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Updated November 2026

micro1 alternatives: other buyers of company records

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Nyne, Mercor, Polyshares, SuperAnnotate and Replay also say they pay businesses for their records, and Pewter introduces firms to a licensing partner that does. You might look past micro1 if you have fewer than 30 full-time staff, if you do not want a perpetual license that cannot be revoked, or if you want money sooner than its review period allows.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

What you are comparing

What micro1 offers an owner

micro1 wants established companies with 30+ full-time staff, US first, with mostly English data, and prints tiers of $100K-500K, $500K-2M and $2M+. It has committed $1B over 12 months to buying company data, which it says is financed with capital from Citi and Hercules Capital. Its license is nonexclusive and can be passed on, and its terms say data is deleted within 120 days of final delivery while trained models stay.8,11,12,13,9

Under 30 people

If you have fewer than 30 full-time staff

Nyne takes 20+ US W-2 employees with 3+ years in business, and Pewter takes US firms with 20+ full-time staff now or at their peak, which helps if you have shrunk. Replay's referral page asks for 20+ full-time staff, while its valuation form accepts 1 to 9 people, so ask which rule applies to you.14,15,16

Smaller still, Mode takes legal firms from 6 people and accounting, finance and medical firms from 10, though it wants 30+ from everyone else. Grepped states no headcount minimum, SuperAnnotate says any size, and Ooak Data shows a 15+ person fleet logistics dataset among its samples, though its estimator gives no number under 20 people.17,18,19,20,21

Not forever

If you do not want a perpetual license

SuperAnnotate says you are licensing rights for a set period, not selling the data, and that data is deleted after an agreed period. Endless says retention is limited to the agreed term and the data is deleted at the end of it, on a non-exclusive license, for companies of roughly 30+ people. Appen describes a defined license for a defined use, with retention and deletion agreed in writing before extraction.22,23,24,25,26,27

Labelbox Prism offers a way out too, but its pages differ: the FAQ describes a kill clause forcing deletion within 30 days on set triggers, and the how-it-works page says 90-day notice. It also says models already trained cannot be unlearned, and that limit is worth raising with any buyer. Replay is no fix for this one, since the sample license on its site shows a perpetual term.28,29,30

Money sooner

If micro1's payment clock feels slow

micro1's site says it has 30 days to review your data, then asks for an invoice and pays within 30 days of invoicing, and its license terms say 30 business days to reject. Mercor puts its wire at delivery of the cleaned data to the buyer, which it says typically falls 2-4 weeks after signing, and Labelbox Prism advertises under 21 days from first call to first wire. The clocks start at different points, so ask each buyer for days from signature to money in your account.10,31,32,33

Paid again

If you would rather be paid on every sale

micro1's site describes paying in full, while a few others keep paying as your data sells. Replay typically pays upfront cash plus a perpetual revenue share, Labelbox Prism pays an upfront fee at signing plus a share on later use, and Troveo says it pays on every sale. None of them publishes the share rate, so get the percentage in writing before you weigh it against a larger single check.10,34,35,36,37

Outside the US

If your company is not in the US

micro1 puts US companies first. Collinear takes English-language data from companies in the US, Canada, the UK and EU, Australia or New Zealand, and SuperAnnotate says anywhere. Appen and The General Data Company state no region floor, and Ventra's partner terms list the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, with work done in English, in the industries it accepts.11,38,19,39,40,41,42,43

Next step

Choosing between micro1 and the others

If you have 30+ staff and a perpetual license is fine, compare micro1 side by side with one other buyer before you sign. If not, the quiz matches you with the buyers we work with that take your size and records, and the seller ranking and our reviews cover each company here, partner or not. micro1, Pewter, Mode, Grepped, Polyshares and Ventra pay us a referral fee. Our scores and reviews don't change for it.

FAQ

Questions, answered with sources

  • Mercor, Polyshares, Nyne, SuperAnnotate and Replay all say they pay businesses for records such as process documents, chat, email and CRM history. Pewter introduces firms to a licensing partner that pays for them.4,5,44,6,7,3

  • Nyne and Pewter start at 20 staff, and Mode starts at 6 for legal firms and 10 for accounting, finance and medical firms. Grepped and Mercor state no minimum, and SuperAnnotate says any size.14,15,17,18,19,45

  • SuperAnnotate and Endless both describe a set term with deletion at the end, and Polyshares describes a defined term. Polyshares' track record page also calls its deals perpetual, so check that wording in your own draft.22,24,46,47

  • Mercor says typically 2-4 weeks after signing, and Labelbox Prism advertises under 21 days from first call to first wire. micro1's site allows 30 days to review, then 30 days from your invoice, and these clocks start at different points.32,33,10

  • Mode says company data could be worth $100K-$5M and calls its calculator indicative, and Mercor's LinkedIn ads say up to $10M per enterprise. micro1's top tier is $2M+, and a headline range tells you little until a buyer has looked at your records.48,49,8

  • micro1 shows 4.7 from 10,846 reviews and Mercor 2.5 from 5. Each page covers the whole company, not only its data deals, so neither tells you much about how sellers are treated.50,51

  • 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

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

  • Is the license perpetual, and can either side end it before the data is delivered?
  • Who else can you pass our records to, and do we hear about it?
  • Do customer, supplier or platform contracts, NDAs or API terms restrict this?

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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