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Prolific vs Amazon Mechanical Turk
A side-by-side comparison of Prolific and Amazon Mechanical Turk — how they pay, where they work, and who they are for.
Prolific
A research platform where participants get paid to take part in academic studies and surveys. Researchers set…
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Amazon Mechanical Turk
The original microtask crowdwork platform from Amazon, where workers complete small human intelligence tasks l…
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| Type | Microtask sites like Amazon MTurk | Microtask sites like Amazon MTurk |
| Category | Microtasks & Data | Microtasks & Data |
| Vetted | No | No |
| Work from home | Yes | Yes |
| Fees | Researcher-set rewards, minimum ~$8/hour | Requesters pay fees, workers keep the listed reward |
| Withdraw via | PayPal | Amazon gift cards, Bank transfer (US) |
| Availability | Selected countries | Worker sign-up limited by country |
| Founded | 2014 | 2005 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Stock ticker | — | NASDAQ: AMZN (Amazon) |
| Popularity | 24 views · 0 likes | 24 views · 0 likes |