The Best Jobs Like Amazon Flex

Amazon Flex offers flexible hours, minimal customer interaction, and plenty of time alone in your vehicle for music or podcasts.

Similar gig work, from food delivery to rideshare driving, ranks among the best types of flexible jobs available. Here are the best delivery driver apps to work for, ranked.

Drive for Walmart Spark ($15.00-$25.00/Hour)

• Apply online to join Walmart Spark

Walmart Spark is the closest job to Amazon Flex. Drivers head to a Walmart store at the start of their shift instead of an Amazon fulfillment center.

The schedule, average earnings, and day-to-day responsibilities are nearly identical to Amazon Flex.

Walmart Spark doesn't hire at the same pace Amazon does, but it remains a popular option. Anyone with a valid driving license has a realistic shot at finding work.

Drivers need to be 18 years or older, carry car insurance, and pass a background check to apply.

Drive for Uber ($15.00-$30.00/Hour)

• Sign up to be a driver for Uber

Driving for Uber turns a familiar app into a flexible job with a setup similar to Amazon Flex.

Drivers set their own schedule and choose which rides to accept, which gives them autonomy over their workday.

Most riders sit quietly with headphones in, though difficult passengers do come up occasionally.

Signing up to drive for Uber takes more steps than the other jobs on this list.

Drivers need commercial insurance, and some areas require an additional license depending on local regulations. New York drivers, for example, need a separate license from the Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Deliver With Roadie ($15.00-$25.00/Hour)

• Apply online to join Roadie

Roadie is a gig work app for same-day delivery, largely used by small independent shops that want to offer an Amazon-style experience.

It shares Amazon Flex's autonomy and flexibility, but finding work is less consistent and can lead to wasted time.

Drivers bid on each delivery job as it appears, rather than receiving a batch of assigned jobs each morning.

New drivers should expect to lose most early bids, especially on the well-paying jobs, before securing steady work.

Roadie isn't the strongest option on this list, but it remains a reasonable employer for drivers willing to compete for jobs.

Deliver With DoorDash ($10.00-$25.00/Hour)

• Become a Dasher for DoorDash

DoorDash involves more waiting in restaurants than Amazon Flex, but the job is similar in most other respects.

Dashers work alone and choose their own hours and schedule.

The work is less consistent, and the best pay often comes during unsociable hours.

DoorDash's key advantage is tipping. Drivers in generous areas can see tips make up a significant portion of their wages.

Shop and Deliver With Shipt ($15.00-$25.00/Hour)

• Apply online to join Shipt

Shipt shoppers drive to customers and deliver goods during the day, similar to Amazon Flex.

The difference is that shoppers visit multiple stores themselves to pick up every item, rather than collecting a batch of pre-packed orders from one fulfillment center.

A single shift might mean a tent from Target, dog food from PetSmart, and medication from CVS.

Dense metro areas with stores close together make this manageable, but suburban and rural shoppers face more driving between stops.

Shop for Instacart ($10.00-$20.00/Hour)

• Sign up to Instacart

Instacart works much like Shipt. Shoppers buy what the customer wants in store and deliver it themselves, though Instacart focuses on groceries while Shipt covers a broader range of stores.

Instacart ranks last on this list because earnings potential runs lower, work demand is inconsistent, and grocery shopping for someone else can be frustrating.

It still offers the same flexibility and autonomy as the other jobs on this list, just with a few more tradeoffs attached.

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