Pricing for freelancers
Useme pricing – key terms
How the service fee cap works
What does contribute to the service fee limit?
Other costs
Your monthly service fee sum never exceeds €99 (Zero Commitment Plan). And before you reach that point, your service fee is always 4.99%.
The service fee applies only to deals settled via Useme. The rest of our features, such as the Useme Jobs and portfolio, are free.
To see our current plan, visit our Pricing page. For a precise calculation of the deal’s cost, rely on our Calculator for freelancers.
Useme pricing – key terms
Our pricing policy is based on the following rules:
- There are no setup fees, and having an account on Useme is always free. We charge a service fee only for deals settled through our platform.
- Our service fee is 4.99% of the client’s invoice value.
- The minimum service fee is €9, and the maximum is €99.
- Service fees sum up every month.
- The contract date is when we receive the money from the client.
- Once the monthly service fee sum reaches €99, invoicing is free until the last day of the month.
- The same rules apply for transactions in USD and GBP. For PLN, the service fee is 7.8%, with a minimum amount of 29 PLN and a maximum of 349 PLN.
How the service fee cap works
The service fee cap is $99* per month. This means we'll never charge you more than $99 in fees within a single month. Invoices in USD, EUR, and GBP count equally (cap = $99 or €99 or £99).
* If you're a Useme Club member, your monthly cap is $89.
I've reached the cap – so why is there a fee on my invoice?
Key rule:
A service fee won't be charged if your client's payment reaches us in the same month you reach the fee cap.
When you start a new deal, we don't yet know when your client will pay – so the fee shows up.
✅ If the payment reaches us in the same month → we remove the fee.
❌ If it reaches us in the following month → we charge the fee.
Let's walk through some examples:
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June 20 |
You reach your monthly fee cap |
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June 25 |
You start a new deal → you see a fee on it |
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Case A: no fee |
Case B fee charged |
Case C: fee charged |
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June 28 |
Your client pays |
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June 29 |
The payment reaches Useme account → we remove the fee → you settle the deal for free 🎉 |
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June 30 |
Your client pays |
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NEXT MONTH |
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July 1 |
The payment reaches Useme account → the fee is charged |
Your client pays |
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July 2 |
The payment reaches Useme account → the fee is charged |
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What does contribute to the service fee limit?
The €99 monthly limit includes service fees charged for:
- all kinds of deals settled via Useme
The €99 monthly limit doesn’t include service fees charged for:
- additional charges, e.g., for paying with an Autopay card
- additional service, e.g., sending documents by mail
- issuing an invoice without a deposit request (69 PLN or 19 EUR/USD/GBP).
Other costs
Additional fees for freelancers:
- express money transfer – 10 EUR/USD/GBP
- sending documents by mail – 20 EUR/USD/GBP
Additional fees for clients:
- sending documents by mail – 20 EUR/USD/GBP,
- skipping the deposit request with the option to extend the invoice payment period – 19 EUR/USD/GBP,
- processing fee may be added after clicking the quick payment link – the amount depends on the country and deal’s currency (the processing fee covers general costs related to handling and completing deals, including technical and settlement infrastructure).