What are the most affordable virtual assistant services?
Look, I get it.
You could use some extra help these days, but it’s not like your pockets are just overflowing with cash and you can afford a personal or executive assistant to do your bidding at all hours of the day and night.
Wouldn’t that be nice though?
But thankfully you don’t have to break the bank to begin to ease your workload. In fact, you can get started with personal or business outsourcing for less than $50 a month.
I scoured the VirtualAssistantAssistant.com database to compile this list of the lowest cost virtual assistant companies. I’ve tested many of these services myself, and will do my best to share example use cases where I have them.
Ready? Let’s dive in.
Table of Contents
1. Fiverr
On Fiverr.com you can find a huge range of virtual services starting at just $5. You can even find people willing to serve as your loyal virtual assistant for an hour or two at a time.
This platform is a popular spot for finding affordable skilled and up-and-coming freelancers. I like Fiverr’s a la carte ordering system–there’s no posting a job description and waiting for bids.
Instead, you find someone who can do the exact thing you need, and hit the “buy now” button to get started. Speed, ease of use, and affordability is where Fiverr shines.
What I Use Fiverr For:
- Website graphics
- Blog articles
- Social media images
- Book covers (including the cover of the Virtual Assistant Assistant book)
- Website technical help and troubleshooting
- Site speed tune-ups
- Chatbots
- Infographics
- Podcast introductory voiceovers
- Video intro sequences
- and more
These gigs have ranged from the base $5 level, all the way up to over $300 for more time-intensive specialized projects.
(If you don’t want to mess around with rookie sellers, definitely check out Fiverr Pro — pre-vetted and hand-selected professionals.)
There really is a wealth of services on the site and is often the first place I turn to when I have a quick project I’d like to test out. Because it’s so inexpensive, I often test several sellers at once, especially for subjective tasks like graphics, and just pick my favorite.
My basic strategy for finding high-quality providers is to search for whatever I need help with, and then identify the sellers and the gigs with tons of positive feedback.
Read Related: 49 Fiverr Alternatives for Finding Freelancers
Fiverr Pros:
- Speed of hiring
- Inexpensive — even to test several service providers
- Wide breadth of virtual services available
Fiverr Cons:
- Quality can be hit-or-miss, especially at lower price points
- Selecting a provider can be time-consuming
- Platform seems to have high turnover — if you find a great freelancer, try and get their contact info in case they stop using Fiverr!
Our full Fiverr review | Visit Fiverr
2. MyTasker
India-based MyTasker has been serving VA clients for more than 8 years with plans starting at $140 a month for 10 hours of service with a dedicated assistant. This may seem a bit more $, but you do get a dedicated assistant, which makes a huge difference in communication and productivity. We can save you an additional 20% by using the code VAA20MT but they also frequently run promotions – so keep an eye out!
MyTasker virtual assistants are trained to handle a host of tasks, including the standard administrative stuff, web research, social media management, virtual receptionists, and much more. Many clients turn to them for help with:
- Accounting and bookkeeping
- Writing and editing
- IT support
- Web design and development
- and more
I currently use MyTasker and am always impressed with their prompt and professional service.
Our full MyTasker review | Visit MyTasker
3. Task Virtual
Task Virtual’s Full Time VA plan starts at just $3.12/ hour for the first month and then $6.24 / hour along the consecutive months.
You can apply the code TRY50 to get 50% OFF on the Full Time plan that gives 160 hours / month.
Our full TaskVirtual review | Visit TaskVirtual
Service Specialization
- Real estate management
- Professional AI Tools operations
- Data entry (spreadsheets & CRMs)
- Administrative support & Customer Care
- Social media managing
- eCommerce design & management
Dashboard
Their dashboard is secured, intuitive to navigate, and best for task management.
On the dedicated assistant side of things, $60 is among the lowest price point I’ve seen and you’ll be getting 5 hours. There are plenty of other plans as well where validities vary from monthly to quarterly. They also roll over hours if you stay in the same active plan in the next billing.
4. OnlineJobs.ph
OnlineJobs.ph has become the leading platform to find qualified virtual assistants in the Philippines. The beauty of OnlineJobs is in their powerful filtering system. It’s basically a resume database, and you can filter by the date the listing was created, skills required, the level of skill (very important), and desired salary.
The site is primarily geared toward finding a full-time or part-time virtual team member–either 40 or 20 hours per week.
The rates start at $69 a month to be able to contact the workers. You can do all the filtering and searching you want, but you can’t communicate with the workers until you pay. They also have a Free 2-day trial!
Our full OnlineJobs.ph review | Visit OnlineJobs.ph
5. Tasks Expert
Tasks Expert is a US-based virtual assistant company specializing in providing virtual assistants to individuals and companies of all sizes across the globe.
Although the company is headquartered in the US, their assistants work from their offices in Mumbai, India. This enables Tasks Expert to offer some very competitive hourly rates.
VAA Exclusive: Task Expert is offering free 4 days trial 2.5 hours daily usage total 10 hours with Code VAA10!
Tasks Expert has four different pricing plans. Rates start as low as $4.50/hr for their largest hourly plan, and are as high as $9.50/hr for their pay-as-you-go-plan.
A complete list of their pricing plans at the time of publishing is:
- Bronze – $9.50/hr on a pay-as-you-go basis.
- Silver – $6.50/hr for 40 hours.
- Gold – $5.50/hr for 80 hours.
- Platinum – $4.50/hr for 160 hours.
VAA Exclusive: Task Expert is offering free 4 days trial 2.5 hours daily usage total 10 hours with Code VAA10!
Our full Tasks Expert review | Visit Tasks Expert
6. TaskBullet
TaskBullet was founded in 2013 and has quickly become a leader in the virtual assistant industry. The company is owned and operated in the United States with the staff based in the Philippines.
TaskBullet uses a unique “Bucket System” of buying hours, which means no monthly bills, contracts, or fees.
You can upgrade, downgrade, or take a break, it’s up to you.
Many TaskBullet VAs have several years of experience in their fields. You can get an assistant who’ll handle:
- website management
- mail marketing
- social media accounts
- customer service
- research
- and more
Getting started with TaskBullet is very quick and easy. They can usually have you submitting tasks the same day you sign up.
Our full TaskBullet Review | Visit TaskBullet
7. OkayRelax
OkayRelax is my favorite task-based virtual assistant service, with plans starting at $29.95 per month for 5 tasks up to 30 minutes.
I’m actually on the next tier of OkayRelax service, which is currently $99.95 per month for 25 tasks — but most importantly, it gives me a dedicated assistant (Angel) I can delegate to every time.
I’ve been a customer for years, and have recommended the service to many readers and friends.
I think tapping into the pool of assistants can work really well for certain tasks, like general administrative and research tasks, but I like the consistency and learning that happens over time with a dedicated assistant.
One cool thing about OkayRelax is if you have a task that’s longer than 30 minutes, that’s OK — you can just ask your assistant to charge as many tasks as they need to get the job done.
What I Use OkayRelax For:
- Formatting blog posts
- Collecting screen shots
- Installing lead magnets on my website
- Recurring weekly reports and data entry
- Updating content on websites
- and more
OkayRelax Pros:
- Super affordable dedicated assistant plan
- Assistants work US business hours
- You can delegate longer tasks if needed
- Reliable service — I’ve had 4 OkayRelax assistants and they’ve all been strong performers.
OkayRelax Cons:
- Since it’s a shared assistant service, sometimes task turnaround times can be slow
- Sometimes I run out of tasks during busy months (they let me renew early so we could get back to work!)
- Task request ticket system can generate more emails than necessary
Our full OkayRelax review | Visit OkayRelax
8. Stuff
Stuff is an interesting new personal assistant app, where you can submit “unlimited” requests for a flat $50 a month. (An earlier iteration of the app was called Delegate.)
Back when it was Delegate, I tested it out myself for tasks like:
- Product research (What are the best lightweight khaki shorts for men? Where can I replace these blinds?)
- Restaurant reservations
- Finding activities (What’s the best nigiri restaurant in Seattle?)
I honestly have a hard time coming up with personal tasks to send them, but I can definitely see how this would be a handy service to literally have in your pocket.
Our full Stuff review | Visit Stuff
9. Wervas
Wervas, short for We “R” Virtual Assistants, is a leading provider of affordable virtual assistants in India.
Task-based plans start at just $50 a month for 25 tasks, and actually go as low as $1 per task if you order 200 a month.
What counts as a task?
The Wervas site lists activities like:
- admin support
- lifestyle assistance
- travel assistance
- email management
- social media posting
- small online research
- appointment scheduling
- and more.
Hourly plans at Wervas start at just $100 a month for 10 hours of support.
Virtual Assistant Assistant Exclusive: Get 10% off your first month of Wervas service through this link. (May not be valid on the task plan.)
Our full Wervas review | Visit Wervas
10. Tasks Assistant
For just $70, you can buy 10 hours of virtual assistant support from Tasks Assistant, a newer VA company in India. The company also offers a 5-hour free trial, effectively giving you 50% more time for free.
There are no ongoing commitments; if you like the service you can buy another block of 10 hours as needed. That $7 per hour rate is among the lowest I’ve found.
Tasks Assistant was founded in 2014 and can handle a wide variety of remote work.
Our full Tasks Assistant review | Visit Tasks Assistant
11. AskSunday
The venerable Ask Sunday has been providing virtual assistant services for over 10 years.
For those dipping their toes into the world of outsourcing, they offer a $79 per month plan that includes your first 5 hours of work.
If you need more help, you don’t have to upgrade or commit to a larger plan; additional hours are simply billed at $17 an hour.
In recent years, the India-based company has shifted toward serving entrepreneurs and small businesses, but still welcomes individual clients who could use a hand.
Our full AskSunday review | Visit AskSunday
12. Use Per Wish
Use Per Wish is a startup virtual assistant company in India with backing from some industry veterans.
The setup is unique in that the service is just $10 an hour with no monthly minimums or automatic renewals. Just pay for what you need and use the hours as you go.
Use Per Wish has a large team of qualified assistants at your disposal to help with a variety of administrative tasks.
Our full Use Per Wish review | Visit Use Per Wish
13. QuickMonday
QuickMonday is a virtual assistant company located in Sri Lanka that specializes in providing dedicated virtual assistants to small and medium-sized companies across the globe. They have a quick 3-step onboarding process and provide services in the following categories:
- Social media marketing
- Bookkeeping
- Executive admin
- Internet research
- Travel planning
- Real estate
QuickMonday offers very competitive rates starting at just $6 per hour.
They price their assistant based on the number of years’ experience they have. A complete list of plans at the time of publishing was as follows:
- Entry (1-2 years’ experience) – $6/hr
- Intermediate (2-4 years’ experience) – $7/hr
- Professional (4-8 years’ experience) – $8/hr
- Expert (8+ years’ experience) – $9/hr
There is a minimum requirement of 10 hours per month for Entry and Intermediate VAs, 20 hours for a Professional, and 40 hours per month for an Expert.
Low Cost Virtual Assistant Services: Conclusion
These virtual assistant services represent some of the best “bang” for your outsourcing buck. My recommendation is to check the profiles of the companies that look like the best fit.
From there, you can create a trial account to test-drive the service, or sign-up for a small monthly plan. The beauty is they’re all so inexpensive–it’s a very low-risk way to dip your toes into outsourcing.
Already know what you need help with? Check out our list of the Best Virtual Assistants in every category.
Frequently Asked Questions
What virtual assistant services are the cheapest?
You can begin outsourcing to virtual assistants for $5 or less per task. Companies like Fiverr, Delegate, and OkayRelax make it easy and affordable to get started. Check out the full list at Virtual Assistant Assistant for more information.
How much do virtual assistants cost?
The price range for virtual assistants depends mostly on their location and skills. Overseas, you’ll find virtual assistants in the $3-10 an hour range. In the more expensive labor markets like the US, Canada, and Western Europe, you might expect to pay $15-35 or more for a qualified virtual assistant.
Where can I find an affordable full-time virtual assistant?
Several virtual assistant companies offer full-time support at affordable rates. In India and the Philippines, you might expect to pay $1000 a month or less. By hiring directly, though a site like OnlineJobs.ph, for example, you can find rates at $500 a month or less for a full-time virtual worker. Please check out the full list of virtual assistant companies at Virtual Assistant Assistant for more info.
Your Turn
Have you worked with any of these virtual assistant companies? What did you think?
Were they a good value for the money or did you find it worthwhile to spend a little more for dedicated support or an assistant closer to home?
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Thank You for sharing this great stuff
I have been working with VA Talks for almost 2 years now and within a few months of joining, I went for their full time plan as I really liked the services that they offer. My dedicated assistant is Matt and he is amazing to say the least! I can throw any task at him and he handles them with ease. What I like the most about him is that he has the ability to figure out what I exactly need and delivers it timely. He’s never afraid to go the extra mile and get me what I need. Thanks Matt and team!
Thank you Team VA Talks for doing what you do!!
Sal Mendoza
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Habiliss is really bad, as others have mentionned above, the positive comments are only trolls. I tried them for a month and it was the worst experience possible. I switched to Fiverr, I tried a bunch of them and finally got one that I use regularly.
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Great stuff! Thanks for this. This is such a great help. Keep it up! 🙂
I am looking for a part-time social media virtual assistant; which company would work best?
Great list Nick,
Personally I love WERVAS and virtualousPRO. They provide the best price and service quality is excellent.
– Rimly Gohain
I need a VA to do cold calls Real estate to set me buyer or listing appointments 20 calls a day at least with 3-5 good appointments a week
Thanks for this great article. Most of the articles I have found simply list a bunch of ‘good’ va services. I love seeing the low cost options. I personally have been using MyWorkers (https://www.myworkers.co/) for about 2 years and have been very happy with the 2 VAs I have hired. Both have been very organized and have great english skills. One costs $7.95/hour and another is $8.95 an hour. Both are better than other va services I’ve tried. I can definitely recommend them as another low cost option.
This is the best list of virtual assistant companies I have seen so far. This is what I was looking for.
I’ve used OkayRelax and Efficise. There were things I liked and didn’t like about each:
OkayRelax
Pros:
1. One of the assistants that picked up my tasks ran into a roadblock where she would have to call the company in question, but she was very persistent and finished that job even though she had to call the company back the next day. I did not get charged extra task credits for this.
2. The research results they provide are easy on the eyes and they often use Google Docs and Google Sheets.
3. They rarely needed follow-up guidance.
Cons:
1. Be careful what you ask for – if you ask for sources to learn about a topic, that’s what you’re getting… a bunch of links on a bunch. Should’ve just asked them to summarize and put it all on a start-up guide doc.
2. The texting feature does not work. I texted them and they said they never got the task. I used regular old SMS text messaging.
Efficise
Pros: Price
Cons
1. Web interface is bad. It gave me a temporary password to use since I forgot mine, but there’s nowhere on the site to change it back to something more permanent, so every time I want to log in I have to click “Forgot Password” and get a new one.
2. Want to cancel? It’s difficult. You have to email the site that processes their payments, BlueSnap. I’ve tried to cancel a couple of times but keep hitting this wall, and because I’m so busy, it never gets done and I keep getting charged.
3. The assistants either get it wrong, or they need help.
I asked to research places I could donate a mattress in my city. They came back with results for a different city.
I asked them to call a post office distribution center to see if my packages, which don’t have a tracking number, were there. They emailed back asking for a tracking number.
I asked to Check software compatibility with an OS (this software is notorious for not being supported on the latest OS). They sent links with the latest dates from 2016.
These are just a few examples. They never get it right the first time and I end up spending time correcting mistakes. Or if they run into a roadblock they put the onus of responsibility back onto me, unlike OkayRelax.
I agree with your assessment of Efficise.
Pros:
– Price is certainly a pro.
– They performed OK on most tasks I requested.
Note: Be very specific with what you ask for.
Cons:
-Web interface -> I had the same password issue as you. Also, the website interface is very confusing even for people with good with tech.
– Cancelling was not straight forward.
was definitely looking for affordable virtual assistant services thank you for the assistance
Hey Nick, This is THE best list of virtual assistant companies I have seen so far. I love Fiverr by the way.
Habiliss –I had an assistant for about 6 months. I did everything, spoke to supervisors, etc. Practically EVERYTHING done had to be REDONE. I would not recommend them. It looks like they also are not available if click on link, I am not surprised if they went out of business. What they promised and what they delivered was not worth even 5 dollars USD.
Thank you for the list.
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I signed up at Mechanical Turk for employer account.
The site is ridiculously hard to use with the worst user experience imaginable. Surely the worst user experience on the internet today. And you basically have to be a programmer to even use it.
I found it impossible to know what the hell I was doing or what even the site was.
It was impossible to research prices as you must create an employee account and then wait 2 days for approval. Including FULL DETAILS real name, address, etc. WHAT?!!!
This is bloody nonsense.
Worse, when I googled about Mechanical Turn I realized that it is just exploitation of the poor and desperate. It is a way for unethical pieces of SH*T to hire people for jobs and paying them, nothing. Cents.
Sure it sounds like it’s great for me to hire people for my tasks for cents each. But who’s completing these tasks? The most poor and destitute and impoverished and desperate people on the planet. And you are paying them nothing, they can’t even get a meal at taco bell for what you paid.
AWFUL. I have a VERY negative opinion of Amazon after seeing this mechanical turk site! As an employer looking for cheap labor, it may seem like a gold mine for me, but the truth is I recognize this as EXPLOITATION OF THE POOR and this is VERY EVIL!!!
Not to mention that I can’t even see what the hell how to post a job or what even it is that I posted without paying amazon which takes OVER 50% OF ALL SALES from the employer, so even if you hire for 50 cents you pay $1 to amazon.
THis is a horrible horrible site and the absolute worst user experience on the planet, and the worst possible marketplace BOTH for employers and for employees. I can’t believe this crap exists.
While I wanted to pay low, there is a limit!! When you want people to work for pennies per hour, well in my understanding this is called SLAVE LABOR AND SWEAT SHOPS which are extremely unethical.
While in some countries a couple dollars per hour is actually a decent living wage, NOWHERE in the world can PENNIES be a living wage!!!
I want to pay a low wage because I also have low income for now BUT I AM NOT WILLING TO RESORT TO SLAVERY!!!
Shame on Amazon for this horror and promoting worker exploitation and slave labor and sweat shops!!!
This is in reply to the person trashing Amazon Mechanical turk. I’ve been a “worker” for amazon mechanical turk. Stop knocking on a things you absolutely know nothing about. Its a job that sucks if you’re in a first world country. But it absolutely tops working in a chinese or Bangladeshi sweatshop making peoples nike sneakers. Lets see… comfort of your own home, or free wifi area and working on a computer vs. grueling manual labor in the worst conditions possible. Also it can act as an supplemental income for these people instead of spending even more time in horrendous conditions. There are countries where people make less than $2 US dollars a day. Amazon mechanical turk is a godsend for them. So stop your upright bullshit. By the way if you dont like sweatshops stop buying sneakers, clothes and iphones or any phone. But guess what you would only be putting these poor people out of work.
I don’t like that Habiliss employees are obviously posting in these comments. That’s a deceptive practice & for that alone, I would not recommend you anymore.
I used Habiliss with mixed success. They were unable to understand the necessary details of several tasks & weren’t nearly as understanding as I thought them to be. This may have been miscommunication on my end. However, they did save me several hours on each of my projects & made some simple but long-tasks very quick for me. I would give them a 75/100 but because they are deceiving us in these comments, I’d now rate them a 30/100.
Had a terrible experience with Habiliss. Tried them for a month and got all my tasks wrong. I hired after seeing so many “good reviews”. You can just trust them to leave reviews for themselves. They are fake.
I have been using Habiliss services for a quite while & I had not found any issues with them until now. Good service.
Only Indians use the phrase “until now” to mean “so far”.
If I say “I haven’t had an issue until now”, that means that I HAVE had an issue, just now.
When you arrive at a store in your neighborhood, you might indicate that this is your first trip by saying “I’ve never been to this store until now”, indicating that you ARE now at the store. Similarly, saying “I’ve not had any issues until now” means you HAVE just now had an issue.
Similarly, it’s mostly Indians that say “I had not FOUND any issues”, when what you mean is “I have not HAD any issues”.
Clearly you are Indian, which is suspicious given that Habiliss primarily serves an American audience.
If you even are an actual customer and not a shill for the company, as Gerardo suggested, then you probably haven’t “found” any issues “until now” because you both speak the same broken nonsense language.
For native English speakers who are actually capable of speaking clearly and correctly, they are a garbage service that literally did not understand a single task I requested, similar to Gerardo’s experience.
Shill.
Hi tim,
I Wouldn’t class language like used specifically by indians, I for example aint an indian, I mean Im half french half new zealander that was born down under in Australia, in fact I pride my self as a cross bred mongrel, and I honestly didn’t realize until now that, that sort of language was indian speaking language. Not having a crack at anyone or anything but I just hate it when people generalize stuff, oh feel free to facebook me aswell and you’ll see im as country aussie bogan as you can get. In fact you’ll either see me with a turkey on my shoulder or a cowboy hat lol
I have tried both fiverr & habiliss but I’ll go with Habiliss because my dedicated assistant does a wonderful job on every task I assign. Its affordable and life is so easy now, i’m living happy and free 🙂
I am trying Habiliss now for my small business. They are good in providing potential leads. I have recommended them to my other business friends as well.
I think you can definitely trust Habiliss to comment on web pages anonymously!
Among all I would prefer Habiliss as they are cost effective and efficient compared to Fancy Hands and Ask Sunday.
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Agree with the comment above. Habiliss should be listed on top, they are a really efficient bunch but most of all works for my budget.
I have personally used Habiliss and totally vouch for them! You can literally call them any time 24 / 7 and be attended to immediately. As a working mother, they have helped me with my personal tasks a lot. Must-try I would say.