AI training data price per hour (12 figures)
4 of 12 published per-unit prices for AI training data on this index are paid by an AI company to the rights holder directly, read 31 October 2026.
Who pays whom
Data type
Unit priced
Price, or the low end of a range
High end of a range
Year published
The price in the source's own words
Every answer from every price
Each row is one price. Click an answer to see the sentence behind it, quoted from the page or report with the date we read it. Where it says "not stated", the page or report we read is silent on that question.
| Price | Data type | Unit priced | Price, or the low end of a range | High end of a range | Who pays whom | Year published | The price in the source's own words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe, photos | images and photos | per image | 0.06 US dollars | 0.16 US dollars | an AI company paying a rights holder | not statedNot addressed in PYMNTS, Bloomberg report | Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per… |
| Adobe, video | video | per minute | not statedNot addressed in The Star, Bloomberg report | 7.25 US dollars | an AI company paying a rights holder | not statedNot addressed in The Star, Bloomberg report | Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of… |
| Babel Audio | audio and speech | per hour | 17 US dollars | not statedNot addressed in LavX, Bloomberg report | a platform paying contributors | 2026 | Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the… |
| Bartz v. Anthropic settlement | books | per book or work | 3000 US dollars | not statedNot addressed in King & Spalding client alert | a court settlement, not a licence | 2025 | The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per… |
| Calliope Networks | video | per minute | 6.25 US dollars | not statedNot addressed in Italy Meets Hollywood report | a list price to AI buyers | 2024 | For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for… |
| HarperCollins and Microsoft | books | per book or work | 5000 US dollars | not statedNot addressed in The Decoder report | an AI company paying a rights holder | 2025 | The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would… |
| HUD AI | code | per codebase | not statedNot addressed in HUD's own post on DEV | 10000 US dollars | a platform paying contributors | not statedNot addressed in HUD's own post on DEV | Frontier AI labs pay up to $10k for a qualifying one. It's a license, not a sale |
| Neon Mobile | audio and speech | per minute | 0.15 US dollars | not statedNot addressed in Malwarebytes report | a platform paying contributors | 2025 | The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation… |
| Newsflare | video | per hour | 10 US dollars | 50 US dollars | a platform paying contributors | not statedNot addressed in Newsflare AI licensing page | upload your full archive today to increase your earnings, with rates typically ranging… |
| OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video | video | per minute | not statedNot addressed in The Decoder, Bloomberg report | 4 US dollars | an AI company paying a rights holder | 2025 | OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute |
| Troveo | video | per minute | 0.75 US dollars | 3 US dollars | a platform paying contributors | 2025 | Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing… |
| Wirestock | images and photos | per image | not statedNot addressed in VentureBeat report | 20 US dollars | a platform paying contributors | 2024 | ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from… |
The source sentence behind every answer (84)
- Adobe, photos, PYMNTS, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report.
- Adobe, photos, PYMNTS, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report.
- Adobe, photos, PYMNTS, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range:
Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report.
- Adobe, photos, PYMNTS, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range:
Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report.
- Adobe, photos, PYMNTS, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report.
- Adobe, photos, PYMNTS, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Year published: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 4,360 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Adobe, photos, PYMNTS, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report.
- Adobe, video, The Star, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of submitted video, although it could be as much as about US$7.25 (RM34.56) per minute.
- Adobe, video, The Star, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of submitted video, although it could be as much as about US$7.25 (RM34.56) per minute.
- Adobe, video, The Star, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 5,204 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Adobe, video, The Star, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range:
Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of submitted video, although it could be as much as about US$7.25 (RM34.56) per minute.
- Adobe, video, The Star, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of submitted video, although it could be as much as about US$7.25 (RM34.56) per minute.
- Adobe, video, The Star, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Year published: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 5,204 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Adobe, video, The Star, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of submitted video, although it could be as much as about US$7.25 (RM34.56) per minute.
- Babel Audio, LavX, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the company then bundles into AI training data
- Babel Audio, LavX, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the company then bundles into AI training data
- Babel Audio, LavX, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range:
Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the company then bundles into AI training data
- Babel Audio, LavX, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 6,102 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Babel Audio, LavX, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the company then bundles into AI training data
- Babel Audio, LavX, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, Year published:
Mar 31, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC
- Babel Audio, LavX, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the company then bundles into AI training data
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, King & Spalding client alert, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per protected work.
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, King & Spalding client alert, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per protected work.
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, King & Spalding client alert, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range:
The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per protected work.
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, King & Spalding client alert, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 5,141 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, King & Spalding client alert, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per protected work.
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, King & Spalding client alert, read 2026-10-31, Year published:
the settlement resolves claims relating to actions taken through August 25, 2025
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, King & Spalding client alert, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per protected work.
- Calliope Networks, Italy Meets Hollywood report, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for 4K or 3D content.
- Calliope Networks, Italy Meets Hollywood report, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for 4K or 3D content.
- Calliope Networks, Italy Meets Hollywood report, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range:
For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for 4K or 3D content.
- Calliope Networks, Italy Meets Hollywood report, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 7,272 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Calliope Networks, Italy Meets Hollywood report, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for 4K or 3D content.
- Calliope Networks, Italy Meets Hollywood report, read 2026-10-31, Year published:
Published On: August 20, 2024
- Calliope Networks, Italy Meets Hollywood report, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for 4K or 3D content.
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, The Decoder report, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI training rights.
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, The Decoder report, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI training rights.
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, The Decoder report, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range:
The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI training rights.
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, The Decoder report, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 5,490 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, The Decoder report, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI training rights.
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, The Decoder report, read 2026-10-31, Year published:
Matthias Bastian Feb 8, 2025
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, The Decoder report, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI training rights. Authors would receive half of that amount, or $2,500 per book, according to the publisher.
- HUD AI, HUD's own post on DEV, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
Would you license your old/dead codebase as AI training data for $10k?
- HUD AI, HUD's own post on DEV, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
Frontier AI labs pay up to $10k for a qualifying one.
- HUD AI, HUD's own post on DEV, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 4,057 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- HUD AI, HUD's own post on DEV, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range:
Frontier AI labs pay up to $10k for a qualifying one.
- HUD AI, HUD's own post on DEV, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
I work with HUD AI (YC W25). We license private (high-quality) codebases as traini
- HUD AI, HUD's own post on DEV, read 2026-10-31, Year published: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 4,057 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- HUD AI, HUD's own post on DEV, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
Frontier AI labs pay up to $10k for a qualifying one. It's a license, not a sale
- Neon Mobile, Malwarebytes report, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation, and this doubles when the person on the other end uses the app as well.
- Neon Mobile, Malwarebytes report, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation, and this doubles when the person on the other end uses the app as well.
- Neon Mobile, Malwarebytes report, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range:
The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation, and this doubles when the person on the other end uses the app as well.
- Neon Mobile, Malwarebytes report, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 8,264 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Neon Mobile, Malwarebytes report, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation, and this doubles when the person on the other end uses the app as well.
- Neon Mobile, Malwarebytes report, read 2026-10-31, Year published:
Pieter Arntz | September 26, 2025
- Neon Mobile, Malwarebytes report, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation, and this doubles when the person on the other end uses the app as well.
- Newsflare, Newsflare AI licensing page, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
AI training demands thousands of hours of content, upload your full archive today to increase your earnings
- Newsflare, Newsflare AI licensing page, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
with rates typically ranging from $10–$50 per hour used
- Newsflare, Newsflare AI licensing page, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range:
with rates typically ranging from $10–$50 per hour used
- Newsflare, Newsflare AI licensing page, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range:
with rates typically ranging from $10–$50 per hour used
- Newsflare, Newsflare AI licensing page, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
with rates typically ranging from $10–$50 per hour used
- Newsflare, Newsflare AI licensing page, read 2026-10-31, Year published: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 5,233 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Newsflare, Newsflare AI licensing page, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
upload your full archive today to increase your earnings, with rates typically ranging from $10–$50 per hour used
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, The Decoder, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-08, Data type:
OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, The Decoder, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-08, Unit priced:
OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, The Decoder, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-08, Price, or the low end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 10,900 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, The Decoder, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-08, High end of a range:
OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, The Decoder, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-08, Who pays whom:
OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, The Decoder, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-08, Year published:
Matthias Bastian Jan 11, 2025
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, The Decoder, Bloomberg report, read 2026-10-08, The price in the source's own words:
OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute
- Troveo, BH Media article, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage
- Troveo, BH Media article, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage
- Troveo, BH Media article, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range:
Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage
- Troveo, BH Media article, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range:
Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage
- Troveo, BH Media article, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage
- Troveo, BH Media article, read 2026-10-31, Year published:
Jared Brick June 19, 2025
- Troveo, BH Media article, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage
- Wirestock, VentureBeat report, read 2026-10-31, Data type:
ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from Wirestock, up to $15-20 per artwork for specific needs
- Wirestock, VentureBeat report, read 2026-10-31, Unit priced:
ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from Wirestock, up to $15-20 per artwork for specific needs
- Wirestock, VentureBeat report, read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 7,394 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Wirestock, VentureBeat report, read 2026-10-31, High end of a range:
ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from Wirestock, up to $15-20 per artwork for specific needs
- Wirestock, VentureBeat report, read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom:
ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from Wirestock, up to $15-20 per artwork for specific needs
- Wirestock, VentureBeat report, read 2026-10-31, Year published:
6:50 am, PT, May 16, 2024
- Wirestock, VentureBeat report, read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words:
ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from Wirestock, up to $15-20 per artwork for specific needs
The method in full
Each price's own programme pages, filings and press reports were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row).
For every page or report, seven questions were answered from its own words: data type, unit priced, price, or the low end of a range, high end of a range, who pays whom, year published, the price in the source's own words.
Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the page or report read does not address the question.
A price with several pages and reports reads 'varies' where they disagree.
12 prices, 12 pages and reports.
Source list (12)
- The Star: Adobe pays for video (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- PYMNTS: Adobe pays for photos and video (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- The Decoder: unpublished YouTube video (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- VentureBeat: Wirestock (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- The Decoder: Microsoft and HarperCollins (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- King & Spalding: Bartz v. Anthropic settlement (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- Italy Meets Hollywood: Calliope Networks (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- BH Media: Troveo (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- Newsflare: AI licensing (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- Malwarebytes: Neon Mobile (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- LavX: Babel Audio (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
- HUD: licensing a dead startup's codebase (cited for reporting; the publisher's own programme pages, filings and press reports)
Reference or embed these figures
4 of 12 published per-unit prices for AI training data on this index are paid by an AI company to the rights holder directly, read 31 October 2026.
Data type, by price: video 5 of 12, audio and speech 2 of 12, books 2 of 12, images and photos 2 of 12, code 1 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
Unit priced, by price: per minute 5 of 12, per book or work 2 of 12, per hour 2 of 12, per image 2 of 12, per codebase 1 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
Price, or the low end of a range, by price: a price in US dollars 8 of 12, not stated 4 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
High end of a range, by price: a price in US dollars 7 of 12, not stated 5 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
Who pays whom, by price: a platform paying contributors 6 of 12, an AI company paying a rights holder 4 of 12, a list price to AI buyers 1 of 12, a court settlement, not a licence 1 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
Year published, by price: 2025 5 of 12, not stated 4 of 12, 2024 2 of 12, 2026 1 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
The price in the source's own words, by price: stated 12 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
Credit as: "AI training data prices per unit, by data type", updated 2026-10-31, https://datasetvaluation.com/datasets/ai-data-unit-prices/.
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What price per unit has been published for AI training data, by data type: per minute or hour of video and audio, per image, per book, per codebase, in US dollars?
4 of 12 published per-unit prices for AI training data on this index are paid by an AI company to the rights holder directly, read 31 October 2026.