DataAnnotation
SteadyFounded 2020
Well-paid, self-paced chatbot evaluation and coding tasks
- Typical pay
- $20–40/hr
- Published $20–50/hr
- Reliability
- 85/100
- Excellent
- Paid in
- 3 days
- Median, member-reported
- Approval
- 2–21 days
- Sign-up to first paid task
- Entry
- Selective
- Difficulty 3 of 5
DataAnnotation offers self-paced work rating and improving chatbot answers, with a separate, higher-paid track for coding. Acceptance is decided by a single starter assessment, and there is no feedback if you are not accepted.
Read this before you apply
- You usually get one attempt at the starter assessment. Take it when you have an unhurried hour.
- Not hearing back is normal. Do not create a second account; that gets both removed.
Reliability
How dependable DataAnnotation has been for members: payment, steady work, fair reviews and support.
- Payment speed
Median 3 days to payment
9835% of score - Task availability
Work available 78% of weeks
7830% of score - Fair reviews
6% of tasks rejected
8220% of score - Support response
72h median support reply
7615% of score
Pay
The typical figure is what members report earning in their first months. The published range is what the platform advertises; the top end usually needs specialist skills.
- Payout methods
- PayPal
- Payout schedule
- Withdraw any time after a short holding period
Getting in
Careful writers and developers in supported countries who want flexible hours
- Time to first paid task
- 2–21 days
- For members we guided
- Assessment
- One starter assessment (about 1 hour). Coding track has its own test.
- Work available once approved
- 5–30 hrs/week once qualified
- Difficulty
- Selective (3/5)
- Open to: some experience, expert / credentialed
Who can join
Where the platform accepts contributors from, and which languages are in demand.
Mostly English-speaking markets plus some of Western Europe.
Open to people in
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Sweden
No language is in unusually high demand right now. Most work is in English.
What members say
Summarised from member reports. Experiences differ by country, skill and project.
Good
- Among the most reliable payers members report
- No minimum hours
- Coding track pays well
Not so good
- No feedback if the assessment fails
- Limited country list
- Silence after applying is common
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