Compare two data programs

What they do

Data lab that licenses company records as the buyer and pays sellers directly.

Data lab that usually licenses records itself and sometimes brokers deals with AI labs.

Organization type

Direct buyer

Buyer and intermediary

DataDeals Score: Public Program Transparency

92.5/100

Not scored

Data types

Internal communications, CRM and sales, Customer support, Finance and accounting, Software engineering, Documents and SOPs, Meetings and calls, Design and product

Internal communications, CRM and sales, Customer support, Finance and accounting, Software engineering, Documents and SOPs, Projects and workflows, Meetings and calls, Field and physical operations, Design and product

Systems named

Slack, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365

Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook, Jira, QuickBooks, SAP

Who qualifies

Company must control rights to its operating record; no fixed minimum published in report

Only US-headquartered and US-operating companies per official site; records must be licensable

Company size

No minimum size published

No minimum size published

How you are paid

Polyshares is the buyer and pays you directly, Net 30 to 60 days after the anonymized data is approved and shared. There is no seller fee or commission.

Its indexed pages say it usually pays sellers as the contracting party, but sometimes brokers a direct deal with a lab instead. Its FAQ says there is no listing fee or seller commission. Payment timing could not be verified.

Seller fees

Official site explicitly states zero seller fee or commission.

Indexed official FAQ says no listing fee or seller commission; cannot inspect current full homepage directly.

Payment timing

Published Net 30–60 following approved, shared and anonymized data.

Payment timing/conditions and acceptance process not verifiable from accessible seller materials.

Advertised compensation (not an offer)

Typical advertised deals $100K-$2M; larger possible

No universal seller range published

Exclusivity

License: Exclusive by default

License: not publicly specified

Permitted AI use

Onward AI labs see prepared datasets, under a bounded license; company acts as principal.

AI labs receive prepared materials; scope of sublicense and role-switching varies by deal and is not specified.

Privacy

Specialist PII processor anonymizes before Polyshares/buyers view; contact data removed.

Marketing discusses de-identification; linked privacy page pertains to an unrelated SEO service rather than dataset processing.

Retention and deletion

Seller controls what is submitted; scope and term bounded; no public post-term erasure deadline for anonymized copies.

Dataset retention/deletion and seller termination are not verified in an operative seller license.

Last verified

November 9, 2026

November 9, 2026

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