A dataset or a platform subscription: which do I need?

The short answer, as of Q3 2026

Buy a dataset when you need one verified table now, for a model, a deck or a budget case, at a fixed price, on a single or corporate license. Subscribe to the TQI Intelligence Platform when the question comes back and you need continuous, queryable data across companies, funding, patents and programs, with every TQI market report included.

Two products, one database

Everything The Quantum Insider (TQI) sells comes from the same source: a database of the quantum sector built by the Resonance Intelligence Engine and validated by quantum-specialist analysts. What changes between the two products is how much of it you get, how it is packaged, and how often it refreshes.

DatasetIntelligence Platform
What you getOne verified table, plus a PDF briefingThe whole database, queryable, plus the graph explorer
CoverageThe dataset you buy2,100+ companies, 2,000+ investors, 1,300+ funding rounds, patents and national programs
Platform accessNot includedThis is the platform, one seat per person
Market reportsNot includedEvery TQI market report included
UpdatesThe version current at purchaseDaily
FormatExcel workbook and PDFWeb application and API
LicenseSingle user, or corporate for the whole organizationPer seat
Price$2,999 single license, $5,999 corporateAnnual subscription

When a dataset is enough

Buy a dataset when you know which numbers you need and you need them citable this week. A consultant building a market model, an investor testing a thesis, or a policy analyst benchmarking a national program all need the same thing: a verified table with sources on every row and a license that covers the deliverable they are producing. A dataset gives you that in an hour rather than a procurement cycle.

It is also the right choice when the question is genuinely one-off. If you will not ask it again next quarter, a subscription is more than you need.

When to subscribe

Subscribe when the question comes back. The platform is the live version of everything above: companies, investors, funding rounds, patents, research groups and national programs, connected through a graph explorer and refreshed daily. It also carries every TQI market report, so the analysis around the numbers arrives with the numbers rather than as a separate purchase.

Teams that check the same segment monthly, track competitors continuously, or run diligence several times a year spend less on a subscription than on repeated one-off purchases.

Where advisory fits

Neither product does the thinking for you. When the work is a national ecosystem assessment, an economic impact model, technical and commercial due diligence, or a market entry strategy, TQI's advisory team builds it on the same data. That is a scoped engagement rather than a product, and it usually starts from a platform subscription rather than replacing one.

How buyers typically move

The common path starts with one dataset for one decision and moves to a subscription when more than one person needs the answer. Nothing is wasted along the way, because the data is the same underneath. If you buy a dataset and then subscribe, tell the team when you request access and they will take the purchase into account in the quote.

Frequently asked

Yes. Tell the team when you request access and they will take the dataset purchase into account in the platform quote.

No. Every TQI market report is included with an Intelligence Platform subscription, alongside the live data the reports are built from.

Yes. Datasets are cut from the platform database and validated by the same analysts. The platform is the live, complete version.

Always-on data

Need always-on data or API access?

The TQI Intelligence Platform is the live version of this data. 2,100+ quantum companies, 2,000+ investors and 1,300+ funding rounds, updated daily, queryable by taxonomy and geography, with API access for your own systems.

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Our advisors build the analysis around the data: ecosystem assessments, economic impact models, technical and commercial due diligence, and market entry work for governments, enterprises and investors.

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