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Duck Creek vs Verisk

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Duck Creek

Insurance

Intelligent digital insurance platform

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Verisk logo

Verisk

Insurance

Insurance data, ISO forms and rating content that most American P&C products are built on

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Duck Creek pricing is not published; sold by quote through a sales process; Verisk the ISO content has no real substitute for a carrier writing standard lines, so renewal negotiations start from a position where walking away is not credible.
  • They diverge on capability: Duck Creek covers Policy administration, Verisk covers ISO forms and rating content.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Duck Creek and Verisk actually diverge.

Attributes where Duck Creek and Verisk differ
AttributeDuck CreekVerisk
PlatformsWebWeb, API, Windows
Founded2003Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Insurance).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Duck Creek

  • Policy administration
  • Claims management
  • Billing
  • Digital customer portal
  • Mobile app
  • AI-powered workflows
  • Real-time reporting
  • Document management

Only in Verisk

  • ISO forms and rating content
  • ClaimSearch
  • Extreme event models
  • Property data
  • Xactimate
  • Underwriting analytics

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Duck Creek

  • Policy administrationnot Verisk
  • Claims managementnot Verisk
  • Rating and billingnot Verisk
  • Underwriting automationnot Verisk
  • Enterprise insurance operationsnot Verisk

Verisk

  • A carrier filing standard commercial lines products that must use recognised forms and loss costsnot Duck Creek
  • A claims organisation checking submitted claims against the industry database for prior activitynot Duck Creek
  • A property insurer pricing catastrophe exposure for reinsurance placementnot Duck Creek
  • An MGA that needs bureau content without building and filing proprietary forms in every statenot Duck Creek

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Duck Creek

  • Pricing is not published; sold by quote through a sales process
  • Cloud-only deployment; no on-premises option

Verisk

  • The ISO content has no real substitute for a carrier writing standard lines, so renewal negotiations start from a position where walking away is not credible.
  • Pricing is negotiated separately per product and per line, and large insurers routinely find overlapping agreements across underwriting, claims and actuarial that nobody had counted together.
  • Circular updates to forms and loss costs must be loaded into your policy system on a schedule, which is recurring work that carriers with older platforms do partly by hand.
  • The breadth of the portfolio means account management is spread across product teams, so a problem in one service does not necessarily get attention from the people selling you another.
  • Usage-based components such as data prefill and claims searches make annual spend hard to forecast, and the variance lands in the year you grow fastest.

Pricing, plan by plan

Duck Creek

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Duck Creek review.

Verisk

On request
  • Verisk Insurance Solutions$undefined/year
    • ISO forms and loss cost licensing
    • Data and analytics services by line
    • API access

Which should you pick?

Choose Duck Creek if

  • You need policy administration.
  • You also want claims management.
Duck Creek review

Choose Verisk if

  • You need iso forms and rating content.
  • You work on Web, API, Windows.
  • You also want claimsearch.
Verisk review

Questions people ask

Is Duck Creek or Verisk better?
Neither clearly leads. Duck Creek starts at On request and Verisk at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Duck Creek or Verisk?
Duck Creek starts at On request and Verisk at On request.
Does Duck Creek or Verisk run on more platforms?
Duck Creek runs on Web. Verisk runs on Web, API, Windows.
What is Duck Creek best used for?
Duck Creek is most often used for policy administration, claims management, rating and billing, underwriting automation. Of those, policy administration and claims management are not what Verisk is typically brought in for.
What can Duck Creek do that Verisk cannot?
Duck Creek covers Policy administration, Claims management, Billing, Digital customer portal. Verisk covers ISO forms and rating content, ClaimSearch, Extreme event models, Property data.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Duck Creek: How does Duck Creek pricing work?

Duck Creek does not publicly disclose specific pricing plans, costs, or tiers. The company directs interested parties to contact their sales team directly, as solutions are customized for individual clients.

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Verisk: Can a carrier avoid ISO content entirely?

Only by developing and filing proprietary forms and rates, which a handful of large insurers do. For everyone else the filing and legal cost of independence exceeds the licence.

Duck Creek: What Duck Creek products require pricing discussions?

Duck Creek's Intelligent Core platform (Policy, Rating, Billing, Claims) and Agentic AI Platform pricing depends on factors such as company size, deployment model (cloud vs. on-premise), implementation scope, and specific modules required.

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Verisk: Is Xactimate part of Verisk?

Yes. It came with the Xactware acquisition and is the dominant property claims estimating tool in North America, used by carriers and by the contractors they pay.

Duck Creek: How do I get a quote from Duck Creek?

Duck Creek directs prospects to contact their sales team through a 'Talk with an Expert' button or the contact form at their website. They require direct sales engagement for pricing discussions.

Source
Verisk: Did Verisk sell off businesses?

Yes. It divested non-insurance units including its energy research business in 2023 and refocused on insurance data and analytics.

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