Which pays more, Mindrift or Turing?

Mindrift advertises more: a median top rate of $100/hr against $15/hr at Turing. These are the rates in open listings (381 on Mindrift, 19 on Turing), not earnings; each platform sets individual pay after you apply.

Which has more open roles, Mindrift or Turing?

Mindrift has more open roles: 847 against 122 on Turing. Counts are refreshed daily from each platform's public listings.

How is applying to Mindrift different from Turing?

Mindrift: Onboarding is lighter than the top-tier platforms — a common entry point. Pay varies by task and region. Turing: Expect a coding screen as well as a conversational interview.

Mindrift vs Turing

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.

Mindrift advertises more: a median top rate of $100/hr against $15/hr at Turing.
Mindrift has more open roles: 847 against 122 on Turing.
Turing is open to more places: 100% of its roles name no country restriction, against 0%.

Side by side

	Mindrift	Turing
Open roles	847	122
Median top rate	$100/hr	$15/hr
Middle half of rates	$100/hr – $100/hr	$15/hr – $20/hr
Highest advertised	$100/hr	$200/hr
Open worldwide	0% of roles	100% of roles
Hires most for	Languages & translation, Engineering, General (no specialty)	Software engineering, Miscellaneous, Science & research
Kinds of work	—	—
After you apply	Onboarding is lighter than the top-tier platforms — a common entry point. Pay varies by task and region.	Expect a coding screen as well as a conversational interview.
How it pays	—	—

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

Mindrift

Toloka's freelance AI-trainer platform — the largest single pool of listings.

Mindrift jobs and pay →Read our review

Turing

Engineering-heavy AI training — code generation and review for software engineers.

Turing jobs and pay →Read our review