Real freelance software tasks from Upwork used as the SWE-Lancer eval set
$50 bug fixes to $32,000 feature implementations; $1 million total across 1,400+ tasks per task (original freelance payout)
Dated 17 Feb 2025Source checked 11 Oct 2026Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: stated
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“ranging from $50 bug fixes to $32,000 feature implementations”
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- $300 per taskDatasets, tasks and environments, paid to the people who make it, per task
- 9.5xHow much more buyers pay than makers are paid for datasets, tasks and environments, per task
- 36Prices per task behind every valuation of a task set
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