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Slack, email, tickets and code can still be licensed after the last payroll. Know what to keep before you cancel a single account.
Who pays companies for their data
As of , 51 companies say they pay businesses to license internal data such as Slack history, email, tickets and code, with published ranges from $10K to $5M. Tell us about your company and we will tell you, free, what yours could be worth and which buyers fit, without you talking to all 51. We never touch your data.
Who is buying
6 of 51 rows: established buyers that publish the most terms. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
| Buyer | Type | Tier | Payout model | Published range | Seller fee | Min size | Ingestion | Pays us |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode (BizBuyData)data.mode.inc | AI data company | Established | One-time license | $100K to $5M; its calculator is indicative only | No broker fee; Mode buys the agreed, filtered copy directly | 6+ employees for legal; 10+ for accounting, finance and medical; 30+ for all other businesses or nonprofits | Connector/OAuth | None |
| Polysharespolyshares.com | AI data company | Established | One-time license | Typically $100K to $2M, higher for large records; case studies from $110,000 to $450,000 | None stated: no fee, no commission | None stated: any company with real operating history, in any sector | Not published | None |
| SimpleClosure AssetHubsimpleclosure.com | Shutdown service | Established | Commission on sale | Deals in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for unique assets | No upfront cost; takes a percentage if assets are sold or licensed (percentage not published) | Not published | Not published | None |
| SuperAnnotatesuperannotate.com | AI data company | Established | Mixed | $100K to $1M+ indicative valuation range | Not published | Any size | Not published | None |
| Troveotroveo.ai | Broker or intermediary | Established | Revenue share | Typical full-company deals start at six figures | No fees or deductions stated; Troveo's share of each sale is not published. | Not published | Owner export | None |
| Turing (Project Lazarus)lazarus.turing.com | AI data company | Established | One-time license | Single payout of up to $1M | Not published | No minimum stated | Not published | None |
How it works
Step 1
Tell us what you have
Which systems the company used, how many people worked there and where it stands now. No data, no logins, no exports.
Step 2
We estimate what it is worth
We check your answers against every buyer in the index and estimate a range from what comparable buyers publish.
Step 3
You choose who hears from you
You get the buyers that fit and the contract terms to watch. No buyer hears about you until you approve it, and we never touch your data.
Where is your company now?
Operating, 30 to 200+ staff
Some buyers license a copy of years of internal history from companies that keep running. See which ones take operating companies and what they ask for.
Already have an offer
Check the payout model, exclusivity, who does the export and who carries the risk before you sign anything.
How we make money
Sellers never pay. Several buyers in the index pay referral fees when a company they were introduced to signs a license, and we may earn them. A fee never changes a buyer’s place in the index or the caveats on its row, and before any introduction we tell you whether that buyer pays us.
Questions sellers ask
Who pays companies for their internal data?
AI data companies, brokers, marketplaces and shutdown services. As of Oct 18, 2026, Data Licensing Index lists 51 of them, with each one’s type, payout model, published range, seller fee and how it takes in the data.
How much can a company get for its data?
Published ranges for a company’s data run from $10K (the low end of Scale AI’s range) to $5M (the top of Mode’s and Grepped’s). Of the companies that publish closed deals, Ooak Data reports $20K to several hundred thousand dollars and SimpleClosure deals in the tens to hundreds of thousands. 22 of the 51 publish nothing about seller fees and 11 more say they take a cut without publishing the rate. These ranges are published by the companies, not offers, and we have not verified any payout. 19 of the 51 buyers publish no range at all. The real number depends on the data, how many years it covers, the size of the company and the buyer.
Does Data Licensing Index buy or handle my data?
No. We never ask for data, credentials or exports, and nothing passes through us. We compare buyers and introduce you to the ones you approve. The license, the export and the payment are between you and the buyer.
Do buyers pay you?
Sellers never pay us. Several buyers in the index pay referral fees when a company they were introduced to signs a license, and we may earn them. A fee never changes a buyer’s place in the index or the caveats on its row, and before any introduction we tell you whether that buyer pays us.
What data is hard to sell?
Employee email or chat from staff in the EU, UK or Canada, and client data from law, accounting, tax or health firms. Privacy and professional secrecy rules mean these usually need consent or anonymization first, and some cannot be licensed at all. Tell us anyway and we will flag it before any introduction.
What is your company’s data worth?
Answer a few questions about the company. We reply with an estimated range, the buyers that fit and the contract terms to watch. Free for sellers, and we never ask for data, credentials or exports.