Sweep of 2026-10-03, 00:50-00:51 UTC
Paid AI data-collection programs - live tracker
- Alignerr
- Appen
- Centific Honeybee
- Clickworker
- CloudFactory
- CrowdWorks
- DataAnnotation
- DataForce
- Deccan AI Experts (formerly Soul AI)
- Defined.ai (Neevo)
- e2f
- GoTranscript
- Handshake AI
- iMerit
- Innodata
- Invisible Technologies
- Karya
- LXT
- Mercor
- Micro1
- Microworkers
- Mindrift
- OneForma
- Outlier
- Pareto
- Peroptyx
- Premise
- Prolific
- Remotasks
- Respondent
- Rev Freelancers
- Sama
- Scale AI contributor programs
- Shaip workforce
- Sigma AI
- Snorkel Expert Network
- Surge AI
- Toloka
- TranscribeMe
- Turing
- Twine AI voice & data
- User Interviews
- UserTesting
- Welo Data
- Welocalize
34 of the 45 paid AI data-work programs we track accept applications as of 2026-10-03; 7 publish or have an independently reported pay rate. 2 hold a waitlist, 9 could not be confirmed from their own pages.
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No changes in the last 7 days; last change 2026-09-14. Toloka was last read 2026-09-12.
Which programs are open, where, and are they legit, as structured, sourced data. Every row shows when we last read the program's own page; every verdict carries cited evidence. Machine-readable at data.json, changes at changes.xml, open applications at open-now, pay at pay.
Quick answers
Which AI data-collection programs are open right now?
34 of the 45 tracked programs are marked open; the live list with verification dates is at https://bikoosh.com/datawork/open-now.
How are legitimacy verdicts derived?
Every verdict is manual and evidence-backed. A program reads as verified only when the page cites at least two independent sources, none of them the operator's own, and that floor is enforced where the page is served. Everything else is published as no verdict. Verdicts never change automatically.
Filters: data annotation · coding & code review · expert / domain specialist · other tasks · rating & evaluation · transcription · voice & speech ·
| Program | Work | Status | Legit | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignerr Labelbox | expert, annotation, coding | open | no verdict published | |
| Appen Appen Limited | annotation, rating, voice, transcription | open | no verdict published | |
| Centific Honeybee Centific | annotation, rating | open | no verdict published | |
| Clickworker clickworker GmbH | annotation, voice, transcription, other | open | no verdict published | |
| CloudFactory CloudFactory Ltd | annotation | open | verified | |
| CrowdWorks CrowdWorks Inc. (KR) | annotation, rating | unknown | no verdict published | |
| DataAnnotation DataAnnotation Tech | annotation, coding, expert | open | verified | |
| DataForce TransPerfect | voice, annotation, transcription | open | no verdict published | |
| Deccan AI Experts (formerly Soul AI) Deccan AI | expert, coding | open | no verdict published | |
| Defined.ai (Neevo) DefinedCrowd Corp. | voice, annotation, transcription | open | no verdict published | |
| e2f e2f Inc. | annotation, transcription, voice | unknown | no verdict published | |
| GoTranscript GoTranscript | transcription | open | no verdict published | |
| Handshake AI Handshake | expert | open | no verdict published | |
| iMerit iMerit Technology | annotation, expert | open | verified | |
| Innodata Innodata Inc. | annotation, expert | unknown | no verdict published | |
| Invisible Technologies Invisible Technologies Inc. | expert, annotation | open | verified | |
| Karya Karya | voice, transcription | unknown | no verdict published | |
| LXT LXT AI Inc. | voice, annotation, transcription | open | no verdict published | |
| Mercor Mercor Inc. | expert, coding | open | verified | |
| Micro1 Micro1 Inc. | expert, coding | open | no verdict published | |
| Microworkers Weblabcenter, Inc. | annotation, transcription, other | unknown | no verdict published | |
| Mindrift Toloka | expert, rating, coding | open | no verdict published | |
| OneForma Centific | annotation, rating, voice, transcription | open | no verdict published | |
| Outlier Smart Ecosystems (Scale AI) | expert, coding, annotation | open | no verdict published | |
| Pareto Pareto AI | expert, annotation | open | no verdict published | |
| Peroptyx Peroptyx | rating | open | no verdict published | |
| Premise Premise Data Corp. | other, rating | open | no verdict published | |
| Prolific Prolific Academic Ltd | rating, other | waitlist | verified | |
| Remotasks Smart Ecosystems (Scale AI) | annotation, rating | open | no verdict published | |
| Respondent Respondent | other | open | no verdict published | |
| Rev Freelancers Rev.com | transcription | waitlist | verified | |
| Sama Samasource Impact Sourcing | annotation | open | verified | |
| Scale AI contributor programs Scale AI Inc. | annotation, expert | unknown | no verdict published | |
| Shaip workforce Shaip | annotation, voice | open | no verdict published | |
| Sigma AI Sigma Technologies Global | annotation, voice, transcription | unknown | no verdict published | |
| Snorkel Expert Network Snorkel AI | expert | open | no verdict published | |
| Surge AI Surge AI Inc. | annotation, expert, rating | open | verified | |
| Toloka Toloka AI BV | annotation, rating | open | verified | |
| TranscribeMe TranscribeMe | transcription | open | no verdict published | |
| Turing Turing Enterprises Inc. | coding, expert | unknown | no verdict published | |
| Twine AI voice & data Twine | voice, video_recording | open | no verdict published | |
| User Interviews User Interviews | other | open | no verdict published | |
| UserTesting UserTesting | other | open | no verdict published | |
| Welo Data Welocalize | annotation, rating, transcription, voice | unknown | no verdict published | |
| Welocalize Welocalize Inc. | annotation, rating, transcription | open | no verdict published |
Latest changes
- - 5 programs: advertised pay read date recorded (Alignerr, Deccan AI Experts (formerly Soul AI), Handshake AI, Mercor, Mindrift)
- - 2 programs: added from the program's own page (Welo Data, Mindrift)
- - 14 programs: source records added (Alignerr, CrowdWorks, Defined.ai (Neevo), GoTranscript, Premise, Clickworker, CloudFactory, iMerit, Invisible Technologies, Micro1, OneForma, Toloka, TranscribeMe, Turing)
- - Microworkers: added from the program's own page
- - Deccan AI Experts (formerly Soul AI): application status changed to open
- - 11 programs: source records added (Handshake AI, Remotasks, Rev Freelancers, Scale AI contributor programs, Toloka, Appen, DataForce, Innodata, Invisible Technologies, Mercor, Surge AI)
- - 5 programs: added from the program's own page (Karya, Deccan AI Experts (formerly Soul AI), UserTesting, Respondent, User Interviews)
- - 7 programs: source records added (Appen, DataForce, Innodata, Invisible Technologies, Mercor, Scale AI contributor programs, Surge AI)
Compare side by side
Appen vs Welocalize · Appen vs OneForma · Alignerr vs DataAnnotation · Appen vs DataForce · OneForma vs Welocalize · Alignerr vs Outlier · Deccan AI Experts (formerly Soul AI) vs Mercor · Deccan AI Experts (formerly Soul AI) vs Micro1 · Deccan AI Experts (formerly Soul AI) vs Mindrift · Centific Honeybee vs CloudFactory. Each comparison shows what both programs' own pages said when we last checked, next to each other. See every comparison.
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Methodology
Every fact on this page is either backed by a cited source (with the date we accessed it) or explicitly marked unknown/unverified - we never fill a field we could not read. "Verified" on a row means we fetched the program's own page on the date shown and read the status there. A daily checker re-reads each program's application page (one polite request per domain per day); ambiguous changes go to a human review queue and are never auto-published. Legitimacy verdicts are manual-only and evidence-backed: a program reads as verified only where the page cites at least two independent sources, none of them the operator's own, and that floor is enforced where the page is served. Everything else is published with no verdict, and the screening notes behind that stay internal. Corrections: operators and workers can dispute any fact via [email protected]; corrections are applied manually and logged in the program's public change history. Last crawl: .
DataWork Watch is an independent, sourced dataset - not affiliated with any listed operator. Every fact carries its source and a verified-at date; unverified fields say so. Not legal or financial advice. Dataset licensed CC BY 4.0 - cite bikoosh.com/datawork.
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