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Updated November 2026

micro1 vs SuperAnnotate: which should license your company's data?

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The biggest difference is how long the rights last. micro1's license is perpetual, and SuperAnnotate says you are licensing rights for a set period. Both start around $100K by their own numbers, micro1 going to $2M+ and SuperAnnotate to $1M+, but micro1 asks for 30+ employees while SuperAnnotate says any size.1,2,3,4,5,6

Match my companyWhat is it worth?

Side by side

micro1 and SuperAnnotate, row by row

micro1

9.7/10

#1 in our seller ranking

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SuperAnnotate

7.8/10

#4 in our seller ranking

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Most cells are what each company says about itself. The numbers link to the sources.

micro1 compared with SuperAnnotate
Topicmicro1SuperAnnotate
What it takesSOPs, playbooks, knowledge bases, internal comms, CRM and task histories7Everyday messages, runbooks, tickets and approvals, inspection reports, claims files, pricing histories and screen recordings of tasks8
Who qualifies30+ employees, US first, mostly English data5"Any size, any industry, anywhere", with records built up over time6
Stated price$100K-$2M+ per deal3Indicative $100K-$1M+4
How long the license runsPerpetual and irrevocable; data deleted within 120 days of final delivery, trained models stay1A set period, then deleted2,9
Say over who gets itmicro1 can pass the license on to others, but may not reveal your identity without written consent1You approve each buyer and can block competitors permanently10
When you get paidInvoice after acceptance; 30 business days after delivery for it to reject the data11On delivery and on each relicense; the relicense share is not published12
Security statedIsolated pipelines and sample review13Lists SOC 2 Type II and ISO 2700114
Trustpilot4.7 from 10,846 reviews, covering the whole company152.9 from 33 reviews, covering the whole company16

The real gap

For good, or for a set period with a payment on each relicense

micro1 has told a court it completed more than 50 data transactions in 45 days, without naming sellers or prices, and it has publicly committed $1B to buying company data, so in our view it has the more visible buying activity today. Its license never ends, though its copy of the data is deleted within 120 days of final delivery and models already trained stay.17,18,1

SuperAnnotate describes a different deal. The rights run for a set period, the data is kept for an agreed time and then deleted, and you get paid on delivery and again each time it is relicensed. But it names no seller or finished deal and publishes neither its share of a relicense nor a timeline, so you are weighing a stated deal count against a stated structure. In our view the second payment only counts once the relicense share is in writing.2,9,12,19

Choosing

Which fits which company

Under 30 employees, you sit below micro1's stated floor and SuperAnnotate is the one of these two still open, though "any size" sits oddly beside a range starting at $100K, so ask early whether your company can reach it. At 30 or more with mostly English records, both are open and you should ask both.5,6,4

If a competitor seeing even a stripped version of your records would worry you, SuperAnnotate's approval of each buyer is the stronger promise. Trustpilot will not settle this. Both scores cover the whole company, and the SuperAnnotate reviews we sampled came from contract workers and tool users, not businesses that licensed data.10,16,15,20

FAQ

Questions, answered with sources

  • Yes, by its own description. It lists everyday messages, process docs, tickets, domain records and screen recordings among what it licenses, and it was founded in 2018.8,21

  • Both start near $100K by their own numbers. micro1 says up to $2M+ and SuperAnnotate says $1M+ on an indicative range, priced on rarity, depth and exclusivity. SuperAnnotate also pays on each relicense, at a share it does not publish.3,4,12

  • SuperAnnotate says you approve each buyer and can block competitors permanently. micro1's terms let it sublicense, so ask how it handles a named competitor before you sign.10,1

  • SuperAnnotate says it is kept for an agreed period and then deleted, with deletion honored on request, and its page does not address models already trained. micro1's terms say it deletes data within 120 days of final delivery and that trained models are not deleted.9,1

  • Probably not at micro1, which asks for 30+. SuperAnnotate says any size, so you can ask, but check early whether a company your size can reach its $100K starting point.5,6,4

  • Every business is different, so this one is best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over it with you before anything is signed.

Before you sign

Questions to talk through with your buyer

Every business is different, so these are best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over them with you before anything is signed.

Questions for this kind of business

  • If we sell the company later, how would a perpetual or fixed-term data license show up in that deal?
  • How does a license affect a sale of the business: reps and warranties, change of control, earnouts, exclusivity?

Questions for any buyer

  • Is the license exclusive, and for how long?
  • Can you sublicense the data, and to whom?
  • Which AI labs will receive it, and will you tell us?
  • How long do you keep it, and how is it deleted?
  • What is your liability cap, and who indemnifies whom?
  • Will the contract ban re-identification of people in the data?
  • Who removes personal data, by what method, and do we approve it first?

How this page was made

Figures come from the published sources listed below, and what a buyer says about itself is its own claim. Anything marked as our estimate is ours, not a buyer quote. Drafted with AI help from our research, then checked against each source. Updated October 2026.

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Sources (21)

  1. 1.micro1 Data License Master Terms, published 7 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  2. 2.SuperAnnotate data partnerships page. Accessed 30 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  3. 3.micro1 company referral page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  4. 4.SuperAnnotate data partnerships page. Accessed 30 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  5. 5.micro1 company referral page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  6. 6.SuperAnnotate data partnerships page. Accessed 30 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  7. 7.micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  8. 8.SuperAnnotate data partnerships page. Accessed 30 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  9. 9.SuperAnnotate data partnerships page. Accessed 30 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  10. 10.SuperAnnotate data partnerships page. Accessed 30 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  11. 11.micro1 Data License Master Terms, published 7 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  12. 12.SuperAnnotate data partnerships page. Accessed 30 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  13. 13.micro1 data partnerships page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  14. 14.SuperAnnotate trust center. Accessed 30 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  15. 15.Trustpilot. Accessed 15 Oct 2026.
  16. 16.Trustpilot. Accessed 30 Oct 2026.
  17. 17.Fortune, published 14 Sep 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  18. 18.The Next Web, published 9 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  19. 19.SuperAnnotate data partnerships page. Accessed 30 Oct 2026.
  20. 20.Trustpilot. Accessed 30 Oct 2026.
  21. 21.SuperAnnotate company page. Accessed 30 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.