AI training work in India

14 platforms, one honest read on who's actually open to India. Verdicts come from each platform's published eligibility — "unverified" means I couldn't confirm.

"Apply" links are referral links — I may earn a bonus if you sign up through them, and it never changes your pay. "Guide" links are honest pages with no referral on my account.

1. Babel Audio Eligible Apply → Claims 60+ countries / 20+ languages, but English projects are US/Canada-priority and non-English projects were paused as of 2026-08
2. Pila8 Eligible Apply → signup globally open; payout via Stripe or Dots — Dots confirmed for Kenya/Nigeria/India
3. Mercor Likely open — verify Apply → verify the current list before applying
4. micro1 Eligible Apply → open/global
5. Handshake AI Eligible Apply → published allowlist; verify current list
6. Alignerr Eligible Apply → not clearly published — verify
7. AfterQuery Eligible Apply → open/global but expert-leaning
8. Ethos Eligible Apply → global expert network; workforce distributed across 39 countries, no published country exclusions found
9. DataAnnotation Eligible Guide → five-eyes leaning (US/CA/UK/AU/NZ) — verify
10. Outlier Eligible Guide → open — country availability varies by project
11. Turing Likely open — verify Apply → verify the current list before applying
12. Remotasks Eligible Guide → open — many countries
13. Prolific Eligible Guide → participant pool is global but country coverage varies by study
14. Surge Eligible Guide → not published; invite-gated