Djobzy is a purpose-built work and services marketplace with live-map discovery, verified profiles, and portable reputation. Facebook Marketplace is the general classifieds surface inside Facebook — mostly used for buying and selling items, with job listings for entry-level, trade and service work reintroduced in the U.S. in October 2025 after being discontinued for two years.
People often ask if Facebook Marketplace is now “good enough” for hiring or finding local work. The answer depends on what you’re doing and where you are. Here’s how the two actually compare.
Reviewed by the Djobzy team · Updated 24 July 2026 · All comparisons →
Djobzy
Built for work — jobs, services, freelance
Live-map discovery, verified profiles, Career Passport, escrow protection. Local and remote.
Facebook Marketplace
General marketplace with U.S. job listings added back
Free to list. Mostly used for items and rentals. Jobs re-launched in the U.S. in October 2025.
Djobzy vs Facebook Marketplace: side by side
Ten dimensions, no winner declared. Sources are numbered and listed at the end.
Marketplace type
Djobzy
Purpose-built work and services marketplace with live-map discovery. Structured around jobs, services and reputation from day one.
Facebook Marketplace
General classifieds surface inside Facebook, launched in 2016. Primarily used for buying and selling items, housing and vehicles. Job listings were added in 2017, removed in 2023, and re-introduced in the U.S. in October 2025 for entry-level, trade and service roles.1
Scope
Djobzy
Local and remote work. Jobs, services, freelance and shift work — one profile covers all of it, and one user can both hire and offer services.
Facebook Marketplace
Items for sale, vehicles, housing, community listings, and (in the U.S.) local jobs. Services aren’t a native category — sellers often work around this by posting in items-for-sale with a placeholder price.2
What the worker pays
Djobzy
Zero commission
Workers keep 100% of the agreed worker price.
Facebook Marketplace
Nothing to Facebook
Facebook takes no commission on services or work transactions — they happen off-platform. Applying to a job is free.3
What the employer or client pays
Djobzy
15% platform fee
Charged on top of the agreed price and visible before you confirm. Current pricing is published at djobzy.com.
Facebook Marketplace
Free to post
Job listings and local listings are free. A 5% fee (with a $0.40 minimum) applies only to items sold and shipped through Facebook Checkout — not to hiring or services.4
Payment protection
Djobzy
Payment is held in escrow until the job is completed. Workers are paid on completion; clients are protected until then.
Facebook Marketplace
None for work or services. Purchase Protection applies only to shipped items paid through Facebook Checkout — not to hiring, services, or local cash transactions.5
How people find each other
Djobzy
Live map with active listings and provider profiles visible by location. Purpose-built for finding work and workers, not for browsing sofas.
Facebook Marketplace
Category feeds inside Marketplace, plus Facebook’s algorithmic recommendations based on browsing behaviour. Jobs surface in a dedicated tab within Marketplace and also in relevant Groups and Pages.6
Verification
Djobzy
Seven levels: email, phone, social, address, government ID, payment card, and interview plus third-party background check.
A trust signal, not a guarantee of safety, character or competence. Criminal record checks are not part of standard verification.
Facebook Marketplace
Tied to the person’s Facebook profile, which is real-name by policy — but Facebook doesn’t run identity verification or background checks specific to Marketplace transactions or job listings. A profile with a few friends and a photo is the trust signal.7
Reputation portability
Djobzy
Career Passport — a portable professional record carrying reputation, reviews, experience and work history across locations and opportunities.
Facebook Marketplace
Marketplace has seller ratings that live on the Facebook profile. There’s no work-history record, no professional review system, and reputation doesn’t travel outside Facebook.8
Repeat work
Djobzy
Employers can build a trusted list over time and re-hire directly. Providers can carry reviews and history across gigs.
Facebook Marketplace
Repeat work happens through Messenger threads. No built-in booking flow for ongoing services or shift-based hiring.9
Where it works
Djobzy
Live map active globally and usable in any location. Vancouver and Toronto are the confirmed focus markets.
Facebook Marketplace
Marketplace is available in most countries where Facebook operates. The re-launched Jobs feature (October 2025) is U.S.-only at the time of writing.10
Which situation fits which platform
Facebook Marketplace may fit better if
You’re in the U.S., you’re hiring for entry-level or trade roles, and you already have a Facebook Page with local following. The audience is enormous and it’s free to post — if you don’t need trust, verification or reputation features to be part of the platform itself.
Djobzy may fit better if
You want a platform built for work rather than a general marketplace with jobs bolted on. Verified profiles, escrow protection, live-map discovery, and portable reputation are all built in — and you’re not limited to whichever countries Facebook decides to enable Jobs in.
Purpose-built vs general-purpose
Facebook Marketplace is a general classifieds tool where jobs are one section among many. Djobzy is built specifically for work and services. Both can work; they’re not the same kind of tool.
Built for work, not for browsing sofas
A marketplace designed for jobs and services from day one.
Workers pay zero commission. Employers pay a 15% platform fee, visible before you confirm.
Frequently Asked Questions
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About Djobzy
Djobzy is a location-based work and services marketplace with live map discovery. It connects people who need work or services completed with workers, freelancers, professionals and service providers who can provide them locally or remotely. Users can find opportunities, hire help, offer services and build portable reputation through Djobzy’s Career Passport. Workers pay zero commission and keep 100% of the agreed worker price, while employer and client platform pricing applies.
Sources and verification
All Facebook Marketplace figures verified 23 July 2026. Platform terms, fees and features change — confirm current details directly with each platform before deciding.
1. TechCrunch (Oct 2025), teamengine.io, and Meta Newsroom on Jobs feature history
2. Facebook Marketplace category structure and independent 2026 seller guides
3. Marketplace transaction structure — no commission on off-platform transactions
4. Voolist, Deloryen and Spocket 2026 fee guides, cross-checked against Facebook Marketplace help pages
5. Meta Purchase Protection terms — limited to shipped Checkout transactions
6. TechCrunch reporting on Oct 2025 Jobs re-launch, and Facebook Marketplace UX
7. No Marketplace-specific ID verification documented; profile is the trust signal
8, 9. Absence of feature statements, not confirmed negatives — verified against Facebook Marketplace help pages July 2026
10. TechCrunch (Oct 2025) on Jobs geographic scope
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