Remotasks
Remotasks have bold claims such as having over 240,000 people working for them based in over 90 different countries performing a range of tasks that help with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
If you’ve never heard of them then we’ve done the research for you. The company is run by Smart Ecosystem Inc based in Delaware, USA. They also have a headquarters in San Francisco, California, USA (technology and start-up business capital of the world).
The company is relatively new to the Micro-Task world, compared with Lionbridge, Appen, Amazon MTurk, having being founded in April 2017.
In this review we’ll report our findings on working for Remotasks for just over 3 months, and you’ll be able to see whether they’re a legit company or a SCAM to avoid.
Let’s start with the application process
Applying with Remotasks is one of the easiest applications we found from all the different Micro-Task sites we’ve reviewed. We simply created an account using our Facebook account and we were in.
That did not mean that we were ready to work and get paid however. Before any work can be completed training is required.
What training is required?
Due to the type of work Remotasks asks you to complete, you’ll need training. It’s logical in our opinion as the work is fairly complex. It’s nothing like filling in surveys or completing simple Social Media tasks. This work requires a LOT more intelligence, and that’s where the training comes in.
The training is designed to do two things:
1) Stop people who don’t have the required aptitude (a natural ability to do something) from completing the work
2) Help people who have the required aptitude to complete the work correctly
The training requires considerable patience, basic knowledge and perseverance to get through successfully. It’s designed, as we’ve said above, to stop a lot of people without the required aptitude from progressing. Basically, Remotasks use it to “weed-out” those who can from those who can’t. It’s fair.
If you complete the training, and go through all the additional optional courses, you can can really maximize your earnings with Remotasks.
It takes time (over 2 weeks!), and you won’t be paid for the training, but consider it an investment in to your future earnings.
OK, training completed – now what?
Once training was completed and we were approved to work we started completing tasks. These tasks were relatively complex and mainly based around data-entry style work.
For example, we had to:
1) Moderate content (such as determining whether content had hidden racist, political or other subjective messages)
2) Identify certain objects from images (such as drawing boxes around shops on a street, or trees in a picture)
3) Identify SPAM and other malicious content (this involved processing thousands of emails and marking the emails we felt were SPAM or contained malicious content such as phising emails)
This work was quite engaging and we did enjoy it. It made a nice change from completing surveys or completing basic Social Media tasks.
What was the pay like for these engaging tasks?
The pay did not, unfortunately, reflect the nature of the relatively complex Micro-Tasks we were being asked to complete.
Like with Amazon MTurk, UHRS or Microworkers, the pay was still limited to just a few dollars an hour – even after all the training you have to go though.
Once again, we did our research to see if our experience was shared with others. Unfortunately, it was. Many people report the pay being incredibly low for the complex nature of the work being completed.
There is another way to earn with Remotasks though…
While the pay isn’t great for completing the Micro-Tasks with Remotasks, there is another way to make money – and it’s done with their referral program.
With Remotasks referral program they’ll pay you $10 for every person you invite that joins the site.
This sounds great, but the catch is that the person being referred must complete all the training and go on to earn $20 dollars from completing Micro-Tasks.
It’s possible to get paid from referrals, but ultimately don’t expect to earn a fortune from referrals either!
Did we get paid?
Yes, we got paid without any issues.
Remotasks is one of the few Micro-Task sites who make it easy to get paid.
No hurdles to jump through or earning amounts to reach.
Simply put, you get paid every single week via PayPal.
However, they only pay via PayPal so if you don’t have a PayPal account you can receive money to and withdraw your money from you should not work for Remotasks.
The only other downside to being paid via PayPal is that PayPal themselves take a 2.4% commission from the payment you receive. This isn’t a fault of Remotasks, it’s just how PayPal make their money. Just be aware that you won’t actually receive the exact amount you’ve earned using Remotasks.
Are there any other things to consider?
Yes, something else we need to mention is that there will be times when you simply won’t find work available, or you won’t be selected to complete the available work.
In fact, actually finding tasks or being selected for tasks is one of the most common complaints from people working with Remotasks.
We found we were accepted to complete more work than we were rejected for, but still went through periods of constant applying only to be informed hours later we hadn’t been chosen to complete that Micro-Task. It’s slightly frustrating.
What about support?
We submitted a ticket to Remotasks just to see their response rate. After 2 days we received a reply. Not too bad considering they probably get thousands of messages a day.
They also have a comprehensive FAQ section for people to read.
Our final thoughts, is Microworkers legitimate or a SCAM?
We like Remotasks, a lot. It provides engaging work (meaning you won’t get bored easily), plus it’s easy to get started with and pays-out regularly.
The only downside is that you won’t be able to earn much with them due to the low pay rates and low availability of work.
Our Rating
Complex and engaging work but still low payment rates.
No fees from Remotasks at any stage but because they only pay via PayPal you will always lose 2.4% of your money due to PayPal fees.
Most countries are supported but the availability of work can be limited.
Linn
Hustlin with remo asmuch as I can tryin to grow my future but its a long grind
Steven O
Yes, you will get paid, but the time and effort is not worth it.
The guy saying that the tasks take a few seconds is a liar. They promise you that you can earn like $200 in your spare time. You will train for a few hours a day, every day. Some of the training is long and hard. In between the training you might get tasks which pay a few cents, but then they’ll end up blocking you from the project because of low accuracy even if you get only one thing wrong. If you do them carefully, you’ll get blocked because you’re too slow. If you spend at least ten hours a day, you might earn $5 by the end of the week.
Instead of just listening to me, I suggest you sign up and try it for yourself because it is free. After that, please come back here and give an honest review.
Yes, you will get paid, but the time and effort is not worth it.
The guy saying that the tasks take a few seconds is a liar. They promise you that you can earn like $200 in your spare time. You will train for a few hours a day, every day. Some of th
Novaline Tanksley
I am making money with remotasks, I really AM
I am working with remote tasks, and the only problem that I have is that I always have to refresh my tasks. I mean really after every task I have to refresh the page. I am one of those people who make money doing it. So far I have not found it to be a scam. I just lie in my bed, read, listen and click yes or no. Again, the only problem is the technical glitches that forces me to reload the page every task or so. I could make so much more money if my time wasn’t taken up doing that. Fix that technical problem, and I’ll be just fine. I worked for uh the program that goodwill has that puts seniors back to work, but I make more money doing this. I don’t have to buy gas, I don’t have to get dressed, I don’t have to pay for lunch, and I can just sit here looking a hot mess while I’m making money. At first I think they were limiting me by actually causing technical difficulties. I wrote to them and told them that I like doing this and that I’m considering finding a job online where I can do this full time. Proofreading audio books has to be something offered by other companies. I’m a hard worker and I don’t mind putting in the time, and I’m making money. True you only get about four cents each task but the tasks are only seconds long. They’d better not mess over me!
I am making money with remotasks, I really AM
I am working with remote tasks, and the only problem that I have is that I always have to refresh my tasks. I mean really after every task I have to refresh the page. I am one of those people who make mon
Itadapiza
It all depends on the type of work that you do.
Depending on the types of work that you do, Remotasks can be extremely frustrating work bordering on scams to decent enough part-time work.
The biggest scam is in their language tasks or categorizing tasks. Basically, they have a ranking system where higher ranked worker get paid more per completed task. But there is a catch here. To get the higher ranking, you need to pass their tests that appear regularly while you work. And here is where the problem arises. They will penalize severely for any mistakes and marginally reward for correct submission. So, you would need to get a large number of correct tests to go up the ranking but a single mistake can get you demoted down the ranking pretty quick. Simply put, it’s a very big stick and a tiny carrot.
So why do I consider thus ranking system a scam? It’s because at the end of the day, everyone does the same work regardless of what rank you are. So, when they have a big stick and a tiny carrot, there is actually very little opportunity for you to get the higher ranking. This ranking system might sound great at first, but it is there to only benefit the company and not the workers. On top of that, these tests are a whole lot more harder than the actual work. And they also lack any explanation when you do them. All you get is your percentage score leaving you only to guess on your mistake. You don’t actually learn from these test or your mistakes to improve your work. As I said, it would not benefit Remotasks if you have high ranking as they would have to pay you more for your work. But it benefits them a lot if your ranking stays low as they get to pay you less for your work.
So, join Remotasks if you want to give it a try. But be very careful with the type of work that you choose to do.
It all depends on the type of work that you do.
Depending on the types of work that you do, Remotasks can be extremely frustrating work bordering on scams to decent enough part-time work.
The biggest scam is in their language tasks or categorizing ta
Laila Daneson
I can earn up to $40 a day but that is just a lucky day. Only like 4 lucky days that I earn that much money from remotasks because it was an big project. Its called toothpick helium and it was annotating parts of the cars. It was not easy. I also got scammed by this company. The project is called snowberry engagement bait French. It pays pretty good and I earned $50 and work 3 hours a day. It was all fun until I cant cashout the money because of some problems. It been a month and the money is on hold of $265 and I will never get it back. Im still waiting for other big project that pays well because the other project are low paying and hard.
I can earn up to $40 a day but that is just a lucky day. Only like 4 lucky days that I earn that much money from remotasks because it was an big project. Its called toothpick helium and it was annotating parts of the cars. It was not easy. I also got
Paul
have been working so much on remotasks for the last one year and been paid often. Hard work, but legit
Goe Ahl
Light site or play work of site
Chergui Abdelhakim
I’m working right now on remotask and it is a good experience but the major problem that i have is i filled a ticket about the payments that didn’t show on my Paypal account and it’s been 3 days and there is no response from remotasks yet.
I’m working right now on remotask and it is a good experience but the major problem that i have is i filled a ticket about the payments that didn’t show on my Paypal account and it’s been 3 days and there is no response from remotas
Ali Arshad
I am not a remotasks employee…
Payment depends on what kind of task you do, based on complexity and which group of people the tasks are targetting. I worked roughly 8 hours again and today cashed out 154,36 usd, so it definitely pays. It pays to be fluent in several languages. Audio based tasks pay allot if you know more languages. More importantly, important languages like Spanish, German, Dutch, French, Norwegian, Portuguese etc.
I am not a remotasks employee…
Payment depends on what kind of task you do, based on complexity and which group of people the tasks are targetting. I worked roughly 8 hours again and today cashed out 154,36 usd, so it definitely pays. It pays t
Dave
Anyone who says they make money with remotasks must be an employee of theirs. You might make some money if you work for at least 9 hours a day. Apart from the low pay, the training sometimes does not seem to end, and if you get tasks, you will probably be kicked out because of low accuracy or slow speed.
Anyone who says they make money with remotasks must be an employee of theirs. You might make some money if you work for at least 9 hours a day. Apart from the low pay, the training sometimes does not seem to end, and if you get tasks, you will probab
zentradi
Remotasks is an Internet sweat shop
Training for tasks is tedious, complicated, and takes hours, and the actual tasks pay very low, and they are unavailable the next day, so you have to do more tedious training for different tasks which will pay low and will disappear the following day. In most projects, you will fail because they mostly don’t rate according to your accuracy, but according to the whims of the reviewers.
You might just get lucky and get good projects and get paid a few dollars (mostly <$5 per week), but those are few and far between, and the time it takes is not worth it.
Customer support is almost non existent because most of your issues will go unresolved.
Remotasks scam-ish and exploitative. I would recommend you keep away from it.
Remotasks is an Internet sweat shop
Training for tasks is tedious, complicated, and takes hours, and the actual tasks pay very low, and they are unavailable the next day, so you have to do more tedious training for different tasks which will pay low
Satria Pramudita
Totally the best freelancer website in the world
vijay ragav
Good for work from home
Brenda Muchiri
Amaizing very quick and efficient i hope to earn more with you
Mikaela Rectin
I’m happy that I’m a part of remotask. But when tried I log-in one time, I can’t even log in. Support did help me after 8 days though and now I’m earning again.
BadSombreh
Quick payout
Was surprised to see how quick their payout was.
Simple and fun courses, decent pay and good costumer support
Gia Khanh Luu
Working as part time in Remotasks help to earns 100-200 usd every month. Great!
In my country (vietnam), we don’t need to provide any criminal record or anything. We only need the email to start working with Remotasks.
Len Mercado
Remotask is so cool to learn. The company can help you to earn money even you don’t have experience. Trainers are so patient and humble to train and guide you from training courses until you can handle your own task.
Leslie Diana
I am glad I found Remotasks. It has a lot to offer. You just need to be patient enough to learn the courses and be committed. I tried this platform before because I want to experience having my own money. And yes! I am receiving money from my own hard work til now. Thank you for this opportunity.
I am glad I found Remotasks. It has a lot to offer. You just need to be patient enough to learn the courses and be committed. I tried this platform before because I want to experience having my own money. And yes! I am receiving money from my own har
Nel Nocom
Excellent work!
Abdul-Madid Ciudad Guimba
Remotasks gives me good pay!
Wawa Salihuddin
Remotasks provide vast array of opportunities. All your experiences will be worth it.
Edgardo Aguilar
Vast opportunities.
I joined Remotasks just recently, I have no task yet but I’m eager for the experience and to be a part of the team.
They provide sample tasks and trainings for us to explore and be accustom with the work flow. Remotasks have a community of taskers where anybody can ask questions, share tips, and hear about project with available task.
If given the opportunity, I will be here for a long time.
Vast opportunities.
I joined Remotasks just recently, I have no task yet but I’m eager for the experience and to be a part of the team.
They provide sample tasks and trainings for us to explore and be accustom with the work flow. Remotasks have
Nguyễn Nhựt Minh
I have worked at Remotasks for 6 months feel grateful for the job thank you, Good job!!!
Lou Realista
G R E A T ! ! !
Helped a lot of people during the pandemic days. Create and gave futuristic ideas. People are happy because of the privileges Remotasks given to them internationally.
Tohidur Rahaman
Very trusted site, weekly payout is good
PH TSM SHARLYN
my job experience…
I’ve been working with remotasks for almost 4 years and the job experience was great and awesome. they offer a variety of tasks projects you can choose to work on and offers promotions to maximize potential earnings. the platform helps me with my daily needs, especially during today’s pandemic. I was able to work from the comfort of my home without risking myself to go outside where the virus spread rapidly. I’m with my family and my son 24/7 but also productive and earning. it’s free to join and offers free training also. for today’s era, remotasks is an opportunity for people to work and earn without worrying about the struggle outside of the pandemic.
my job experience…
I’ve been working with remotasks for almost 4 years and the job experience was great and awesome. they offer a variety of tasks projects you can choose to work on and offers promotions to maximize potential earnings. th
Akingbemisilu Angela
Remotasks actually pay as promised
This is the first website that actually allowed me to work on it and paid as promised. The cool thing is that there is no minimum payout.
Aaron Engwau
Remotasks is there for my family, has given me a job, and trained me various projects, that I work on on the platform and earn a living.
Alphonce Kyallo
Great Freelancing Platform
Remotasks is a Great Freelancing/ Data annotation Platform with several projects that fits your computer specs and great support staff. They offer Free virtual and physical bootcamps for training on various projects. Their pay is weekly and timely and I’ve made a living out of this platform for the last 3 years. I highly recommend it for anyone looking for job or part time workers looking to supplement their income.
Great Freelancing Platform
Remotasks is a Great Freelancing/ Data annotation Platform with several projects that fits your computer specs and great support staff. They offer Free virtual and physical bootcamps for training on various projects. Their
Pearl Jane Abingosa
It helped me earn from home specially during this pandemic.
Lexi Noval
Highly Recommended Freelancing Platform
They give a fair payout based on skill and consistency of work submitted. Bootcamp for learning the projects posted on the platform is available — where trainers do their best to pass their knowledge to those looking to improve their skill. Other learning options are also available. Highly Recommended!
Highly Recommended Freelancing Platform
They give a fair payout based on skill and consistency of work submitted. Bootcamp for learning the projects posted on the platform is available — where trainers do their best to pass their knowledge to t
BEE GIS SECURITY GUARD
Even if some of the tasks on remotasks did not pay out incentives to me, I will continue to promote it to my friends. :>
Rena Rose Ann Mohamarin
Legit Platform for Freelancers
I’ve been working for Remotasks for 5 years, very helpful especially for those looking for work that can be done at home. 5 star for legit and flexible jobs like this.
Leny Balanza
Remotasks is a great freelance job for everyone who wants to work from home and earn money. I’m glad to be a part of Remotasks. Thank you for the opportunity.
Fortos Dionanao Rodel
Very good freelance work.
It pays well!!!
happy tasking
Anna Madrona
remotasks is a work from home freelance job that helps you to improve your life and im happy to be part of remotasks team.
Aljoe Espinosa
Remotasks is a platform for everyone, from kids to adults who wants to work, have side hustle/income, full-time or part-time.
Everyone can work on all easy to learn tasks types from 2D/3D task types they can be learn easily.
and if they can be learn easily, its easy money for all.
So give a chance to let yourself earn your first money online.
No Invites,
No Interviews
just work what you can with your BEST accuracy then you’ll earn money, MORE MONEY & MORE POWER
Remotasks is a platform for everyone, from kids to adults who wants to work, have side hustle/income, full-time or part-time.
Everyone can work on all easy to learn tasks types from 2D/3D task types they can be learn easily.
and if they can be learn
Joshua Neri
Over all remo is good, this platform can help people specially during this pandemic. just easy to access and good pay, it just need some people to have patience
Sam Sarcia
Grind
I’ve been in Remotasks for almost 2 years and until now I’m still working on it.I can highly recommend this for those who want a parttime or full-time.
Kristelle Gonzales
Remotasks are very helpful especially for those looking for work that can be done at home, you can work anytime you want and you can earn as long as you are hardworking and observant 🙂
Ephantus Kanyugi
Full time job platform
I have been working on the platform since 2018 making a full time income, it has had good periods where i could make a good amount of money and at times becomes dry with low pay but i believe this goes with every freelance platform. They went the extra mile to hire trainers to help newbies get their footing on the platform. It is a good company that is here to stay and i recommend it.
Full time job platform
I have been working on the platform since 2018 making a full time income, it has had good periods where i could make a good amount of money and at times becomes dry with low pay but i believe this goes with every freelance plat
P Lastimoso
this is the best way to start freelancing without any experience in online jobs. thumbs up Remotask
M mabayo
GREAT!
In Remotasks, you will have the chance to earn a weekly income plus performance bonuses while working. There are also many probabilities for promotion! Thank you, Remo!!!!
Christian Matthew Lim
Remotasks is very helpful and can give you high income if you just work hard and give your best, and remotasks is offering bootcamp and inhouse and MOD to help you income and have a high pay they teach you different things about remotasks and the project they handle and remotasks gives a lot of different project that you can choose from and earn dollars for your hard work
Remotasks is very helpful and can give you high income if you just work hard and give your best, and remotasks is offering bootcamp and inhouse and MOD to help you income and have a high pay they teach you different things about remotasks and the pro
Glendz
Nice platform to earn money. Although some task is low pay, some are goods it depends on the quality and accuracy. botomline, its a greatway to earn extra income while at home.
JustineMantua
nice good for those working at home or don’t have work at the time of this pandemic