B2B Data Products & Licensing

News Quality Data for Business Use Cases

From media planning and governance to AI content labeling and real-time article scoring, Ad Fontes Media's ratings power smarter decisions across 14,000+ news sources and 150,000 articles rated daily.

Our Pricing Approach Ad Fontes Media uses value-based, revenue-tiered licensing. Rather than charging based on data volume (which can be similar across very different customers), we price based on the scale of your organization and the value you derive from our data. This means a university researcher and a Fortune 500 company can both access the data they need at prices that reflect their respective contexts.

Interactive Media Bias Chart Pro

A web application with full search, filtering, and visualization across 4,500+ displayed news sources, with underlying data on 14,000+ sources including YouTube channels. Search by ownership, outlet type, diversity, location, and more.

Startup / Small Biz / Nonprofit
Early-stage companies, nonprofits & research teams
$250
per month
$3,000 billed annually
1 – 3 seats
  • Full IMBC Pro web app access
  • 14,000+ source scores
  • CSV delivery upon request, up to once per quarter
  • All search & filter dimensions
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Enterprise
Large organizations & media conglomerates
starting at$6,000
per month
$72,000 billed annually
Up to 20 seats
  • Full IMBC Pro web app access
  • 14,000+ source scores
  • CSV delivery upon request, up to once per quarter
  • All search & filter dimensions
  • Dedicated account support
  • Optional data delivery upgrades
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Strategic
Fortune 500, major tech & media companies
Custom
Pricing
Tailored to your organization
Unlimited seats
  • Everything in Enterprise
  • Custom SLA & delivery terms
  • Executive account management
  • Data delivery upgrades included
  • Custom reporting & integrations
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Source Scores CSV (14,000+ sources) included with every plan — delivered upon request, up to once per quarter

All plans above are intended for B2B and related use cases. Educational institutions should see our IMBC for EDU product tiers.

Data Delivery

Automated file delivery to your cloud storage on the schedule you need. Three data depth tiers to match your use case. Pricing scales with your organization's size, since larger organizations derive proportionally more value from our data.

Tier 1
Source Scores Only
14,000+ news source reliability and bias scores. Weekly or monthly CSV delivery. Low overhead. Best for brand safety, compliance, and research workflows.
Tier 2
Source + Human Ratings
Everything above, plus daily push of ~50 new human-analyst-rated articles per day. Best for editorial tools, media monitoring platforms, and media credibility workflows.
Tier 3 — Full Data
Source + Human + ML/AI Ratings
The complete dataset: source scores, human ratings, and ~150,000 ML/AI-rated articles per day. Historical ratings available since 2023. For aggregators, AI companies, ad tech, and financial services needing real-time content intelligence.

Annual Data License — Standalone (no IMBC Pro)

Organization Size Source Only Source + Human Full Data (Push)
Research / NonprofitUniversity, NGO, nonprofit $3,600/yr$300/mo equiv. No pricing below Startup/Small Biz No pricing below Startup/Small Biz
Startup/Small Biz< $5M ARR $6,000/yr$500/mo equiv. $12,000/yr$1,000/mo equiv. $24,000/yr$2,000/mo equiv.
Mid-Market$5M – $500M revenue $18,000/yr$1,500/mo equiv. $36,000/yr$3,000/mo equiv. $72,000/yr$6,000/mo equiv.
Enterprise$100M – $5B revenue starting at$36,000/yr$3,000/mo equiv. Custom Custom
Strategic$5B+ revenue Custom Custom Custom

Revenue-based tiers reflect the proportional value organizations of different scales derive from our data. Push frequency (hourly, daily, etc.) is configurable per agreement. Basic revenue verification to be conducted prior to contracting.

ℹ️ Already an IMBC Pro subscriber? A quarterly Source Scores CSV is included in your plan. Upgrades to Source + Human or Full Data are available as add-ons. Contact us for add-on pricing.

Real-Time API

Low-latency API access for real-time content scoring and labeling. Our full news source + article data tier is available via API for use cases that need instant results: ad decisioning, AI model training, real-time news filtering, and more.

API Pricing — Contact Us

Real-time API pricing is tailored to your organization's size and use case. Integration configuration depends on factors such as bid request volume and latency requirements.

DSP/SSP Data Segments

For programmatic advertising. Activate Ad Fontes Media segments directly within major DSPs and SSPs to target high-quality, minimally biased news content at the article level, in real time.

CPM-Based Activation

Ad Fontes Media data segments are available within the programmatic ecosystem on a CPM basis. Your brand or agency pays the CPM at the time of activation — charged through your existing DSP or SSP relationship. No upfront license required for campaign activation.

For DSPs and SSPs looking to integrate our data for inventory filtering or supply-side use cases, flat subscription licensing is available in addition to or in place of CPM.

What brings you here?

Not sure which product fits? Here are the most common use cases and what we'd recommend.

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Brand Safety & Media Planning

You need to vet news sources before running campaigns or making media buys. You want searchable, reliable credibility scores.

IMBC Pro → Mid-Market or Enterprise
📰

News Aggregator or App

You're building a product that surfaces news and want to label, filter, or rank content by credibility in real time.

Full Data + API → Startup or Mid-Market
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AI Training & Content Labeling

You need labeled news data at scale — for training models, filtering outputs, or grounding responses in credible sources.

Full Data + API → Enterprise or Strategic
📊

Financial Services & ESG

You need to assess media credibility for risk analysis, ESG scoring, or compliance workflows.

IMBC Pro + Source Scores → Enterprise
📡

Ad Tech Platform (DSP/SSP)

You want to integrate credibility data into bid decisioning, inventory scoring, or contextual targeting.

Full Data + API + CPM Segments
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Academic Research

You're studying media credibility, misinformation, or news consumption patterns and need access to our underlying data.

Data Delivery → Research tier

FAQ

How do you determine which pricing tier I'm in?
Tiers are based on your organization's total annual revenue (and either ARR or valuation for startups). This reflects the proportional value different-sized organizations derive from our data — not the volume of data they consume, which is often similar across customers.
Can I combine IMBC Pro with data delivery?
Yes. IMBC Pro includes Source Scores CSV at all tiers. Customers who need deeper data (Source + Human, or Full Data with ML/AI article scores) can add those tiers on top of their IMBC Pro subscription. Bundle discounts are available.
What's the difference between Scheduled Push and the Real-Time API?
Scheduled Push delivers files to your cloud storage at an agreed frequency — anywhere from every minute to once monthly. The Real-Time API provides low-latency programmatic access for use cases that need instant results, like ad decisioning or live content filtering.
How are articles rated at scale?
Ad Fontes Media rates approximately 40–50 articles per day using human analysts, and approximately 150,000 articles per day using ML/AI models trained on our human-rated data. Historical ML/AI ratings are available back to 2023.
Is there an education or nonprofit discount?
Yes — we have a dedicated Research/Nonprofit tier for academic institutions and nonprofits needing data access for research purposes. We also offer a separate IMBC for EDU product for K–12 and higher-education media literacy use cases. See EDU pricing →
Are annual contracts required?
Yes, a one-year contract is our minimum term. Discounts are available for multi-year commitments.

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Tell us about your use case and we'll find the right fit.

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