Who pays what

The rate board: what paid research platforms publish about pay

Prolific, UserTesting, Respondent and the survey sites, side by side. Floors, ranges, how hard it is to get in, and a link to every source. Updated when the sources change; each row shows its check date.

Checked 7 Sept 20264 platforms listed

Prolific
Easy to join
Online research studies, 5–45 minutes, mostly academic
£6/hr floor · £9/hr recommended
£6–9 per hour
A waitlist can apply. UK and US participants see the most studies.
Prolific — payment modelChecked 7 Sept 2026
UserTesting
Screeners reject many
Recorded website and app tests, screen plus voice
$4–$10 per 5–20 min test · $30–$60 live
$10–30 per hour
Effective hourly rate depends on how many screeners you pass.
2026 independent reviewChecked 7 Sept 2026
Respondent
1–5% accepted
Interviews with researchers over video, 30–60 minutes
$50–$400 per study · avg $95 cited
$50–100 per hour
Highest pay, lowest odds. Mostly US studies.
2026 platform comparisonChecked 7 Sept 2026
Swagbucks · Survey Junkie
Easy, low pay
Short marketing surveys and offers
$1.50–$6 per hour in independent tests
$1.5–6 per hour
Always available, but most of your time goes to screening out.
EarnifyHub 90-day test, 2026Checked 7 Sept 2026
Fieldnote publishes no pay figure of its own. UK CAP Code rule 20.4 says a new home-working scheme must not forecast earnings — and we would rather show you the market than guess.CAP Code, section 20

Published pay by platform, with source and check date
Platform	What you do	Published pay	Per hour (platform currency)	Getting in	Source · checked
Prolific	Online research studies, 5–45 minutes, mostly academicA waitlist can apply. UK and US participants see the most studies.	£6/hr floor · £9/hr recommended	£6–9	Easy to join	Prolific — payment modelChecked 7 Sept 2026
UserTesting	Recorded website and app tests, screen plus voiceEffective hourly rate depends on how many screeners you pass.	$4–$10 per 5–20 min test · $30–$60 live	$10–30	Screeners reject many	2026 independent reviewChecked 7 Sept 2026
Respondent	Interviews with researchers over video, 30–60 minutesHighest pay, lowest odds. Mostly US studies.	$50–$400 per study · avg $95 cited	$50–100	1–5% accepted	2026 platform comparisonChecked 7 Sept 2026
Swagbucks · Survey Junkie	Short marketing surveys and offersAlways available, but most of your time goes to screening out.	$1.50–$6 per hour in independent tests	$1.5–6	Easy, low pay	EarnifyHub 90-day test, 2026Checked 7 Sept 2026
Fieldnote	publishes no pay figure of its own. UK CAP Code rule 20.4 says a new home-working scheme must not forecast earnings — and we would rather show you the market than guess.CAP Code, section 20

Figures are quoted from each platform's own help pages or from independent 2026 reviews, as linked. They describe those platforms, not Fieldnote. Bars are capped at 100% of the scale; ranges are before any platform fees or currency conversion.

How this board is built

We only quote figures the platform itself publishes, or that appear in a named independent review from the current year — never our own estimate.
Every row carries a source link and the date one of us last opened that page and confirmed the figure.
If a source is more than 120 days old, our build tool refuses to publish the page until someone re-checks it.
Ranges are shown in the platform's own currency. We do not convert, average or blend platforms together.
Nothing on this board is a statement about Fieldnote. Our own row says why.

Sources on this page

Change log

2026-09-07 — Board created. Prolific floor £6 / $8 and recommended £9 / $12 confirmed on the platform's help pages.

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At the enforced floor£0/ week

Prolific's minimum of £6 per hour, required on every study · Prolific — payment model

At the recommended rate£0/ week

Prolific's recommended £9 per hour · Prolific — how much should I pay

Real weeks are lumpier than this: some days have no studies, some screeners reject you, some tasks pay more. Fieldnote does not publish its own figure — see the rate board for why.

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