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Alternatives to Hippo
19 insurance tools sit alongside Hippo in this directory. Below is what separates each from Hippo on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Hippo starts at
- On request
Why people look past Hippo
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Hippo entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Hippo carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 19 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Hippo publishes a single plan, Essential at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Business insurance marketplace for brokers
- Can be used without paying; Hippo cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Hippo does not.
- Sold on a transaction model rather than quote.
Business insurance management platform
- Can be used without paying; Hippo cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Hippo does not.
- Sold on a transaction model rather than quote.
Life insurance by New York Life
- Can be used without paying; Hippo cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Hippo does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Hippo's 1.
Agency management made simple
- Publishes an entry price of $199/month, where Hippo does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Hippo's 1.
Enterprise insurance platform for teams
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
Core system for policy administration
Priced and rated the same as Hippo on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Hippo alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hippo (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| Bold Penguin | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Hippo |
| CoverWallet | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Hippo |
| Haven Life | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Hippo |
| HawkSoft | $199/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Hippo |
| Embroker | On request | Subscription | 1 | vs Hippo |
| Guidewire PolicyCenter | On request | Quote | - | vs Hippo |
| FINEOS | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Hippo |
| Duck Creek | On request | Quote | - | vs Hippo |
| AgencyZoom | $249/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Hippo |
| EZLynx | $149/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Hippo |
| Bolt Solutions | On request | Transaction | 2 | vs Hippo |
| Guidewire InsuranceNow | On request | Quote | - | vs Hippo |
| FRISS | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Hippo |
| Better Agency | $199/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Hippo |
| Duck Creek Policy | On request | Quote | - | vs Hippo |
| AgencyBloc | $70/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Hippo |
| Applied Epic | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Hippo |
| ClaimVantage | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Hippo |
| Guidewire ClaimCenter | On request | Quote | - | vs Hippo |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Hippo badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (3)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Bold Penguin , Free
- CoverWallet , Free
- Haven Life , Free
What you would be giving up
Hippo is most often brought in for comparing home insurance quotes across multiple carrier partners, bundling home coverage with auto, flood, pet or landlord add on policies. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Hippo is broadly right and the question is cost, the Hippo pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Insurance category lists everything the directory holds, and best insurance tools ranks them.
Hippo runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Hippo alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Hippo?
- 19 other insurance tools are listed in this directory, led by Bold Penguin, CoverWallet, Haven Life, HawkSoft. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Hippo?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Bold Penguin, CoverWallet, Haven Life.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Hippo?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Hippo?
- Hippo is most often brought in for comparing home insurance quotes across multiple carrier partners, bundling home coverage with auto, flood, pet or landlord add on policies. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Hippo?
- None of the insurance tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Hippo alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Insurance, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Hippo against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Hippo covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every insurance tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Insurance category, 19 tools beside Hippo. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.