Straight comparisons, including when we are not the answer.

Each page says plainly when the other option is the better choice for you. A comparison that always ends with "hire us" is an advert.

• Agency, freelancer or in-house team: who should build your platform?

  Hire a freelancer for a narrow, well-specified job that needs one skill. Use an agency when you need several disciplines at once, such as mobile apps, web, the server side, design and payments, without hiring. Build an in-house team once the platform is the business and you can hire and manage engineers. Many founders use all three in turn: outside help to the first version, their own team once it earns.

• Custom marketplace or Sharetribe?

  Start on Sharetribe if you need to find out cheaply and quickly whether anyone wants your marketplace, and your flow looks like a standard listing, booking and payment. Build custom when your operating model does not fit a template: providers set their own prices, you dispatch jobs, payouts run on local payment rails, or disputes need rules of their own. If the template forces you to change the business, it is the wrong choice.

• Flutter or native apps for a marketplace?

  Choose Flutter for almost every marketplace. One codebase builds the iOS and Android apps for each side, so every change is written once and both stay in step. Choose native apps only when a core feature depends on the device itself, such as heavy camera, sensor or connected-hardware work, or on performance Flutter cannot reach for your use, or when you already employ separate iOS and Android teams.