How the price is set
Replay anchors on headcount and treats it as a proxy alongside years, industry and volume. Polyshares quotes no band by size and says it will not pay for a record it has not seen.
Programme comparison
Replay vs Polyshares, side by side
Replay publishes bands by headcount ($10K to $1M+) and pays upfront cash plus a perpetual revenue share. Polyshares says deals typically run $100K to $2M, prices only after a sample, and pays Net 30 to 60 after approval with no revenue share and no seller fee. Both license rather than buy outright.
Page updated 19 Oct 2026. Figures checked 18 Oct 2026 at their sources.
In short
Where they differ
When the money arrives
Replay pays part upfront and the rest as a share of each later licence, for as long as the data licenses. Polyshares pays once per deal, Net 30 to 60 after the data is approved, shared and anonymised.
Who sits across the table
Replay says it licenses only to frontier AI and data labs and is not a broker. Polyshares is the buyer itself and then supplies labs it does not name.
Small companies
Replay's bands start at 20 employees. Polyshares publishes no minimum and accepts any sector.
Each point restates the sourced rows in the table below, checked 18 Oct 2026.
Side by side
Every published point
| Point |  Replay |  Polyshares |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Licensing platform, paid upfront plus a revenue share | Direct buyer of licences, no marketplace |
| What it takes | Historical operating records: code and commit history, decision threads, financial records, support history, product logs, presentations, CRM and sales conversations, internal documents and analytics. Replay says records are de-identified before any licence and that raw data is never sold or shared.(Replay, checked 18 Oct 2026) | Operational records: Slack, email, Drive, spreadsheets, CRM history, support tickets, design files, call recordings, and accounting or ERP exports. Polyshares says the value lies in visible reasoning rather than volume.(Polyshares, checked 18 Oct 2026) |
| Published figures | Three bands on the homepage, by employee count: 20 to 50 ($10K to $100K), 50 to 250 ($100K to $1M), 250 and up ($1,000,000+). Replay calls headcount a proxy and says years operating, industry, applications used and data volume also count. Its valuation form asks about operating status, years (under 2 to 10+), peak headcount (1 to 9 up to 200+), the share of communication in English and whether you own a codebase.(Replay, checked 18 Oct 2026) | "Typically $100K to $2M, paid by us to the company", with larger records priced above that. The homepage shows an example offer of $640,000. Polyshares says it does not pay for a record it has not seen, so pricing follows a sample review.(Polyshares, checked 18 Oct 2026) |
| How it pays | An upfront cash payment plus a perpetual revenue share on every licence of the data. The share percentage is not published.(Replay, checked 18 Oct 2026) | Net 30 to 60 once the data is approved, shared and anonymised. It calls the money non-dilutive (no equity, no debt), mentions no revenue share, and says it charges the company no fee or commission. An offer follows within one to two weeks of intake.(Polyshares, checked 18 Oct 2026) |
| Who qualifies | The published bands start at 20 employees, although the valuation form also accepts smaller peak headcounts. No regional restriction is stated.(Replay, checked 18 Oct 2026) | Any sector, and venture-backed, middle-market or founder-owned companies alike. No minimum headcount or region is published.(Polyshares, checked 18 Oct 2026) |
| Licence, rights, control | Replay's example licence for buyers is perpetual and covers training, evaluation and model development. Its terms say the figures it shows do not constitute an offer. Exclusivity toward the company is not addressed.(Replay, checked 18 Oct 2026) | A licence of defined material for a defined term; the company keeps its data. A PII partner removes identifying fields before transfer. Exclusivity is not addressed in public.(Polyshares, checked 18 Oct 2026) |
| Referral | Not published | Not published |
| Who it sells to | Frontier AI and data labs only, according to Replay, never foreign adversaries and never through resellers. Its buyer page says Replay is neither a marketplace nor a broker.(Replay, checked 18 Oct 2026) | AI labs, which it does not name. Polyshares describes itself as the buyer, with no marketplace, listing or auction.(Polyshares, checked 18 Oct 2026) |
| Not published | The revenue-share percentage; Whether a licence can be exclusive; A referral fee (none published) | Which labs it supplies; Whether the licence term or scope can be exclusive; A referral fee (none published) |
How to use this comparison
Both columns quote what each programme prints about itself. Neither is an offer: published ranges are there to attract companies, and the real number follows a look at your records. Use the table to decide which questions to ask, then hold any written offer against the published ranges with the offer check.
Missing cells mean the programme does not say, not that the answer is no. The programme directory lists every programme we track, including those without enough published detail for a profile.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
01Which pays more, Replay or Polyshares?
Neither publishes a figure for a specific company. Replay's bands run from $10K (20 to 50 staff) to $1,000,000+ (250+), and Polyshares says typically $100K to $2M. Both price after looking at your records.
02Does either pay a revenue share?
Replay does, on top of upfront cash, and calls it perpetual. Polyshares mentions no revenue share and pays Net 30 to 60 after approval.
03Does either charge the company a fee?
Polyshares says there is no fee and no commission. Replay does not publish a seller fee.
04Do I keep my data with either?
Yes. Both describe licences: Polyshares licenses defined material for a defined term, and Replay licenses de-identified copies while saying raw data is never sold.
05Who do they sell to?
Replay says frontier AI and data labs only. Polyshares supplies AI labs it does not disclose.
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