SolidGigs vs Vollna: broad external leads or an Upwork-focused workflow?

Choose SolidGigs when you want broad, fixed-cost external opportunity curation. Choose Vollna when your acquisition workflow is heavily centered on Upwork and you value filtering, AI qualification/drafting, analytics or optional automated bidding.

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At a glance

Vollna’s Automation starting price is currently inconsistent

The current pricing tier list includes Auto50 at $59/month (or $45/month effective yearly). The same current pricing page separately says Automation starts at $149/month for 150 auto-submitted proposals. We therefore do not publish one simplified universal Automation starting price; the exact tier matters.

Automation trial eligibility is also inconsistent

The current pricing plan table says the 14-day free trial is not included for Automation. Current FAQ/homepage copy separately says every account starts with a 14-day free trial of all features. Manual Freelancer and Agency trial eligibility is clearly supported, but the Automation trial should not be promised as settled while those public pages conflict.

Annual effective pricing is not month-to-month pricing

The $16/month Freelancer figure and $41/month Agency figure are effective monthly amounts when billed yearly. They are not the current month-to-month prices.

AI feature credits are not submitted proposals

Current Freelancer pricing lists 250 AI Cover Letter credits and 3,000 AI Job Qualifier credits. Those feature credits should not be relabeled as proposal submissions.

Paid subscriptions renew and are generally non-refundable

Current Terms say paid subscriptions are billed in advance and automatically renew unless canceled. Access continues through the paid period. Fees already paid for that period are generally non-refundable except where required by law, although Vollna says some requests may be considered case-by-case.

Auto-Bidding adds Upwork-side cost and policy dependency

Vollna says Auto-Bidding can submit proposals 24/7 and automatically spend configured Connects and Boosts. Those Upwork-side acquisition costs are separate from the Vollna subscription. Vollna also says it monitors Upwork policy changes, while its pages state that it is not endorsed, affiliated or sponsored by freelance sites. We therefore do not treat provider compliance language as a permanent guarantee that every automation configuration will remain policy-safe forever.

Which fits you?

Important limitations

• Neither service guarantees replies, clients, hires or earnings.
• Vollna’s current public pricing material conflicts on the starting price of Automation.
• Current Vollna pages also conflict on whether Automation receives the 14-day trial.
• Annual-effective Freelancer and Agency figures are not month-to-month prices.
• AI feature credits are not the same thing as submitted proposals.
• Paid Vollna subscriptions auto-renew and are generally non-refundable under the checked Terms, subject to law and possible case-by-case consideration.
• Auto-Bidding uses separate Upwork Connects/Boosts and remains dependent on Upwork policy; provider compliance language is not permanent account-safety assurance.

Sources checked

• SolidGigs current service/pricing
• SolidGigs Terms
• Vollna pricing
• Vollna FAQ
• Vollna Terms
• Vollna freelancer workflow

Publication status: Last checked September 5, 2026. Refresh due October 5, 2026. Vollna pricing, trial language, features and Upwork policies can change. Production deployment remains separately unproven under issue #369.