Every AI training platform, graded

Mercor, micro1, DataAnnotation, and Alignerr lead the 18 AI training platforms worth knowing. All of them pay you to write, rate and check AI answers; they differ in who gets in, how steady the work is and how reliably they pay.

Platforms graded: 18
Hire in many countries: 14
Open to India, at least in part: 14
Open jobs on Rubric: 1,815

AI training platforms with pay, grades, payout frequency and open jobs. Select a column heading to sort.
Rank						India		Apply
1	MercorExperts hired by AI interview364 open jobsIndia: yes	$90/hrPlatform says $20–200/hr	Some screening	Work is patchy	Pays on timeIndia: Yes	Yes	364124 new in 4 wks	Apply on Mercor (opens in a new tab)
2	micro1Zara AI interview, expert roles347 open jobsIndia: yes	$90/hrPlatform says $15–135/hr	Some screening	Work is patchy	Some delaysIndia: Yes	Yes	347252 new in 4 wks	Apply on micro1 (opens in a new tab)
3	DataAnnotationPick tasks from a dashboard104 open jobsIndia: no	$125/hrPlatform says $20–150/hr	Hard to get in	Comes and goes	Pays on timeIndia: No	No	104No post dates	Apply on DataAnnotation (opens in a new tab)
4	AlignerrLabelbox expert network450 open jobsIndia: yes	$75/hrPlatform says $15–150/hr	Hard to get in	Work is patchy	Some delaysIndia: Yes	Yes	450429 new in 4 wks	Apply on Alignerr (opens in a new tab)
5	Handshake AIStudents, grads and PhDs3 open jobsIndia: some	Too few pricedPlatform says $30–125/hr	Some screening	Comes and goes	Pays on timeIndia: Some projects	Some projects	30 new in 4 wks	Apply on Handshake AI (opens in a new tab)
6	InvisibleTeam-based AI projects184 open jobsIndia: yes	$65/hrPlatform says $6–65/hr	Some screening	Work is patchy	Pays on timeIndia: Yes	Yes	1840 new in 4 wks	Apply on Invisible (opens in a new tab)
7	MindriftToloka freelance tasks36 open jobsIndia: some	$31/hrPlatform says $15–90/hr	Some screening	Work is patchy	Pays on timeIndia: Some projects	Some projects	3633 new in 4 wks	Apply on Mindrift (opens in a new tab)
8	xAITutors training Grok5 open jobsIndia: some	Too few pricedPlatform says $35–100/hr	Hard to get in	Comes and goes	Pays on timeIndia: Some projects	Some projects	50 new in 4 wks	Apply on xAI (opens in a new tab)
9	BraintrustRating and red-teaming58 open jobsIndia: some	$31/hrPlatform says $20–200/hr	Some screening	Work is patchy	Pays on timeIndia: Some projects	Some projects	5858 new in 4 wks	Apply on Braintrust (opens in a new tab)
10	SME CareersSuperAnnotate expert roles264 open jobsIndia: yes	$50/hrPlatform says $20–130/hr	Some screening	Work is patchy	Pays on timeIndia: Yes	Yes	264No post dates	Apply on SME Careers (opens in a new tab)
11	OutlierScale AI task queueNo job listIndia: yes	No public job listApply on sitePlatform says $10–50/hr	Fairly easy	Work is patchy	Some delaysIndia: Yes	Yes	No public job listApply on their site	Apply on Outlier (opens in a new tab)
12	TuringCoders and experts for AI labsNo job listIndia: yes	No public job listApply on sitePlatform says $12–90/hr	Some screening	Work is patchy	Some delaysIndia: Yes	Yes	No public job listApply on their site	Apply on Turing (opens in a new tab)
13	ProlificPaid studies and AI tasksNo job listIndia: no	No public job listApply on sitePlatform says $8–30/hr	Fairly easy	Work is patchy	Always on timeIndia: No	No	No public job listApply on their site	Apply on Prolific (opens in a new tab)
14	TELUS DigitalRaters and annotatorsNo job listIndia: yes	No public job listApply on sitePlatform says $3–25/hr	Fairly easy	Comes and goes	Pays on timeIndia: Yes	Yes	No public job listApply on their site	Apply on TELUS Digital (opens in a new tab)
15	Appen CrowdGenAnnotation and transcriptionNo job listIndia: yes	No public job listApply on sitePlatform says $2–25/hr	Easy to get in	Work is rare	Some delaysIndia: Yes	Yes	No public job listApply on their site	Apply on Appen CrowdGen (opens in a new tab)
16	AfterQueryExpert dataset sprintsNo job listIndia: unclear	No public job listApply on sitePlatform says $40–250/hr	Hard to get in	Work is patchy	Some delaysIndia: Not confirmed	Unclear	No public job listApply on their site	Apply on AfterQuery (opens in a new tab)
17	Snorkel AIUS graduate experts, per taskNo job listIndia: no	No public job listApply on sitePlatform says $10–100/task, per task	Hard to get in	Comes and goes	Some delaysIndia: No	No	No public job listApply on their site	Apply on Snorkel AI (opens in a new tab)
18	RemoEvaluation and RLHF listingsNo job listIndia: yes	No public job listApply on sitePlatform says $25–105/hr	Some screening	Work is patchy	Some delaysIndia: Yes	Yes	No public job listApply on their site	Apply on Remo (opens in a new tab)

Typical top rate is the median top rate on each platform's open listings (shown with 5+ priced listings); “Platform says” is its own advertised range. Under each open-jobs count: how many of today's listings went up in the last 4 weeks. Boards that don't show post dates say so.

Are AI training platforms hiring right now?

Yes, and steadily. The chart counts today's open listings by the week each was posted, across the 8 platforms whose job boards show a post date. Listings that closed are gone from the data, so the older weeks undercount.

See this week's new jobs or browse all 1,815.

New posts per week, all platforms with dates

896 of today's 1,447 listings were posted in the last 4 weeks.

Week of Aug 15: 18
Week of Aug 22: 11
Week of Aug 29: 59
Week of Sep 5: 11
Week of Sep 12: 96
Week of Sep 19: 21
Week of Sep 26: 29
Week of Oct 3: 37
Week of Oct 10: 85
Week of Oct 17: 329
Week of Oct 24: 246
Week of Oct 31: 236

How to read these grades

Getting in: How hard the application is. “Hard to get in” isn't bad, it usually means expert pay, but expect an interview or a tough test.
Steady work: Whether people who get accepted actually get tasks week to week. Gaps between projects are normal, so the middle grades are plain text. Green means most people report regular tasks; red (“Work is rare”) means long dry spells are the norm.
Payouts: Whether money arrives on the stated schedule. Green means it does; amber means delays are common; red is kept for repeated, recent reports of missing pay.
India: “Yes” means the platform hires in India. “Some projects” means only some projects or invited workers. “Not confirmed” means it hires in many countries but we couldn't confirm India, so check before you apply.

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