World-class AI training talent. A fraction of the price.
BlueLeverage connects vetted Indian annotators and domain experts — coders, doctors, lawyers, teachers — to AI labs and startups on an hourly basis. RLHF, preference ranking, and data annotation without Scale AI's invoices.
The problem
Quality annotation is priced out of reach for most AI teams.
Strong quality, but priced for enterprises with seven-figure ML budgets.
Cheaper, but crowd-sourced quality is inconsistent and hard to audit.
Months of recruiting, onboarding overhead, and no elasticity for surge work.
BlueLeverage is the middle path: rigorous vetting, India's wage economics, and hourly on-demand flexibility — so seed-stage AI teams can afford the same feedback quality that well-funded labs take for granted.
Process
Up and running in 48 hours.
Scope your task
Tell us the task type — RLHF, preference ranking, classification, domain Q&A — and your volume. We match you with the right talent tier.
We source & vet
BlueLeverage screens contributors on task-specific benchmarks, NDA compliance, and data privacy requirements before any work starts.
Deliver and iterate
Contributors work hourly. You review outputs, request adjustments, and scale headcount up or down with a single message.
Talent
Two tiers to match every task.
General contributors handle volume annotation work. Domain experts handle tasks that require professional judgment.
General Annotators
$8–15/hrTrained, vetted contributors for high-volume labelling, classification, text annotation, and basic preference ranking.
- —Data labelling & classification
- —Text / image annotation
- —Basic RLHF preference ranking
- —Transcription & translation checks
Domain Experts
$15–25/hrCredentialed professionals for tasks requiring specialist judgment — coding, medical reasoning, legal Q&A, and STEM problem evaluation.
- —Code review & programming tasks
- —Medical / legal reasoning eval
- —Expert RLHF for domain LLMs
- —Complex instruction following tests
Comparison
How we compare.
| Feature | BlueLeverage | Scale AI | Appen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical billing rate | $8–25/hr | $50–100/hr | Variable / slow to quote |
| Expert access | On-demand | Enterprise contract | Limited pool |
| Spin-up time | 48 hrs | Weeks | Weeks |
| Minimum commitment | Hourly | Project minimums | Project minimums |
| Quality vetting | Task-specific benchmarks | Proprietary | Crowd-sourced |
| India-based talent | Yes | No | Some |
Ready to cut your annotation costs?
Tell us your task and volume. We'll follow up within one business day with a custom rate and sample team.