If you are a data analyst and thinking of getting started with freelancing on upwork then here's something you should know.

You should be ready to invest money if you want to get started with freelancing on upwork.

So there's something called connects on Upwork. For simplicity you can consider connects as the currency of upwork which one will spend while submitting a proposal for the freelancing tasks listed on the platform.

Previously upwork used to give some free connects to every new account but these days they don't. So you have to buy the connects at the rate of 100 connects per $15 + Taxes (without upgrading to upwork plus) which will be 1.3k + taxes in INR.

Let's say you submit proposal for those jobs asking for 20 connects, the max you will be able to submit is 5 jobs and you will get the job or not again depend on many factors.
You may end up having no jobs even after spending 100 connects and then again you have to repeat the cycle.

Everything looks shiny from outside but reality can be different.
Every platform requires investment either in the form of time, dedication, money or combination of all.