Which pays more, Braintrust or Pila8?

Braintrust advertises more: a median top rate of $85/hr against $50/hr at Pila8. These are the rates in open listings (23 on Braintrust, 3 on Pila8), not earnings; each platform sets individual pay after you apply.

Which has more open roles, Braintrust or Pila8?

Braintrust has more open roles: 52 against 3 on Pila8. Counts are refreshed daily from each platform's public listings.

How is applying to Braintrust different from Pila8?

Braintrust: You apply with a Braintrust profile; accepted work is contracted and paid through the platform. Pila8: Most roles need only a short qualification task, not verifiable expertise.

Braintrust vs Pila8

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.

Braintrust advertises more: a median top rate of $85/hr against $50/hr at Pila8.
Braintrust has more open roles: 52 against 3 on Pila8.
Pila8 is open to more places: 100% of its roles name no country restriction, against 2%.

Side by side

	Braintrust	Pila8
Open roles	52	3
Median top rate	$85/hr	$50/hr
Middle half of rates	$21/hr – $94/hr	$35/hr – $50/hr
Highest advertised	$150/hr	$50/hr
Open worldwide	2% of roles	100% of roles
Hires most for	Languages & translation, Miscellaneous, General (no specialty)	Languages & translation
Kinds of work	—	—
After you apply	You apply with a Braintrust profile; accepted work is contracted and paid through the platform.	Most roles need only a short qualification task, not verifiable expertise.
How it pays	Through the Braintrust platform	—

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

Braintrust

Freelance marketplace carrying AI-training projects from Outlier, DataMundi and a leading AI lab.

Braintrust jobs and pay →Read our review

Pila8

Voice, audio, and data-collection microtask work.

Pila8 jobs and pay →Read our review