REQUESTER FEES
TASKERDATA
Flat 10% of worker payouts plus a $2 campaign fee — the rate never changes with scale.
MTURK
20% base, plus another 20% on tasks with 10+ assignments, plus 5% for Masters workers.
TASKERDATA VS AMAZON MECHANICAL TURK
MTurk charges 20% on every reward — and another 20% the moment your task needs ten or more workers. TaskerData charges a flat 10% plus a $2 campaign fee, no matter how many workers you hire.
THE MATH
1,000 workers, a task at $0.50 each — $500 in rewards either way. The only thing that changes is the platform's cut.
MTURK: 20% BASE + 20% ON 10+ ASSIGNMENTS. ADD 5% FOR MASTERS. FROM MTURK.COM/PRICING, JULY 2026.
SIDE BY SIDE
REQUESTER FEES
TASKERDATA
Flat 10% of worker payouts plus a $2 campaign fee — the rate never changes with scale.
MTURK
20% base, plus another 20% on tasks with 10+ assignments, plus 5% for Masters workers.
PAYING FOR WORK
TASKERDATA
You review every submission and only pay for the work you approve.
MTURK
You approve or reject each assignment; auto-approval triggers if you miss the review window.
PROOF OF WORK
TASKERDATA
Collect text, screenshot, and video proof on any campaign — built in.
MTURK
Responses are structured form data; verifying real actions usually needs custom setup.
TASK TYPES
TASKERDATA
Built for promotion, engagement, testing, and data-validation campaigns.
MTURK
Strongest on surveys, labeling, and structured human-intelligence tasks for research and ML.
GETTING STARTED
TASKERDATA
Free account, post from a dashboard in minutes, just a $2 minimum deposit.
MTURK
Requester sign-up limited to approved countries; steeper, API-oriented tooling.
WORKER PAYOUTS
TASKERDATA
Workers see the exact rate up front and withdraw their balance anytime.
MTURK
Established payouts, but many tasks are gated behind approval-count requirements.
THE HONEST TAKE
QUESTIONS
For most campaigns, yes. MTurk charges a 20% fee that doubles to 40% once a task has 10 or more assignments — and microtask campaigns almost always need more than 10 workers. TaskerData charges a flat 10% platform fee plus a $2 campaign fee regardless of how many workers you hire, so the gap grows with campaign size.
If your tasks involve promotion, engagement, app or website testing, data validation, or anything a worker can prove with text, screenshots, or video, they translate directly. Create a campaign, paste your instructions, choose the proof types you need, and set your per-worker payout.
Every campaign requires proof — text answers, screenshots, or video — that you review before anyone gets paid. You can also gate campaigns behind qualification tests and worker success-rate thresholds, so only workers who meet your bar can participate.
MTurk has a programmatic API and deep AWS integration, which suits automated machine-learning data pipelines at very large scale. If your workflow is API-driven labeling, MTurk may still fit better. For everything you can run from a dashboard, TaskerData is simpler and costs less.
Accounts are free and there are no subscriptions — just a $2 minimum deposit to fund your first campaign. You fund campaigns as you create them and only pay for submissions you approve.
Post your first campaign in minutes. No minimums, no lock-in — you only pay for work you approve.
FREE TO JOIN · NO SUBSCRIPTION · PAY ONLY FOR APPROVED WORK