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Which AI training platform should you join?

It depends mostly on your field and your country. Expert platforms pay far more but screen on degrees; generalist ones take almost anyone but work comes and goes. Answer five questions and we'll rank all 18 platforms we track, with the reason for each.

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How does the ranking work?

Every platform starts from the same three things: its pay, how reliably it pays out, and how steady the work is. Your answers then move it up or down.

  • Field: up if it hires for your field, down if it doesn't list it.
  • Qualification: selective platforms rise for a master's, PhD or licence and drop without one.
  • Country: a platform closed where you live drops to the bottom.
  • Hours: at 20+ hours a week, steady work counts three times as much.
  • Languages: platforms with non-English projects rise if you speak another language.

Nobody pays to be ranked. Grades come from our methodology.

All 18 platforms, before your answers

PlatformTypical top rateGetting inOpen jobsApply
DataAnnotation$125/hrHard to get in104 openApply on DataAnnotation (opens in a new tab)
Mercor$90/hrSome screening364 openApply on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
micro1$90/hrSome screening347 openApply on micro1 (opens in a new tab)
Alignerr$75/hrHard to get in450 openApply on Alignerr (opens in a new tab)
SME Careers$50/hrSome screening264 openApply on SME Careers (opens in a new tab)
Braintrust$31/hrSome screening58 openApply on Braintrust (opens in a new tab)
Mindrift$31/hrSome screening36 openApply on Mindrift (opens in a new tab)
Invisible$65/hrSome screening184 openApply on Invisible (opens in a new tab)
xAIToo few pricedHard to get in5 openApply on xAI (opens in a new tab)
Handshake AIToo few pricedSome screening3 openApply on Handshake AI (opens in a new tab)
ProlificNo public job listFairly easy–No public job listApply on Prolific (opens in a new tab)
TELUS DigitalNo public job listFairly easy–No public job listApply on TELUS Digital (opens in a new tab)
Snorkel AINo public job listHard to get in–No public job listApply on Snorkel AI (opens in a new tab)
OutlierNo public job listFairly easy–No public job listApply on Outlier (opens in a new tab)
TuringNo public job listSome screening–No public job listApply on Turing (opens in a new tab)
AfterQueryNo public job listHard to get in–No public job listApply on AfterQuery (opens in a new tab)
RemoNo public job listSome screening–No public job listApply on Remo (opens in a new tab)
Appen CrowdGenNo public job listEasy to get in–No public job listApply on Appen CrowdGen (opens in a new tab)