I have been making money completing tasks on mTurk as a “worker, while also using it to outsource small yet tedious tasks for my business for the last few years as a “Requester.”
And like many of you, I’ve always wondered if there were any other site like mTurk.
Perhaps one that offers more fallibility than mTurk.
Fortunately, the rise of crowdsourcing has created a much bigger market to the point where now there are tons of mTurk alternatives out there.
So, I dug around and found ten of the most popular and user-friendly sites similar to mTurk that you can use to either earn extra money as a “Worker” or to outsource some of your work as a “Requester.”
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1. RapidWorkers
A service of UnikScripts Inc., RapidWorkers is a fast growing website.
It is similar to Microworkers (which we will talk about later) since most of the task in RapidWorkers are marketing related jobs that are aimed at helping the sites of employers grow.
You can expect to be paid immediately by PayPal once you reach the minimum payout of $4.
2. Samasource
It is a nonprofit organization that is being run by Leila Janah.
Samasource is actually an innovative social business which connects women and youth who are impoverished, allowing them to find work through the internet.
Samasource has in-country partners to help them identify, as well as recruit poor women and youth who are making less than $3 a day on average. These partners are responsible for helping these underprivileged youth and women become Samasource workers, giving them the chance to make a decent living wage.
Workers are given two to four weeks of computer-based training to help them prepare for micro work projects, which aids them to become successful in the workplace.
These Samasource employees are given micro work that come from clients. This enables them to make a living wage as well as gain the needed job skills required to increase their lifetime earnings.
3. MicroWorkers
Microworkers is considered one of the best mTurk comparable sites out there.
Thousands of tasks are available on a daily basis, most of which are related to promoting websites.
Tasks are usually not that complicated. Most require entry-level knowledge and experience.
If you’re already using mTurk and making money from it, you won’t have any trouble on this site.
Below are some examples of the tasks on MicroWorkers:
- Following someone on twitter
- Rating YouTube videos
- Creating a Gmail account
- Testing a website’s sign up process.
- Uploading videos on specific video sites.
- and so on…
4. ClickWorker
ClickWorker is a very well-known site, specially among the work at home crowd, mainly because it has been around for a while.
After joining, you’ll need to pass assessments for most job types available.
Assessments come in two types:
- First is the basic assessment that will evaluate your skills such as spelling, grammar, and foreign-language knowledge.
- The other one is the project assessment. The project assessment will teach you specific requirements that you need to meet when working.
Clickworkers have a huge number of micro jobs in their system, and there are an estimated 200,000 workers at this site.
Make sure to take the assessments seriously as you’ll only be allowed to browse and work on the jobs after passing the assessments.
5. ShortTask
This definitely is one of the advantageous crowdsourcing sites that will allow you to earn some cash.
Normally, short task sites have specific name for freelancers.
mTurk calls them “Workers.”
MicroWorker calls them “MicroWorkers.”
ShortTask calls them “Solvers.”
Here are the 4 broad categories of gigs available on ShortTask:
- Research – Tasks like finding a competitor site, researching the airfares & giving the cheapest, researching website related to some topics etc.
- Data Entry– You will need to enter some info, copy & paste jobs, extract text from images etc.
- Writing – Write a review, comment, short article, proofreading etc.
- Design – Logo design, banner design, header design etc.
6. Jobboy
This crowdsourcing website employs more than 60,000 workers around the globe.
There aren’t a lot of gigs available here compared to other sites mentioned in this post.
Nonetheless, it’s worth a few minutes it takes to sign up. Often, these small tasks sites are a stepping stone for freelancers and employers who use these sites to find long term projects and workers. You never know where and when you’ll find your next big client that can get you long term work with much bigger pay.
7. CrowdSource
“Join us and work from anywhere” is the slogan of CrowdSource.
This site is defiantly geared more towards the writer in you as most tasks are writing related – copywriting, blog posts, editing, proofreading, etc.
If you’re a good writer who wants to make money as a writer but is just starting out, this site is a great place to get started.
You won’t be able to charge premium fees, but the experience will be much more valuable to you and your freelance writing business in the long run.
You get paid the same day via PayPal.
8. CrowdFlower
“Contributor” is what CrowdFlower calls the “Workers.”
The site has more than 30 million contributors around the world. It is one of the largest crowdsourcing companies out there.
9. Crowdtap
This is more of a survey and reward site where you get paid for taking surveys.
Crowdtap is a platform where major brands come to gather feedback from everyday consumers.
As one of those consumers, you can signup and take on “missions”. Each “Mission” you complete gets you a reward – cash, gift cards, samples, etc.
10. MiniJobz
Sign-up, comment, like – these are some of the available tasks on Mini Jobz.
Once you have $5 in your account, you’ll be paid through Payza or MoneyBookers.
You also get a free $1 sign up bonus just for joining.
Last Word
These days, crowdsourcing sites are being created left and right, so I am sure I have missed some.
But for now, these are the biggest and best alternative crowdsourcing sites to Mechanical Turk.
thank you
You are very welcome, Vivek.
Thanks for posting! Very helpful for me, a job creator… which site, in your opinion is most user friendly?
Dennis, most are fairly easy to use. But I personally like Samasource better than most others.
I want to join Amazon mturk help me.
Vijay, what part of it do you need help with. The registration is free and it is fairly easy. You just visit mturk.com and sign up as a worker. From there,. you will simply have to browse the available hits and work on the ones you are interested in.
I hope this was helpful.
I’m totally new to crowdsourcing, so I appreciate blogs like this. I’ve been trying to do surveys for a while but I am (as I started to call it) “geographically challenged”.
I kind of hope that I have more success with these so called “microtasks”.
Anyway, thanks for the info. Just yesterday I started at mturk, and I’m awaiting to get approved, wich takes 48 hours. In the meanwhile I started registering, and I started to try one of these sites that are listed here.
Yes, Micro Task sites are much more acceptable to people in other countries beside the U.S. and a few other western countries. Surveys usually are targeted towards western consumers.
Prolific Academic is a new, research-focused alternative to MTurk. It would be great if you could add it to your list :)
Here’s the link to Prolific: https://prolificacademic.co.uk/
Thanks, Katia.
Hi there, there is another great alternative to MTurk called Findyr (www.findyr.com). Requesters can task people all over the world with finding information and custom content that can’t be easily found online.
Market researchers and academics both use it, and it provides people who answer requests with extra cash as well as great experience in many cases.
Thanks for the heads up, Vik.
How long have you guys been in service?
Please suggest any genuine online jobs like mturk. The Best alternative for mturk. I am from India. I really need a stuff for daily routine.
If you read this post, it answers your exact question.
Are Jobboy and Shorttask legit, as in not a scam? Have you tried them out for yourself?
Yes, the two sites you mentioned are legit sites. I haven’t personally used them, but I know a few people who do use them.
I tried Mturk and after reviewing my application they said i was not successful. What could be wrong?
I have no idea, Henry. Emailing Mturk and asking them directly would be your best bet.
Hi Satrap,
Thanks for letting know the info, it was pretty useful.
But meanwhile I even tried to register for mTurk and they rejected it (without stating any reason). I am basically from India, however I stay in Europe due my profession. Is the place of residence the criteria for mTurk reviewing process ?. Any idea why they rejected my application.
Sorry for having your application rejected, Satish. I have no idea why they would reject it. As far as I know, they accept workers from pretty much anywhere. Have you tried contacting and asking them?
They are all garbage. MTurk is your only best bet of making any kind of real money and not doing long tasks for less than half a cent. My suggestion is do everything you can to no get kicked off of MTurk like me. Nothing else compares.
Well, for those people who (for some reason or another) don’t have access to mTurk, those are better than nothing. I agree, mTurk is the best of the bunch.
Hi
I am Aarti Patel
I have a Account on Mturk.com but it was suspended i try open new account but I cant receive mail through Mturk.com
Pls. suggest me any other online job site as like mturk.
How about the 10 sites we listed in this very post!?
Hello sir,
I am from India and being somewhat in bad health condition,are working mostly from home(online works).I am an mturk worker for the last 2 years,Could you suggest names of some additional sites (such as mturk)which permit Indian workers?