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 | Centific | Mercor |
|---|---|---|
| Operating records | Published CRM, contracts, projects, email, finance, healthcare operations, HR, ITSM and warehouses Source ↗ | Published Slack, Gmail, Salesforce, GitHub, Notion, contracts, clinical notes and QA logs Source ↗ |
| Company eligibility | Published Operating, winding-down or closed companies. Intake includes Up to 50; no numerical minimum published. Source ↗ | Unknown Not published / not established Not established in inspected sources: No numerical employee minimum published on inspected data page. Ask the provider; missing terms do not establish acceptance, free fees or a payment deadline. Inspection URLs remain in the profile source list. |
| 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 Written individually scoped estimate; employee annotation optional and priced separately. Source ↗ | Provider claim Individually quoted; no public dollar rate card. Source ↗ |
| Fees & net proceeds | Published No extraction/anonymization/transfer fees, setup costs or deductions. Source ↗ | Published No upfront/setup fees or deductions; provider covers extraction, anonymization and transfer. Source ↗ |
| Timeline & payment trigger | Provider claim Most partnerships reach first accepted contribution in 6–10 weeks; payment on acceptance. Acceptance estimate is not a payout SLA. Source ↗ | Provider claim Wire upon delivery of anonymized dataset to buyer; typically 2–4 weeks from signed agreement. Source ↗ |
| Preparation & seller effort | Published Estimate → scoped connections (188 applications) → extraction → anonymization → sample approval → acceptance; optional quarterly refresh. Source ↗ | Published Scope → connect 100+ supported tools → extraction/de-identification → delivery/payment. Source ↗ |
| Ownership & permitted use | Published License or, for some wind-downs, asset-purchase agreement; distinguish ownership sale from licensing. 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 Scoped read-only, encrypted and logged processing; sample approval. Source ↗ | Provider claim No data leaves until approval; encryption, access logs, session-isolated credentials; SOC 2 Type II claimed, audit not inspected. 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 | 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. |
| HQ / published contact | Published Redmond, WA, US; Suite 100 versus St.120 address discrepancy in official pages needs confirmation. Source ↗ | Published San Francisco, CA named in program footer; US. Source ↗ |
If cash timing matters, Mercor publishes wire on buyer delivery, typically 2–4 weeks after signing. Centific: Most partnerships reach first accepted contribution in 6–10 weeks; payment on acceptance. Acceptance estimate is not a payout SLA.
For your existing records, start with category fit: Centific lists CRM, contracts, projects, email, finance, healthcare operations, HR, ITSM and warehouses; Mercor lists Slack, Gmail, Salesforce, GitHub, Notion, contracts, clinical notes and QA logs. 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.
Centific: No independently audited operating-business payout established in this research. Provider cases and partnership confirmations do not establish a typical seller outcome.
Mercor: No independently audited operating-business payout established in this research. Provider cases and partnership confirmations do not establish a typical seller outcome.