Direct licensing meets direct licensing. Neither advertised amounts nor a public seller route establish what your business will receive.
Jump to the terms ledger ↓Research comparison; limited public terms. Pair-level evidence and scenario review is pending. Published fields alone do not meet our indexing threshold. This page is noindex and absent from the sitemap, not a negative verdict.
| Criterion | Appen | Centific |
|---|---|---|
| Operating records | Published SOPs, wikis, approval chains, support/ITSM/CRM, ERP, messaging, BI, contracts, HR/payroll Source ↗ | Published CRM, contracts, projects, email, finance, healthcare operations, HR, ITSM and warehouses Source ↗ |
| Company eligibility | Published Operating or winding-down companies; no size minimum published. Source ↗ | Published Operating, winding-down or closed companies. Intake includes Up to 50; no numerical minimum published. Source ↗ |
| Seller geography | Unknown Not published / not established Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted. | Unknown Not published / not established Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted. |
| Published compensation | Provider claim Individually quoted by rarity, structure and history. Source ↗ | Provider claim Written individually scoped estimate; employee annotation optional and priced separately. Source ↗ |
| Fees & net proceeds | Published No costs, setup fees or deductions. Source ↗ | Published No extraction/anonymization/transfer fees, setup costs or deductions. Source ↗ |
| Timeline & payment trigger | Provider claim Payment on acceptance; two-business-day response is not a payout deadline. Source ↗ | Provider claim Most partnerships reach first accepted contribution in 6–10 weeks; payment on acceptance. Acceptance estimate is not a payout SLA. Source ↗ |
| Preparation & seller effort | Published Register → NDA → written scope → extraction → representative sample sign-off → license. Source ↗ | Published Estimate → scoped connections (188 applications) → extraction → anonymization → sample approval → acceptance; optional quarterly refresh. Source ↗ |
| Ownership & permitted use | Published Retains ownership. Source ↗ | Published License or, for some wind-downs, asset-purchase agreement; distinguish ownership sale from licensing. Source ↗ |
| Privacy & approval | Provider claim Read-only encrypted isolated pipelines; anonymization or synthetic rewrites; buyers/third parties do not see raw data; retention/deletion agreed before extraction. Source ↗ | Provider claim Scoped read-only, encrypted and logged processing; sample approval. Source ↗ |
| Exclusivity | Unknown Not published / not established Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted. | Unknown Not published / not established Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted. |
| Retention & deletion | Published Retention/deletion follow agreed terms; no public exact duration. Source ↗ | Unknown Not published / not established Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted. |
| HQ / published contact | Published Corporate HQ Sydney, Australia; US HQ Kirkland, Washington, according to program page. Source ↗ | Published Redmond, WA, US; Suite 100 versus St.120 address discrepancy in official pages needs confirmation. Source ↗ |
For a business deciding when staff need to be available, Appen promises a two-business-day response, whereas Centific estimates 6–10 weeks to the first accepted contribution. These are not equivalent payout deadlines: both describe payment on acceptance, and the agreement must define the acceptance/payment interval.
For your existing records, start with category fit: Appen lists SOPs, wikis, approval chains, support/ITSM/CRM, ERP, messaging, BI, contracts, HR/payroll; Centific lists CRM, contracts, projects, email, finance, healthcare operations, HR, ITSM and warehouses. Ask each which subset has active demand before preparing exports.
Both routes need lawful rights to the material. Removing names does not remove confidentiality obligations or re-identification risk. Require sample approval, buyer-use restrictions, precise payment triggers and downstream retention/deletion terms.
Appen: No independently audited operating-business payout established in this research. Provider cases and partnership confirmations do not establish a typical seller outcome.
Centific: No independently audited operating-business payout established in this research. Provider cases and partnership confirmations do not establish a typical seller outcome.