Bid on clients who actually hire and pay.
Connects cost money and proposals cost time. UnitPulse reads the client behind an Upwork job and scores how likely it is to turn into paid work, before you write a word.
- Payment methodVerified
- Total spent$48k
- Hires · hire rate23 · 70%
- Rating4.9 from 31 reviews
- Member since2019
- Asks to pay outside UpworkNo
- Fail:14 jobs posted, 0 hires
- Fail:Payment method not verified
- Fail:“Let’s continue on WhatsApp, I’ll pay by transfer”
- Warning:Expert scope on a $50 fixed budget
- Warning:50+ proposals already sent
What gets in the way today.
Clients who never hire
Some clients post job after job and rarely hire anyone. Your proposal was never going to be read.
Off-platform payment traps
Requests to move the chat or the payment off Upwork remove every protection you had.
Budgets that don’t add up
Expert-level scope for an entry-level budget, or a price that’s too good to be true, both signal trouble.
Checks that answer the question in front of you.
Every block below links to the feature behind it, so you can see exactly how it works.
Client history at a glance
Payment verification, total spend, hires, hire rate, feedback and how long the client has been on Upwork.
Learn moreGhost-client detection
Flags clients with many postings and few hires, and jobs that are already flooded with proposals.
Learn moreScam and risk flags
Requests to pay or chat outside Upwork, unrealistic budgets and other risk patterns, quoted from the post.
Learn moreA proposal-ready CV
Keep a profile-aligned CV and see which skills from the job post you haven’t mentioned.
Learn moreUp and running in three steps.
Choose Upwork as your platform
Activate Upwork on your plan. It’s the one platform on the free plan if you like.
Open a job post
The badge scores the client and the job right on Upwork.
Save Connects for serious clients
Run the full check on the jobs worth bidding on, and write your best proposal for those.
What changes
- Connects spent on clients with a real hiring history
- Off-platform payment requests caught early
- Budget and scope mismatches spotted before you bid
- More time for proposals that win
Where to start
Free or Basic — Free covers Upwork with 10 full analyses a month. Basic adds more analyses and two more boards, such as Fiverr and Freelancer as they launch.
The features behind it
Job Organic Score
A 0–100 authenticity score for every job, with six sub-scores and the evidence behind each point.
Read moreScam detection
Flags upfront fees, chat-app interviews, crypto pay and other scam patterns, quoting the exact text.
Read moreGhost job detection
Spots listings that keep getting reposted, aren’t on the employer’s own board and have no one hiring behind them.
Read moreScore jobs right where you find them.
The UnitPulse extension works on the job boards you already use. No links to copy, no tabs to switch. Open a job and the score is there.
- A score on every LinkedIn, Indeed and Upwork job, as it loads
- The full evidence report in one click, without leaving the page
- Your résumé’s ATS match on the same panel
- Role is live on the company’s careers board
- Easy Apply only — company site is the better route
Apply to jobs that exist.
Get your first score in under a minute. Free forever on one job board, no credit card.