Head to head · 2026-08-23
Mindrift vs RWS TrainAI: what each one actually pays
Mindrift quotes only “up to” ceilings on its 272 live roles, the highest $90/hr; RWS TrainAI advertises a median of $11/hr across 14 distinct advertised rates. Read from each platform's own listings on 2026-08-23.
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.
RWS TrainAI
- median verified
- $11/hr
- typical band
- $7–$17/hr
- top verified
- $20/hr
- distinct rates
- 14
- live roles
- 66
What each side excludes
- Mindrift: 272 of 272 live listings advertise an “up to” ceiling (highest $90/hr), excluded from every figure above.
- RWS TrainAI: no “up to” ceilings in its live listings — every published rate is concrete. 2 publish no pay at all.
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
What RWS TrainAI hires for
- Multilingual & translation34
- Voice & audio18
- Other AI work10
- Data annotation2
Most country-specific roles: India, United States, Brazil, South Korea, Malaysia · 2 worldwide-remote
Best-paid live roles on each
Mindrift
No listings with a verifiable hourly rate right now.
RWS TrainAI
Which suits you
- ▲ These two cannot be compared on pay: only RWS TrainAI publishes rates we can verify. Anyone ranking them against each other on a single number is comparing a measurement to a marketing claim.
- ▪ 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.