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.
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Alan AI - $50-$250 per article.
Technical content, tutorials, building demo projects, and how-to guides that includes Alan AI platform.
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100ms - $200-$500 per article.
Technical content and tutorials related to the 100ms SDKs.
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Abstract API - $100 per article.
Technical content and tutorials related to the APIs in their catalogue.
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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.
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Adeva - $200+ per article
Technical guides, thought leadership content and resources for Engineering Managers.
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Agora - $250 per article
Technical content and tutorials for the Agora community.
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Airbyte - $600 per article, you also get paid $300 when your article reaches 1000 views in the first month.
Data engineering tutorials, tutorials that cover Airbyte use cases and features.
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Ambassador Labs - $300 per article
Technical tutorials, guides, opinions and case studies on Kubernetes and open source cloud native technologies.
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Appsmith - $200-$400 per piece
Internal tools, low code, open-source, databases, application performance, engineering best practices, JavaScript, and Appsmith.
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Arctype - $100+ per article
Technical guides, case studies, and thought leadership on SQL and Databases.
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Auth0 - Up to $450 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Baeldung - $40 - $150 (for articles; they accept also mini-articles and improvments (Java))
Baeldung is a technical site focused mainly on the Java ecosystem, but also Kotlin, Scala, Linux, and general Computer Science – with a reach of about 10M page views per month. We publish tutorials and how-to articles – with a very practical, code-focused, and to-the-point style.
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Bejamas - Waiting for details
Jamstack, serverless and modern web development. Pitch a topic or pick from a list of possible articles
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Bird Eats Bug - $100 - $300 (Tutorial)
Write technical content related to Bird Eats Bug or software development and we will compensate you between $100-$300 for each article of yours that gets publish, depending on the quality and scope of the article.
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CircleCI - Up to $300 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Code Tuts+ - $100 (Quick tip) $250 (Tutorial)
Technical focused articles. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Code Magic - Applications are currently closed.
Technical focused articles. Specific on Flutter.
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ContentLab.io - Up to $500 per piece
Articles on the Cloud, DevOps, Containers, AI/ML, Security, Web, and Gaming spaces.
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Couchbase - $200 per piece
Content area experts can submit tutorials and blog content.
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CSS Tricks - Around $250 per piece (depends on the length, research and audience)
Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.
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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.
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Deepsource - Around $150 per piece
Technical Content concerning code quality, code review and static analysis
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Dev Spotlight - Around $300-$500 per piece depending on length and content
Technical content production agency that works with many clients.
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Digital Ocean - Up to $400 per piece Applications currently on hold, please check back on the first of March 2022!
Technical tutorials with code. Not limited to Digital Ocean products.
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Dockship - $20
Machine Learning and Data Science. You need to be signed in to be able to create content.
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Doppler - $100 per article
Seeking deep-dive technical tutorials focussed on application security, secrets management, and developer tools.
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Draft.dev - Pays $315-$578 per piece
Technical content agency that works with many clients. Writers who are accepted will get an email every week and access to a writer portal with dozens of topics they can choose from.
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DZone - Waiting for details
Broad coverage of development topics, but with heavy Java content, working hard to push into new topics and channels.
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Egghead - Waiting for details
Intermediate to advanced articles covering topics on web development.
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Fauna - Up to $350 per piece Applications currently on hold
Content focused on technical education around serverless development and FaunaDB.
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Figment - Around $100 - $1000 per piece
Tutorials, guides, and documentation about Blockchain and Web3.
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GraphCMS - Up to $300 per piece
Technical tutorials or blogs with code about GraphCMS or GraphQL with Jamstack or tooling of your choice.
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Hasura - Up to $300 per piece
Technical tutorials with code about Hasura or GraphQL.
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Hit Subscribe - $100 per piece, $200 for 2x length and ghostwritten articles (Special articles).
Technical content production agency that works with many clients.
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Honeybadger - From $500 per piece
Ruby and Elixir tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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ImageKit - $300 per piece
Content focused on technical guide on ImageKit and Image Optimization.
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Linode - Up to $300 per piece
Technical tutorials with code on Linux or Linode.
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LoginRadius - Up to $200 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Not limited to LoginRadius products.
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LogRocket - Up to $350 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Write about anything frontend.
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Magic - Up to $300 per piece Link to Magic Website
Technical tutorials on how to use Magic
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Make Use Of - $120 per piece with performance benefits
Tutorials and features about consumer apps and software products.
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Get paid to write about your favourite machine learning topics!
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Neptune - Up to $500 per article.
Technical articles, how-to guides and tutorials on machine learning and data science.
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Okta - Paid through Toptal based on your hourly rate
Technical tutorials and demos using Okta's products.
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Okteto - $200 per article
Technical content and tutorials about Okteto, Kubernetes, and Cloud-Native Applications.
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OneSignal - Up to $350 per article
Technical content (blog post, videos) that align with OneSignal's content roadmap.
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Paperspace - $200-$300 per piece
Get paid to write articles about machine learning, data science, and more.
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PHP Architect - $175 per piece
Thought leadership and technical articles about PHP.
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Postmark - $200-$300 per piece
Applications are currently closed.
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QuickNode - $350 per piece
Get paid to write articles about cryptocurrencies and web3/blockchain.
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Rancher - $300 per piece
Writing about devops, Kubernetes, and Rancher.
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Real Python - Up to $300 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Sanity.io - Up to $250 per piece
Technical focused articles and how-to guides. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Section.io - $50 to $150 per article
Engineering education blog where Computer Science university students may contribute content for pay.
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SitePoint - $250 per article
Broad coverage of development, design and the business ideas behind them. The JavaScript and PHP channels have the best traffic.
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Smashing Magazine - $200 to $250 per article
Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.
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Soshace - $100 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.
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Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.
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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.
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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.
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Tech Beacon - $400 per piece
Broad coverage of development, DevOps, QA and security.
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TechWell - $200 per piece
A wide variety of technical and business content is considered.
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TestDriven.io - $300-$500 per guest post
Web development tutorials designed to teach critical skills needed to test, launch, scale, and optimize applications.
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Topcoder - $75 per piece
Tutorials, workshops and articles are accepted. Get paid to write about Competitive Programming, Data Science, Design, Development, QA and/or Gig Work.
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Tutorialspoint - Up to $500 per piece
In-depth tutorials on technical and business topics.
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Twilio - Up to $500 per piece
Technical tutorials with code. Doesn't necessarily have to use Twilio.
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TypingDNA - Up to $500 per piece
Technical articles/tutorials related to TypingDNA.
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Vonage - $500 per piece
Technical tutorials and general pieces on programming
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Vultr - Up to $600 per piece
most topic take a look on Vultr document
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Warrant - $100 per piece
Technical content focused on authorization.
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Webapp.io - $150+ per piece
Technical content focused on WebApp projects, Docker, Node and Ruby.
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WPHUB - $200 per piece
Wordpress tutorials and articles.
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