Short answer: Outlier, also from Scale AI, is the closest alternative to Remotasks for AI training work. DataAnnotation, TELUS Digital and Appen offer similar tasks. For short surveys and research studies, Prolific is a good option, and Clickworker and Amazon Mechanical Turk offer small online tasks.
- Outlier AI training tasks from Scale AI
- DataAnnotation writing and coding tasks for AI
- Prolific paid academic studies
- Clickworker / MTurk short micro tasks
Remotasks is a work platform of Scale AI where people label data for AI systems. According to Wikipedia, Remotasks stopped operating in several countries in early 2024, including Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan. Whether it is available to you depends on where you live. These platforms offer comparable work.
Outlier
Outlier is also run by Scale AI and focuses on training generative AI. Many tasks ask for subject knowledge or very good language skills.
DataAnnotation
DataAnnotation offers writing, fact-checking and coding tasks to improve chatbots. You start with an assessment.
TELUS Digital
TELUS Digital, formerly TELUS International, hires people for tasks such as rating search results and annotating data, often for a fixed number of hours a week.
Appen
Appen is one of the older players in data annotation and works with projects in many languages.
Prolific
Prolific connects you with paid studies from universities and companies. The tasks are mostly surveys and experiments.
Clickworker
Clickworker offers short online tasks such as writing short texts, categorising content and surveys.
Amazon Mechanical Turk
Amazon Mechanical Turk is a marketplace for small tasks from many different requesters. Pay differs a lot per task.
Watch out for scams
Real platforms never ask you to pay to start working. Only apply through the platform’s own website, and be wary of messages offering jobs through WhatsApp or Telegram. Check the payment methods for your country before you invest time in an assessment.
