LicenseTheData.comA field guide to business-data licensing

Your business data.
A licensing decision.

Compare where to sell or license the workflows, documents and system records your company already owns.

Business records—not AI jobs or personal-data sales.

An illustrated business-records folio with workflow sheets, system records and a rights-review overlay. Original editorial artwork, not customer data.
Illustrative preparation path—not a buyer workflow.
How to read provisional qualification

Provisional published size/history criteria only, not guaranteed qualification. Handshake counts full-time employees; micro1 publishes employees without that qualifier. Other documentation, language, rights and demand requirements still apply. Unspecified inputs are not assessed; unpublished criteria are neither acceptance nor rejection. Replay’s advertised bands are not a hard minimum.

micro1 ↗

Direct licensing

Company eligibility30+ employees; established documentation; English documents and representatives.

Published compensation — not an offer$100k+, $500k+, $1M+ advertised partnership tiers. USD context; period unspecified; individually evaluated, not guaranteed.

Mercor ↗

Direct licensing

Company eligibilityNot published / not established

Published compensation — not an offerIndividually quoted; no public dollar rate card.

Troveo ↗

Managed intermediary

Company eligibilityNot published / not established

Published compensation — not an offerTypical full-company deals start at six figures, according to FAQ; share of every sale, including subsequent products. Percentage not verified.

Handshake AI ↗

Direct licensing

Company eligibility20+ full-time employees and 3+ years operating.

Published compensation — not an offer$100K–$4M+ advertised range; USD context not separately currency-verified. Calculator is indicative, not an offer; period not specified.

Appen ↗

Direct licensing

Company eligibilityOperating or winding-down companies; no size minimum published.

Published compensation — not an offerIndividually quoted by rarity, structure and history.

Centific ↗

Direct licensing

Company eligibilityOperating, winding-down or closed companies. Intake includes Up to 50; no numerical minimum published.

Published compensation — not an offerWritten individually scoped estimate; employee annotation optional and priced separately.

Replay ↗

Managed intermediary

Company eligibilityAdvertised employee bands: 20–50, 50–250, 250+. Not a verified hard minimum.

Published compensation — not an offerAdvertised size bands: $10K–$100K, $100K–$1M, $1M+. USD context; typically upfront cash plus perpetual revenue share, percentage not published.

Turing Project Lazarus ↗

Direct licensing

Company eligibilityAny company with real operating history and an authorized representative; operating, winding-down or closed.

Published compensation — not an offerSingle payout up to $1M; USD context; not recurring royalties or a guaranteed offer.

Hookshot Data / Protege AI ↗

Managed intermediary

Company eligibilityNo size threshold published; each PE portfolio company retains sign-off.

Published compensation — not an offerUpfront or license fees; low-six to low-seven figure comparable deals are context, not verified Hookshot seller receipts.

SimpleClosure AssetHub ↗

Asset sale / licensing

Company eligibilityIncludes still-operating companies, per CEO; no public size minimum.

Published compensation — not an offerCEO reports tens-to-hundreds-of-thousands deals; enterprise potentially millions. Provider claims, not audited operating-data payouts.

Protege ↗

Specialist licensing

Company eligibilityTypically owns outright or controls broad global/all-media rights; quality and opportunity-specific qualification.

Published compensation — not an offerNegotiated revenue share. Gradient Health seven-figure revenue is a provider-hosted specialist case, not an ordinary business rate.

Defined.ai ↗

Managed marketplace

Company eligibilityNo fixed minimum; quality/metadata/rights, consent and compliance/cybersecurity vetting

Published compensation — not an offerLicensing fees driven by marketplace demand; terms partner-approved. $600K+ average revenue is a vendor statistic; currency context and period not independently established, not a guarantee

Datarade ↗

Marketplace

Company eligibilityApplication reviewed for company, datasets, buyer fit and quality

Published compensation — not an offerSeller-priced product sales / leads; third-party buyers purchase

Nomad Data ↗

Matching network

Company eligibilityMatch data supply to buyer question; negotiate directly

Published compensation — not an offerDirect buyer contract, seller keeps 100% of sale

What starts the payment clock?

Mercor vs Troveo →

Provider claims, not tested seller outcomes. Pre-signing diligence and acceptance still matter.

Put two routes side by side.

Choose two different providers. No income ranking.

Before you share a sample.

Ownership, privacy, permitted use and payment acceptance matter more than a calculator. Start with a rights inventory and ask who will receive the prepared record.

Read the seller guides →

Three different routes.

Direct licensing: a scoped purchase or license, subject to buyer demand.

Managed intermediary: preparation and deal matching; upfront cash and revenue share are different terms.

Marketplace or matching: find external buyers. Listing does not guarantee a sale.

From the research desk.