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Public evidence · 13 October 2026

Hookshot Data / Protege AI vs micro1

Managed intermediary meets direct licensing. Neither advertised amounts nor a public seller route establish what your business will receive.

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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.

The terms ledger.

Headquarters or contact location is not seller eligibility. Response, acceptance and payout stages are not interchangeable.

Published descriptions and unresolved contract terms
CriterionHookshot Data / Protege AImicro1
Operating recordsPublished
ServiceNow ITSM resolutions (current fastest focus), SOPs, CRM, incidents, engineering reviews, finance and wikis
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Published
SOPs, knowledge bases, CRM, projects, QA and internal processes
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Company eligibilityPublished
No size threshold published; each PE portfolio company retains sign-off.
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Published
30+ employees; established documentation; English documents and representatives.
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Seller geographyUnknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted.
Published
US prioritized, then Western markets; strongest current demand US/UK/Canada. Global referrals do not mean global acceptance.
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Published compensationProvider claim
Upfront or license fees; low-six to low-seven figure comparable deals are context, not verified Hookshot seller receipts.
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Provider claim
$100k+, $500k+, $1M+ advertised partnership tiers. USD context; period unspecified; individually evaluated, not guaranteed.
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Fees & net proceedsUnknown
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.
Timeline & payment triggerUnknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources: No dated payment SLA published. Ask the provider; missing terms do not establish acceptance, free fees or a payment deadline. Inspection URLs remain in the profile source list.
Unknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources: No quantified payment timeline published. Ask the provider; missing terms do not establish acceptance, free fees or a payment deadline. Inspection URLs remain in the profile source list.
Preparation & seller effortPublished
Scope → preparation/anonymization → RL environments → disclosed buyer match/pay.
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Published
Evaluation → discovery → agreed requirements → partnership.
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Ownership & permitted usePublished
Retains ownership; defined scope/duration to one disclosed buyer; categories may be declined.
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Published
Retains underlying ownership; approvals and scope agreed before participation.
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Privacy & approvalProvider claim
Provider handles augmentation and anonymization; sensitive scope can be excluded.
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Provider claim
PII removed when relevant; samples reviewable; isolated processing and authorized access.
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ExclusivityUnknown
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 & deletionUnknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted.
Published
Retention/deletion follow agreed terms; no public exact duration.
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HQ / published contactUnknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted.
Published
Published privacy contact: San Francisco, US; operational HQ not independently established.
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Operating records

Hookshot Data / Protege AIPublished
ServiceNow ITSM resolutions (current fastest focus), SOPs, CRM, incidents, engineering reviews, finance and wikis
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micro1Published
SOPs, knowledge bases, CRM, projects, QA and internal processes
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Company eligibility

Hookshot Data / Protege AIPublished
No size threshold published; each PE portfolio company retains sign-off.
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micro1Published
30+ employees; established documentation; English documents and representatives.
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Seller geography

Hookshot Data / Protege AIUnknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted.
micro1Published
US prioritized, then Western markets; strongest current demand US/UK/Canada. Global referrals do not mean global acceptance.
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Published compensation

Hookshot Data / Protege AIProvider claim
Upfront or license fees; low-six to low-seven figure comparable deals are context, not verified Hookshot seller receipts.
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micro1Provider claim
$100k+, $500k+, $1M+ advertised partnership tiers. USD context; period unspecified; individually evaluated, not guaranteed.
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Fees & net proceeds

Hookshot Data / Protege AIUnknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted.
micro1Unknown
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

Hookshot Data / Protege AIUnknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources: No dated payment SLA published. Ask the provider; missing terms do not establish acceptance, free fees or a payment deadline. Inspection URLs remain in the profile source list.
micro1Unknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources: No quantified payment timeline published. Ask the provider; missing terms do not establish acceptance, free fees or a payment deadline. Inspection URLs remain in the profile source list.

Preparation & seller effort

Hookshot Data / Protege AIPublished
Scope → preparation/anonymization → RL environments → disclosed buyer match/pay.
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micro1Published
Evaluation → discovery → agreed requirements → partnership.
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Ownership & permitted use

Hookshot Data / Protege AIPublished
Retains ownership; defined scope/duration to one disclosed buyer; categories may be declined.
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micro1Published
Retains underlying ownership; approvals and scope agreed before participation.
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Privacy & approval

Hookshot Data / Protege AIProvider claim
Provider handles augmentation and anonymization; sensitive scope can be excluded.
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micro1Provider claim
PII removed when relevant; samples reviewable; isolated processing and authorized access.
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Exclusivity

Hookshot Data / Protege AIUnknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted.
micro1Unknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted.

Retention & deletion

Hookshot Data / Protege AIUnknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted.
micro1Published
Retention/deletion follow agreed terms; no public exact duration.
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HQ / published contact

Hookshot Data / Protege AIUnknown
Not published / not established
Not established in inspected sources. Ask for the actual agreement; unknown does not mean free, unrestricted or accepted.
micro1Published
Published privacy contact: San Francisco, US; operational HQ not independently established.
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Which difference matters to your company?

Company size

For company-size screening, a 20–29 employee company falls below micro1’s published 30+ target. Hookshot Data / Protege AI must be scoped against its own eligibility description; silence is not acceptance.

Hookshot Data / Protege AI: source 1 ↗ source 2 ↗ micro1: source 1 ↗ source 2 ↗ source 3 ↗ Public descriptions, not tested seller outcomes.

Data fit

For ServiceNow resolution histories, Hookshot names a current fastest focus. micro1 lists SOPs, knowledge bases, CRM, projects, QA and internal processes. Broader categories do not establish current buyer demand.

Hookshot Data / Protege AI: source 1 ↗ source 2 ↗ micro1: source 1 ↗ source 2 ↗ source 3 ↗ Public descriptions, not tested seller outcomes.

Payment trigger

Hookshot Data / Protege AI: Payment timing not established; ask the provider. micro1: Payment timing not established; ask the provider. These clocks measure different stages, not equivalent payout deadlines; ask for a written acceptance-to-payment interval.

Hookshot Data / Protege AI: micro1: Public descriptions, not tested seller outcomes.

Shared diligence, not shared guarantees.

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.

Seller-outcome evidence

Hookshot Data / Protege AI: No independently audited operating-business payout established in this research. Provider cases and partnership confirmations do not establish a typical seller outcome.

micro1: No independently audited operating-business payout established in this research. Provider cases and partnership confirmations do not establish a typical seller outcome.

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Sources & unknowns.

Source claims were inspected on 13 October 2026. No intake was submitted or transaction tested. Unknowns are not zero fees, universal eligibility or unrestricted rights.

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