Dribbble
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What is Dribbble
Dribbble is an online platform for showcasing design work and connecting designers with freelance and full-time opportunities. It supports portfolios, community discovery, and a job board, with optional hiring and project posting features for companies. The product is primarily used by individual designers to present work and by employers or clients to source design talent, with a focus on visual and product design disciplines.
Large design-focused talent pool
Dribbble concentrates on visual, UI, and product design, which helps buyers find candidates with relevant portfolios quickly. The community and discovery features make it easier to identify style fit compared with generalist marketplaces. For designers, the platform provides a central place to publish work and be discoverable by potential clients or employers.
Portfolio-first candidate evaluation
Profiles emphasize work samples, which supports faster screening for creative roles where output quality matters. Employers can review projects, styles, and consistency without requiring lengthy application materials up front. This is useful for shortlisting freelancers for brand, UI, illustration, and similar deliverables.
Job board and hiring workflows
Dribbble includes job listings and options for companies to post roles and engage candidates. This supports both freelance and full-time hiring use cases in one place. The platform’s design-specific context can reduce noise compared with broader talent networks.
Design-centric, limited breadth
Dribbble is primarily oriented toward design roles and is less suitable for sourcing non-design talent. Teams hiring across multiple functions may need additional platforms to cover engineering, content, or operations roles. Even within creative work, it is less focused on end-to-end managed services than some content production networks.
Portfolio quality varies
Because the platform is open to a wide range of contributors, the quality and completeness of portfolios can be inconsistent. Employers may need additional steps to validate experience, availability, and professional references. This can increase screening time for high-volume hiring.
Limited enterprise controls
Dribbble is primarily a marketplace/community product rather than an enterprise talent management system. Organizations with strict procurement, compliance, or vendor management requirements may find gaps in governance features. Integrations and reporting may be less comprehensive than tools built for enterprise staffing workflows.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Basic Dribbble account: upload & publish Shots, basic profile (listed on Dribbble Pro page as Free tier). |
| Lite | $4 per month (billed yearly) | Enhanced profile layout, Lite search ranking boost, receive leads & send proposals, offer up to 3 Services, portfolio website. |
| Standard | $8 per month (billed yearly) | Everything in Lite; Standard search ranking boost; 0% Designer Platform Fee on payouts (annual only); appear in Recommendations & InstantMatch; 30 Project Brief credits/month (annual plans: 30/mo); 3 team seats; advanced analytics. |
| Plus | $99 per month (billed yearly) | Everything in Standard; Plus search ranking boost; 0% Client Platform Fee (annual only); 300 Project Brief credits/month (annual plans: 300/mo); 10 team seats; assisted onboarding; VIP customer support; featured Project Brief proposals. |
Hiring / Jobs (from Dribbble Hiring page) — labeled format: Pricing model: Fixed subscription for job-posting/hiring tools Free tier/trial: Finding designers and browsing talent is free; posting and Hiring Suite are paid. Example costs: Post a job – $150/month; Hiring Suite – $300/month. Notes: Dribbble states no hidden costs and a platform fee of 2–5% scaled by project size for freelancer payments; some hiring features (highlighting/pinning, ad-free browsing, VIP support) are included in Hiring Suite.
Seller details
Dribbble Holdings Ltd.
2009
Private
https://dribbble.com
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