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Businesses use microtasking tosave moneyby paying remote workers for these tasks instead of hiring full-time employees.

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Unfortunately, many microtasking platforms arent all they are cracked up to be.

However, according to pay rates and user reviews, a couple seem worth considering.

These two bite-sizedgigs can pay off.

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Contributors can choose from a variety of tasks, including search evaluation, sentiment analysis and product testing.

It allows workers to view the pay rate for each project before applying.

Some Reddit users are paid $11-$13 per hour for tasks.

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Others report working on projects that only pay $2-$4 per hour and being highly dissatisfied.

Additionally several users commented that theyd experienced months with $1,000-$3,000 earnings.

However, earnings are inconsistent, so dont quit your day job.

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Prolific

Prolificis an online research platform that connects researchers with participants for studies and surveys.

However dont expect to make $8-$12 per hour as aconsistent pay rate.

Other users suggested reporting those tasks to the administrators.

Can Microtasking Pay Off?

It depends on your definition of payoff.

People looking to make along-term, full-time incomefrom microtasking will be disappointed.

While some microtaskers have reported making thousands per month, its usually not long-term, common or consistent.

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