Basically you're playing a lottery on any of these sites. You can't trust even dozen of reviews. I've hired once one of the top 25 devs on Freelancer.com and h

Basically you're playing a lottery on any of these sites. You can't trust even dozen of reviews. I've hired once one of the top 25 devs on Freelancer.com and he went 3x beyond deadline and I wasn't super happy about his solution either. It was just ok. The reason - he was over stretched with many many projects at the same time. I've had just a slightly better experience on Odesk because you pay hourly and can cut off the freelancer at any time. My lessons learned: 1.It's hard to find a real top talent on any of these sites even if you're ready to pay the top price. 2. The only way to verify if the freelancer is able to deliver on your project is to give him one two small trial projects. 3. If you're into real important project do your due diligence or better hire HR on the same site who can do this for you professionally. P.S. yes there are some fantastic freelancers both on Freelancer.com and Odesk if you look harder.