Launch the local platform your community checks every day.
Fractals leads with a claimed market: a population-priced local information platform for stories, events, analytics, business profiles, newsletters, sponsorships, public records, print/newspaper tools, and revenue workflows. The Local Data Layer is the secondary option for partners who already have a website, CMS, or newsletter.
Built for market operators, chambers, civic partners, local media, newsletter publishers, and community builders.
Fractals Community Dashboard
For operators who want Fractals to power the whole local information platform: hosted site, content engine, audience capture, business profiles, newsletters, events, analytics, and monetization tools.
- • Branded local site and domain support
- • Daily stories, records, events, analytics, approval ratings, and newsletters
- • Business directory, sponsorships, promotions, and audience growth
- • Best for new markets or partners who want the operating system
Fractals Local Data Layer
For publishers who already have Beehiiv, WordPress, a newspaper CMS, or an existing audience product. Add Fractals intelligence without replacing your stack.
- • Embeddable local analytics, approval ratings, events, and public-record modules
- • Newsletter-ready local data blocks and story drafts
- • API access for teams that want deeper integration
- • Sponsorable local inventory you can sell immediately
Claim Market Pricing
Fractals market pricing is population-based, so the price shown when someone claims a community is the platform price for that market. The newspaper/print tools are part of the market platform and revenue stack — not a separate monthly platform charge.
Micro community
Annual: $750. Refundable deposit equals one month.
Small town
Annual: 10x monthly. Deposit equals one month.
Local market
The common launch range for many local media-style markets.
Regional city
Built for larger audiences, more source volume, and broader revenue potential.
Metro market
For major local attention markets with deeper monetization upside.
Major metro
Exclusive market license pricing for the largest metro opportunities.
Included in a claimed market
Setup, custom branding, growth management, production/fulfillment costs, and ad spend can vary by market. Print products can generate subscriber and sponsor revenue, but they do not require a separate Fractals platform subscription.
Local Data Layer Pricing
The easiest way to start: plug Fractals intelligence into your current newsletter or website.
Local Signal
A very solid entry plan for a single local newsletter or small publisher that wants useful data fast.
- • 1 market
- • 3 embeddable modules
- • Weekly local data digest
- • Approval ratings read-only embed
- • Local analytics snapshot
- • Basic email support
Publisher
For entrepreneurs, publishers, and operators who want to launch recurring local intelligence across web, email, social, and print.
- • 1 market
- • Unlimited standard embeds
- • Approval ratings voting widget
- • Events, analytics, and community platform modules
- • 3 newsletter-ready content blocks/week
- • Sponsorship-ready module labels
Data Desk
For serious local publishers and small media teams that want daily data, drafts, and deeper control.
- • Daily local intelligence feed
- • Public records and meeting story drafts
- • API access with reasonable usage limits
- • Custom embed styling
- • Approval ratings moderation tools
- • Priority support
Media Group
For legacy media companies, newsletter networks, radio groups, and multi-market operators.
- • Multi-market pricing
- • API, embeds, feeds, or custom CMS integration
- • White-labeled modules
- • Custom data sources and SLAs
- • Editorial workflow support
- • Group onboarding and training
Typical Data Layer setup: $500-$2,500 depending on embeds, styling, sources, and integration depth. Starter setup can be waived for early design partners.
Which product should you choose?
Choose Community Dashboard if...
- • You want to launch or replace the whole local destination.
- • You need a branded website, directory, newsletter, events, and monetization stack.
- • You are operating a local market, chamber platform, or new media property.
- • You want Fractals to be the public-facing home for the community platform.
Choose Local Data Layer if...
- • You already publish on Beehiiv, Substack, WordPress, or a legacy CMS.
- • You want more local content and data without replacing your site.
- • You want fast, sponsorable modules for newsletters and web pages.
- • You need a lower-cost, lower-friction way to extend Fractals into an existing platform.
Pricing Questions
Why make the Community Dashboard primary?
It shows the full value of Fractals: one branded local destination where stories, data, events, businesses, newsletters, and revenue tools reinforce each other. The Data Layer still matters, but it works best as the modular path for partners who already have a platform.
Can legacy media afford this?
That is why the tiers start low and scale by value. A small paper or newsletter can start with embeds and weekly intelligence; a group can expand into APIs, daily feeds, and custom workflows.
Can the modules be sponsored?
Yes. Local analytics, approval ratings, events, public records, and local data blocks can become recurring sponsor inventory inside newsletters and on existing sites.
Not sure where to start?
If you want Fractals to run the whole local destination, start with the Community Dashboard. If you already have an audience platform, add the Data Layer.
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