MTurk is an internet marketplace that provides workers with on-demand jobs and allows businesses to access a scalable workforce that can perform tasks that computers are currently unable to do. Businesses post jobs on the MTurk site, and workers are able to choose from a wide range of job offers in fields such as data processing and cleaning, information collection or photo and video processing. MTurk is part of Amazon’s Web Services offering and it currently has almost 300,000 job postings on its site.
Alternatives to Mturk
Thumbtack
Company: Thumbtack, Inc. | Founder: Marco Zappacosta, Sander Daniels, Jonathan Swanson, Jeremy Tunnell | CEO: Marco Zappacosta | Since: 2009
Thumbtack is an online marketplace that allows its users to hire workers for getting specific tasks done. Thumbtack workers can help users in tasks such as house remodeling, event planning or learning a new language. The company was launched in…
Mechanical Turk
Company: Amazon.com, Inc. | Since: 2005
Touting its service as “Artificial Artificial Intelligence”, Amazon Mechanical Turk is a crowd-sourcing service that connects developers and businesses with human workers to do small tasks that can’t be feasibly done by computers. Requestors submit Human Intelligence Tasks or HITs…
Taskrabbit
Company: TaskRabbit, Inc. | Founder: Leah Busque, Kevin Busque | CEO: Ania Smith | Since: 2008
TaskRabbit is a platform where you hire someone nearby for small jobs: assembling furniture, moving, mounting a TV, cleaning or helping with errands. It was founded in 2008 by Leah Busque and was acquired by IKEA in 2017. How TaskRabbit…
Homeadvisor
Company: HomeAdvisor, Inc. | Founder: Michael Beaudoin, Rodney Rice | CEO: Chris Terrill | Since: 1998
Formerly known as ServiceMagic, HomeAdvisor is an online marketplace for connecting homeowners with home repair, maintenance, and improvement professionals. Professionals registered on the network are required to pass a background check that screens for issues including criminal records, bankruptcy issues, bad…
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