Post your project.Get real proposals.
Describe your app, software project, team hire or big contract and what you'll pay. Quarko asks the right questions, writes the brief and brings back proposals from developers, agencies and suppliers who can deliver.
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What is Quarko?
Quarko is where you post what you need built or bought, with your budget, and get proposals from people and businesses who can deliver it. It's built for software and AI projects, team hires and large contracts.
- What it is
- A place to post what you need built or bought, with your budget, and get proposals from people who can deliver it.
- Who it's for
- Founders and businesses anywhere in the world with software, project or supply needs, and the freelancers, agencies, contractors and job seekers who do the work.
- What it costs
- From US$2.50 to post a buying request, in your local currency where available. Offering work and finding a job are free.
- What you can post
- Apps, websites, software and AI projects, large contracts, team hires, fit-outs, equipment and bulk supply.
- How it's different
- Every request has real requirements and a stated budget, written up by AI from a short conversation, so proposals are comparable.
- Your privacy
- Vendors see the requirements and budget, not who you are, until you choose them.
How does Quarko work?
You describe the need, Quarko asks what's missing and writes the brief, you post it, and proposals come back. Four steps, all in one chat.
Say it
Type what you need in your own words. Quarko works out whether you're buying or offering, then asks only what's missing: scope, budget and deadline.
We write the brief
Your answers become a clear request with the requirements, the budget you'll pay and the usual price for that work, so vendors can quote properly.
Post it
Buying requests cost from US$2.50 to post, charged in your local currency where available, so vendors know every request is serious. Within 24 hours we tell you how many proposals came in. Offering your work or looking for a job is free.
Proposals come back
Developers, agencies and suppliers who fit send proposals into the same chat. Compare them and choose. Your contact details stay private until you do.
One request, seen from both sides
The buyer says what they need and what they'll pay. Vendors who fit get the brief with the usual price beside it, never the buyer's name. Step through it.
What the buyer sees
“Booking app for my clinic”
Brief ready- iOS, Android and a web admin, with payments
- Budget: $25k (usual for this scope $18k–40k)
- Austin, TX · live in 3 months · remote is fine
What the seller sees
Northwind Apps · Kraków, Poland
Online- React Native and Node, 12 people
- Projects from $8k
See what it looks like inside
This is the real app, running right here. Click around: switch between a personal account and a business workspace, open a chat, filter offers, approve an award. Collapse the sidebar with the handle on its edge.
Your personal workspace. One home for everything you've posted: the chat that wrote each brief, the proposals, messages and the people you trust.
Open it full screen- Compare offers in the chat
- Filter by talking: “only under $30k”
- Usual prices from real data
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Two sides, one chat
You don't pick a category or fill in a form. Write your first message, and Quarko works out which side you're on: buying (a project, a team, a contract, supplies) or selling (your work, your agency, your products).
Build software
Describe the app, website or system you need, even roughly. Quarko asks for the scope, budget and deadline, then brings back proposals you can compare.
- You: Need an app for my clinic so patients can book and pay
- Quarko: iPhone and Android, or web too? And how much are you willing to pay?
- You: Both phones and a web admin. Around $25k, live in 3 months.
- Quarko: Posted. 6 studios sent proposals. The usual range for this scope is $18k–40k.
Big contracts
For large projects, Quarko writes a proper brief from your conversation: scope, milestones, budget, timeline and must-haves, so serious vendors can quote like-for-like.
- You: We need our ERP rebuilt, about 40 users, budget around $80k
- Quarko: Which modules matter most, and do you need it hosted on your own servers?
- You: Inventory, billing and HR. Cloud is fine. Need an NDA.
- Quarko: Brief ready with 4 milestones and an NDA. 5 agencies have quoted so far.
Hire a team
Need people, not a project? Post the roles, the length of the contract and the rate. Developers and agencies apply, and you decide who to talk to.
- You: Hire 3 backend engineers for 6 months, remote
- Quarko: Which stack, and what monthly rate per engineer?
- You: Node and Postgres. Up to $6,000 a month each.
- Quarko: Posted. 14 engineers and 2 agencies match. Their names stay hidden until you shortlist.
Offer your work
Freelancers, agencies, contractors and suppliers tell Quarko what they do. Requests that fit come to you with the budget already stated. Offering your work is free.
- You: We're a 20-person design studio taking on brand and app projects
- Quarko: What's your smallest project size, and do you work with clients abroad?
- You: From €10,000. Yes, worldwide.
- Quarko: You're set up. 4 live requests fit you right now.
Find work
Looking for a job or contract? Say what you do and what you want to earn. Your profile stays private until you say yes, and it never costs you anything.
- You: I'm a Go developer, 5 years, open to contract work
- Quarko: What day rate or monthly rate are you looking for, and remote only?
- You: Remote, around €7,500 a month
- Quarko: 3 contract requests fit you. Want me to share your profile with them?
Buy in bulk
Products, equipment and fit-outs work the same way: say what you need, the quantity and your budget, and suppliers quote.
- You: 120 laptops for new staff in Berlin, 16 GB, by March
- Quarko: Buy or lease? And what's your budget per laptop?
- You: Lease for 3 years, under €45 a month each
- Quarko: Posted. 4 suppliers quoted, the lowest at €39 a month with on-site support.
Watch needs find the people who can meet them
Each rose chip is someone who needs something. Each blue chip is someone who can do it. With Quarko on, each need is connected to the one person who can meet it. Turn it off and they drift around, hoping to bump into each other. Hover a chip to see its match, or drag one there yourself.
Quarko is on. Measuring matches…
- Clinic booking app: matched with Mobile app studio
- ERP rebuild, $80k: matched with Enterprise dev agency
- 3 backend engineers: matched with Node developers
- Shopify store: matched with Ecommerce freelancer
- AI chatbot on docs: matched with LLM engineer
- Rebrand + website: matched with Design studio
- Office fit-out, London: matched with Fit-out contractor
- 120 laptops on lease: matched with IT hardware supplier
- Cloud migration: matched with AWS partner
- Fractional CTO: matched with Ex-CTO, 15 years
- QA for a release: matched with Testing team
- Go contractor: matched with Go developer, remote
Your choice, your network
Quarko recommends, but you decide. You pick who does the work, swap freely before it starts, and keep the people you trust one message away.
- You choose who
- Nobody is assigned to you without your say. You pick from the offers, your own network or the directory.
- Swap freely
- Changed your mind before work starts? Pick someone else with no fee and no reason needed.
- Your own network
- Save people you trust, invite your regulars by phone, and send requests to them first.
- Private by default
- Sellers see your request, not your phone number, until you decide to share it.
- Verified people
- Phone, ID and business checks, with badges you can see before you choose.
- Fair to everyone
- No one is filtered by religion, caste or ethnicity. Choice works person by person.
Free for the people who do the work
Freelancers, agencies, contractors, suppliers and job seekers get matched requests for free. Buyers pay a small fee to post, so every request you see is serious, with real requirements and a real budget.
See requests sellers get| Compare | Search and social ads | Lead websites | Quarko |
|---|---|---|---|
| You pay for | Clicks and views | Leads shared with many | Nothing to list. Requests come to you free |
| How serious the buyer is | Often just browsing | Mixed, often stale | Paid to post, with requirements and budget |
| Competitors on the same lead | Unknown | 10 to 30 | Shown upfront |
| Junk leads | You pay anyway | Rarely refunded | Refunded automatically |
| What buyers want next | Keyword guesses | Nothing | Demand trends in your area |
Built for big contracts
From a $10k app to an $80k ERP rebuild, anywhere in the world: Quarko writes a brief serious vendors can quote on, lines up the proposals, and sets up the agreement and NDA before anyone sees who you are.
- A brief from one conversation
- Quarko asks the questions a good project manager would and writes the scope, milestones, budget and must-haves for you.
- Proposals you can compare
- Price, timeline, team and approach lined up side by side, with the usual market range next to each price.
- Contracts when they're needed
- Big jobs get a proper agreement and NDA before work starts and before anyone sees who you are.
- Teams, not just gigs
- Hire one developer, a whole squad or an agency for months, in the same place you buy projects.
How is Quarko different from search, classifieds and chatbots?
Search engines give you links. Classifieds and lead sites pass your number around. Chatbots answer but can't reach anyone. Quarko takes your request all the way to real offers you can compare.
| Feature | Freelance marketplaces | Lead and listing sites | Job boards | AI chatbots | Quarko |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Describe the need in plain words | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Budget and requirements written up for you | Partly | No | No | Partly | Yes |
| Real proposals from real vendors | Yes | Partly | No | No | Yes |
| Large contracts and agencies, not just gigs | Rarely | Partly | No | No | Yes |
| Your identity stays private until you choose | No | No | Partly | n/a | Yes |
What people ask Quarko for
A few of the requests people make, in their own words. Open one to see how it plays out in the app.
Words we use
Plain definitions of the terms you'll see on Quarko.
- Intent
- What someone wants: to buy something, or to sell what they can do. Quarko sorts every first message into one of the two.
- Buying request
- A posted need with requirements, a budget and a deadline. It goes to vendors who can deliver it.
- Selling profile
- What a freelancer, agency, contractor, supplier or job seeker offers. Matching buying requests come to them.
- Brief
- The written request Quarko builds from your conversation: scope, must-haves, milestones, budget and timeline.
- Local standard price
- The usual price for that kind of work where you are, from real data. Quarko never makes a price up.
- Proposal
- A vendor's answer to a request: price, timeline and approach, compared side by side.
Questions people ask
Short answers about how Quarko works for buyers, sellers and businesses.
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