Amazon says Mechanical Turk closed for good on September 30, 2026. October 30, 2026 has passed. This post lists what Amazon’s page still says, then three places to try: Prolific, UserTesting and Userfeel, and DataAnnotation.
Mechanical Turk, or MTurk, was a site for small online tasks. A task was called a HIT. A Requester was a person or business that posted HITs. A Worker was a person who did them.
What Amazon’s help page says
These lines come from Amazon’s help page, checked on October 31, 2026. You can read it here: Amazon Mechanical Turk help. This is what Amazon wrote. It is not advice from us. Amazon may change the page, so check it for the latest.
What Amazon’s page still says
- Contact Customer Service. Amazon’s page says that after October 30, 2026, you should contact Customer Service.
- Payments. Amazon says completed and approved HITs will be paid out. It says payments follow your existing payment schedule. If funds do not arrive on that schedule, contact MTurk Customer Service.
- Transaction history. Amazon says your transaction history stays available until January 28, 2027. That is the list of your past MTurk activity.
- Tax documents. Amazon says it will still send tax documents through its established processes. We do not give tax advice. A tax professional can tell you what that means for you.
Dates that have passed
- September 30, 2026. Amazon says MTurk closed for good. It also says HIT submission closed on this day.
- October 30, 2026, for Workers. Amazon gave Workers until this day to verify their payment preferences. That day has passed. Amazon named the MTurk Worker Portal as the place to do it. It told Workers to make sure they had a payment method and a payment frequency set up. It sent anyone who had not set up a transfer schedule to Account Settings.
- October 30, 2026, for Requesters. Amazon has an answer about HITs that were pending approval on or after September 30, 2026. It gave Requesters until this day. They could approve or reject completed HITs. Amazon says that if a Requester took no action, those HITs would be auto-approved. That day has passed.
- October 30, 2026, for bonuses. A bonus is extra pay on top of the reward. Amazon said Requesters could award bonuses until this day. That day has passed.
Three places to try instead
These are the three gigs on our site that are closest to online task work. We have not checked whether any of them take people who worked on MTurk.
Each pay figure below is what the platform prints. It is not a promise of what you will earn. Some figures are per hour and some are per test, so they are not the same thing. Pay pages change, so open the gig page for the checked-on date.
Amazon’s older page said earnings were transferred to a virtual US bank account or an Amazon.com gift card balance. The live help page no longer shows that line. We read an older copy kept by the Internet Archive. Prolific, UserTesting, and DataAnnotation each say they pay by PayPal.
Prolific
Prolific describes the work as being a research participant. You take part in studies. Prolific says the minimum pay allowed is $8 an hour. That is a floor. It is not an average.
The downside is the wait. Prolific says new people join a waitlist. A waitlist is a list of people who have to wait to get in. You must be over 18. Prolific says it is available to people in most OECD countries, including the United States. OECD is a group of countries. Prolific says payments can only be transferred through PayPal, unless it tells you otherwise.
Read the full page: Take paid studies on Prolific.
UserTesting and Userfeel
These sites have you test websites and apps. UserTesting describes the work as sharing your thoughts out loud or filling out surveys. UserTesting says you can earn up to $60 for each test or interview. Userfeel says testers earn $3-$30 per test. UserTesting says you can join as long as you are at least 18 years old.
The downside is the supply of work. Userfeel says there is no guaranteed number of tests. So the pay per test is not the whole picture.
Read the full page: Test websites and apps for pay.
DataAnnotation
DataAnnotation says its work includes evaluating chatbot answers, comparing AI outputs, and testing image generation. It says General projects start at $25-$50 an hour.
The downside is the entry step. You take a Starter Assessment, which is a test. If you pass, you get immediate platform access. DataAnnotation says you can only take it once. It says its basic bar is a bachelor’s degree or equivalent real-world experience. It says workers typically get approval news within a few days after the assessment.
Read the full page: Rate AI answers on DataAnnotation.
What we could not confirm
- We did not read the Worker site. We do not know what a Worker sees there.
- Amazon says it will still send tax documents. Its page links to another Amazon page about this. We tried again on October 31 and could not read that page. So we give no tax dates.
- We could not check what happens to a Worker who misses October 30, 2026. Amazon’s page only says to contact Customer Service after that day.
- Amazon’s help page no longer has the answers about age, rewards and how Workers collect money. We use an older copy of that page for those lines.
- We did not find an age rule for DataAnnotation or Userfeel on pages we may read.
Questions people ask
Can I still submit HITs?
No. Amazon says HIT submission closed on September 30, 2026.
Will I still be paid for work that was approved?
Amazon says completed and approved HITs will be paid out. It says payments follow your existing payment schedule. If funds do not arrive on that schedule, contact MTurk Customer Service.
What if I missed October 30, 2026?
That day has passed. Amazon’s page says that after October 30, 2026, you should contact Customer Service. We could not check more than that.
Do I need a PayPal account for these places?
For Prolific, yes. Prolific says payments can only be transferred through PayPal, unless it tells you otherwise. UserTesting says it pays through PayPal. DataAnnotation says it sends payments by PayPal. Userfeel says testers can withdraw funds by PayPal or bank transfer in specific countries.
Is there an age rule?
Amazon’s help page used to say MTurk Workers had to be at least 18. The live page no longer shows that line. Prolific says you must be over 18. UserTesting says you can join as long as you are at least 18 years old. We did not find an age rule for DataAnnotation or Userfeel on pages we may read.
Sources and dates
Pages were checked on October 4, 27 or 31, 2026, as listed.
- Amazon Mechanical Turk, help page, Closure FAQs, checked Oct 31, 2026.
- Amazon Mechanical Turk, archived copy of the help page, About MTurk, read Oct 27, 2026. The live page no longer shows these lines.
- Prolific, participants page, checked Oct 31, 2026.
- Prolific, pricing page, checked Oct 31, 2026.
- Prolific, participant help centre, sign-up waitlist, who can participate, and cashing out with PayPal, checked Oct 31, 2026.
- UserTesting, general FAQ and get paid to test page, checked Oct 4, 2026.
- UserTesting, getting started page, checked Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 31, 2026.
- Userfeel, tester FAQ, checked Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 31, 2026.
- DataAnnotation, FAQ, checked Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 31, 2026.