Every platform vets freelancers. Nobody vets the client. I'm fixing that.

A developer is building Vettly, a platform that lets freelancers vet clients before accepting projects. Vettly provides payment reliability data, scope-creep reports, and AI analysis of briefs to flag risk signals. The developer is validating demand with a waitlist before building the full product.

We've all been here: a client with a vague brief, a "simple" project that balloons, an invoice that goes unpaid for months. The freelance industry has spent 15 years building trust infrastructure pointing in exactly one direction — at us. Toptal's 5-step screening. Upwork's skill verification. Expert-vetted badges. All of it answers the client's question: "can I trust this freelancer?" Nobody ever built the reverse. No one answers our question: "can I trust this client?" So I'm building it. Vettly lets you search a client before you accept — payment reliability, scope-creep reports from other freelancers, and an AI analysis of their brief that flags risk signals unrealistic budget, vague scope, the patterns that predict a nightmare . It works on day one even without reviews, because the brief analysis is pure signal. I'm validating demand before building the full thing. If you've ever been burned by a client, the waitlist is here: https://vettly-waitlist.netlify.app https://vettly-waitlist.netlify.app And I genuinely want to know in the comments: what's the earliest red flag you've learned to spot in a bad client?