Data Entry & Annotation Cost & Pricing
What data entry & annotation outsourcing actually costs: pricing models, indicative hourly rates by delivery country, and the factors that move your quote up or down.
Data Entry & Annotation providers to get quotes from
Global outsourcing and staffing partner helping businesses hire vetted professionals from 150 countries, reduce costs by up to 70%, and scale operations faster.
Per seat
View profile →AI-powered BPO and remote staffing solutions offering virtual assistants, AI agents, and full-time outsourcing services for business growth.
Retainer
View profile →360 Transcription provides human-delivered medical and medico-legal transcription services for US healthcare practices and legal clients, with HIPAA compliance and next-day turnaround.
Per transactionHIPAA
View profile →India-based data digitization and outsourcing company offering data entry, data conversion, data mining, accounting, and payroll services since 2008.
51-200 staff
View profile →904 Bookkeeping is a Jacksonville-based QuickBooks bookkeeping and payroll practice serving small to mid-sized Florida businesses.
Retainer
View profile →Acelerar is an India-based BPO offering data entry, accounting, e-commerce ops, and virtual assistant services with pre-trained teams.
ISO 27001ISO 9001
View profile →Open Access BPO delivers multilingual CX, content moderation, and back-office outsourcing from the Philippines, US, and Taiwan for digital-first brands.
View profile →Japanese-owned BPO provider based in Cebu, Philippines, delivering call center, back office, IT, and sales outsourcing services to mid-sized and large enterprises globally since 2009.
View profile →India-based BPO and IT services company offering web design, data processing, document scanning, eBook conversion, CAD/CAM, and back-office outsourcing since 2006.
51-200 staffHourlyISO 9001
View profile →AltiSales is a B2B SDR outsourcing and GTM acceleration firm helping SaaS companies build scalable, predictable outbound revenue machines.
Retainer
View profile →Professional bookkeeping and accounting services for businesses and individuals across the US, headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
View profile →Outsourced accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, and tax services for Australian businesses and CPA firms.
451+ staffISO 27001
View profile →AR Medical Billing
📍 United States
HIPAA
LanguagesEnglish
ARDEM Incorporated
📍 New Jersey, United States
LanguagesEnglish
Ascent BPO
📍 Noida, India
LanguagesEnglish
ASL BPO
📍 Dhaka, Bangladesh
LanguagesEnglish
Attorney Drafting Services
📍 Roseville, United States
LanguagesEnglish
B2B Appointment Setting, LLC
📍 Phoenix, United States
LanguagesEnglish
BL
B2B Lead Generation & Sales Appointments
📍 US
LanguagesEnglish
Back Office Support for Healthcare
📍 Los Angeles, United States
LanguagesEnglish
BackofficePro
📍 Bengaluru, India
HIPAA
Size250-3500
LanguagesEnglish
Beepo
📍 Australia, Australia
LanguagesEnglish
Best Data Entry Services Companies
LanguagesEnglish
BH
Best Healthcare Outsourcing
LanguagesEnglish
BPO Centers
📍 Mexico City, Mexico
LanguagesEnglish · Spanish
BPO Data Entry Help
📍 United States
ISO 9001HIPAASOC 2
LanguagesEnglish
BS
BPO Services
📍 India
LanguagesEnglish
Brokers' BackOffice
📍 Sydney, Australia
ISO 9001
Size51-200
LanguagesEnglish
BruntWork
📍 Australia
Size1000+
LanguagesEnglish
Bulk Photo Editing Services (Bulk Retouch)
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
BP
Business Process Outsourcing & Management Services
LanguagesEnglish
CAD Drafter
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
CAD Drafting Services
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
CAD Services India
📍 Ahmedabad, India
ISO 9001
LanguagesEnglish
CAD/CAM Services Inc.
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
Call2Customers
📍 India, India
ISO 27001ISO 9001
Size201-500
LanguagesEnglish
Canon Business Process Services
📍 New York, United States
LanguagesEnglish
CheaperTeam
📍 New York City, United States
LanguagesEnglish
Chudasama Outsourcing
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
Civil Drafting by InfraTech
LanguagesEnglish
Civil Outsourcing
📍 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Size51-200
LanguagesEnglish
Clipping Outsourcing
📍 Dhaka, Bangladesh
LanguagesEnglish
Clipping Path Outsource
LanguagesEnglish
Cold Call Advantage
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
Complete Legal Outsourcing
📍 Ghaziabad, India
LanguagesEnglish
Concentrix
📍 United States
Size1000+
LanguagesEnglish · Mandarin Chinese · Dutch
Conduent
📍 Florham Park, United States
Size50000+
LanguagesEnglish · French · German
Connect2BPO
📍 Barranquilla, Colombia
LanguagesEnglish · Spanish
Contact Center USA
📍 Los Angeles, United States
SOC 2HIPAAPCI DSS
Size500+
LanguagesEnglish · Spanish
Covenir
📍 Worcester, United States
LanguagesEnglish
CRI CFO Hub
📍 San Diego, United States
LanguagesEnglish
Damco Solutions
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
Data Entry India
📍 New Delhi, India
ISO 9001ISO 27001HIPAA
Size1000+
LanguagesEnglish
Data Entry India
📍 New Delhi, India
GDPR
LanguagesEnglish
Data Entry India
📍 India
LanguagesEnglish
Data Entry India
📍 Ahmedabad, India
ISO 9001
LanguagesEnglish
Data Entry India 24x7
📍 India
LanguagesEnglish
Data Entry India BPO
📍 India
LanguagesEnglish
Data Entry Philippines
📍 Philippines
HIPAAGDPR
LanguagesEnglish
Data Entry Solutions
📍 Mong Kok, Hong Kong
LanguagesEnglish · French · Italian
Data Entry Typing Test
LanguagesEnglish
DE
Data Entry, Web Research, Data Conversion Services
📍 India
ISO 9001
Size500-999
LanguagesEnglish
DataPlusValue
📍 India
ISO 9001
LanguagesEnglish
DataToBiz
📍 India
ISO 9001
Size51-200
LanguagesEnglish
Dawn IT Services
📍 India
Size1000+
LanguagesEnglish
Designing and Drafting Services
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
Drafting Buddies
📍 Austin, United States
LanguagesEnglish
Drafting Consultants
📍 San Francisco, United States
LanguagesEnglish
e-care India
📍 India
ISO 9001ISO 27001HIPAA
Size1000+
LanguagesEnglish
EO
Ecommerce Outsourcing Services Company
📍 India
LanguagesEnglish
EHR Medical Transcription Services
📍 Lakewood Ranch, United States
HIPAA
LanguagesEnglish
Eminenture
📍 London, United Kingdom
ISO 9001
LanguagesEnglish
ESO Engineering Services Outsourcing Pvt. Ltd
📍 NSW, Australia
LanguagesEnglish
Euphomech Drafting Services
📍 Navi Mumbai, India
LanguagesEnglish
Expert Mortgage Assistance
📍 United States
ISO 9001
Size500+
LanguagesEnglish
Expert Prepress Services (Alpha Prepress)
📍 Rajkot, India
LanguagesEnglish
ExpertCallers
📍 India
ISO 27001GDPR
Size1000+
Express Virtual Assistant Services
LanguagesEnglish
FacFox®
📍 Hangzhou, China
ISO 9001
LanguagesEnglish · Chinese
Fakenham Prepress Solutions
📍 Fakenham, United Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
Florida Drafting and Design Services
📍 Palm Harbor, United States
LanguagesEnglish
Forte Group
Size800+
LanguagesEnglish
Gallagher & Mohan
📍 United States
Size201-500
LanguagesEnglish
GetProspect
📍 Ukraine
GDPR
LanguagesEnglish
GigaBPO
📍 Dhaka, Bangladesh
LanguagesEnglish
Global BPO Service
📍 Casper, United States
LanguagesEnglish
GC
Global Call Centers
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
Global Services BPO
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
GP Outsourcing Solutions
📍 San Antonio, United States
Size500+
LanguagesEnglish · Spanish
GPG Call Center & BPO Solutions
📍 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
GDPR
Size201-500
LanguagesFrench · English · German
Helpware
📍 Irvine, United States
Size1000+
LanguagesEnglish
HB
Hitech BIM Services
📍 Ahmedabad, India
LanguagesEnglish
HL
Home Lead Gen
📍 Exeter, United Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
Hugo Inc.
📍 United States
ID
India Data Entry
📍 India
LanguagesEnglish
IndiaCADworks
📍 India
Size201-500
LanguagesEnglish
Influx
📍 Melbourne, Australia
Size501-1000
LanguagesEnglish · multilingual (12+ languages)
InputiX (formerly AskDataEntry)
📍 Kolkata, India
LanguagesEnglish
IB
Insurance BPO
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
IntouchCX
Invensis
📍 Bangalore, India
Size5000-9999
LanguagesEnglish
KDCI
📍 Philippines
LanguagesEnglish
KB
Knowledge Bank
📍 United Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
Magic
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
MultiplyMii
📍 Manila, Philippines
LanguagesEnglish
NexGen Data Entry
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
OO
Offshore Outsourcing Services in the Philippines
📍 Philippines
LanguagesEnglish
OURS Global
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
Outsource CAD Drafting (Chemionix)
📍 Mumbai, India
ISO 9001ISO 27001
Size125+
LanguagesEnglish
OW
Outsource Work
LanguagesEnglish · Ukrainian
Outsource2india
📍 India
ISO 9001
LanguagesEnglish
Outsourced Staff
📍 Australia
LanguagesEnglish
OutsourceRCM
📍 United States
ISO 27001HIPAA
LanguagesEnglish
Outsourcing Business Solutions (OBS)
📍 United States
Size1000+
LanguagesEnglish
Outsourcing CAD Drafting Services USA
📍 India
LanguagesEnglish
OW
Outsourcing with Offshore Talent
📍 Philippines
LanguagesEnglish
Qualfon
📍 United States
HIPAASOC 2
LanguagesEnglish
RB
RE BackOffice
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
RE
Real Estate Virtual Assistant Service
📍 Australia
LanguagesEnglish
Rely Services
📍 United States
HIPAA
LanguagesEnglish
ROI CX Solutions
📍 United States
PCI DSSHIPAAHITRUST
Size5000+
Selectsys
📍 United States
LanguagesEnglish
S
Solvo
📍 Chandler, United States
LanguagesEnglish
SO
Staff Outsourcing Solutions
Tech2Globe
📍 New York, United States
LanguagesEnglish
The B2B Telemarketing Company
📍 Exeter, United Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
Unity Communications
📍 Gilbert, United States
Size351-500
LanguagesEnglish
VirtualStaff.ph
📍 Philippines
LanguagesEnglish
Common pricing models
- Hourly rate model, most common for general data entry and ongoing annotation work; offshore teams in India and the Philippines typically range from $3 to $15 per hour (indicative 2025 to 2026), nearshore LATAM from $25 to $50 per hour, onshore US from $20 to $40 per hour; straightforward to budget but rewards hours not outcomes, so pair with accuracy SLAs and output-per-hour tracking
- Per-record or per-label pricing, used for clearly defined, repeatable tasks like product catalog entry, image labeling, or form extraction; rates depend heavily on complexity; simple text field entry may be fractions of a cent per record while complex image annotation with multiple attributes can run $0.05 to $0.50 or more per labeled asset (indicative); works well when task definition is airtight and quality is measurable per unit
- Dedicated FTE or seat-based model, buyer contracts one or more full-time agents dedicated to their work; typical for stable, ongoing data operations where process knowledge accumulates over time; offshore dedicated agents in India can run roughly $1,000 to $2,500 per month depending on skill level and complexity (indicative); provides consistency but carries minimums and less flexibility during volume dips
- Managed project or retainer model, vendor takes ownership of a defined scope (e.g., annotate 50,000 images per month to a specified quality standard) for a fixed monthly fee; works when scope is predictable and the vendor has strong project management depth; watch for scope creep clauses and make sure the SLA and quality standard are written into the contract, not just the volume commitment
What drives the cost
- Delivery geography (offshore vs nearshore vs onshore) — the single biggest driver.
- Seniority and specialisation of the team (agents vs analysts vs licensed professionals).
- Engagement model — per-hour, per-seat (dedicated FTE), per-transaction, or outcome-based.
- Volume and contract length — larger, longer commitments earn better rates.
- Compliance and security requirements (HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2) add overhead.
- Language coverage and hours (24/7 or multilingual support costs more).
Indicative hourly rates by country
Blended ranges in USD — indicative only; actual quotes depend on scope, seniority, volume, and compliance needs.
- India: $8–18/hr — Largest talent pool; lowest cost tier.
- Philippines: $8–16/hr — Strong voice/CX; neutral English accent.
- Egypt: $10–20/hr — Multilingual (Arabic/EN/FR); EMEA hours.
- South Africa: $12–22/hr — Native English; UK/EU timezone overlap.
- Colombia: $12–25/hr — Nearshore to US; Spanish + English.
- Mexico: $15–28/hr — US nearshore; strong timezone overlap.
- Poland: $20–40/hr — Eastern Europe; strong IT/KPO talent.
- United Kingdom: $35–70/hr — Onshore; premium/specialist work.
- Canada: $30–55/hr — Onshore North America.
- United States: $40–80/hr — Onshore; highest cost tier.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does data entry & annotation outsourcing cost?
- Indicative blended rates run from roughly $8 to $18 an hour offshore (for example India) up to $40 to $80 an hour onshore (United States). Where the work is delivered is the single biggest cost driver, followed by team seniority and volume.
- What pricing models are used for data entry & annotation outsourcing?
- The common models are per hour, per dedicated seat (a full-time agent or analyst), per transaction or item processed, and outcome-based pricing. Vendors usually quote one or two of these depending on how predictable your volume is.
- Which countries are cheapest for data entry & annotation outsourcing?
- India and Philippines sit in the lowest tier at roughly $8 to $16 an hour. Nearshore options such as Colombia and Mexico cost more but add US timezone overlap; onshore United States is the top of the range.
- What makes data entry & annotation outsourcing more or less expensive?
- Delivery geography (offshore vs nearshore vs onshore) — the single biggest driver. Seniority and specialisation of the team (agents vs analysts vs licensed professionals). Engagement model — per-hour, per-seat (dedicated FTE), per-transaction, or outcome-based.