The rate card
Start with a free check. Pay once, only when there's a decision on the table — and only as much as the decision is worth. Every paid brief is refundable within seven days.
The median room to P75 for Software Developers in California is $54K — the brief is $49 · ready in about ten minutes · seven-day refund
The full brief — research-grade. The default for most offers on the table.
When one term is worth five figures — equity, AMT, a competing offer.
Pay once · compiled after checkout · seven-day refund · four weeks of Company Watch included
Role, level, and metro → your market band and a company-health teaser. No full brief.
From the buyers
“What a product. Very unique. Just being able to negotiate the swing with real numbers added over $30k to my sign-on package alone. If I didn't have the data in hand there was no way I could have confidently asked for it. I wish this existed years ago! Great service!”
Real buyers, published with consent · never edited, never invented
Side by side
| Comp checkFree | Offer$49 | Executive$149 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market wage band (DOL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Company-health teaser | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Verdict + 0–100 score | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Negotiation play | — | full | deepest |
| Full company-health & runway | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Role-level risk read | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Equity & tax modeling | — | — | ✓ |
| Multi-offer comparison | — | — | ✓ |
| Order | Run a free check → | Get the Offer Brief | Begin an Executive brief |
The briefs above are one-time. Company Watch (below) is the only subscription — separate, and cancel-anytime.
“Most people never ask for a refresh clause — because no one told them it exists.”
§5 · The negotiation playbook — the asks, the counters, the words
Whichever you choose
Every serious claim points back to a filing, wage dataset, or public record you can open yourself.
Built from public data and sealed to your account. No company is ever contacted.
Assembled for your company, role, and package — not pulled from a shelf.
If a paid brief doesn't earn its keep, it's refundable within seven days — no questions.
Read exactly how a brief is built: Methodology · Sources · Security · Data integrity
Because the decision is bigger. When the package carries real equity, AMT exposure, and a competing offer, getting one term right is worth tens of thousands. The Executive Brief adds equity-and-tax modeling, multi-offer comparison, and the deepest negotiation play — and the buyers in this tier expense it.
Yes — no account, no card. You get your market band and a teaser of the company read. There's no full brief at the free tier; it's how most people meet Footnote.
The briefs are one-time — pay per decision, never a subscription to read them. If you want your employer watched between decisions, that is Company Watch — a separate, cancel-anytime subscription.