AI data teams

Pay contributors anywhere.
Usage-based pricing that fits.

Toku handles contributor agreements, IP assignment, identity verification, and payouts for AI data teams. Onboard and pay labeling and annotation contributors across Eastern Europe, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, all through your own platform.

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Why AI data teams choose Toku

Built for the way your contributors work

CoR / AoR
Legal counterparty

Contract with individuals who don't have a registered business.

Usage-based
Pricing

No fees for inactive contributors on usage-based pricing.

API + MCP
Embedded

Manage contributors through our API and MCP connections.

Global
Coverage

Eastern Europe, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

The problem

Contributors work on different schedules. Your platform should support that.

Some contributors complete a few tasks each month. Others work every day and earn bonuses. Many don't have a registered business, and you need clear rights to the work they produce.

Toku brings contributor agreements, IP assignment, and payouts into your platform, with pricing that follows payment activity.

Contracts and compliance

Choose how you engage contributors

We support individuals without a registered business and help you understand the responsibilities of each arrangement.

Toku as the contracting counterparty

Toku can enter into contributor agreements as the legal contracting counterparty through a contractor of record arrangement.

Your company as principal

Toku can administer contractor management and payments while your company remains the principal. We will walk you through the liability trade-offs before you choose.

Before onboarding, we assess classification by country and role, including task pay and performance bonuses, and build the relevant protections into the agreements.

What AI data teams need

Clear IP rights. Simple onboarding. Pricing that fits.

IP assignment

IP rights you can trace

  • Agreements assign IP rights in contributor deliverables.
  • We review how those rights transfer under the requirements of each contributor's country.
  • We can review the IP terms with your legal team, including your rights to license and resell datasets and software.

Contributor onboarding

Onboarding that's easy to finish

  • Contributors verify their identity, sign agreements, and set up payouts in one digital flow.
  • Everything happens inside your product.
  • Fewer steps help contributors get ready to work and get paid.

Usage-based pricing

Pay only for active contributors

  • With usage-based pricing, contributors who do not work in a given month cost nothing.
  • Choose a commercial arrangement that fits your contributor network.
  • We work through pricing based on your countries, contributor counts, and expected payouts.

How it works

From signup to payout in three steps

You manage your contributor network. Toku handles agreements, verification, and payments.

01

Connect Toku to your platform

Use our API or MCP connections to bring Toku into your existing contributor experience.

02

Onboard contributors in your product

Contributors verify their identity and sign country-specific agreements without leaving your platform.

03

Fund your account and start paying

Choose a funding setup and payout methods that fit your team, including frequent small task payments and performance bonuses.

Built for engineers

Manage contributors through one API

Handle onboarding, identity verification, contractor status, agreements, payments, and payout tracking through the Toku API. MCP connections let your agents and tools work directly with Toku.

  • Onboarding and KYC
  • Contractor status
  • Country-specific agreements
  • Payment initiation
  • Payout tracking
  • MCP connections for your own agents and tools
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Countries and payouts

Pay contributors where they live, how they prefer

Support contributors across Eastern Europe, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, with payout options that work for them.

  • Ukraine
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Turkey
  • Bulgaria
  • Romania
  • Moldova
  • India
  • Pakistan
  • Southeast Asia

Local bank transfer

Send payments to the bank accounts contributors already use.

Card payouts

Offer debit card payouts where available.

Stablecoin

Give contributors the option to receive stablecoins.

Where Toku fits

Contributor agreements and payments in one place

Toku combines contracting, IP assignment, and payouts with usage-based pricing and an API that fits into your product.

 Payments-only providersEOR platformsToku
Contracting counterpartyNoEmployees onlyYes, through CoR or AoR
IP assignment in agreementsNoBuilt for employmentBuilt for deliverables
Inactive contributorsLow costCharged per seatNo cost on usage-based pricing
Embedded APIPayouts onlyLimitedFull lifecycle, plus MCP
Stablecoin payoutsRareRareYes

AI data teams FAQ

Yes. Toku supports CoR and AoR arrangements for individuals without a registered business. We can be the legal contracting counterparty or handle contractor management and payments with your company as principal. We'll explain the responsibilities and liability trade-offs of each option.
Our agreements assign IP rights in contributor deliverables. We review the chain of ownership to cover your rights to license and resell datasets and software, and can walk through the terms with your legal team.
With usage-based pricing, contributors who don't work in a given month cost nothing. We'll discuss the commercial arrangement that fits your network and expected payment volume.
Yes. We support frequent small task payments and performance bonuses. We'll work with you on payout methods, payment frequency, and the funding setup that fits your team.
We assess classification by country and role, including how task payments and performance bonuses are structured. We build the relevant protections into contributor agreements before onboarding.
Yes. Our headless product, API, and MCP connections support onboarding, identity verification, agreements, and payouts inside your platform.
Yes. Stablecoins are available alongside local bank transfers and card payouts.

See Toku in action

Growing your contributor network?

Bring your target countries, rough contributor counts, expected payments per contributor each month, and typical payment amounts. We'll work through the setup and pricing as your network grows.

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