What makes a valuation brief useful
Explain the workflow, its historical depth, the range of business situations represented, and whether decisions can be connected to outcomes. Include approximate volume, languages, formats, and gaps. These details make it easier to ask meaningful questions about relevance and delivery rather than anchoring on a raw file count.
Context can matter more than another export
A record showing a completed task may be less informative without the circumstances that led to it. Identify links between requests, investigation, review, and resolution. Note whether those links rely on internal identifiers or undocumented employee knowledge. Describing those dependencies helps a reviewer understand how much interpretation the dataset needs.
Compare value after preparation effort
A prospective payment should be considered alongside staff hours, extraction work, internal review, and any continuing participation. Use the preparation calculator to model an illustrative workload. Its result is a cost estimate based on your inputs, not a valuation, guaranteed margin, or prediction that a partnership will proceed.
Illustrative comparison
Consider two archives with similar document counts. One contains duplicated final reports; the other preserves requests, revisions, decisions, and accepted outcomes. An owner can explain the second archive’s context more clearly, but that does not establish a price premium. The prospective partner must assess relevance, quality, and the actual commercial scope.
A worked preparation-cost example
Suppose a company estimates 20 hours of systems work at $100 per hour and 10 hours of process review at $100 per hour. Labor would total $3,000. A 20% uncertainty allowance adds $600, producing a $3,600 illustrative preparation budget.
Those inputs are hypothetical. The result is neither a dataset valuation nor an expected return. Change the hours and rates in the preparation calculator, then record questions about continuing participation and acceptance before comparing an actual offer.
Questions before the next step
How much is company data worth?
There is no universal price established here. Micro1 evaluates each opportunity; published bands do not determine your offer.
Does the tool send our numbers to Micro1?
No. The inventory and cost calculations run in your browser. Registration is a separate step.
A valuation discussion brief worksheet you can use
Use these headings to create a descriptive preparation brief. They are not a required Micro1 delivery schema, vendor export specification, or request to submit raw records.
| Field to describe | Meaning in this workflow |
|---|---|
| Workflow Usefulness | What decision or task the history explains |
| Historical Depth | The actual period and process versions represented |
| Coverage Quality | Missing records, duplication, and relationship limits |
| Preparation Cost | The staff effort and external work to model |
| Commercial Unknown | What an actual offer would need to specify |
A more informative description
A company describes the useful context in its records and estimates preparation costs independently from the payment it hopes to receive.
A description that leaves questions open
A public opportunity band is used as a company valuation, or document count is multiplied by an unsupported per-file rate.
The next decision
Present the evidence behind the contribution and assess a real offer against its scope. The preparation calculator estimates costs, not a buyer’s price.
Download this valuation discussion brief worksheet ↓ · Use this template in the inventory tool →
Program statements reflect Micro1’s official data partnership page, reviewed November 14, 2026. Checklists and scenarios are our editorial preparation guidance. They are not customer case studies, legal conclusions, or Micro1 acceptance rules.