Updated November 2026
micro1 alternatives: other buyers of company records
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
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
- 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?