We price Saola below hiring an agency and above buying raw trade data, where evidence-backed decisions live.
Prices in USD (VND for suppliers). Placement is never for sale.
For buyers
Pay for evidence, not access.
Every buyer engagement rests on real factories we have physically verified, with the evidence in writing. Start with one sourcing decision or subscribe to the whole graph; either way, you buy proof you can defend to your CFO, your customers, and CBP.
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Verified Shortlist
~10 business days
$1,500–3,000
5–8 matched, verified suppliers, each a full dossier you can act on.
Buyers who need to make one sourcing decision with confidence.
5–8 matched suppliers, each with a complete dossier
Registry cross-check (MST tax code) and what kind of company it really is, always labeled
Geo-tagged, timestamped site-visit evidence from a local verifier
Free to create. Browse verified suppliers and start your first project.
Are you a factory? This next part is for you. ↓
For factories
Start free. Only pay when you win business.
Verification is free during the pilot, while foreign importers actively look for verified Vietnamese factories under the 2026 tariff rules. You get a bilingual profile and real RFQs, and you pay nothing until you win business.
Our verifiers follow the integrity rules. Your photos and documents stay yours, shared only with your consent.
Free forever
Free forever
$0 (Free)
Free tools in Vietnamese, on Zalo, so your factory gets found.
Bilingual company profile with an AI-built product catalog from your existing photos
RFQ inbox
Export-readiness self-assessment
Address normalization for the new post-merger admin units
Certificate vault with expiry reminders
Verified
~$390 / year
~9,900,000 VND / year
S1–S2 verification, badge, and priority matching.
All free tools
Registry verification (S1) and site verification (S2)
The Saola Verified badge on your profile
Priority matching with buyers
Export-Ready
~$1,490 / year
~38,000,000 VND / year
The S3–S4 program to be ready for export orders.
Everything in Verified
One field re-verification per year
RFQ coaching and quote templates
An AI assistant for buyer communications
Origin-Ready
Priced per engagement
A documentation system that proves origin for your product lines.
Origin documentation system setup (Saola Origin)
BOM-level input-sourcing map
A buyer-shareable evidence vault
Supplier pricing is set deliberately at roughly one-third of Alibaba's US tiers. You pay nothing until you win business.
Talk to a real Saola person.
A Vietnamese verification specialist will explain how it works and answer every question. The call is free.
Price depends on category complexity and how many verified suppliers already exist in the graph for your spec. We confirm the exact price before any work begins, and the money-back guarantee always applies: if we can't find at least 5 qualified matches, you don't pay.
No, and anyone who promises that is overselling. We provide evidence and a risk assessment against CBP's substantial-transformation criteria: the documentation you and your counsel need to make and defend the call.
Yes. Saola's intelligence is 100% legally sourced and supplier-consented: public Vietnamese registries, US bills of lading (public records), and documents suppliers share with us. We never buy or resell gray-market Vietnam customs data.
No. Placement is never for sale. Suppliers rank only on evidence: verification tier, export history, responsiveness. A paid tier buys verification work and visibility tools, never a higher trust score.
Yes. The free tools are free forever. They are how factories get found. You only pay if you choose a paid verification tier, and even then you pay nothing until you win business during the pilot.
No. The platform is fully bilingual. Factories work entirely in Vietnamese, on Zalo; buyers read it in English in the portal. We translate both ways.
