About Surdatics
Surdatics is built by Sonergy Data Technologies. We connect researchers who need answers with people willing to give them, pay those people properly, and give buyers a way to verify that the data in front of them was collected the way it claims.
Two problems kept showing up, and they turned out to be the same problem seen from opposite ends.
Researchers could not get reliable answers from real people quickly, especially outside the markets that panels already cover well. And the people best placed to answer — in the field, on a phone, often where connectivity is unreliable — were rarely paid fairly for it, if they were paid at all.
Meanwhile the market those datasets sell into changed. AI companies are being sued over where their training data came from, and the question being asked in court is not whether the data is good. It is whether it was theirs to take. That question cannot be answered retroactively: provenance either exists from the moment of collection, or it does not exist at all.
So we built the collection and the proof together, because the proof is the part that cannot be added later.
Every record here came from someone who was shown what the study was for, agreed to it, and was paid. Rewards are funded into escrow before a survey is visible, so payment does not depend on the researcher still being there when the work is done.
Saying data was collected properly is easy. Every response carries a record of what was asked, when it was answered and what was paid, and a digest of that record is anchored so it cannot be revised afterwards. A claim you can change later is marketing. One you cannot is evidence.
Anonymisation has limits: a small dataset with rare demographic combinations can narrow to an individual however the columns are labelled. We flag those rather than implying a guarantee nobody in this industry can make. We also claim no certification we have not earned.
A survey whose reward pool has run dry is not shown to anyone. A payout method whose treasury cannot settle is withheld rather than offered and then failed. An empty list costs far less trust than a broken promise.
Design a study, fund it, and reach verified respondents — online or offline through ODK Collect.
For researchers →Answer studies that match you, get paid per response, and withdraw to a bank account or a wallet.
For respondents →Buy datasets that carry a verifiable record of how they were collected, and know which ones we witnessed.
Browse the marketplace →Questions about a study, a dataset, or how any of this works — info@surdatics.com. How we handle data is set out in our Privacy Policy and Data Ethics policy.