Hora — Business Compliance OS for U.S. small business: licenses, filings, deadlines, documents
Business Compliance OS for U.S. small business

Your business changed. Hora finds, prepares and tracks the paperwork.

Spend minutes reviewing. Not hours researching.

Hire-related admin one new hire triggers, by hand3h 18m3 hire-related tasks · research · forms · deadlines · tracking
Hora→
What's left for you15mreview the tasks and the pre-filled forms
Admin time avoided · hire-related work3h 3m · By hand 3h 18m − your review 15m = 3h 3m avoidedEstimated from the same rules that run in Hora. How we calculate thisScheduled · separate + Hora also caught your next payroll filing (Form 941) — ≈ 1h counted separately, not added here.
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Six questions, no account. You get your first list of what's due — and it becomes your Hora profile the moment you sign up.

Sample company. Rivera Electric hired an electrician two days ago. Here's what Hora did about it.

Exactly where your time went
  • Research1h 3mfound applicable rules
  • Forms1h 15mfound & pre-filled documents
  • Deadlines24mcomputed due dates
  • Tracking36mreminders + receipts
  • Total3h 18m
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What remains yours
  • Review15m
→
What Hora did instead · time returned≈ 3h 3mestimated admin time avoided · one new hire
app.hora · Sample company
Rivera Electric LLC sample data
What Hora surfaced after the hire: 3 new-hire tasks + 1 scheduled payroll filing.Marco Torres hired in California · Sep 28 · Here's what to do.
Verify Marco's work eligibility NewUSCIS · Form I-9 · due Oct 1
Tomorrow
Report the new hire to California PreparedCA EDD · DE 34 · due Oct 18
18 days
Collect his tax withholding form NewIRS · Form W-4 · due Oct 1
Tomorrow
File the quarterly payroll return ScheduledIRS · Form 941 · due Oct 31
31 days
Why it matters: I-9 paperwork carries a per-form penalty; California gives 20 days to report a new hire. Hora set the reminders.
DE 34 — Report of New Employee(s)Ready for review
EmployerRivera Electric LLC
EDD accountOn file
EmployeeMarco Torres
Start dateSep 28, 2026
Work stateCalifornia
Auto-filled from your profile · English · you review, Hora tracks the filing and the receipt
Oct 1Form I-9 · W-4
Oct 18DE 34 new-hire report
Oct 24CSLB C-10 renewal · bond
Oct 31Form 941 · Q3
Jan 31W-2s · 1099-NEC · Form 940
Apr 15$800 CA LLC tax (Form 3522)
Reminder checks 14, 7 and 1 day before each date, run when you open Hora · export to your calendar · This workflow: ≈ 3h 3m avoided
Admin time avoided · this workflowHired Marco Torres · 3 hire-related tasks · estimated
By hand3h 18m−You15m=Hora · time returned3h 3mestimated
Where the time goes
Research → found applicable rules1h 3m

Hora found the rule that applies — agency, statute, version — for each of the 3 requirements, instead of you searching.

Forms → found the documents and prepared the next step1h 15m

Hora found the current form for each requirement: pre-filled the draft where it has your data, marked it collected where the employee provides it, or scheduled the filing on your calendar. You only review.

Deadlines → computed due dates24m

Hora calculated each deadline from the rule and set reminder checks at 14, 7 and 1 day, run when you open Hora (scheduled email/SMS delivery is planned).

Tracking → reminder checks + receipts36m

Hora tracks the status, stores the receipt and the history; no spreadsheet to keep alive.

The same figure you will see on your dashboard: one component, from the hero to every task.
The only thing you do
"We hired an electrician in California."
Understands it→Finds what's due · 3 + 1→Prepares the forms · 2→Tracks the deadlines→You review & submit · 15m→Time returned · 3h 3m
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How it works

Something changes. Hora turns it into work that's already half done.

Set up once. After that, each change you report goes through the same four steps.

01

Something changes in your business

A hire, a move, a new state, a license about to expire. You say what changed — one sentence.

02

Hora understands it — and tells you what matters

Checked against verified rules, on your device. Back comes a short list: what's due, why, by when.

03

It prepares the work

Each item becomes a task with its form pre-filled from your profile.

04

And tracks it until it's done

Hora tracks the deadline and runs reminder checks (14, 7 and 1 day out) whenever you open it. You submit, paste the receipt — done, and remembered.

Your first day — and every month after

Hora knows your business. That's why it keeps working.

Day 1 · about 10 minutesAnswer six questionsState, entity, people, licenses. That's your company profile — and your first list of what's due, with dates.
Any daySay what changed"We hired someone in Texas." Hora re-checks the rules against your profile and adds the tasks and forms.
Every monthIt remembers — and keeps goingYour states, people, licenses, filings and history stay in one place. Quarterly returns, renewals and annual reports are already on the calendar.
✓ You're up to dateNext: Form 941 · Q3 · Oct 31

A sample one-state business: 6 recurring requirements · 8h 55m/year avoided, recurring only, estimated. See yours →

Before / after

Your Sunday night → Hora. 3h 18m → 15m.

By hand — the hire-related work

3 agency sites4 forms3 deadlines to copy1 spreadsheet to keep alive
  • 1Research what a hire triggers1h 3m
  • 2Find the agencies and the right forms, fill them in1h 15m
  • 3Check each deadline24m
  • 4Set reminders, chase receipts, keep the spreadsheet alive36m
Total by hand3h 18m

With Hora

1 workflow3 tasks2 forms pre-filled1 collected from the employee1 filing scheduled15m review
  • 1Tell Hora: "We hired an electrician in California."automatic
  • 2Review the tasks and the pre-filled forms15m
  • 3Submit; Hora keeps the receipt and the calendaryou
Admin time avoided3h 3m

How we estimate →

Hora does the research.Hora prepares the paperwork.You review. You submit.

No searching. No copying deadlines into a spreadsheet. No checking five agency websites to see if anything changed.

Six things that happen to every small business

What happened → what Hora found → what it prepared → time avoided.

Real output, computed in your browser right now by the same rules that run in the app.

Your change isn't here? Try it with your business — free
ChatGPT

Answers a question.

Then it forgets your business, and the work is still yours.

Hora

Keeps the state of your business and turns the answer into a repeatable workflow.

Your states, people, licenses and deadlines — kept, re-checked after each change, turned into tasks with the form attached.

Privacy you can check

See exactly what Hora can access.

Inside the app, Privacy & data shows — live, from the server itself — what Hora holds about your company. Here is the short version.

Your company dataEncrypted on your devices. Hora's server keeps an encrypted copy for sync — and cannot read it.
What the server can seeYour email, plan, entity type, the states you operate in, rule ids and dates — never names, tax IDs or addresses. Events from connected apps pass through and are deleted on pickup.
AIOff until you switch it on. Then it receives only what a task needs, with names and tax IDs removed first.
LeavingExport everything in one click. Delete everything in one click — and see what was deleted, what is purged later and what is kept for accounting.
The full data map →
Rules decide. AI explains. Hora executes the workflow.

Hora knows what your business needs to do — while keeping your business data under your control.

Hora prepares→You review→You submit→Hora tracksNothing leaves Hora without your review. When the answer depends on facts, a task says "needs review" instead of guessing — that honesty is the point.
Source8 U.S.C. §1324achecked Aug 2026→RuleFED-I9version 3→Why it appliesNew W-2 employeefrom your profile→TaskVerify work eligibilitydue in 3 business days

Every task in Hora opens like this — click it, follow the source. Try it in the demo →

How your data works — what stays local, what's sent, what you can export or delete →
Encrypted on your device. The key is derived from your passphrase and isn't sent to us. Production storage design and an independent audit come before general availability.Share one document, not your company. Revoke any time; every share is logged.Nothing goes to an AI provider unless you switch it on — and then only the sentence you type.
Pricing

$49 for a one-state business. $199 for a multi-state business with expanding coverage.

Free 3-day trial, no card. Full state rule sets today: CA · TX · FL · NY · DE · WA · GA · IL · PA · NC; federal rules everywhere; other states limited — see Coverage first.

Starter · $49 at launchOne state · 1 business · 2 usersSample one-state business: 6 recurring requirements · 8h 55m/yr recurring admin avoided · estimated
Growth · $199 at launchMulti-state business · every supported state you operate in · unlimited users · coverage depth varies by stateSample two-state business: 7 recurring requirements · 9h 58m/yr recurring admin avoided · estimated

During early access: no billing and no card — plans start when hosted accounts and Paddle checkout ship, and you will be asked before anything is charged. Your profile is encrypted on your device; cancel monthly; export everything.

Full comparison — what each plan includes →

Where Hora works today

What Hora takes off your plate, what stays with you, and when to call a professional.

Hora does
  • Finds what's due from the changes you report
  • Pre-fills documents from your profile
  • Tracks deadlines, reminders, receipts and history
You do (a few minutes each)
  • Review and approve each document
  • Submit on the agency portal and paste the receipt — direct e-filing is next
  • Confirm "needs review" items where local rules vary
A professional does
  • Judgment calls: entity structure, tax elections, disputes
  • Anything Hora marks as outside its rules
  • Hora is software, not a law or accounting firm
A fit1–50 people, one to a few states, an owner or office manager who does the admin. LLCs, corporations, sole proprietors.
Not a fitTax disputes, litigation, entity restructuring, or industries outside our six rule packs — those need a professional first.

Where it works today. Federal rules in every state: I-9, W-4, 941/940, W-2/1099, new-hire reporting, BOI. Full state rules — entity filings, payroll accounts, workers' comp, sales-tax nexus — in CA · TX · FL · NY · DE · WA · GA · IL · PA · NC. Other states: in development, marked "needs review" rather than guessed. Coverage, row by row →

FAQ

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See how much admin time Hora could take off your plate.

Your business changed. Hora finds the work, prepares it, tracks it. You review — and get the time returned.

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