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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 · 4 ANSWERED BY ALL

TranscribeMe
Rev

Can you even be here

Where you can sign upIs my country on the list at all?
TranscribeMeWe have not checked this one yet
RevWe have not checked this one yet
Where you can be paidTwo lists, and they are not always the same one.
TranscribeMeHow does TM pay transcribers?Wherever PayPal works: payments go only through PayPal with no exceptions, and without access to a PayPal account TranscribeMe will not work with yousource · checked 2026-09-12
RevWe have not checked this one yet
Minimum ageHow old do I have to be, and is it higher for some offers?
TranscribeMeWe have not checked this one yet
RevWe have not checked this one yet

Getting the money out

What you are paid inCash, or something that is only spendable in one place?
TranscribeMeHow much does TM pay workers?Cash in US dollars, per audio hour rather than per hour worked: beginning General Transcribers are paid $15 USD per audio hour, so a 2-minute file pays $0.50 and a 4-minute file pays $1.00source · checked 2026-09-12
RevChoose the Role That Fits YouCash per audio/video minute: $0.40 - $1.10 for transcriptionists, $0.54 - $1.10 for captioners, with subtitle translators earning the highest per-minute ratessource · checked 2026-09-12
Ways to get paidIf the one method fails, is there a second one?
TranscribeMeIn what currency does TM pay?PayPal only, to the account listed on your hub profile; TranscribeMe charges no fees to receive payments, but PayPal may charge a currency conversion fee when you move the money to a local banksource · checked 2026-09-12
RevHow Do I Get Paid?PayPal only: freelancers are paid weekly via PayPal for all approved worksource · checked 2026-09-12
Minimum payoutHow much must pile up before they let go of it?
TranscribeMeHow often do you pay workers?At least $10 in your available balance, withdrawn before 9:00 AM PST on a US Thursday; money you do not request stays in the account and rolls oversource · checked 2026-09-12
RevGet Approved & Start WorkingNone stated: there is no minimum commitment, you choose when and how much you work, and approved work is paid out weeklysource · checked 2026-09-12
Fee taken out of the payoutWhat is deducted that the payout page does not mention?
TranscribeMeIn what currency does TM pay?No fees to receive payments from TranscribeMe; PayPal may charge a currency conversion fee when you withdraw to your local bank accountsource · checked 2026-09-12
RevWe have not checked this one yet
Time from earning to money in handThe whole chain, not the speed they advertise for the last step.
TranscribeMeHow often do you pay workers?Payments are processed once a week on US Thursday; a withdrawal requested after 9:00 AM PST Thursday is paid the following Thursday, so up to 7 days after the requestsource · checked 2026-09-12
RevGet Paid WeeklyWithin 1 week of approval: freelancers are paid weekly via PayPal for all approved work, though getting in first means a waitlist due to high application volumesource · checked 2026-09-12

Keeping what you earned

How a balance can be lostDoes it expire, get charged rent, or vanish if I go quiet?
TranscribeMeWe have not checked this one yet
RevWe have not checked this one yet

Who is on the hook

Who is legally on the hookWhich company, and does it publish anything about whether it can pay?
TranscribeMeWe have not checked this one yet
RevWe have not checked this one yet

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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