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 | Handshake AI |
|---|---|---|
| Operating records | Published SOPs, wikis, approval chains, support/ITSM/CRM, ERP, messaging, BI, contracts, HR/payroll Source ↗ | Published AutoCAD, Figma, Gmail, Drive, NetSuite, Notion, QuickBooks, ServiceTitan and Slack Source ↗ |
| Company eligibility | Published Operating or winding-down companies; no size minimum published. Source ↗ | Published 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years operating. 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. | Published Estimator lists USA/Canada/Europe/Other; not a guaranteed acceptance list. Source ↗ |
| Published compensation | Provider claim Individually quoted by rarity, structure and history. Source ↗ | Provider claim $100K–$4M+ advertised range; USD context not separately currency-verified. Calculator is indicative, not an offer; period not specified. Source ↗ |
| Fees & net proceeds | Published No costs, setup fees or deductions. Source ↗ | Unknown Not published / not established Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted. |
| Timeline & payment trigger | Provider claim Payment on acceptance; two-business-day response is not a payout deadline. Source ↗ | Provider claim No numerical end-to-end payout timeline verified. Source ↗ |
| Preparation & seller effort | Published Register → NDA → written scope → extraction → representative sample sign-off → license. Source ↗ | Published Intake → scoping call → existing data transfer → cleaning → confidential lab delivery. Source ↗ |
| Ownership & permitted use | Published Retains ownership. Source ↗ | Unknown Not published / not established Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted. |
| 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 Training/evaluation only, not public. Removes direct/indirect identifiers but acknowledges re-identification risk; seller must ensure lawful transfer. 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 Mailing address: San Francisco, CA, US; not independently verified operational HQ. Source ↗ |
For your existing records, start with category fit: Appen lists SOPs, wikis, approval chains, support/ITSM/CRM, ERP, messaging, BI, contracts, HR/payroll; Handshake AI lists AutoCAD, Figma, Gmail, Drive, NetSuite, Notion, QuickBooks, ServiceTitan and Slack. Ask each which subset has active demand before preparing exports.
Appen: Payment on acceptance; two-business-day response is not a payout deadline. Handshake AI: No numerical end-to-end payout timeline verified. These clocks measure different stages, not equivalent payout deadlines; ask for a written acceptance-to-payment interval.
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.
Handshake AI: No independently audited operating-business payout established in this research. Provider cases and partnership confirmations do not establish a typical seller outcome.