Flexible options for quality data collection - from pay-as-you-go pricing to expert-led solutions.




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Instant access to quality participants with no monthly fees.
Pay as you go
Ideal for:
Teams with research expertise who want rapid, self-directed access to quality participants.
- 200,000+ active participants
- AI Taskers and Domain Experts
- 300+ audience filters
- Representative and quota samples
- Custom screening
- API and no-code integrations
- Unlimited users
- Workspaces
- Direct participant messaging
- Email support
Managed services
Expert-led data collection with dedicated quality assurance.
Custom
Ideal for:
Teams that need quality datasets for AI or complex research without the operational overhead.
- Complete datasets
- Expert curation and verification
- Custom sourcing campaigns
- Participant training and onboarding
- Ongoing pool optimization
- Multi-stage quality assurance
- Dedicated project team
- Shared Slack channels
- Data analysis and reporting
Estimate your platform pricing
For managed services pricing, talk to our team for a custom quote.
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Questions?
Prolific helps you collect high-quality human data to power AI development and research. Whether you're developing AI models and products, gathering behavioral insights, or conducting market research, we connect you with verified participants who match your exact needs.
We help you collect quality data and human feedback faster and more reliably than alternatives. Our platform combines instant access to verified participants, transparent pricing, and flexible expertise to match your needs. Whether you're collecting data for AI development or research, you can start receiving responses within hours while maintaining end-to-end transparency into your data collection.
We manage quality by maintaining a bar for entry and participation on our platform. We have 200,000+ active participants on the platform, with over a million on the waitlist. Protocol, our AI-powered quality monitoring system, runs 40+ checks to verify identity during onboarding and analyze behavioral data when they contribute data to ensure only verified participants are on the platform. You have full control over submission approval and can reject submissions that show negligent behavior (e.g. failed attention and comprehension checks). For more details on approvals and rejections, check out our help center article.
Yes. Prolific integrates seamlessly with most data collection tools, including survey platforms, annotation tools, and user research software. You can connect to your data collection tool easily with a URL. For customers with complex data collection needs, we also offer API access to scale your projects more easily. For a list of available integrations, visit our partner marketplace page. For custom integration needs, please contact our team.
We offer two ways of using Prolific. You can switch between plans as your needs evolve.
- Platform: Get immediate access to our full platform and verified participant network. Perfect for teams who want to launch projects quickly and manage their own data collection process. Includes all core features like demographic filtering, custom screening, and integrations.
- Managed services: End-to-end project support from our expert team. Best for organizations that need complete datasets without the operational complexities. Includes expert curation, quality assurance, pool management, and comprehensive reporting.
You can switch between plans as your needs evolve.
Our pricing is straightforward and transparent:
- Platform: You pay a participant reward that you set, plus a platform fee.
- Managed services: Pricing is customized based on your project scope and requirements.
For pay-as-you-go pricing, our platform fee is usually 42.8% for corporate customers, and a discounted 33.3% for academic or non-profit customers.
Typically, we recommend you pay participants at least £9.00 / $12.00 per hour, while the minimum pay allowed is £6.00 / $8.00 per hour. For tasks requiring specialized skills (like experience in AI annotation tasks, coding experience, or advanced STEM degrees), we recommend higher compensation to reflect their expertise and the complexity of the tasks. Fair compensation leads to better data quality and higher engagement, especially when publishing complex tasks or studies.
For platform access, you don't need to sign a contract or pay for a subscription to get started. You can simply pay as you go by adding funds to your wallet and launching a project. For managed services, we typically work with a Statement of Work that outlines project details and deliverables.
We have participants from 40+ countries, with particularly strong representation in the US, the UK, and Europe. For specific geographic targeting or specialized recruitment in other regions, our team can help develop a custom sourcing strategy.