for the first 500 subscribers; regular price will be $18/mo. Once you subscribe at $9, you're locked at $9 for life (grandfather pricing).

The first 500 subscribers get $9/mo (or $90/yr) locked in for life. Regular price after that is $18/mo. This isn't a temporary sale — once you subscribe at $9 with the launch code, your subscription stays at $9 even after the launch period ends, as long as you don't cancel. I'm pricing aggressively early to validate the product fast and reward early supporters. The discount code is auto-applied when you click "Subscribe" on this page.

BYOK = Bring Your Own Key. You create a free Anthropic, Google, or OpenAI API account (5 minutes), paste the key into UpJobPilot once, and the app calls the AI directly from your machine using your key. You pay your AI provider directly — typically pennies per analysis. We don't pay for your AI, so we don't cap your usage. Other Upwork tools mark up AI in their tier pricing (50–600 request caps); we don't.

Short answer: Claude for highest quality, ChatGPT for best value, Gemini for lowest cost. You can switch any time in Settings → AI Provider; your saved keys stay separate per provider.

Longer version, based on real testing on Upwork jobs:

• Claude (Anthropic) — deepest analysis. Catches economic mismatches (a job that's "WordPress" but priced for junior support when you're a senior dev), notices soft signals like "growth path to Head of X" wording, gives the most actionable Pass/Apply recommendations. ~$0.008 per analysis (still pennies). Best for users who want the highest-quality scoring and don't mind a tiny extra cost.
• ChatGPT (OpenAI, GPT-4o mini) — solid analysis at ~8× lower cost than Claude (~$0.001 per analysis — the cheapest option). Reaches the same Pass/Apply conclusion as Claude on most jobs, just with less depth. Recommended for most users — best balance of quality and cost.
• Gemini (Google, 2.5 Flash) — the only one with a free tier (no card, in most countries), or ~$0.003 per analysis on a paid key. In my testing it tends to over-score borderline jobs (gives 6/10 where Claude/ChatGPT give 4/10), so you might apply to more bad-fit jobs and burn connects. Pick it for the free tier, or if you're already good at filtering bad-fit jobs yourself.

Honest take: the AI cost difference between providers is small ($0.001 vs $0.008 = $7/month for 1,000 analyses) compared to the cost of a wasted Upwork connect ($0.15 per connect, 16 connects per proposal ≈ $2.40). One avoided bad-fit application pays for months of Claude.

UpJobPilot is built to keep you in control and run entirely on your own machine — nothing on our servers. It never auto-bids, never sends proposals or messages for you, and never asks you to create a "burner" Upwork account or disable 2FA. You review and submit every proposal yourself. Some other Upwork automation tools recommend creating a separate Upwork account just for their bot — that's a direct violation of Upwork's "one account per person" Terms of Service. We don't do any of that. Optional background scanning uses Upwork's official Developer API with your own credentials (you register your own free Developer App and OAuth your existing account); the browser helper works without any API key. As with any third-party tool, you're responsible for using it in line with Upwork's Terms.

It's me — Adam, a solo freelancer based in Poland. I built UpJobPilot because I was tired of refreshing Upwork forty times a day and burning connects on jobs I had no business applying to. I use it every day. There's no VC, no growth team, no support outsourcing. If something breaks, you reply to your purchase email and you get me directly. The trade-off: I'm one person, so big feature requests take longer than at a venture-funded competitor. The upside: I'm not optimizing for shareholders, and the product gets better because I'm dogfooding it daily.

No. Download, double-click to launch, install the browser helper, and follow the setup wizard. You'll need Node.js installed (free, one click) and an AI provider key (Gemini's free tier needs no card in most countries). Creating Upwork API credentials is optional — only needed if you want automatic background scanning; we provide a step-by-step guide.

UpJobPilot combines job monitoring, AI scoring, client analysis, and proposal writing in one tool. It runs locally for privacy, uses your own Upwork credentials, and the AI writes proposals tailored to your specific skills and experience — not generic templates.