Innodata Review
NASDAQ-listed AI annotation via the SME On Demand program
★★★☆☆ 3/5 Talent network Free Founded 1988
- $20+/hr — Pay range
- hourly/project + quality bonuses — Pay cadence
- 1988 — Founded
- AI training / data — Focus
Review
Innodata is a NASDAQ-listed data-engineering company (founded 1988) that runs an SME On Demand program recruiting subject-matter experts for AI annotation and domain review work, currently focused on the US and Canada. Pay starts at $20+/hr with bonuses for high quality and volume.
Being an established public company gives it more institutional weight than most AI-training-specific startups, though that hasn't fully eliminated worker reports of payment delays.
Pros
- NASDAQ-listed company with decades of operating history (founded 1988) — more corporate accountability than most gig-style AI-training platforms
- Bonus structure rewards high quality and volume on top of the $20+/hr base
Cons
- US/Canada-focused — not a global opportunity like some competitors
- Some contributors report payment delays despite the company's size
Pricing
Free to join. Pay ranges $20+/hr, paid hourly/project + quality bonuses.
Best for
- US/Canada-based specialists
- Domain-review contributors
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
- ✗ Direct apply
- ✓ Free for job seekers
- ✓ Worldwide
How it compares to remoty.work
Innodata brings public-company stability to AI annotation work, currently limited to US/Canada. remoty.work has worldwide listings with no geographic restriction on browsing.
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