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Put two or three platforms side by side

Pick the ones you are actually choosing between. The same questions get asked of each, the answers come off the company's own pages, and every figure carries the day we read it.

Places that pay youThings you build on

Ten questions about whether the money reaches you, asked of each one.

Set your country and every row that publishes a country rule gets marked with whether it accepts you. Nothing is removed and nothing moves.

2 PLATFORMS · 10 QUESTIONS · 10 ANSWERED BY ALL

Prolific
InboxDollars

Can you even be here

Where you can sign upIs my country on the list at all?
ProlificCountries on the participation eligibility list52source · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
InboxDollarsCountriesUnited States only, all 50 states, 18 and oversource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
Where you can be paidTwo lists, and they are not always the same one.
ProlificCountries on the ID verification list40source · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
InboxDollarsPayout countriesUS only. Members must live in one of the 50 states while using the account, and the profile country must match where they log in.source · checked 2026-09-07
Minimum ageHow old do I have to be, and is it higher for some offers?
ProlificMinimum age18. Participants must be over 18 and hold a verified account to take part in studies.source · checked 2026-09-07
InboxDollarsMinimum age18 minimum, or the age of majority in the member's state or province of residence where that is higher.source · checked 2026-09-07

Getting the money out

What you are paid inCash, or something that is only spendable in one place?
ProlificPaid inCash to PayPal only. Approved earnings are transferred to a linked PayPal account, not gift cards or points.source · checked 2026-09-07
InboxDollarsPaid inCash balance redeems only to PayPal cash or gift cards. No points, no crypto.source · checked 2026-09-07
Ways to get paidIf the one method fails, is there a second one?
ProlificPayment methodPayPal only, paid out through Hyperwalletsource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
InboxDollarsPayment methodsGift card, PayPal, prepaid Visa, all gift cards virtualsource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
Minimum payoutHow much must pile up before they let go of it?
ProlificMinimum cash-out£6.00 / $6.00, combined across your GBP and USD balancessource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
InboxDollarsMinimum cashout, help centre$15.00 for a first payment request, $10.00 after thatsource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
Fee taken out of the payoutWhat is deducted that the payout page does not mention?
ProlificPayout feeNo fee. Prolific charges nothing to cash out and pays the full approved balance.source · checked 2026-09-07
InboxDollarsPayout feeNone, the $3 processing fee was removed effective 7 April 2020source · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
Time from earning to money in handThe whole chain, not the speed they advertise for the last step.
ProlificAutomatic approval, researcher help pageDay 21, just after midnight GMTsource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
InboxDollarsOffer crediting timeWithin 2 weeks for most offers, 30 to 90 days where a purchase is involvedsource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page

Keeping what you earned

How a balance can be lostDoes it expire, get charged rent, or vanish if I go quiet?
ProlificCashing out during an account holdBalance stays cashable even below the £6/$6 minimumsource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
InboxDollarsBalance lossSix months with no login and no confirmed PaidEmail removes the account permanently and cancels the entire balance.source · checked 2026-09-07

Who is on the hook

Who is legally on the hookWhich company, and does it publish anything about whether it can pay?
ProlificOperating companyProlific Academic Ltd, 483 Green Lanes, London, England, N13 4BSsource · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page
InboxDollarsOperating companyProdege, LLC, 2030 E Maple Avenue, Suite 200, El Segundo, CA 90245source · checked 2026-09-06 · read the page

There is no winner at the bottom of this table

Nothing here gets added up. A score would have to decide that these questions weigh the same for everyone, and they do not. A lower cash-out bar is better if you need the money this month and worse if it arrives as a gift card you cannot spend on rent. One payout method is fine right up until it is the one that does not work where you live.

The rows worth your attention are usually the ones where the columns disagree about whether to answer at all. A platform that publishes its fee and a platform that does not are not two platforms with different fees. One of them has told you, and you can hold them to it.

Rows marked as not checked are about us, not about them. They mean nobody here has gone looking yet, and they stay visible for that reason. Found a figure that has moved? Tell us, and it gets a new source and a new date rather than a quiet edit.

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