Which has more open roles, Alignerr or Mercor?

Mercor has more open roles: 297 against 50 on Alignerr. Counts are refreshed daily from each platform's public listings.

How is applying to Alignerr different from Mercor?

Alignerr: Hiring is by tier: have evidence of your domain knowledge ready, since expert roles go to contributors who can verify it. Mercor: Expect an AI-led interview of 45–90 minutes, the longest of the major platforms. Most applicants are rejected; if you pass, work comes in intensive 2–8 week engagements.

Alignerr vs Mercor

Two AI-training platforms side by side, from the roles they have open today and what we know about how each hires and pays. Numbers refresh daily.

Mercor has more open roles: 297 against 50 on Alignerr.
Mercor is open to more places: 65% of its roles name no country restriction, against 0%.

Side by side

	Alignerr	Mercor
Open roles	50	297
Median top rate	—	$100/hr
Middle half of rates	—	$65/hr – $120/hr
Highest advertised	—	$450/hr
Open worldwide	0% of roles	65% of roles
Hires most for	Design & creative, Software engineering, Business & consulting	Science & research, Software engineering, Medicine & healthcare
Kinds of work	—	—
After you apply	Hiring is by tier: have evidence of your domain knowledge ready, since expert roles go to contributors who can verify it.	Expect an AI-led interview of 45–90 minutes, the longest of the major platforms. Most applicants are rejected; if you pass, work comes in intensive 2–8 week engagements.
How it pays	—	Weekly via Stripe

Rates are what open listings advertise (median of the top of each range), not earnings. How we measure pay

Alignerr

Labelbox's expert network for RLHF and model-alignment work.

Alignerr jobs and pay →Read our review

Mercor

Frontier-lab SME placement at the highest pay tier in the market ($80–$200+/hr).

Mercor jobs and pay →Read our review