Direct licensing meets managed intermediary. 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 | Replay |
|---|---|---|
| Operating records | Published SOPs, wikis, approval chains, support/ITSM/CRM, ERP, messaging, BI, contracts, HR/payroll Source ↗ | Published CRM, support, threads, code/commits, docs, financial records, presentations and product analytics Source ↗ |
| Company eligibility | Published Operating or winding-down companies; no size minimum published. Source ↗ | Published Advertised employee bands: 20–50, 50–250, 250+. Not a verified hard minimum. 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 Advertised size bands: $10K–$100K, $100K–$1M, $1M+. USD context; typically upfront cash plus perpetual revenue share, percentage not published. 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 120 minutes refers to seller effort, not payment speed; payout deadline not published. Source ↗ |
| Preparation & seller effort | Published Register → NDA → written scope → extraction → representative sample sign-off → license. Source ↗ | Published Value → offer → export/de-identify → payout. Source ↗ |
| Ownership & permitted use | Published Retains ownership. Source ↗ | Published Retains underlying data, code and IP; cleaned version licensed. 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 Deletion from Replay on request if not continuing; separate commercial agreement governs liability and downstream terms. 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 Delaware corporation; contact Brooklyn, NY, 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; Replay lists CRM, support, threads, code/commits, docs, financial records, presentations and product analytics. Ask each which subset has active demand before preparing exports.
Appen: Payment on acceptance; two-business-day response is not a payout deadline. Replay: 120 minutes refers to seller effort, not payment speed; payout deadline not published. 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.
Replay: No independently audited operating-business payout established in this research. Provider cases and partnership confirmations do not establish a typical seller outcome.