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Simple pricing.
Exceptional return.

Traditional distributor research costs $6,000–18,000 and takes six weeks. DistributorIQ delivers a ranked, analyst-verified shortlist in 48 hours — starting with your first one free.

Traditional market research
$6,000–18,000
3–6 consultant days · 4–6 weeks · no structured output
vs
DistributorIQ shortlist
$1,950
AI + analyst · 48 hours · ranked PDF · first one free
Free
Explore
$0
See which distributors exist in your market, run the AI brief tool, and feel the quality of the intelligence — before spending a cent.
  • ✓See all distributor names and HQ city
  • ✓Filter by country, sector, capability
  • ✓Run the AI brief tool — criteria extraction and weight suggestions
  • ✓See how many distributors match your criteria
  • ✓One teaser profile — 10 fields visible
  • —Full 50+ field profiles
  • —Match scores and rankings
  • —Analyst review and shortlist delivery
  • —PDF export
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Per engagement
Intelligence
$1,950
/ shortlist
One country. One sector. One brief. Full AI scoring, analyst review, and PDF export. No retainer, no subscription — pay per engagement.
  • ✓Everything in Explore
  • ✓Full 50+ field profiles — every distributor in scope
  • ✓AI match scoring against your bespoke criteria
  • ✓Ranked results — scored 0–100% per distributor
  • ✓Conflict-of-interest check included
  • ✓Specialist analyst review — every shortlist
  • ✓3–8 ranked distributors with rationale
  • ✓Diligence questions pre-populated
  • ✓Branded PDF export
  • ✓48-hour turnaround
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First shortlist complimentary · No commitment
Enterprise & bespoke
Platform
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Built for organisations that need volume, white-labelling, API access — or a genuinely bespoke data and intelligence product tailored to their markets and use cases.
  • ✓Everything in Intelligence
  • ✦Unlimited shortlists
  • ✦White-label under your brand
  • ✦Full API access
  • ✦Client workspace management
  • ✦Dedicated account manager
  • ✦SLA-backed turnaround
  • ✦Custom market data builds
  • ✦Custom sector schemas — bespoke field sets
  • ✦Custom scoring logic per client or programme
  • ✦Ongoing data maintenance contracts
  • ✦Volume pricing
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Per-shortlist pricing: one country · one sector · one brief · AI scoring · analyst review · PDF export · conflict check
The free tier

See the intelligence
before you commit.

The free tier is a signal, not a product. It shows you that the data exists, that the AI layer works, and that the output is worth paying for. The profiles, the scores, and the analyst review are what you pay for.

Think of it like a wine list that shows the vineyard and vintage but not the tasting notes — enough to know whether the cellar is serious.

Free — what you see
👁 Distributor name
👁 HQ city
👁 Count of matches for your brief
👁 AI criteria extraction from your brief
👁 Suggested scoring weights
👁 One teaser profile — 10 of 50+ fields
🔒 Full profiles — 50+ fields
🔒 Match scores and rankings
🔒 Analyst notes and rationale
🔒 Contact information
🔒 PDF export
Ready to unlock?
Your first full shortlist is complimentary — no credit card required.
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Platform & bespoke

Not just more shortlists.
A different product.

The Platform tier is not the Intelligence tier at scale. It is a genuinely different engagement — one where DistributorIQ becomes infrastructure for your practice, your programme, or your product.

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Market entry consultancies
Embed DistributorIQ under your brand. Run unlimited shortlists for client engagements. Export branded PDFs without a DistributorIQ watermark. Use API access to integrate with your own client delivery systems. Your clients see your intelligence platform — not ours.
White-labelUnlimited shortlistsClient workspacesBranded PDFAPI
🌐
Trade promotion agencies
Support hundreds of exporters across your programmes without proportionate staff costs. Deploy country or sector-specific instances aligned to your priority markets. Self-serve tools for exporters doing initial screening; analyst-verified shortlists for high-value clients who need deeper support.
Programme-specific deploymentSelf-serve + analyst tierVolume pricing
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Custom market & sector builds
Need a market we don't yet cover? A sector with different data requirements? We build bespoke distributor databases to order — with custom field schemas designed around what matters for your product and geography. Lubricants in Indonesia needs different fields than medical devices in Saudi Arabia. We build for both.
Custom country coverageBespoke field schemasSector-specific data4–8 week build
⚙️
Custom scoring & logic
The standard scoring engine works for most briefs. For clients with highly specific or recurring needs — a particular channel focus, a regulatory environment, a capital equipment threshold — we build custom scoring frameworks that are hardcoded to their criteria. Run any brief against your own model, not the default.
Custom scoring frameworksHardcoded criteriaRecurring brief templates
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Ongoing data maintenance
Data decays. Distributors change ownership, lose licences, pick up competing brands. For clients who need their database to stay current, we offer ongoing maintenance contracts — quarterly reviews of Tier 1 profiles, continuous monitoring of regulatory status, and real-time alerts when a shortlisted distributor changes in a material way.
Quarterly profile refreshRegulatory monitoringChange alertsRetainer basis
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Platform & product integration
Building a market entry product, an export finance tool, or a trade intelligence platform? DistributorIQ data and scoring is available via API for embedding in your own product. White-label data feeds, scored shortlist endpoints, and webhook alerts for profile changes. We become the data layer you don't have to build.
Full APIData feedsWebhook alertsCustom endpoints
Every Platform engagement starts with a conversation.
No standard pricing — scoped to your volume, markets, and customisation requirements.
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What's included

Everything in a
$1,950 shortlist.

No hidden add-ons. The price covers the complete process from brief intake to ranked PDF in your inbox.

01
Brief submission & AI interpretation
Submit in plain language. AI extracts criteria, suggests scoring weights. You review and adjust before scoring begins.
02
Full database scored
Every distributor in the relevant country and sector scored against your bespoke framework. Conflict-of-interest check runs automatically.
03
Specialist analyst review
A market specialist reviews rankings, adds qualitative intelligence, flags data gaps, annotates diligence questions. Not automated.
04
Ranked shortlist delivered
3–8 distributors. Full 50+ field profiles. Match scores. Rationale. Diligence questions. Contact information. PDF. Within 48 hours.
Shortlist engagement
What you receive
Coverage
1 country · 1 sector
Distributors scored
Full database
Shortlist delivered
3–8 ranked
Data fields per profile
50+
Conflict check
✓ Included
Analyst review
✓ Every shortlist
Diligence questions
✓ Pre-populated
PDF export
✓ Branded
Turnaround
48 hours
Confidentiality
Full
Total
$1,950
First shortlist complimentary — no credit card
Compare plans

Feature comparison.

Feature Explore
Free		 Intelligence
$1,950 / shortlist		 Platform
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Discovery
Distributor names & HQ city✓✓✓
Filter by country, sector, capability✓✓✓
AI brief tool — criteria extraction✓✓✓
Match count for your brief✓✓✓
Teaser profile (10 fields)✓ one✓✓
Full 50+ field profiles—✓✓
Scoring & matching
Match scores (0–100%)—✓✓
Ranked results list—✓✓
Conflict-of-interest check—✓✓
Custom scoring frameworks——✓
Analyst & output
Specialist analyst review—✓ every shortlist✓ every shortlist
3–8 ranked distributors delivered—✓✓
Diligence questions pre-populated—✓✓
Branded PDF export—✓✓
Turnaround—48 hrsSLA-backed
Platform & customisation
Unlimited shortlists——✓
White-label under your brand——✓
Full API access——✓
Client workspace management——✓
Custom market data builds——✓
Custom sector field schemas——✓
Ongoing data maintenance——✓
Dedicated account manager——✓
Volume pricing——✓
The case for DistributorIQ

The cost of
the alternative.

A poorly chosen distributor — exclusive but under-resourced, national on paper but regionally thin — costs 18–24 months and significant capital to unwind. The shortlist decision is not where you economise.

Traditional approach
✕
6–12 weeks to a shortlist you can act on
✕
$6,000–18,000 in consultant fees for research alone
✕
Unstructured output — a deck, not a scored dataset
✕
No conflict check — brand overlaps discovered after you've engaged
✕
Stale data — research done once, not refreshed
DistributorIQ
✓
48 hours from brief to ranked shortlist
✓
$1,950 — first shortlist free to validate quality
✓
Scored, structured output — 50+ fields, match %, rationale
✓
Conflict check built into every shortlist
✓
Continuously refreshed — Tier 1 reviewed quarterly
Pricing questions

Common questions
about pricing.

What exactly does the $1,950 cover?+
One country, one sector, one brief. AI interpretation, bespoke scoring framework, full database scoring, specialist analyst review, conflict-of-interest check, 3–8 ranked distributor profiles (50+ fields each), diligence questions pre-populated, and a branded PDF export — all within 48 hours. No add-ons, no upsells.
Why is the free tier so limited — just names?+
Because the database is the product. Giving full profile access for free would mean the data we have invested in building has no commercial value. The free tier is designed to demonstrate that the data exists, signal its depth, and let you run the AI brief tool — so you understand what you are buying before you pay. The profiles, the scores, and the analyst review are what you pay for.
Is the first shortlist really free?+
Yes — unconditionally. Your first shortlist includes the full Intelligence process: AI scoring, specialist analyst review, and PDF output. No credit card required. We do this because we are confident in the quality and want you to see it before committing.
What if I need multiple countries or sectors?+
Each country-sector combination is a separate engagement at $1,950. Three markets — say Saudi Arabia healthcare, UAE healthcare, and Indonesia FMCG — is $5,850. If you anticipate significant volume, the Platform tier offers unlimited shortlists and volume pricing. Contact us to discuss.
Is this a subscription or pay-per-use?+
Intelligence is strictly pay-per-engagement — no subscription, no monthly fee, no retainer. You pay $1,950 per shortlist. Platform is a subscription model for high-volume users. Pricing is agreed based on volume and market requirements.
What does "custom sector schema" mean in the Platform tier?+
The standard 50+ field schema is built around healthcare and life sciences in Saudi Arabia — the first market we covered. Different sectors in different countries need different fields. A lubricants distributor in Indonesia needs fields around depot network, automotive OEM relationships, and blending capability that don't exist in the standard schema. For Platform clients, we build a custom field set designed around what matters for their specific sector and geography.
Can you build data for a country you don't currently cover?+
Yes, on a custom basis. Custom data builds are available to Platform tier clients and on a one-off commissioned basis. Typically delivered within 4–8 weeks depending on market complexity and data availability. Contact us to scope.
Do you offer introductions or negotiation support beyond the shortlist?+
Yes, through our consulting team — separately from the shortlist fee. Introductions, commercial negotiations, and diligence support are available as a consulting engagement at a day-rate retainer. The shortlist is the starting point, not the limit of the service.

Start with your
first shortlist — free.

Submit your brief and see the quality of the output before committing. No credit card, no commitment, no pressure.

Request your free shortlist → See how it works
48-hour turnaround· Confidential by default· First shortlist free· No obligation
Intelligence
$1,950
per shortlist · no subscription
✓ 1 country · 1 sector · 1 brief
✓ AI scoring + analyst review
✓ 3–8 ranked distributors
✓ 50+ fields per profile
✓ PDF export + diligence questions
✓ 48-hour delivery
First shortlist complimentary