/ INSTITUTIONAL ACCESS · HONESTY INDEX API

Gig platform risk data, on tap.

The Side Hustle Honesty Index is the most comprehensive public-record-sourced rating of freelance, gig, creator, and AI-labeling platforms in the U.S. Now available as a RESTful API and bulk-export feed for state labor departments, worker-advocacy organizations, insurance carriers, plaintiff firms, and academic researchers.

/ Use Cases

Who licenses the Honesty Index.

The Index is purpose-built for institutions that regulate, insure, or advocate for the gig and freelance economy.

/ State Labor Departments

Enforcement prioritization

Identify which platforms warrant investigation. Surface emerging worker-classification or wage-theft patterns before they cluster into class actions. Cross-state comparison of platform behavior.

/ Worker Advocacy

Policy + organizing data

Empower worker organizations with quantitative platform comparisons. Support state-level minimum-pay policy proposals with documented evidence.

/ Insurance Carriers

Platform-liability underwriting

Underwrite platform errors-and-omissions, employment-practices liability, and worker-misclassification coverage with platform-specific risk data.

/ Plaintiff Firms

Case development

Identify worker-classification class certification opportunities. Bulk export historical regulatory events with full PACER docket linkage.

/ Academic Research

Gig-economy studies

Citable, methodology-published, peer-reviewable data for labor economics research. Discounted access for accredited researchers.

/ Media + Journalism

Industry reporting

Citable platform risk data for industry reporting and consumer-protection journalism. Discounted access for accredited journalists.

/ Pricing

Three tiers. Annual contracts.

All tiers include the full Honesty Index, methodology documentation, quarterly refresh access, and editorial briefings on material grade changes.

/ Tier 01

Research

$12K/yr
Read-only, single seat. For media, researchers, advocacy orgs.
  • Full Honesty Index access (web + bulk CSV)
  • Quarterly refresh — automatic delivery
  • 5-year historical archive
  • Methodology & subscore breakdowns
  • 1 named seat · email support
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/ Tier 03

Enterprise

Custom
For insurance carriers, state agencies, large advocacy orgs.
  • Everything in Institutional, plus:
  • Unlimited API access
  • Portfolio-monitoring dashboard
  • Underwriting-overlay integration
  • Unlimited seats · dedicated CSM · 99.99% SLA
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Discounted pricing available for accredited journalists, academic researchers, and qualifying non-profit worker-advocacy organizations.

/ Get Access

Request institutional access.

Tell us how you'd use the Honesty Index. We respond within one business day with tier recommendation, contract terms, and integration timeline.