The short answer

Use an Egyptian or Arabic marketplace to get your first reviews, a global platform once you can compete in English with samples, and a reviewed network to get local clients without giving up a cut. Most working freelancers in Egypt use two of the three at once.

Arabic and Egyptian marketplaces

• Mostaql (Hsoub): project-based, Arabic-speaking clients across the region, freelancers bid on posted projects. Takes a percentage of the freelancer's earnings (about 15 percent at the time of writing). Good for volume once your profile has ratings.
• Khamsat (Hsoub): microservices starting at five dollars, packaged gigs like Fiverr, Arabic buyers. Takes about 20 percent. Good for a fast first sale, weak for serious pricing.
• elharefa: an Egyptian freelance and remote-work marketplace where companies post jobs and freelancers apply. Free to post for clients; check its current terms for what it charges freelancers.
• Wuzzuf and Bayt: job boards, not marketplaces. Companies sometimes post freelance and part-time roles there; you apply like a job.

Global platforms

• Upwork: the largest source of foreign clients for Egyptian freelancers, paid in dollars. You pay to send proposals (Connects) and a service fee on earnings; the fee schedule has changed several times, so check the current one before you plan around it.
• Fiverr: packaged gigs, buyer comes to you, 20 percent seller fee. Works for design, video, writing, and small technical tasks with a clear deliverable.
• Freelancer.com, Guru, Workana: smaller pools of clients, worth a profile once you have samples; do not start there.

Reviewed networks

Engage Egypt is a reviewed membership network for Egypt's builders rather than a marketplace. Every member is approved by a person. You list your service with a price, answer requests that members post (a job or a project), and agree scope and payment directly with the client. There is no take rate and no bidding. The trade-off is scale: it is smaller than a global platform, and the clients are Egyptian founders, businesses and members rather than anonymous buyers.

How to choose

• No reviews yet: Khamsat or Mostaql for the first three sales, plus your own network.
• Samples and English: Upwork for dollar clients, Fiverr if your work packages cleanly.
• Local clients, no cut, real names: a reviewed network like Engage Egypt, and Requests for work members post.
• A job rather than gigs: Wuzzuf, Bayt, elharefa, and the Freelance roles startups post on Engage.

Which freelance website is best in Egypt?

For Arabic clients, Mostaql for projects and Khamsat for microservices. For foreign clients, Upwork. For Egyptian clients without a commission, a reviewed network such as Engage Egypt. Most freelancers combine two.

Which platforms charge no commission?

Job boards (Wuzzuf, Bayt) and reviewed networks like Engage Egypt take nothing from the freelancer; marketplaces (Fiverr, Khamsat, Mostaql, Upwork) take a percentage. Always check the current terms.

Can I get paid in dollars in Egypt?

Yes, through global platforms and services like Payoneer or Wise. Expect conversion fees and a few days to land in an Egyptian bank account.

Is Fiverr available in Egypt?

Yes. Egyptian sellers use Fiverr and get paid through Payoneer or PayPal withdrawal options. The seller fee is 20 percent.