Alex for Business · for businesses of every size
Decide with local evidence.
Alex for Business gives every Hamilton County business the intelligence big companies buy from five vendors: labor market data, talent pools, wage benchmarking, tax credits, and a bespoke portal, community-priced on one evidence base.
Signal · start from the decision
What decision are you making?
Alex doesn't stop at a dashboard. Pick the business decision you need to make and Alex walks you to it with Hamilton County data.
Fill a role
Skill-priced requirements, the real local talent pool, and the feeder roles most tools never show you.
Price a job
Local wage evidence with a floor check against what retail and food service pay around here.
Keep your people
Benefits gaps, flight-risk sectors, and the retention math from real research, not vendor decks.
Build capacity
Train-vs-hire costing, tax credits that stack, and the programs that pay you to develop people.
The Alex for Business suite, priced against the market
Founding pricing, in draft: figures are working numbers pending Board ratification, August 11, 2026. Founding pricing is held for early members.
Market rates are what the closest commercial tool or a consultant charges for the same job. Estimated rates note vendors who do not publish pricing. Every figure here runs on the same evidence base at every tier.
| What you get | Market rate | Hamilton County | Outside the county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labor market intelligence Workforce Signal dashboard, 420 tracked occupations, hiring and churn, industry dashboards with openings, wages, and feeder flows. Research and Planning |
$12,000/yr Lightcast Developer tier at Hamilton County's population band (published consortium rate card) | Free at Subscriber; Industry plan $3,000/yr 75% below | Peer-county license $8,000 to $15,000/yr Waitlist opens after Board ratification. |
| Hiring tax credits: WOTC, OJT, Indiana credit stacking Three calculators that find the federal and state money most employers leave on the table, per hire and per project. Workplace Excellence |
15 to 20% of your credit Commercial WOTC processors typically take a cut of every credit they file (estimated) | Free
100% off
Keep your whole credit. That is the point. |
Included in community license |
| Skill-priced req design Decompose any job description into priced skills. See which requirements are expensive, which are affordable, and which are cosmetic, then widen your qualified pool without lowering the bar. Workplace Excellence |
$6,000 to $20,000/yr LinkedIn Talent Insights (buyer-reported quotes) (estimated) | Member plan, $1,500/yr for the full toolkit 75%+ below | Peer-county license, waitlist |
| Feeder pool expansion Your real recruiting pool: skill-adjacent occupations whose workers would gain by moving to your role, sized with local employment, with the one or two skills they'd need named in plain language. Full Employment |
$10,000 to $20,000/yr Workforce analytics platforms (Chmura JobsEQ class, estimated; vendor does not publish) (estimated) | Member plan, included included | Peer-county license, waitlist |
| Compensation benchmarking by skill bundle Indianapolis-area wage percentile curves for your roles, plus what the skill bundle you demand actually prices at. Aggregate market data only, never another employer's numbers. Workplace Excellence |
$12,000 to $20,000/yr Payscale MarketPay for employers under 500 employees (buyer-reported) (estimated) | Member plan, included included | Peer-county license, waitlist |
| Inclusive-hiring credential (InvestAbility) A consumer-grade learning platform plus Bronze to Platinum recognition that makes your organization a destination employer for overlooked talent. Employer-level data only. Workplace Excellence |
Six-figure engagements Recognition-program design by communications firms, with no software (estimated) | Free
100% off
Grant-funded program deliverable for Hamilton County employers. |
Peer license $8,000 to $14,000/yr Waitlist opens after Board ratification. |
| Benefits competitive quick-check Your benefits package versus national incidence rates for your industry. A fuller confidential gap report is free to any Hamilton County employer through the consultation program. Workplace Excellence |
$5,000 to $15,000 Compensation and benefits consulting study (estimated) | Free 100% off | Routed through research partners |
| Economic and fiscal impact analysis Jobs, earnings, output, property tax, and school impact for your expansion scenario, from the county's own input-output engine. Research and Planning |
$9,975/yr IMPLAN annual license (federal procurement record, FY26) | Free with an employer consultation 100% off | Via research partners |
| Sites, buildings, and commercial real estate intelligence Available properties, parcel-level market data, TIF and tax context for your location decision, built from public records. Research and Planning |
$5,000 to $12,000/yr CoStar single-market subscription (buyer-reported) (estimated) | Member plan, included included | Peer-county license, waitlist |
| Culture and performance diagnostics Research-grounded culture diagnostic, engagement measurement, and a performance operating system for first-time managers on up. Workplace Excellence |
$15/employee + five-figure consulting Gallup Q12 per-employee survey plus engagement consulting (published per-employee rate) | Scoped engagements from $2,000 | Scoped engagements |
| Your own bespoke workforce portal An enterprise-grade build: talent availability in your real commute shed, wages, feeder roles, ZIP targeting, and a recruiting playbook, on your own domain, refreshed on cadence. Workplace Excellence |
$60,000 to $150,000+/yr Replicating this stack piecemeal at market rates, before consulting fees (estimated) | Scoped with your team 97% below | $6,000 to $15,000 build + $2,000 to $5,000/yr refresh Statewide availability opens after Board ratification. |
| Hospitality staffing diagnostic The 24-question staffing diagnostic, recommendation engine, and bespoke ROI report built for hotels, restaurants, and venues with our tourism partners. Workplace Excellence |
$5,000 to $15,000 Hospitality operations consulting engagements (estimated) | Diagnostic included at Member; bespoke ROI report scoped from $5,000 | Peer-market license, waitlist |
| Site selection support Curated provider shortlists, full market analysis with Quality of Life scoring, and complete relocation onboarding for businesses moving to or expanding in Hamilton County. Research and Planning |
$25,000 to $65,000 Consulting-firm site-selection and market studies | From $500 (Provider Match) to $12,000/yr (ongoing partnership) 80%+ below | Via research partners |
Plans
A free account with the working basics.
- All public calculators: WOTC, OJT, tax credit stacker
- Workforce Signal dashboard, the county labor market at a glance
- Saved results and alerts
The working toolkit for one employer.
- Everything in Subscriber
- Benefits competitive quick-check for your industry
- Skill-Priced Req Design, widen your pool without lowering the bar
- Feeder Pool Expansion, your talent pool, sized with local employment
Member, plus a named analyst, your brand on the output, and co-built work scoped with your team.
- Everything in Member
- Skill-bundle compensation benchmarking on Indianapolis-area wage curves
- Employer consultation + written brief (one per year)
- Build-vs-Buy training-gap costing with OJT and WOTC netted in
Industry, Coalition, and Bespoke plans on the full pricing page, or see a bespoke portal in action (fictional company).
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Enter the Studio →Why we build this
We are building the best community in America.
Our Vision: A thriving Hamilton County where each resident has access to meaningful employment, businesses are supported by a robust and well-equipped workforce, and community challenges are addressed through data-driven collaboration and inclusive innovation.
Our Mission: To strengthen Hamilton County's economy by transforming insights into action, designing systems that remove barriers, and convening collaborative partnerships that help businesses and residents thrive.
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