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A five-second read on every Upwork job before you spend a connect

UpScore drops a score card right into the job page: a 0-to-5 score, the connect cost in real dollars, and the client signals that actually matter, like payment verification and hiring history. You decide to apply or skip in the time it takes to read one sentence.

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The Score Card, Live

This is the real card, not a screenshot. A solid job on top, a job worth skipping below, both with sample data so you can see how the colors, the badges, and the quick notes change with the signal.

Strong Fit · Score 4.3 / 5 6 connects · $0.90 to apply · 85 of 91 left

Strong fit, apply with confidence. · Too many proposals already, worth thinking twice.

Payment verifiedPhone verifiedPosted just now4.90 (137 reviews)$185K spent68% hire rate · 312 posted50+ proposals · crowded

A solid job: verified client, real history, just a busy applicant pool

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Weak Fit · Score 0.5 / 5 20 connects · $3.00 to apply · 25 of 45 left

Skip, client has no verification (payment & phone). · Posted 7+ days ago, may have gone stale.

Payment unverifiedPosted 9d ago3.40 (8 reviews)$2.5K spent12% hire rate · 22 posted5 other open jobs60 proposals · crowded

Warning (high): Client has no verification (payment & phone)

Warning (high): Poor rating: 3.40/5.00 from 8 reviews

Poor economics: High connect cost relative to this client's trust score (estimate).

Same card, dropped into Upwork's job modal, catching a client with no verification and a shaky rating, posted over a week ago

See UpScore in action: a full walkthrough of the score card, the badges, and the risk warnings.

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Key Features

Smart Job Scoring

A 0-to-5 score built from payment verification, client rating, spend history, hire rate, and six other weighted factors, so one number tells you what would take five minutes to check by hand

Connects in Real Dollars

A job asking for 20 connects just says "20 connects." UpScore also shows the $3.00 it actually costs, at Upwork's current rate

Risk Assessment

Catches the patterns worth a second look: an unverified payment method, a client who posts jobs but never hires, a budget too small for the scope

Skip Before You Spend

See the score and the risk badges before you open the proposal box, so a bad-fit job never costs you a connect

Advanced Features

Client Background Check

Reads the client's past jobs: what they paid, what freelancers said back, and whether they actually finish what they start

Universal Compatibility

Search results, a full job page, an enterprise posting, the slide-out modal: UpScore scores the job wherever Upwork shows it to you

Instant Pop-up Analysis

Click a job from search and the score card is already there, inside the modal. No extra tab, no page reload

Warnings You Can Act On

Every warning is ranked low to critical and says exactly what it found, like "0% hire rate across 5 open jobs," not a vague red flag

100% Private & Secure

Every score runs inside your browser. No job data or client data ever leaves your machine, and UpScore has no analytics and no tracking

Lightning-Fast Analysis

Scoring a job takes under 100 milliseconds and the extension stays under 50 MB of memory, so your browser never slows down

How It Works

1

One-Click Install

Add it from the Chrome Web Store and keep browsing Upwork the way you already do. Nothing to configure

2

The Score Card Appears

Open any job and UpScore reads the client's verification, spend, and hiring history right there on the page, no clicking through tabs

3

Make Smart Choices

Read the score, the badges, and the connect cost, then apply or move on to the next listing

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Stop Spending Connects on Guesswork

UpScore is free, with no subscription and no account to create. Add it once, and every job you open on Upwork gets a score before you spend a single connect.

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