In the past, Crowdflower monthly fees may have peaked in the neighborhood of $11,000 each month plus a 15 percent fee on the amount paid to workers. A screenshot of Crowdflower's past pricing screen is seen in a requester's write-up on an experience with Crowdflower. If you draw some inferences from information available on the web, you have an assumed estimate of some of the fees charged by Crowdflower and Clickworker.
Crowdflower's Price History
The screenshot of the older pricing model shows a basic pricing option called Starter. It lists at $5,500 each month plus a 20 percent contributor transaction fee. This comes with three user accounts and 30,000 data records per month. The Pro option is listed at $11,000 per month plus a 15 percent contributor transaction fee. It comes with 15 user accounts and 150,000 data records each month. The Enterprise option indicates custom pricing, which is presumably greater than $11,000, and a 10 percent contributor transaction fee.
In an April 2015 research paper by authors at Carnegie Mellon University, the authors' discussion suggests that their cost for 200 survey participicpants at Crowdflower is considerably less than $800. This isn't stated directly. The authors point to an $800 cost at another site as being so comparatively high that they aren't willing to pay. This gets covered in the Clickworker section below.
Crowdflower's Pricing Page
The new Crowdflower Pro option listed on Crowdflower's pricing page shows a monthly fee and a less-than-20-percent contributor fee. This is the only alternative to the data-for-everyone option, which has no monthly fee along with a 20-percent contributor transaction free. If CF's past fees are any rough guide, the new monthly fees for Crowdflower Pro, which has unlimited data rows, may stand somewhere around that $11,000 monthly fee with a 15 percent contributor transaction fee.
Clickworker Surveys
In the April 2015 research paper by authors at CMU, a Clickworker survey for 200 participants comes with an $800 price tag. "Because this price is considerably higher than the cost of running the same survey on the other platforms, we opted against using this site." Today on Clickworker's Self-service marketplace, without logging in, it's only possible to see a $1.40 fee for creating the task. See for yourself by checking out the Self-service Marketplace, which is linked on Clickworker's FAQ page.
Clickworker Texts
The cost-per-word seems to be around .027 Euro for an article with quality control and keywords, regardless of keyword density. This has been determined at Clickworker's Self-service marketplace by plugging in the above requirements for a 300-350-word article; the fee is 9.75 Euro. The fee is half of that if you forego the quality control and keywords. If you only want quality control, without keywords, that 300-350-world article costs you 8.46 Euro.
Be empowered with this information if you contact one of these websites for a price estimate. Consider jotting down, or highlighting, the dollar amount that your research has you focused upon. Remember that you have the option of consulting other websites before committing to a price, regardless of whether you feel pressured.
Crowdflower's Price History
The screenshot of the older pricing model shows a basic pricing option called Starter. It lists at $5,500 each month plus a 20 percent contributor transaction fee. This comes with three user accounts and 30,000 data records per month. The Pro option is listed at $11,000 per month plus a 15 percent contributor transaction fee. It comes with 15 user accounts and 150,000 data records each month. The Enterprise option indicates custom pricing, which is presumably greater than $11,000, and a 10 percent contributor transaction fee.
In an April 2015 research paper by authors at Carnegie Mellon University, the authors' discussion suggests that their cost for 200 survey participicpants at Crowdflower is considerably less than $800. This isn't stated directly. The authors point to an $800 cost at another site as being so comparatively high that they aren't willing to pay. This gets covered in the Clickworker section below.
Crowdflower's Pricing Page
The new Crowdflower Pro option listed on Crowdflower's pricing page shows a monthly fee and a less-than-20-percent contributor fee. This is the only alternative to the data-for-everyone option, which has no monthly fee along with a 20-percent contributor transaction free. If CF's past fees are any rough guide, the new monthly fees for Crowdflower Pro, which has unlimited data rows, may stand somewhere around that $11,000 monthly fee with a 15 percent contributor transaction fee.
Clickworker Surveys
In the April 2015 research paper by authors at CMU, a Clickworker survey for 200 participants comes with an $800 price tag. "Because this price is considerably higher than the cost of running the same survey on the other platforms, we opted against using this site." Today on Clickworker's Self-service marketplace, without logging in, it's only possible to see a $1.40 fee for creating the task. See for yourself by checking out the Self-service Marketplace, which is linked on Clickworker's FAQ page.
Clickworker Texts
The cost-per-word seems to be around .027 Euro for an article with quality control and keywords, regardless of keyword density. This has been determined at Clickworker's Self-service marketplace by plugging in the above requirements for a 300-350-word article; the fee is 9.75 Euro. The fee is half of that if you forego the quality control and keywords. If you only want quality control, without keywords, that 300-350-world article costs you 8.46 Euro.
Be empowered with this information if you contact one of these websites for a price estimate. Consider jotting down, or highlighting, the dollar amount that your research has you focused upon. Remember that you have the option of consulting other websites before committing to a price, regardless of whether you feel pressured.