CloudFactory Review
Managed AI data workforce — annotation, curation, QA, transcription
★★★☆☆ 3/5 Talent network Free Founded 2010 Accepts 6-step onboarding + hardware minimums
https://cloudfactory.com/careers
- Local market rates — Pay range
- monthly — Pay cadence
- 2010 — Founded
- AI training / data — Focus
Review
CloudFactory runs a managed AI data workforce — annotation, curation, QA, and transcription — but unlike most platforms on this list, it's geographically restricted to workers in Nepal, Kenya, the Philippines, and Colombia, paying local market rates rather than global USD rates.
Onboarding is notably heavier than competitors: a 6-step process with hardware minimums you need to meet before you can start, reflecting CloudFactory's more structured, employer-like model (it's been operating since 2010) versus pure gig-marketplace matching.
Apply reality check
Only pursue this if you're based in Nepal, Kenya, the Philippines, or Colombia — CloudFactory doesn't operate outside those markets, and budget time for the 6-step onboarding.
Pros
- Established company (founded 2010) with a genuinely managed, structured workforce model rather than pure gig-matching
Cons
- Only available in four countries (Nepal, Kenya, Philippines, Colombia) — not open worldwide
- Pay is set to local market rates, not global/USD rates
- 6-step onboarding process plus hardware requirements is a heavier lift than most competitors
Pricing
Free to join. Pay ranges Local market rates, paid monthly.
Best for
- Workers in Nepal, Kenya, Philippines, Colombia
Rating breakdown
- Pay: 3.3/5
- Availability / consistency: 2.6/5
- Vetting difficulty: 3/5
- Trustworthiness: 3.1/5
Features
- ✗ Job board / listings — Task/project-matched, not browsed openly
- ✓ Freelance marketplace
- ✗ Salary transparency
- ✓ Remote-only
- ✓ Screening / vetting — 6-step onboarding + hardware minimums
- ✗ Direct apply
- ✓ Free for job seekers
- ✗ Worldwide — Nepal, Kenya, Philippines, Colombia only
How it compares to remoty.work
CloudFactory is a structured, managed option — but only in four countries, at local rates. remoty.work has worldwide remote listings open to anyone.
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