Code value: what your codebase might fetch
Posted figures re-read 2026-11-07
For a live company above the staff minimums, posted ranges for code and engineering data begin near $50K (Labelbox Prism) and $100K (micro1). A small closed startup's repos reportedly went for about $25,000. Below, the tool sorts which numbers apply to you. It makes no offer.
Every published range, in one table
| Buyer | Published range | What it covers | Published rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| micro1 | $100K–$500K | Its entry tier. Bigger bands: $500K–$3M once data is large or spans several teams, more than $3M where it is rare. | Thirty full-time staff; a longer record helps |
| Labelbox Prism | Near $50K and up | Starting point for a small, focused set; enterprise-scale deals pass $1M. Wants code generation and edit traces. | No minimum posted |
| Scale AI | $10K–$1M+ (illustrative) | Grows with delivery cadence and is expressly no guarantee. Jira and Confluence records, never source access. | Forty staff preferred |
| Nyne | Typically $100K+ | Moves with the volume and kind of data. Jira and Asana projects are on its list. | Twenty US W-2 staff; three years trading |
| SimpleClosure AssetHub | Not published | Repos, docs and tests, plus workspace exports, as part of closing the company. | Founders closing with SimpleClosure |
| Reported example | ~$25,000 | One crypto founder cleared about $25,000 for the code of his closed startup, with SimpleClosure arranging the sale. | MIT Technology Review, 13 Oct 2026 |
Disclosure: several of these companies run referral programs and could pay this site after a deal with a company we introduced. Rows are in no paid order, and fees do not shape the wording.
Sources and read dates (6)
- micro1.ai/data, as of 2026-11-07
- prism.labelbox.com, as of 2026-11-07
- scale.com/data-partnership, as of 2026-11-07
- nyne.ai/sell-company-data, as of 2026-11-07
- simpleclosure.com/product/assethub, as of 2026-11-07
- MIT Technology Review, 13 Oct 2026
What moves a codebase up or down?
Buyers post minimums, not formulas. What follows is what their pages and the press point toward, not a scoring model.
- Headcount and history. A long record suits micro1 better, by its own account, and every live-company program sets or prefers a minimum team.
- Review and ticket depth. Prism wants edit traces; Scale AI and Nyne want Jira. Real review threads and linked tickets give them more of exactly that.
- Cleanliness. Secrets, customer records and third-party code must all go. Less of it means shorter diligence.
- Company status. Closed-company sales look modest so far; the lone reported one came to about $25,000.
Short answers
How is the range worked out?
There is no calculation. The tool chooses which posted ranges match your inputs and marks any posted condition you look likely to miss. Every number belongs to the buyer, taken from its site on 2026-11-07.
Why does the reported example sit so far below the published ranges?
Posted ranges cover whole-company partnerships with staff minimums; the $25,000 was a single small closed startup's repos. A small team's code on its own should be expected near the floor.
Does the programming language change the price?
None of these buyers posts a language preference for code. micro1 favors English-language data, which in a repo means comments, commit messages, review threads and tickets.
Is this an offer?
No. It restates posted figures and binds nobody, and the license fees companies actually sign for often run far lower. An offer can only come from a buyer that has scoped your data.
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- Each answer is compared with the published conditions of every buyer on this site.
- You get a short email: the fitting buyers by name, each with its reason, or a plain "no match today".
- A buyer only learns of you after you approve it, by name, in a reply. Your address is used for this request and then left alone.