Last year, a comparative analysis of some crowdsourcing platforms was conducted. Looking back today, some platforms have unfortunately ceased their services. But at the same time, some new platforms have also been added to provide services. The so-called cross-currents show the true character of heroes, and the great waves wash away the sand to see the lofty aspirations. In this best era of the Internet and the worst era, everyone is a screw to promote innovation and development, and the deepening of the sharing economy allows all developers to be free. The work has become a reality, and we have sorted out the currently active technology crowdsourcing platforms as follows:
At present, the standard configuration of technology crowdsourcing platforms is:
1) Fee escrow to provide protection for both supply and demand
2) Dispute negotiation, try to reduce losses for both parties. The specific gameplay of the crowdsourcing platform for so many programmers is different:
1) The platform picks up the project, and then crowdsources it to developers:
Platform quotations, matching and recommending developers, and project management services:
Programmer Inn, Code Market, Open Source China, and other platforms provide this method.
This method is suitable for enterprises that have a complete project to be developed and do not have a professional team.
Its key points are:
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Whether the platform can choose the right developers
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The platform has the correct project management process to ensure that the project is completed on time and with quality
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When the crowdsourced developers have to quit temporarily, whether the platform can be replaced in time to ensure the normal progress of the project.
Benefits: Save the energy of the enterprise side, only focus on the requirements, and don't need to spend energy on technologies, quotations, and risk management that you don't understand. Note: The service quality and capabilities of the platform are very important. Whether the platform can provide truly suitable developers, whether there are enough developers to be candidates at any time, whether there is project management experience and tools, and industry precipitation determine whether the project is Can be finished in high quality.
In the middle, the difference for programmers is the way of receiving orders:
1 - Order dispatch mode: Programmer Inn adopts the mode that the platform dispatches orders according to the recommendation algorithm. Signed developers only need to wait for the order to be received. They don’t need to spend energy to find a suitable project and then sign up, wait for the result, and waste time.
2 - Registration mode: Other platforms adopt the registration mode. After registration, there is usually one week to wait for the screening. If the screening is passed, you will be notified and you can start the official task.
2) Competition bounty: The platform or enterprise provides bounties, and the winning developer gets the bounty. Open Source China provides this method. The way of the dark cloud is similar to this.
This method is generally suitable for difficult breakthroughs. Last year, NASA also launched a similar project with freelancer. Foreign topcoder and bugcrowd are similar to this method.
Benefit: Small workload and difficult tasks are suitable for this method.
Note: Tasks that are not suitable for longer working hours. Because developers will face a large opportunity cost and spend a lot of time but may not get anything, so they do not participate in the first place.
3) Short-term employment: the platform provides information, and the enterprise can freely contact the developer
Programmer Inn, Realization, and Open Source China all provide such services.
This method is suitable for temporary shortage of manpower, or long-term part-time demand for low workload.
It is required that the enterprise itself has a technical team, which clearly understands what it needs and can evaluate the workload and delivery. Or, if you need to find someone for consultation, you can also use this method.
4) Bidding: After the enterprise releases the demand, the developer will bid, or bid under a given budget.
This method is suitable for enterprises that are more professional and can distinguish all kinds of excellent bidding schemes. Otherwise, it will be based on price theory, which will lead to high-quality developers unwilling to bid; the developers selected by the enterprise can not complete the development well, and the enterprise will pay the price. It brings a bad experience, which leads to the reluctance to crowdsource in this way in the future.
In fact, most enterprises are not professional enough to distinguish the pros and cons of different solutions, and price often becomes the most critical factor. Therefore, the above-mentioned vicious circle occurs.
That's why we were reluctant to use bidding from the very beginning. We firmly believe that quality and time come first, and on this basis, we provide very competitive service prices to satisfy both parties.