AfterQuery vs Turing: which pays more for company data?

How do AfterQuery and Turing differ in what they buy?

Both license the record of how a company works and both take operating, winding-down and closed companies. AfterQuery wants established companies with several teams across several systems and a few years of history, and lets you set the scope by team, system and time window. It says many partnerships start with one department (AfterQuery data partnerships page, October 2026).

Turing's Project Lazarus buys defined rights to a company's whole operating record under one agreement: communications, tickets, wikis, databases and source code (Turing Project Lazarus page, October 2026). It also runs a codebase track that asks for at least 50,000 lines of code. Its main FAQ says code is never bought on its own, while its process page still lists repository prices, so ask which track fits you.

How is the price set?

Neither publishes a typical figure, so public pages cannot tell you which pays more. Turing publishes a ceiling of $1M in one payment. AfterQuery publishes no price at all.

AfterQuery prices by years of history, number of systems, the kind of work captured and how hard the record would be to recreate. It proposes terms after reviewing a sample. Turing samples a representative slice for scope, quality and rarity, then gives one valuation. For code, Fortune reported in September 2026 that Turing's CEO told The Information it had bought five to ten failed-startup codebases, at an average in the tens of thousands of dollars each. See sell your startup's codebase.

When do you get paid, and on what terms?

Turing pays once, with no retainer or recurring commitment. It schedules an intake call within one business day and usually completes sampling and valuation within a week of access. It works from a copy and processes it in an isolated environment with no outside network connection.

AfterQuery lists payment as the last step, after transfer and de-identification, and calls it "payment and ongoing partnership". It does not publish timing, structure, exclusivity or license length. It says every dataset gets a re-identification test before delivery and that payroll, privileged legal material and credentials are never used.

Neither states a fee policy on its program page. Neither publishes whether its license is exclusive.

Which one suits your company?

Turing suits companies with a long, complete record across communications, tickets, wikis and code, software companies with large private repositories, and companies that are shutting down. Its business data form says Slack records lose value within 30 days after a company stops operating. AfterQuery suits established multi-team companies that want to begin with one department, and firms in legal, finance, insurance, accounting, construction, manufacturing, logistics, retail and software.

What should you ask both?

• What is the written figure for my scope, and is it one payment or several?
• Are the rights exclusive, and for how long?
• AfterQuery: what does "ongoing partnership" mean in money terms?
• Turing: which track fits my company, full record or codebase?

Read the full profiles of AfterQuery and Turing, see every player in the buyer index, and if you are closing, read sell your startup's data before you shut down.