Prolific
Prolific · prolific.com · Last checked:
- Self-serve participant platform
- Managed evaluation services
Company status
Active.
Sources 1, 2, 3 · checked 2026-11-08
Capabilities
- Human evaluations of model capability, safety, and quality with verified participants and domain experts (SME verification, rubric design)
- Managed services that build custom evaluations from the ground up
- Self-serve API-first platform: host tasks on your own infrastructure
- HUMAINE: public human-centred benchmark and evaluation framework
Sources 1, 2, 3 · checked 2026-11-08
Who it tends to fit
- Teams running their own human preference or usability evaluations with representative samples
- Teams wanting managed custom human evaluations
Sources 1, 2, 3 · checked 2026-11-08
Pricing
Public: pay-as-you-go platform fee usually 42.8% of participant rewards for corporate customers (33.3% academic/non-profit); recommended participant pay at least £9.00 / $12.00 per hour, minimum £6.00 / $8.00 per hour. Managed services: custom quote.
Sources 1, 2, 3 · checked 2026-11-08
Published certifications
Limitations to check
- On the self-serve platform you design the evaluation and QA yourself
- SOC 2 Type 2 not yet held (stated as planned)
- Managed services pricing is quoted per project
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Sources
- AI page: human evaluations, SME verification, rubric design, HUMAINE, managed custom evaluations, self-serve platformwww.prolific.com/aiChecked 2026-11-08
- Pricing page: 42.8% corporate / 33.3% academic platform fee, participant pay guidance, managed services custom quotewww.prolific.com/pricingChecked 2026-11-08
- Security overview: ISO 27001:2022, Cyber Essentials; plans to obtain SOC 2 Type 2 underwaywww.prolific.com/prolific-security-overviewChecked 2026-11-08
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