How is applying to Prolific different from Wirestock?

Prolific: Recruitment runs through Prolific's Participant Recruitment program; expect your language fluency or developer skills to be checked. 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.

Prolific 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

	Prolific	Wirestock
Open roles	553	—
Median top rate	$26/hr	—
Middle half of rates	$26/hr – $40/hr	—
Highest advertised	$120/hr	—
Open worldwide	100% of roles	—
Hires most for	Languages & translation, Science & research, Engineering	—
Kinds of work	—	—
After you apply	Recruitment runs through Prolific's Participant Recruitment program; expect your language fluency or developer skills to be checked.	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	—	—

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

Prolific

Participant-recruitment AI Trainer roles — language fluency and developer tasks.

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Wirestock

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

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Prolific vs Wirestock: questions

How is applying to Prolific different from Wirestock?: Prolific: Recruitment runs through Prolific's Participant Recruitment program; expect your language fluency or developer skills to be checked. 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.