Company data price calculator: what each one assumes
The short answer
Calculators take headcount and years and return a range. The ranges run wide: for 100 staff and 10 years, Handshake AI shows $383,083 to $896,969. Neither inspects your systems or checks rights. Use one to start a conversation, nothing more.
Calculators are how most buyers collect a lead. Here's what each one asks, what it returns and where it tops out.
What do company data calculators ask for?
Almost the same three things. Headcount, years of history, and in some cases country or region.
Troveo's slider takes employees (20, 100, 250, 500 or 1,000+) and years of operation (under 3, 3 to 7, 8 to 15, 15+), and its text says value also scales with your systems. It prints a range on a $0 to $1M scale and defaults to $800K (Troveo).
Handshake AI takes headcount, years in operation and country (Handshake AI).
What numbers come out?
| Calculator | Example input | Output shown |
|---|---|---|
| Handshake AI | 100 staff, 10 years | $383,083 to $896,969 |
| Troveo | Slider default | $800K, on a $0 to $1M scale |
All figures are the buyers' own and unverified, and neither is a signed offer.
Where do the ranges stop?
Troveo's slider prints on a $0 to $1M scale and its top employee choice is 1,000+, so the picture stops at $1M whatever you enter. If any buyer's headline runs higher than its own calculator can print, that gap is the first thing I'd ask about.
A calculator works from a few inputs. It cannot see your systems or confirm which records can be licensed, so a buyer's real proposal can land outside the range.
Do buyers value data with a formula?
Some do. Ryan Lock of Polyshares wrote that some buyers use headcount and size alone, and that Polyshares values on quality (X article). That is a buyer's account, and it fits the caution above.
What does the calculator leave out?
Rights. Neither calculator asks whether your contracts, NDAs or employee rules allow licensing, and that question decides whether any figure applies. The rights check asks it first.
Calculators like these usually sit in front of a lead form that asks for your name, email and company, because the range is how they collect your details.
Our free fit check returns a readiness score and, when your answers allow one, micro1's published range with its source. It is not a valuation. I'd treat any number you see, ours included, as an opener for a conversation and no offer.
The value guide lists what moves the number, and how much AI labs pay lists the public prices. Talk to a privacy or commercial lawyer in your state before you sign.
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