Up to 6 figures (estimated value shown on the homepage Workspaces card)[1]Up to six figures (homepage)[1]$100k+ / $500k+ / $1M+ tiers (data-partnerships page)[3]
Pricing basis
Factors considered: dataset size and volume, workflow complexity, data quality, domain expertise represented, uniqueness of operational knowledge; each partnership evaluated individually[4]Experts are paid an hourly consulting rate for the professional expertise they use on real work[1]
Payment timing
Get paid in 7 days (vertical landing pages)[4]Get paid for your first data asset today (homepage headline)[1]
How to start
Free online estimate, then contact DataCow for a human review before listing[1]
What they buy
What they buy: DataCow
Data types
Slack/Teams, Discord[1]Code[1]Docs/wiki[1]Audio, Video, Logs, Sensor data[1]Tasks (one real job captured end to end)[1]Whole workspaces (messages, docs, tickets, wikis)[1]Sales workflows, Accounting workflows, Payroll workflows, Payment workflows[3]
Excluded
Secrets, credentials and production access are not in scope (B2B software page)[5]
Intended use
Training and evaluation of AI systems for enterprise work[3]
Who qualifies
Who qualifies: DataCow
Minimum headcount
From around 3 to 5 employees, serving business clients[4]
Minimum history
Looks for operationally mature companies with complete records: "full years rather than fragments"[4]
Geography
US companies prioritized, then other Western markets[4]
Company stage
Estimate calculator lists company status options: Operating, Winding down, Closed[6]
Price and payment
Price and payment: DataCow
Price
Up to 6 figures (estimated value shown on the homepage Workspaces card)[1]Up to six figures (homepage)[1]$100k+ / $500k+ / $1M+ tiers (data-partnerships page)[3]
Pricing basis
Factors considered: dataset size and volume, workflow complexity, data quality, domain expertise represented, uniqueness of operational knowledge; each partnership evaluated individually[4]Experts are paid an hourly consulting rate for the professional expertise they use on real work[1]
Payment timing
Get paid in 7 days (vertical landing pages)[4]Get paid for your first data asset today (homepage headline)[1]
Seller fees
Not published
Platform's cut
Not published
Referral bounty
Not published
The company's own pages give different figures; each is listed with its source.
Deal terms
Deal terms: DataCow
Deal structure
Compensation, permitted uses and data handling requirements agreed before the seller's team prepares the approved records[3]
Exclusivity
Not published
Term
Duration and scope of rights set in the agreement[3]
Field of use
Permitted uses defined in the partnership agreement[3]
Onward transfer
Not published
Seller keeps ownership
Yes: company retains ownership of underlying data[3]
Privacy and data handling
Privacy and data handling: DataCow
De-identification
DataCow removes names, contact details, medical and payment records and other sensitive data before a buyer sees it[1]Some datasets may undergo synthetic rewrites[4]
Raw data deletion
Original datasets retained only for processing and deleted after processing[4]
Certifications
Not published
Personal data handling
PII and customer identifiers removed when relevant; access restricted to a limited number of authorized team members; isolated pipelines; data retained only for agreed periods[4]