Get started freeStarter tools are free risk-assessment utilities built Philippines-first for Filipino freelancers: evaluate job posts, calculate sustainable rates, detect scam patterns, and check readiness before accepting client work.
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Decide smarter before you say yes
15 free utilities for Filipino freelancers evaluating opportunities, pricing work, and preparing client engagements, separate from the paid client-to-payment workspace.
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Starter tools
Free planning and risk checks, use before you commit. No account needed.
client-to-payment workspace
agreement → deliverables → approval → invoice → payment on one timeline per client, when the work is real.
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Most used by new freelancers
If you only run four tools this week, make it these.
Freelance Readiness Checker
Structured assessment of skills, time, and expectations before your first paid client.
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Job Post Scanner
Paste a job post, spot vague scope, red flags, and unrealistic expectations.
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Rate Calculator
Sustainable hourly or project rate from costs, taxes, and income goals.
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First Project Checklist
Nothing important missing before you deliver client one.
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Evaluate before you commit
Check the work, the client, and your readiness before you say yes.
Freelance Readiness Checker
Structured assessment of skills, time, and expectations before your first paid client.
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Niche Risk Checker
Does this niche fit your experience, demand, and long-term sustainability?
Open toolJob Post Scanner
Paste a job post, spot vague scope, red flags, and unrealistic expectations.
Open toolScam Pattern Detector
Recognize risky patterns before you commit time or share personal details.
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Client Red Flag Checklist
Review alignment signals before work begins.
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Project Scope Calculator
Does the scope match the timeline and pay on offer?
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Price your work and get paid
Sustainable rates, payment rails, invoicing, and tax context.
Rate Calculator
Sustainable hourly or project rate from costs, taxes, and income goals.
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Payment Method Risk Check
Trade-offs of Wise, PayPal, Payoneer, and other payment rails.
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Late Fee Calculator
Late payment terms and professional follow-up language.
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Cross-Border Tax Shield
Foreign client tax requests and your obligations, context, not legal advice.
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Invoice Generator
Structured invoices you can download as PDF, upgrade for full workspace tracking.
Open toolFirst Invoice Checklist
What to have in place before you send your first invoice.
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Win clients and start strong
Outreach, onboarding, and checklists for your first engagements.
When the client says yes
Starter tools help you decide. The workspace helps you deliver.
Once you have a paying engagement, move into one record per client, agreements, deliverables, approvals, invoices, and payment matching on the same timeline.
- Written agreement before billable work
- Client approvals via portal link, no account required
- Invoice from approved work with SALAG-INV reference
- Wise and PayPal auto-matching on Freelancer+
- Proof package export when you need the full record
FAQ
Straight answers about starter tools
No. Starter tools are free to use without a credit card. They are designed for risk assessment and planning before you adopt Salag's paid workspace.
Starter tools help you decide and prepare before committing. Paid plans help you run agreements, delivery, invoicing, and payment matching inside a structured engagement workspace.
No. Every Starter tool runs in your browser without sign-up. Create a free account only when you want to save your results or move into the full client-to-payment workspace.
Start with the Freelance Readiness Checker to review your money, home setup, and mindset, then use the Job Post Scanner and Rate Calculator before you reply to a client.
Yes. The Starter tools are always free. Salag only charges for Freelancer, Professional, and Agency plans that add agreements, deliverables, invoicing, and automatic payment matching.
Land client one with structure already in place
Free workspace for 3 clients. Starter tools stay free either way.
Evaluate free. Structure when it counts.
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