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. Malt charges service fees on both sides for this. According to Malt, clients in the Netherlands pay 10% (Starter) or 15% (Advanced) on the invoiced amount. Freelancers pay 10% on a first project, 5% after six months with the same client and 2% when they invite their own client to Malt (as of October 2026).

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. The emphasis is often on clearly defined tasks and work packages with a specific deliverable.

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, you are working in an open freelance marketplace, not in an environment built around interim work.

What Planet Interim deliberately does differently

• Alongside the assignments that clients, intermediaries and MSPs post themselves, Planet Interim maps the rest of the interim market as a service for its members, drawing on hundreds of sources. Professionals no longer have to keep track of all those websites themselves.
• Not everyone can respond. Only logged-in premium professionals can respond to assignments posted on Planet Interim and see who posted them. They choose to do that, which says something about their motivation. You hear from people who are available and working in their own field.
• Clients, intermediaries and professionals deal with each other directly. Planet Interim does not charge a margin or commission on the match it facilitates.
• In addition, the identity of the client or intermediary remains hidden from anyone who is not logged in as a premium member. 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 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 lets you search directly for the right professionals.

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, with responses that fit, and no margin or commission charged by the platform itself.

If you need specialist interim capacity rather than an open freelance marketplace, Planet Interim is the logical choice.

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