Vendor profileChecked Nov 8, 2026

Prolific

Prolific · prolific.com · Last checked:

  • Self-serve participant platform
  • Managed services

Company status

Active, privately held.

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Capabilities

  • Human feedback from representative populations for preference tuning, safety evals, and benchmarks
  • Evaluator targeting with 300+ prescreening attributes (demographics, expertise, language, domain)
  • Preference ranking and factuality checking; Human Feedback API; HUMAINE preference framework
  • Managed services with pool management and multi-stage QA

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Who it tends to fit

  • Teams that need demographically representative preference raters
  • Researchers who want to run preference studies themselves with published pricing

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Pricing

Pay-as-you-go platform fee usually 42.8% of participant rewards for corporate customers (33.3% academic or non-profit); recommended participant pay at least $12.00 per hour, minimum $8.00 per hour. Managed services: custom quote.

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Published certifications

  • ISO 27001:2022
  • Cyber Essentials
  • SOC 2 Type 2 not yet held (plans stated as underway)
  • GDPR (security overview)

Listed as stated by the vendor. Scope can differ by product or subsidiary; request current reports.

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Limitations to check

  • Self-serve: you design the preference task, rater instructions, and QA
  • SOC 2 Type 2 is planned, not held, per the security overview

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Sources

  1. Pricing page: 42.8% corporate / 33.3% academic fee, recommended and minimum participant pay, managed services customwww.prolific.com/pricingChecked 2026-11-08
  2. Model evaluation page: 300+ prescreening attributes, identity-checked evaluators, HUMAINEwww.prolific.com/model-evaluationChecked 2026-11-08
  3. Security overview: ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials; SOC 2 Type 2 plans underway; GDPRwww.prolific.com/prolific-security-overviewChecked 2026-11-08
  4. Homepage: human feedback for preference tuning, safety evals, benchmarks; Human Feedback APIwww.prolific.com/Checked 2026-11-08

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