Who this is for
Staffing platforms and consultancies mapping European freelance talent, B2B SaaS companies prospecting to freelancers (accounting tools, invoicing, CRM for solo), market research teams benchmarking daily rates, talent marketplaces doing competitor audits, and procurement teams sourcing alternatives before a RFP.
What we extract per freelancer
- Identity: name when displayed publicly, profile URL, headline, photo URL, city, country.
- Expertise: skills list with endorsement count, years of total experience, seniority level, specialty badges.
- Availability & rate: daily rate range (min-max), availability flag, minimum project length, remote policy.
- Experience: number of projects completed on Malt, top client logos (when public), roles displayed in past experience.
- Reviews: aggregate rating, total reviews, individual reviews with rating, date, reviewer handle, review text.
- Language & education: languages with proficiency level, degrees, certifications.
- Signals: Super Malter flag, response time, verified identity, verified business status (auto-entrepreneur, SASU, EI).
Typical extraction scenarios
- Staffing platform sourcing: 5,000 senior data engineers in France with 750+ daily rate and 5+ reviews, for outbound recruitment.
- B2B SaaS outbound: freelance accountants in France with less than 2 years experience, for accounting SaaS pitch.
- Market rate study: daily rate distribution across UI/UX designers in Paris, for internal benchmarking.
- Competitor audit: Malt freelancer pool competing with a sister staffing platform, with rate and reviews.
- Corporate freelance pool build: a curated list of 500 vetted freelancers across 5 specialties, reviewed quarterly.
How the delivery works
- Brief: skill filter (boolean), location, daily rate range, availability filter, review count threshold.
- Extraction: iteration through Malt search + per-profile detail.
- Enrichment: LinkedIn cross-match for extended work history, email waterfall (Dropcontact, Kaspr), availability freshness scoring.
- Dedup: on Malt profile ID and on name + city combination for cross-geography duplicates.
- Delivery: CSV / Google Sheet / Airtable / CRM push within 48-72h, or scheduled monthly refresh with availability diff.
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