Head to head · 2026-08-23
micro1 vs Mindrift: what each one actually pays
micro1 publishes no public job feed, so no rate can be verified; Mindrift quotes only “up to” ceilings on its 272 live roles, the highest $90/hr. Read from each platform's own listings on 2026-08-23.
micro1
No public job feed, so nothing here can be independently verified. The platform itself advertises: “Reported $50–$200/hr for experts; rates shown per job after onboarding”.
Mindrift
no verified rate. All 272 priced listings quote an “up to” ceiling, the highest $90/hr. We publish no median below 5 verifiable rates.
272 live roles tracked.
What each side excludes
- micro1: no live listings to measure.
- Mindrift: 272 of 272 live listings advertise an “up to” ceiling (highest $90/hr), excluded from every figure above.
What micro1 hires for
No live listings to categorise.
What Mindrift hires for
- Coding & software eval215
- Domain experts32
- RLHF & model evaluation23
- Other AI work2
Most country-specific roles: United States, India, Brazil, Romania, Spain
Best-paid live roles on each
micro1
No listings with a verifiable hourly rate right now.
Mindrift
No listings with a verifiable hourly rate right now.
Which suits you
- ▲ Neither publishes a rate anyone can verify — so any “micro1 vs Mindrift” article quoting two hourly figures is repeating marketing copy, not measuring anything. That is the honest answer to this comparison, and it is the one nobody else gives.
- ▪ Rates here are what platforms advertise, not what you will earn: task availability, unpaid onboarding and review time all cut the effective hourly. How we measure.