In recent years, sites such as Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) have become increasingly popular as a tool for customers to outsource simple tasks to complete online. Best known for enabling businesses to create "human intelligence tasks" (HITs) for completion by an army of electronically connected workers on the platform, MTurk is becoming a go-to platform for many types of digital services.

That being said, the advantages of using Mechanical Turk don’t stop there. MTurk also brings a variety of benefits for both businesses and workers on the platform. Here are a few of the positive benefits of sites like Mechanical Turk:

1. Cost Efficiency

One of the biggest advantages of using Mechanical Turk is the cost savings it can provide. With no long-term contract requirements, businesses can quickly hire workers to complete tasks quickly and cost-effectively. Additionally, platforms such as MTurk make it easy to only pay for the tasks that are completed.

2. Speed and Flexibility

Thanks to the large pool of available workers, businesses can often quickly find the workers necessary to complete tasks. This has led some to use Mechanical Turk for time-sensitive tasks, although it