Mercor vs OneForma (Centific)

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

MercorOneForma (Centific)
Open roles29724
Median top rate$100/hr—
Middle half of rates$65/hr – $120/hr—
Highest advertised$450/hr—
Open worldwide65% of roles100% of roles
Hires most forScience & research, Software engineering, Medicine & healthcareLanguages & translation, General (no specialty), Medicine & healthcare
Kinds of work——
After you applyExpect 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.Acceptance is usually easy and work is available in volume.
How it paysWeekly via Stripe—

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

Mercor

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

OneForma (Centific)

Centific's crowd platform for microtasks and data annotation.

Mercor vs OneForma (Centific): questions

Which has more open roles, Mercor or OneForma (Centific)?
Mercor has more open roles: 297 against 24 on OneForma (Centific). Counts are refreshed daily from each platform's public listings.
How is applying to Mercor different from OneForma (Centific)?
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. OneForma (Centific): Acceptance is usually easy and work is available in volume.

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