Ooak Data vs Polyshares
Both pay companies for internal business records used to train AI. The main differences on their published terms are below; the real answer comes from putting both offers side by side.
Key differences
- They pay differently: Ooak Data: priced after scoping: no figure until your records are reviewed; Polyshares: pays a one-time amount for your records.
- Published ranges: Ooak Data $20K–$1M, Polyshares $100K–$2M (each buyer's own figure, not an offer).
- Company status: Ooak Data accepts operating, closing, closed; Polyshares accepts operating.
Side by side
| Ooak Data | Polyshares | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Priced after scoping: no figure until your records are reviewed | Pays a one-time amount for your records |
| Who qualifies | No minimum published | No minimum published |
| Accepts | operating, closing, closed | operating |
| How it pays | unknown: the page does not say whether payment is upfront or revenue share; payment follows the signed agreement. | upfront: Polyshares is the buyer and pays the company for a license to defined data; no equity or debt is involved. |
| Published range | Ooak's own figures: headline 'up to $1M'; FAQ says its smallest closed deal was $20K and larger ones reached several hundred thousand dollars. Not an offer. | Typically $100K to $2M paid to the company, with more possible for large or long records. The buyer's figure, not an offer. |
| When it pays | Page says it pays fast but gives no date; whole process described as 2 to 4 weeks. | Offer within one to two weeks of intake; payment net 30 to 60 days after the data is approved, shared and anonymized. |
| Exclusivity | not stated | Perpetual and exclusive. Each of the four closed licenses on its track-record page is described as a "perpetual exclusive license to the operational record". Its data handling page says licenses are exclusive by default unless agreed otherwise; its home page describes "defined material for a defined term". |
| Data handling | Ooak's in-house engine removes personal information, replacing names, companies and addresses consistently; faces, logos and signatures blacked out. Only Ooak sees the raw archive; buyers get a code-named anonymized set. Raw archive deleted within 30 days of delivery with written confirmation (a contract term). Seller reviews a sample first. License is training-only, with seller exclusions annexed to the contract. | A specialist outside privacy partner removes names, emails, phone numbers, account numbers and addresses before Polyshares or any lab sees the record. Polyshares reviews an anonymized sample before pricing. Data a company holds on behalf of its own clients is excluded. Labs never learn the company's identity, and Polyshares does not disclose which labs receive which records. |
| Good fit if | You are a small or mid-sized company, operating or already closed, with a few years of history across common work tools. | You want a single buyer to pay a fixed licence fee for a defined set of records, with a stated timeline and no commission. |
You can apply to both at once. Nothing you submit commits you, and two offers make it easier to judge either one. See comparing offers.
Apply to Ooak Data Apply to Polyshares
Ooak Data: We have not joined this buyer's referral program. If we do, it may pay us a fee when a company we sent signs, and this page will say so.
Polyshares: We may be paid: this buyer pays us a referral fee if a company we sent signs. You pay us nothing. Among buyers that fit your answers, buyers that pay us are shown first.
Sources
- Ooak Data - Partner, accessed 2026-10-18
- Ooak Data - Terms of Service, accessed 2026-10-18
- Polyshares - Data licensing, accessed 2026-10-15
- Polyshares - Home, accessed 2026-10-15
- Polyshares - Answers (FAQ), accessed 2026-10-15
- Polyshares - Data handling, accessed 2026-10-15
- Polyshares - Is selling company data legal, accessed 2026-10-15
- Polyshares track record, accessed 2026-10-20