Pricing intelligence · Commodities · Public-source

The math
behind the market.

ICIS publishes a number. We publish the number, the math, and the confidence — sourced from public data, with every assumption named. Available on request.

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Built for

Operators who already
have an opinion about ICIS.

You're running procurement at a chemical distributor or manufacturer, spending $100K to $10M+ a yearon specialty and industrial commodities. You've been burned by an "AI-powered" pricing tool that turned out to be a chart.

VolaIndex is complementary to ICIS, not a replacement. They publish proprietary benchmarks; we publish a publicly-traceable estimate plus the model. Use both.

You'll get value if

You quote out specialty chems weekly and want a public-data sanity check
Your buyers cite ICIS — and you want a second, transparent reference
You manage truck procurement and need lane-rate intel built on the same logic

You probably won't

You're buying < $50K/year — a free FRED chart will serve you
You need a single proprietary benchmark for contracts — stay with ICIS
You want predictions, not intelligence — we don't forecast prices

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See the dashboard on a 30-minute walkthrough.

Per-commodity pricing, math chains, and signals are visible to enrolled operators only. Tell us what you're buying and we'll respond within two business days with whether we're a fit and an honest timeline.