Data collection as a service

The data you need to build, collected for you

You have an idea that runs on data: a model to train, a product to launch, research to publish, a market to understand. The hard part is getting the data. It is scattered across websites, locked inside PDFs and scans, sitting in public portals nobody has time to wrangle, or it does not exist in usable form yet.

We source it the right way, by whatever method fits, then clean, structure, and validate it so you get a dataset you can build on from day one. Every engagement starts with a free feasibility check on your sources, so you see what is possible before you commit.

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Wherever your data lives, we can get it

Most projects stall because the data spans half a dozen places, each with its own format, access rules, and quirks. We work across all of them and hand you one clean dataset.

Galific collects from public data, the web, documents, live feeds, APIs, and custom collection, then cleans and structures it into a dataset you can build on Your data sources Public & open data Web & marketplaces Documents & photos Live commerce feeds Third-party APIs Custom collection Collect, clean & structure Your dataset Clean, matched, validated Documented & refreshable CSV · JSON · API · database

Public & open data

Government and institutional datasets (data.gov.in, the Reserve Bank, the Ministry of Statistics, sector portals), pulled, reconciled, and made analysis-ready.

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Web & marketplaces

Catalogues, prices, listings, directories, and reviews extracted reliably across thousands of pages, including sites that fight back.

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Documents & photos

Invoices, ledgers, forms, registers, and images turned into structured rows and fields, including handwriting and regional formats.

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Live commerce feeds

Catalogue, price, and availability feeds across quick-commerce and marketplace apps, refreshed on the cadence you need.

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Third-party APIs

When a paid or partner application programming interface is the cleanest route, we integrate it, handle the limits and authentication, and fold it into the same dataset.

Custom collection

When the data does not exist yet, we create it: surveys and panels, structured field and store-level capture, and expert tagging and labelling.

How a collection project runs

No black box. You see the plan and a sample before any build, and you know exactly how the data was put together.

The collection workflow: scope, source check, collect, clean and validate, deliver 1 Scope what data, what for 2 Source check feasibility and legality 3 Collect by the right method 4 Clean & validate dedupe, normalize, check 5 Deliver CSV, JSON, API, database

A dataset you can actually build on

We deliver in the format your stack expects, validated and documented, so your next step is building, not cleaning. And because we are an end-to-end data company, we can take it further whenever you want.

Or skip the file: serve it as a live API

We can host the collected dataset as an authenticated, auto-refreshing API endpoint, the way our quick commerce data API already serves live catalog and pricing feeds. Your product or partners query it directly and always get current data.

Why teams hand us the collection problem

Method-agnostic

We pick the source and method that actually fit your problem, not the one we happen to sell. Often it is a mix.

Feasibility first

A free check on your sources, with a sample and a legality read, before you commit a rupee. You see the quality up front.

End to end

Collection is the start. We can take the same dataset into clean pipelines, forecasts, and dashboards whenever you are ready.

Priced for India

Built and scoped for Indian SME budgets, with clear deliverables instead of a vague enterprise quote.

Tell us what data you need

Is collecting this data legal?

For public data, generally yes, but the details matter and we scope them with you before we start. India has no statute that specifically bans collecting public data. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 does not apply to personal data that a person has made publicly available (Section 3(c)(ii)), which covers most public web and open data.

Accessing a system without authorization can fall under Section 43 of the Information Technology Act 2000, and a source's terms of service can create contractual limits. So we focus on public, permitted data, respect robots and rate limits, avoid personal or sensitive data unless you have a lawful basis, and flag anything that needs your legal sign-off.

This is general information, not legal advice.

Data collection FAQs

General FAQs

Everything you need to know about the service and how it works. Can’t find an answer? Mail us at info@galific.com

  • What is data collection as a service?
    You tell us the data you need and what you want to build with it, and we get it for you. We find the right sources, confirm what is feasible and compliant, collect the data by whatever method fits (public datasets, web extraction, documents, APIs, or custom collection), then clean, structure, and validate it so you receive a dataset that is ready to use. It is the step before data engineering and modelling: actually getting the raw material in usable shape.
  • How is this different from your web scraping service?
    Web scraping is one method, collecting public data from websites. Data collection is method-agnostic: scraping is one of the tools, alongside public and government data, document and photo digitization, third-party and partner APIs, and custom collection like surveys and field capture. If your data lives only on the web, our web scraping service is the right entry point. If it is spread across several kinds of sources, or you are not sure where it lives, start here.
  • Can you get data from public and government sources like data.gov.in?
    Yes. India has a deep open-data landscape, data.gov.in, the Reserve Bank of India database, the Ministry of Statistics, and many sector portals, but the data is often split across formats, releases, and definitions that do not line up. We know where the right datasets live, pull them, reconcile the definitions, and hand you one clean, analysis-ready file instead of a folder of mismatched downloads.
  • What if the data I need does not exist publicly yet?
    Then we create it. Custom collection covers surveys and panels, structured field or store-level capture, expert tagging and labelling, and digitizing data that only exists on paper or in photos. We scope the sample size and method with you so the result is representative enough for what you are building.
  • Is collecting this data legal?
    For public data, generally yes, but the details matter and we scope them before starting. India has no statute that specifically bans collecting public data. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 does not apply to personal data that a person has made publicly available (Section 3(c)(ii)), which covers most public web and open data. Accessing a system without authorization can fall under Section 43 of the Information Technology Act 2000, and a source's terms of service can add contractual limits. So we focus on public, permitted data, respect robots and rate limits, avoid personal or sensitive data unless you have a lawful basis, and flag anything that needs your legal sign-off. This is general information, not legal advice.
  • In what format do you deliver the data?
    CSV, JSON, a direct API, or written straight into your database or data warehouse, with a short data dictionary so your team knows what every field means. The point is to deliver the data where you will actually build, not as a file nobody opens.
  • Can you keep the data fresh, or is it a one-time pull?
    Either. Some projects need a single snapshot to build on; others need a feed that refreshes hourly, daily, or monthly with change detection and alerts. We set the cadence to how fast your decisions move and monitor the pipeline so it keeps working as sources change.
  • How does an engagement start, and what does it cost?
    It starts with a free feasibility check on your sources, plus a sample, so you see what is collectable and what the quality looks like before you commit. Cost depends on the number and difficulty of sources, the refresh frequency, and whether you want us to take it past collection into models or dashboards. We scope it after the check rather than quote a vague range.