DataVendor vs Vetrix

What DataVendor does and how it works

DataVendor is HUD's marketplace for private AI training and evaluation data. Teams license private data, code, and task data. Vendors list what they hold. Buyers buy it or request what is missing.

1. A vendor packages assets it already has into a listing and sets a price.

2. The listing passes quality checks. Mandatory checks cost nothing.

3. The listing goes live in the catalog. Buyers buy the whole listing or offer their own price.

Vendors list assets they already hold: codebases, tasksets with the RL environments they run on, and raw data.

Vetrix's path is six steps. Vetrix runs steps 1 to 3 and stays with you through the rest.

1. Tell us what you have.
2. We confirm fit.
3. We check your systems.
4. You sign an NDA.
5. You receive an offer.
6. You sign, and get paid.

Read how company data licensing works for the step detail. Nothing is uploaded in the first step.

DataVendor finishes the job in its own description. A license is finished when you sign with the data partner and the copy is prepared. You can still be operating, winding down, or already closed, if you meet the staff and records rules.

Bring the question you actually have. If the question is the job DataVendor describes, stay with that service and read the fee. If the question is whether the records can be licensed while you still own them, that service does not answer it by itself. You want Vetrix to arrange a license of de-identified operational records from the tools the company already runs.

Fees, cost, and where the money goes

Read DataVendor's fee as they state it, then read what a license costs the company. The two numbers are not the same kind of money.

Use the fee DataVendor states on its own site, in the fee table. Read it as the cost of that service. It is not a payout for a license, and it is not what you pay Vetrix. A listing ad, a broker's commission, a shutdown invoice, and a license payout are different kinds of money. Match the bill to the job before you treat one number as the winner.

What Vetrix pays is not a success fee. The data partner pays Vetrix's fee, not you. If no agreement is signed, nobody pays anything. The amount depends on staff at peak and on the US pricing band. It is not a percent of a sale price, because there is no sale of the company.

Timing

DataVendor's clock is how long its own process can take. Vetrix's clock is a yes or no within 3 days, which is a fit decision, not a closing date.

Earnings are available as soon as the buyer pays. Withdrawal review is typically within 3 business days. After release, Stripe's payout schedule delivers the money to the bank.

A fit decision in 3 days does not mean the records are licensed that week. After a yes, there is a read-only check, an NDA with the data partner, an offer, and a signature. Those later steps take as long as the check and your lawyer need. They are not a promise that a buyer will appear.

Do not put the two clocks on one calendar and call the shorter one faster. A sale can be the right outcome and still take months. A license can be the wrong product even when the first answer is quick. Decide which clock you need: a buyer, or a decision on the records.

What you keep

Under a license you keep ownership of your data and full use of it in your business. You sign an NDA and the licensing agreement directly with the data partner, not with Vetrix.

Read what the company keeps under a data license before you treat the two offers as the same promise.

Read what is shared and never shared. Personal details are removed before a copy leaves.

An exclusive license and a second license of the same records conflict. Do not sign both for one set of files.

Where DataVendor is a better fit

• You already hold private code, task data, or raw records, and you want to list them for a buyer on DataVendor.
• You can accept a platform fee of 20% of earnings, taken when you withdraw, with a $1,000 minimum withdrawal before fees.

Use DataVendor when the job those points describe is the job you have. Do not force a license into a contract that does a different job.

Where licensing records fits

• You want Vetrix to arrange a license of de-identified operational records from the tools the company already runs.
• You want to keep ownership of the records under the license terms, rather than packaging a catalog listing yourself.

The license fits when those conditions are true and the company meets the staff and records rules. It is not a substitute buyer, and it does not file a dissolution. You can estimate the payout before you start the check.

If you are weighing a broker, a shutdown, or a license, compare exit options for a company. If no buyer is in sight, read exit options when a company cannot be sold. If the question is the records, read How to sell company data to AI companies.

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• License terms

  The four license terms: what you give, keep, agree, and sign.

• What's shared

  Which records can be licensed, which details never leave, and what you approve.

• Estimate

  US payout bands by staff at peak, and the estimator that uses them.

Sources

1. DataVendor. General FAQ.
2. DataVendor. How DataVendor works.
3. DataVendor. Fees and limits.
4. DataVendor. Introduction.