How is applying to Braintrust different from Wirestock?

Braintrust: You apply with a Braintrust profile; accepted work is contracted and paid through the platform. Wirestock: Complete the unpaid test task for your pool. If approved, you join the creator pool and Wirestock contacts you when a matching paid project opens — it isn't a guarantee of work.

Braintrust vs Wirestock

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.

Side by side

	Braintrust	Wirestock
Open roles	52	—
Median top rate	$85/hr	—
Middle half of rates	$21/hr – $94/hr	—
Highest advertised	$150/hr	—
Open worldwide	2% of roles	—
Hires most for	Languages & translation, Miscellaneous, General (no specialty)	—
Kinds of work	—	—
After you apply	You apply with a Braintrust profile; accepted work is contracted and paid through the platform.	Complete the unpaid test task for your pool. If approved, you join the creator pool and Wirestock contacts you when a matching paid project opens — it isn't a guarantee of work.
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

Wirestock

Creator pools for designers, illustrators, photographers and 2D artists making AI training data.

Wirestock jobs and pay →

Braintrust vs Wirestock: questions

How is applying to Braintrust different from Wirestock?: Braintrust: You apply with a Braintrust profile; accepted work is contracted and paid through the platform. Wirestock: Complete the unpaid test task for your pool. If approved, you join the creator pool and Wirestock contacts you when a matching paid project opens — it isn't a guarantee of work.