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.
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
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.