Planet Interim vs Malt

What Malt mainly offers

Malt is set up as a freelance marketplace where clients can search profiles themselves, start direct conversations and run parts of the collaboration through the platform, including contracting and payments.

That model is attractive if you want a lot of choice, prefer to search actively within a large pool of freelancers and value a digital workflow around the assignment.

Malt is strongly positioned around freelance work in areas such as tech, data, marketing, design, project management and business consulting. In that sense, it is broader than a purely interim-focused model.

For many organisations, that works well when speed, volume and a streamlined platform process matter most. At the same time, it also means you are operating within a more open freelance marketplace model rather than a more selective interim environment.

What Planet Interim deliberately does differently

• Planet Interim is not a freelance platform for gigs or odd jobs, but a sourcing and matching platform for interim managers, independent consultants and freelance specialists.
• Not everyone can respond. Only logged-in premium professionals get access to assignments and can apply. In practice, this means responses more often come from professionals who are actively available and deliberately looking within their own area of expertise.
• There does not need to be an intermediary between client and professional. Planet Interim does not charge an intermediary margin or commission on the match it facilitates.
• In addition, the identity of the client or intermediary remains shielded until a professional is logged in and relevant. This helps prevent assignments from being fully visible to the entire market straight away.

The difference in practice

How it works

Comparison

Where Planet Interim is focused

Planet Interim focuses nationally and regionally on interim managers, independent consultants and freelance specialists in fields where expertise, experience and context usually matter more than open volume.

Proactive sourcing instead of only waiting for responses

Besides receiving responses, Planet Interim also allows you to search directly for interim managers, independent consultants and freelance specialists yourself.

That helps you build your own talent pool. This is especially relevant if you regularly look for similar roles and do not want to start from scratch every time. You can receive alerts when interesting professionals register or update their profile.

For intermediaries and organisations with recurring interim demand, that makes the difference between a one-off publication and structural sourcing.

What this delivers in practical terms

When to choose which

Conclusion

Malt and Planet Interim both connect demand and supply, but not from the same market logic.

Malt is a stronger fit when broad freelance marketplace reach, a large amount of choice and platform workflow matter most. Planet Interim is a stronger fit when you want to reach interim managers, independent consultants and freelance specialists more quickly at national or regional level, with responses that are more closely aligned and without intermediary margins or commissions between client and professional.

For organisations and intermediaries looking for specialist interim capacity and a more focused model than a fully open freelance marketplace, Planet Interim is usually the more logical choice.

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