409A valuation services: 409A Price Index

The median published figure in the 409A Price Index is 1,499.50 USD across 8 sources' own pages (range 499 to 1,800 USD; 9 sources publish a figure, some priced per year), read 11 November 2026.

1,499.5 USD Median published figure middle half 599.75 to 1,500 USD
499 to 1,800 USD Range a 1,301 USD spread; quartiles 599.75 and 1,500
8 Published figures from 8 source pages, read 11 Nov 2026
9 of 44 Sources read that publish one 21% publish a figure at all
  1. Capboard, Capboard vs Carta 409A plans and pricing1,800 USD
  2. Cake Equity, 409A feature1,500 USD
  3. Qapita, best 409A valuation providers1,500 USD
  4. inDinero, 409A valuation cost in 20261,500 USD
  5. Sharp 409A, price1,499 USD
  6. 409.AI, how much does a 409A valuation cost899 USD
  7. Transaction Capital, 409A valuation cost500 USD
  8. 409A Valuation, pricing499 USD
Every published figure, highest first.median 1,499.5 USD
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RowValue
Capboard, Capboard vs Carta 409A plans and pricing1,800 USD
Cake Equity, 409A feature1,500 USD
Qapita, best 409A valuation providers1,500 USD
inDinero, 409A valuation cost in 20261,500 USD
Sharp 409A, price1,499 USD
409.AI, how much does a 409A valuation cost899 USD
Transaction Capital, 409A valuation cost500 USD
409A Valuation, pricing499 USD
  1. 2499 to 716
  2. 1716 to 933
  3. 933 to 1,150
  4. 1,150 to 1,366
  5. 41,366 to 1,583
  6. 11,583 to 1,800
Where the 8 published figures fall, USD, in six equal bands from the lowest to the highest.
Bands
BucketValue
499 to 7162 figures
716 to 9331 figure
933 to 1,1500 figures
1,150 to 1,3660 figures
1,366 to 1,5834 figures
1,583 to 1,8001 figure

9 of the 44 named sources read in full publish a figure; 35 publish none, read 11 November 2026.

By bundled or standalone

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
bundled or standalone standalone1,500 USD (one figure)one figure, no range1

Every figure, with its source

One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureBreakdownRead
Capboard, Capboard vs Carta 409A plans and pricing1,800 USD2026-11-11
Cake Equity, 409A feature1,500 USD2026-11-11
Qapita, best 409A valuation providers1,500 USD2026-11-11
inDinero, 409A valuation cost in 20261,500 USDstandalone2026-11-11
Sharp 409A, price1,499 USD2026-11-11
Eqvista, pricing990 USD per year2026-11-11
409.AI, how much does a 409A valuation cost899 USD2026-11-11
Transaction Capital, 409A valuation cost500 USD2026-11-11
409A Valuation, pricing499 USD2026-11-11
The sentence each figure was read from (9)

Read in full, publishes no figure

35 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

9 of the 44 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 35 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 398 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per provider per stage: the published price or band, whether it is a standalone report or an entitlement of a cap-table plan, the number of valuations included in a year, the stated turnaround and the rush premium.

Across them, the figures nobody publishes: the median and spread of the published price at each funding stage, the share of providers publishing a price at all against the share quoting only, the price per business day of turnaround, and the gap between the bundled and standalone route for the same report.

Repriced-since the previous read, which is the news in a market that has moved from four figures to three in two years.

398 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

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The median published figure in the 409A Price Index is 1,499.50 USD across 8 sources' own pages (range 499 to 1,800 USD; 9 sources publish a figure, some priced per year), read 11 November 2026.

9 of the 44 named sources read in full publish a figure; 35 publish none, read 11 November 2026.

409A Price Index, bundled or standalone standalone: median 1,500 USD across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.

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1,499.50 USD

median published figure, 409A Price Index, across 8 sources, read 11 November 2026

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What does a 409A valuation cost, per provider, per company stage, and what does the price include?

The median published figure in the 409A Price Index is 1,499.50 USD across 8 sources' own pages (range 499 to 1,800 USD; 9 sources publish a figure, some priced per year), read 11 November 2026.

Where do the figures in the 409A Price Index come from?

Every figure is quoted from its source's own page and dated (last read 11 Nov 2026). 44 named sources were read and 9 publish a figure; the 35 that publish none are recorded as not published, never estimated.

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