Prolific Reviews in July 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

I like this website

The interface/ dashboard is simplified which is very nice and the website is actually being quite good. The support is pretty well organized I feel like. Also I like the experience of navigating on the "submissions" tab.

Since I started doing surveys on…

Since I started doing surveys on Prolific, I have really enjoyed doing these different surveys.

Great experience on Prolific

My experience with Prolific has been very professional and their website is easy to use and organized. Account setup and PayPal setup was very easy. The studies and surveys are also very interesting and the researchers using Prolific seem very credible and trustworthy. Overall experience has been very positive.

Easy payout but very few surveys

Date of experience: September 21, 2024

Account on hold

Like many other reviews I’ve seen on here this too has happened to me. I had a submission of over 77 surveys and then randomly overnight my account was put on hold for no reason whatsoever! I woke up the next day with a “Sorry but you’re unable to take anymore surveys at this time as your account has been placed on hold.” I never did anything wrong to be placed on hold. Everything of mine was verified even my identification. There was several rejections from the researchers “not my end.” ...

They are fair with surveys

They are fair with surveys. You are rarely screened out. They nearly always approve surveys and always credit you quickly. They pay within minutes after cashing out

The surveys are very engaging

The surveys are very engaging and the pay is great! Very happy!

Well designed website

Well designed website, easy to use

excellent studies

excellent studies instructions were clear compensation was fair and would definitely participate in future studies

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