Three ways a buyer prices data
How much does data sell for to AI buyers?
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There is no single price for data. A buyer pays by the company package, by the accepted hour of recording, or by a share of what it sells, and each unit gives a very different number.
A company's records, priced as a package
The data partners that buy companies' operating records publish their ranges. micro1 says it is paying out $200k-2M+ for the data a business already generates, with payments typically ranging from $150K to over $2M; Handshake quotes $100K to $4M+ payouts; Mode puts a company's data at $100K to $5M; Nyne says its partnerships are commonly worth $100K or more.
Footage and recordings, priced by the hour
Video capture projects count accepted hours. Claru's wearable camera posting, now closed, paid $35 to $40 an hour, and Chemin's first-person video project pays USD 3 for each accepted recording hour.
A share of the sale, or a rate you set
Some buyers pay as they sell: Troveo pays its licensors on every sale, and Shutterstock's contributors receive a share of the whole contract value a dataset customer pays. A website on TollBit or Cloudflare's pay per crawl sets its own charge for each AI request instead.
What a buyer is likely to offer you
For the questions a buyer asks before it names a figure, see companies that pay for data.