Materials database software data terms
8 of 11 materials database software vendors whose terms we read reserve the right to use their customers' data in aggregated or anonymised form, read 28 October 2026.
Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use
Who owns the business's data
Training AI on the business's data
Export at exit
How every vendor answered
One vendor to a row. Expand an answer for its source sentence, word for word, plus the document and the read date; "not stated" means that document does not cover the question.
| Vendor | Who owns the business's data | Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use | Training AI on the business's data | Export at exit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Invent | the business Not addressed in Albert Invent privacy policy | reservedNot addressed in Albert Invent terms of service | not statedNot addressed in Albert Invent terms of service Not addressed in Albert Invent privacy policy | not statedNot addressed in Albert Invent terms of service Not addressed in Albert Invent privacy policy |
| Alchemy Cloud | not statedNot addressed in Alchemy Cloud privacy policy | reserved | not statedNot addressed in Alchemy Cloud privacy policy | not statedNot addressed in Alchemy Cloud privacy policy |
| CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database) | not statedNot addressed in CCDC website terms and conditions | not statedNot addressed in CCDC website terms and conditions | not statedNot addressed in CCDC website terms and conditions | not statedNot addressed in CCDC website terms and conditions |
| Citrine Informatics | not statedNot addressed in Citrine privacy notice | reserved | not statedNot addressed in Citrine privacy notice | not statedNot addressed in Citrine privacy notice |
| Materials Project (LBNL) | not statedNot addressed in Materials Project terms of use and privacy policy Not addressed in Materials Project documentation (llms-full) | reserved Not addressed in Materials Project documentation (llms-full) | not statedNot addressed in Materials Project terms of use and privacy policy Not addressed in Materials Project documentation (llms-full) | no export promised Not addressed in Materials Project documentation (llms-full) |
| NIMS Materials Data Repository | not statedNot addressed in MDR terms of use for open data | not statedNot addressed in MDR terms of use for open data | not statedNot addressed in MDR terms of use for open data | not statedNot addressed in MDR terms of use for open data |
| NIMS MatNavi | not statedNot addressed in MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9 | not statedNot addressed in MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9 | not statedNot addressed in MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9 | not statedNot addressed in MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9 |
| NOMAD | reservedNot addressed in NOMAD terms of use | |||
| Polymerize | not statedNot addressed in Polymerize privacy policy | reserved | not statedNot addressed in Polymerize privacy policy | not statedNot addressed in Polymerize privacy policy |
| Schrodinger | the business Not addressed in Schrodinger privacy policy | reservedNot addressed in Schrodinger end user licence agreement | not statedNot addressed in Schrodinger end user licence agreement Not addressed in Schrodinger privacy policy | not statedNot addressed in Schrodinger end user licence agreement Not addressed in Schrodinger privacy policy |
| Total Materia | the vendor Not addressed in Total Materia privacy policy | reservedNot addressed in Total Materia terms of use | not statedNot addressed in Total Materia terms of use Not addressed in Total Materia privacy policy | not statedNot addressed in Total Materia terms of use Not addressed in Total Materia privacy policy |
The 64 sentences the answers come from
- Albert Invent, Albert Invent privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 19,680 characters long.
- Albert Invent, Albert Invent privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use:
Creating de-identified and/or aggregated information;
- Albert Invent, Albert Invent privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 19,680 characters long.
- Albert Invent, Albert Invent privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 19,680 characters long.
- Albert Invent, Albert Invent terms of service, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data:
Albert does not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to your User Content.
- Albert Invent, Albert Invent terms of service, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,747 characters long.
- Albert Invent, Albert Invent terms of service, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,747 characters long.
- Albert Invent, Albert Invent terms of service, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,747 characters long.
- Alchemy Cloud, Alchemy Cloud privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 31,590 characters long.
- Alchemy Cloud, Alchemy Cloud privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use:
Clickstream data is aggregated data about usage of the Site that does not contain Personal Information.
- Alchemy Cloud, Alchemy Cloud privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 31,590 characters long.
- Alchemy Cloud, Alchemy Cloud privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 31,590 characters long.
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), CCDC website terms and conditions, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,461 characters long.
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), CCDC website terms and conditions, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,461 characters long.
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), CCDC website terms and conditions, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,461 characters long.
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), CCDC website terms and conditions, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,461 characters long.
- Citrine Informatics, Citrine privacy notice, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,169 characters long.
- Citrine Informatics, Citrine privacy notice, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use:
We may share aggregated information and non-identifying information with third parties for industry research and analysis, demographic profiling and other similar purposes.
- Citrine Informatics, Citrine privacy notice, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,169 characters long.
- Citrine Informatics, Citrine privacy notice, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,169 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project documentation (llms-full), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 393,611 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project documentation (llms-full), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 393,611 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project documentation (llms-full), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 393,611 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project documentation (llms-full), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 393,611 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project terms of use and privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,853 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project terms of use and privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use:
Aggregated data cannot be linked back to an individual user.
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project terms of use and privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,853 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project terms of use and privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit:
if you delete your account, all data associated with your account, including the permalinks and the usage data associated with those searches, will be deleted.
- NIMS Materials Data Repository, MDR terms of use for open data, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 1,224 characters long.
- NIMS Materials Data Repository, MDR terms of use for open data, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 1,224 characters long.
- NIMS Materials Data Repository, MDR terms of use for open data, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 1,224 characters long.
- NIMS Materials Data Repository, MDR terms of use for open data, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 1,224 characters long.
- NIMS MatNavi, MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 2,984 characters long.
- NIMS MatNavi, MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 2,984 characters long.
- NIMS MatNavi, MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 2,984 characters long.
- NIMS MatNavi, MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 2,984 characters long.
- NOMAD, NOMAD privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 15,002 characters long.
- NOMAD, NOMAD privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use:
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information
- NOMAD, NOMAD privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 15,002 characters long.
- NOMAD, NOMAD privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 15,002 characters long.
- NOMAD, NOMAD terms of use, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,719 characters long.
- NOMAD, NOMAD terms of use, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,719 characters long.
- NOMAD, NOMAD terms of use, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,719 characters long.
- NOMAD, NOMAD terms of use, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,719 characters long.
- Polymerize, Polymerize privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 11,515 characters long.
- Polymerize, Polymerize privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use:
We may use such aggregated or de-identified information for any lawful purpose.
- Polymerize, Polymerize privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 11,515 characters long.
- Polymerize, Polymerize privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 11,515 characters long.
- Schrodinger, Schrodinger privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 36,584 characters long.
- Schrodinger, Schrodinger privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use:
such as to generate anonymized data for our own business purposes which does not identify you or another individual.
- Schrodinger, Schrodinger privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 36,584 characters long.
- Schrodinger, Schrodinger privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 36,584 characters long.
- Schrodinger, Schrodinger end user licence agreement, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data:
Licensee retains all ownership and intellectual property rights in and to Licensee’s content, information and data (“Licensee Data”).
- Schrodinger, Schrodinger end user licence agreement, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 39,507 characters long.
- Schrodinger, Schrodinger end user licence agreement, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 39,507 characters long.
- Schrodinger, Schrodinger end user licence agreement, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 39,507 characters long.
- Total Materia, Total Materia terms of use, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data:
The materials, information, and other content contained within the Total Materia website, platform, and/or standalone products are proprietary to and owned by Total Materia AG.
- Total Materia, Total Materia terms of use, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 6,801 characters long.
- Total Materia, Total Materia terms of use, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 6,801 characters long.
- Total Materia, Total Materia terms of use, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 6,801 characters long.
- Total Materia, Total Materia privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 40,742 characters long.
- Total Materia, Total Materia privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use:
Upon the cessation of a legitimate business necessity for processing your personal information, we will proceed to delete or anonymize it.
- Total Materia, Total Materia privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 40,742 characters long.
- Total Materia, Total Materia privacy policy, read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 40,742 characters long.
Read and excluded
8 named documents were read and left out because they are not what this board covers; each reason is below. They are counted, never answered.
- Citrine Informatics, Chemicals & Materials Development Platform | Citrine Informatics: a 1,715-character product home page with no clause on data
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project Data - Registry of Open Data on AWS: a registry listing that points to the Project's terms and states no clause itself
- re3data, Materials Project | re3data.org: a third-party registry entry (admissible for name discovery only); the Project's own terms are read instead
- AFLOW (Duke), Aflow - Automatic FLOW for Materials Discovery: a product, repository or licensing home page that states no clause on ownership, aggregated use, AI training or export
- Materials Data Facility, Materials Data Facility (MDF) | Publish, Discover & Access Materials Data: a product, repository or licensing home page that states no clause on ownership, aggregated use, AI training or export
- MaterialsZone, AI-Powered Materials Informatics | Accelerate R&D and Innovation: a product, repository or licensing home page that states no clause on ownership, aggregated use, AI training or export
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), Licensing Information | CCDC: a product, repository or licensing home page that states no clause on ownership, aggregated use, AI training or export
- NIMS MatNavi, How to Start DICE | DICE :: National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS): a how-to page for opening a DICE account; it states no clause on data
How this was built
Each vendor's own published terms were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row).
For every document, four questions were answered from the vendor's own words: who owns the business's data, vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use, training AI on the business's data, export at exit.
Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the document read does not address the question.
A vendor with several documents reads 'varies' where they disagree.
11 vendors, 16 documents.
8 named documents have not been read and are excluded from the counts.
Where we looked (32)
- Ansys (Synopsys), Legal Notices | Permissions and Privacy of Ansys.com (not yet read)
- Ansys (Synopsys), General Terms and Conditions | Ansys (not yet read)
- Ansys (Synopsys), Terms & Conditions: Additional Terms: SAAS Licensing Terms| Cloud Storage (not yet read)
- Ansys Granta, Ansys Granta Materials Data | Brochure (not yet read)
- Total Materia, Terms of Use | Total Materia (not yet read)
- Total Materia, Terms of Use | Total Materia (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- Total Materia, Privacy Policy | Total Materia (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- Key to Metals, Key to Metals AG - Home (not yet read)
- Alchemy Cloud, AI Terms of Service (not yet read)
- Alchemy Cloud, Privacy Policy (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- Citrine Informatics, Privacy Policy - Citrine Informatics: The AI Platform for Materials Development (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- Citrine Informatics, Chemicals & Materials Development Platform | Citrine Informatics (read, set aside)
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project :: Terms of Use & Privacy Policy (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- Materials Project (LBNL), llms-full.txt (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project Data - Registry of Open Data on AWS (read, set aside)
- re3data, Materials Project | re3data.org (read, set aside)
- NOMAD, Terms of use, NOMAD (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- NOMAD, Privacy policy, NOMAD (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- AFLOW (Duke), Aflow - Automatic FLOW for Materials Discovery (read, set aside)
- OQMD (Northwestern), OQMD (not yet read)
- Materials Data Facility, Materials Data Facility (MDF) | Publish, Discover & Access Materials Data (read, set aside)
- Polymerize, Privacy Policy (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- Schrodinger, Schrodinger-EULA-January-2024.pdf (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- Schrodinger, Privacy Policy - Schrödinger (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- MaterialsZone, AI-Powered Materials Informatics | Accelerate R&D and Innovation (read, set aside)
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), Terms and Conditions | CCDC (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), Licensing Information | CCDC (read, set aside)
- Albert Invent, Terms of Service (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- Albert Invent, Privacy Policy (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- NIMS MatNavi, MatNavi_agreement_comparative_table_20240801_en.pdf (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
- NIMS MatNavi, How to Start DICE | DICE :: National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) (read, set aside)
- NIMS Materials Data Repository, MDR: NIMS Materials Data Repository (cited for reporting; the vendor's own published terms)
Take this figure with you
8 of 11 materials database software vendors whose terms we read reserve the right to use their customers' data in aggregated or anonymised form, read 28 October 2026.
Who owns the business's data, by vendor: not stated 8 of 11, the business 2 of 11, the vendor 1 of 11 (materials database software terms, read 28 October 2026).
Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use, by vendor: reserved 8 of 11, not stated 3 of 11 (materials database software terms, read 28 October 2026).
Training AI on the business's data, by vendor: not stated 11 of 11 (materials database software terms, read 28 October 2026).
Export at exit, by vendor: not stated 10 of 11, no export promised 1 of 11 (materials database software terms, read 28 October 2026).
To cite: "Materials database software data terms", updated 2026-10-28, https://sellmaterialdatatoai.com/datasets/materials-database-software-data-terms/.
The data as a CSV (64 answers, compiled 2026-10-28)