Updated November 2026
Replay alternatives: other buyers for your company's history
micro1, Mercor, Mode, Nyne, Troveo and Labelbox Prism also say they pay businesses for their history, as Replay does. You might look elsewhere if you want to avoid an upfront fee plus a revenue share with no published rate, if you do not want a perpetual license, or if the different company names on Replay's documents give you pause.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
What you are comparing
What Replay offers an owner
Replay prints what companies of your size get paid: $10K-$100K for 20-50 employees, $100K-$1M for 50-250, and $1,000,000+ for 250+, and says age, industry, apps and volume also count. It says it typically pays upfront cash plus a perpetual revenue share, does the export itself, and needs 120 minutes of your time. Few buyers publish that much by company size, so in our view the bands alone may be a reason to stay.11,8,12
One check
If you want one payment and no revenue share
Mode buys an agreed copy of your records directly, with the amount and schedule set in the written agreement, so ask whether that means one sum. Its launch release expects payment within about 60 days, while its site FAQ puts first conversation through payment at about three months. micro1 says it pays in full within 30 days of acceptance. Mercor pays by wire on delivery to the buyer, which it says typically takes 2-4 weeks from signing, but its data page shows no price and does not say whether a deal repeats.13,14,15,16,17
The share rate
If you want a revenue share with a known rate
Replay does not publish its share rate, and neither does anyone else we review that pays this way. Troveo pays a revenue share at an unpublished rate, Labelbox Prism pays an upfront fee at signing plus a share at an unpublished rate, and SuperAnnotate pays on delivery and on each relicense without stating the share. Moving to one of them does not fix this gap, so ask for the percentage, what it is a percentage of, and how you can check the sales behind it.8,18,19,20
Not forever
If a perpetual license is the sticking point
The sample license on Replay's AI buyers page shows a perpetual term, and Replay tells those buyers it holds the full rights and titles to license onward, even as it tells sellers this is a license, not a sale. SuperAnnotate says you license rights for a set period. Endless says the data is deleted at the end of an agreed term, on a non-exclusive license for companies of roughly 30+ people. Ooak Data says it keeps the cleaned dataset for the license term, though its page does not give a length.9,21,22,23,24,25,26,27
20 to 50 people
If Replay's band for your size looks low
Replay's $10K-$100K band for 20-50 employees sits below the $100K starting figures others advertise, but those figures are not offers for a company your size. Ooak Data says its deals run from $20K, the smallest it has closed, to several hundred thousand dollars, which in our view is a useful reality check. Pewter's published examples are larger firms, with a 60-person accounting firm at $350,000, as reported by its licensing partner. It calls those other firms' deals, not its own, and says many firms are offered less and some get no offer.11,28,29,30,31,32,33
At 20-29 staff, Nyne wants 20+ US W-2 employees and 3+ years, and Pewter takes 20+ full-time staff now or at your peak. Grepped, Mercor, Appen and Centific state no minimum and SuperAnnotate says any size, which is not a yes. Legal firms from 6 people and accounting, finance and medical firms from 10 can also try Mode.34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41
Who you are signing with
If you want one clear company behind the deal
Replay's terms name Replay Data, LLC, its privacy policy names Replay Data, Inc., and the footer on both names Sunsets HQ Corp., and replay.ai itself names no founder. Sunset looks like part of the same group and not a separate choice, since Replay's Founder and CEO letter says "I started one called Sunset". Ask which company signs your agreement.10,42,43,44
For comparison, Nyne.ai Corp. gives a San Francisco address and says it is registered as a data broker in three states, though its site footer reads Nyne AI Inc., Grepped AI, Inc. gives a Delaware entity and a San Francisco address, and Collinear AI, Inc. names its founders and investors on its own site.45,46,47,48
Next step
Weighing Replay against one alternative
Get a written number from Replay and one other buyer, then compare the cash you get at signing and what the license lets them do. The quiz introduces you to the buyers we work with that take your size, and the seller ranking and our reviews cover each one here, whether it pays us or not. On this page micro1, Mode, Pewter and Grepped 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
- Which legal entity signs with us, and which one holds our records?
- What does a perpetual revenue share cover, and how can we audit it?
- Who owns this data: the company, an estate, or someone else?
- 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?