/CommunityWriterPrograms

A list of Developer Community Writer Programs

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Paid Community Writer Programs

Paid writer programs usually have just enough of an incentive for people to get started creating developer content, besides the extra income it is an amazing opportunity for people to build a career out of it. For non-technical sites, have a look at http://whopayswriters.com.

A list of companies that have paid Developer Community Writer Programs.

  • Adam the Automator - $100+ per article

    Technical tutorials on IT ops, cloud and DevOps topics. You can pick from a list of topics or pitch your own. Run by Microsoft MVP and built to help geeks write better and begin blogging.

  • Agora - $250 per article

    Technical content and tutorials for the Agora community.

  • Arctype - $100+ per article

    Technical guides, case studies, and thought leadership on SQL and Databases.

  • Auth0 - Up to $300 per piece

    Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.

  • CircleCI - Up to $300 per piece

    Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.

  • Clubhouse.io - Up to $600 per piece

    Technical tutorials and how-to guides. Pick from a list of possible articles.

  • Code Tuts+ - $100 (Quick tip) $250 (Tutorial)

    Technical focused articles. Pick from a list of possible articles.

  • Code Magic - Applications are currently closed.

    Technical focused articles. Specific on Flutter.

  • ContentLab.io - Up to $500 per piece

    Articles on the Cloud, DevOps, Containers, AI/ML, Security, Web, and Gaming spaces.

  • Couchbase - $200 per piece

    Content area experts can submit tutorials and blog content.

  • CSS Tricks - Around $250 per piece (depends on the length, research and audience)

    Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.

  • Cube Dev — Up to $300 per piece

    Technical tutotials and blog posts with code on Cube.js, building analytical apps, data visualization, and data engineering. Pick from a list of possible articles or suggest your own.

  • Deepsource - Around $150 per piece

    Technical Content concerning code quality, code review and static analysis

  • Dev Spotlight - Around $300-$500 per piece depending on length and content

    Technical content production agency that works with many clients.

  • Digital Ocean - Up to $400 per piece Applications currently on hold

    Technical tutorials with code. Not limited to Digital Ocean products.

  • Dockship - $20

    Machine Learning and Data Science. You need to be signed in to be able to create content.

  • Draft.dev - Pays $300-$500 per piece

    Technical content agency that works with many clients. Writers who are accepted will get an email every 1-2 weeks with topics they can choose from.

  • DZone - Waiting for details

    Broad coverage of development topics, but with heavy Java content, working hard to push into new topics and channels.

  • Egghead - Waiting for details

    Intermediate to advanced articles covering topics on web development.

  • FaunaDB - $200-$500 per piece

    Content focused on technical education around serverless development and FaunaDB.

  • Hasura - Up to $300 per piece

    Technical tutorials with code about Hasura or GraphQL.

  • Hit Subscribe - $100 per piece, $200 for 2x length and ghostwritten articles (Special articles).

    Technical content production agency that works with many clients.

  • Honeybadger - From $500 per piece

    Ruby and Elixir tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.

  • ImageKit - $300 per piece

    Content focused on technical guide on ImageKit and Image Optimization.

  • Linode - Up to $300 per piece

    Technical tutorials with code on Linux or Linode.

  • LoginRadius - Up to $200 per piece

    Technical tutorials with code. Not limited to LoginRadius products.

  • LogRocket - Up to $350 per piece

    Technical tutorials with code. Write about anything frontend.

  • Make Use Of - $120 per piece with performance benefits

    Tutorials and features about consumer apps and software products.

  • Mixster

  • Nanonet

    Get paid to write about your favourite machine learning topics!

  • Neptune - Up to $500 per article.

    Technical articles, how-to guides and tutorials on machine learning and data science.

  • Okta - Paid through Toptal based on your hourly rate

    Technical tutorials and demos using Okta's products.

  • Paperspace - $200-$300 per piece

    Get paid to write articles about machine learning, data science, and more.

  • PHP Architect - $175 per piece

    Thought leadership and technical articles about PHP.

  • Postmark - $200-$300 per piece

    Applications are currently closed.

  • Rancher - $300 per piece

    Writing about devops, Kubernetes, and Rancher.

  • Real Python - Up to $300 per piece

    Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.

  • Sanity.io - Up to $250 per piece

    Technical focused articles and how-to guides. Pick from a list of possible articles.

  • Section.io - $50 to $150 per article

    Engineering education blog where Computer Science university students may contribute content for pay.

  • SitePoint - $250 per article

    Broad coverage of development, design and the business ideas behind them. The JavaScript and PHP channels have the best traffic.

  • Smashing Magazine - $200 to $250 per article

    Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.

  • Software Engineering Daily

  • Soshace - $100 per piece

    Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.

  • StackOverflow

    Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.

  • Strapi - Up to $200 per piece

    Articles or tutorials with code covering use-cases, solutions and projects built with Strapi that include Vue, Open Source, JavaScript, GraphQL, Jamstack, React. Pick from a list of possible articles or pitch your own.

  • TakeShape - Up to $300 per piece

    Web dev tutorials with code. General frontend topics including, React, JavaScript, GraphQL, Jamstack. Pick from a list of possible articles or pitch your own.

  • Tech Beacon - $400 per piece

    Broad coverage of development, DevOps, QA and security.

  • TechWell - $200 per piece

    A wide variety of technical and business content is considered.

  • TestDriven.io - $300-$500 per guest post

    Web development tutorials designed to teach critical skills needed to test, launch, scale, and optimize applications.

  • Tutorialspoint - Up to $500 per piece

    In-depth tutorials on technical and business topics.

  • Twilio - Up to $500 per piece

    Technical tutorials with code. Doesn't necessarily have to use Twilio.

  • TypingDNA - Up to $500 per piece

    Technical articles/tutorials related to TypingDNA.

  • Vonage - $500 per piece

    Technical tutorials and general pieces on programming

  • Vultr - Up to $300 per piece

    most topic take a look on Vultr document

  • WPHUB - $200 per piece

    Wordpress tutorials and articles.

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