Salad

Salad rewards eligible users for making idle PC resources available for workloads such as container jobs and, where available, bandwidth sharing; other optional workload types may also be offered.

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Category: Idle compute and bandwidth sharing
Operator: Salad Technologies, Inc.
Outbound route: Open controlled provider link

Supported platforms

Windows 10
Windows 11

Payout paths

Salad storefront rewards, including region-dependent PayPal and gift-card options

Earning characteristics

Earnings depend on hardware capability, job availability, bandwidth demand, enabled workload types and time available to the network; provider estimates and workload availability are not guaranteed.

Resource-use notes

Bandwidth: Bandwidth sharing is available only in eligible regions and depends on network demand and connection requirements.
CPU: Enabled workloads can use idle compute resources; actual use varies by workload and hardware.

Restrictions and risk notes

Salad's Chef terms require users to be at least 18 years old.
The current Salad desktop app requires Windows 10 or Windows 11.
Reward availability varies by region.
Workload availability and earnings can vary significantly over time.
Compute workloads can increase device resource use and electricity consumption.

Sources checked

Last checked: 2026-09-22