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EIS Group vs Guidewire InsuranceNow

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EIS Group

Insurance

Coretech platform for insurers, strongest in group and voluntary benefits

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Full reviewWebsite
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Guidewire InsuranceNow

Insurance

Cloud platform for modern insurance operations

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Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: EIS Group implementations run for years and the integrator you choose determines whether the programme lands, so a strong software evaluation with a weak partner selection still fails.; Guidewire InsuranceNow pricing is not published; sold by quote through a sales process
  • They diverge on capability: EIS Group covers Group and voluntary benefits, Guidewire InsuranceNow covers Policy administration.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which EIS Group and Guidewire InsuranceNow actually diverge.

Attributes where EIS Group and Guidewire InsuranceNow differ
AttributeEIS GroupGuidewire InsuranceNow
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
FoundedUnknown2003

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 EIS Group

  • Group and voluntary benefits
  • OneSuite core applications
  • Open API layer
  • Cloud-native deployment
  • Multi-line support
  • Digital engagement

Only in Guidewire InsuranceNow

  • Policy administration
  • Claims management
  • Billing
  • Customer portal
  • Digital underwriting
  • Mobile capabilities
  • Real-time analytics
  • Document management

What people use each for

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

EIS Group

  • A carrier launching worksite or voluntary benefits products that need employer group and enrolment modellingnot Guidewire InsuranceNow
  • A multi-line insurer consolidating property, life and benefits books onto one core vendornot Guidewire InsuranceNow
  • A mainframe replacement where the target architecture must run in the carrier own cloud accountnot Guidewire InsuranceNow
  • An insurer that needs core services callable individually rather than one monolithic suitenot Guidewire InsuranceNow

Guidewire InsuranceNow

  • Policy administrationnot EIS Group
  • Claims managementnot EIS Group
  • Rapid implementation for regional and super-regional insurersnot EIS Group
  • Cost reduction and operational efficiencynot EIS Group

Where each one falls short

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

EIS Group

  • Implementations run for years and the integrator you choose determines whether the programme lands, so a strong software evaluation with a weak partner selection still fails.
  • The name recognition gap against Guidewire and Duck Creek means your reinsurers, auditors and incoming executives will ask you to justify the choice repeatedly over the life of the system.
  • Benefits strength does not transfer to personal lines, where you are comparing on general capability and the incumbents have more comparable references.
  • The microservices architecture that makes the platform flexible also raises the operational bar; carriers without a mature platform engineering function end up paying the vendor or an integrator to run it.
  • Licence costs are quoted per programme and scale with premium or policy volume, so a book that grows faster than forecast produces a renewal conversation you have little leverage in.

Guidewire InsuranceNow

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

Pricing, plan by plan

EIS Group

On request
  • EIS OneSuite$undefined/year
    • Policy, billing, claims and customer applications
    • Cloud deployment
    • API access

Guidewire InsuranceNow

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Guidewire InsuranceNow review.

Which should you pick?

Choose EIS Group if

  • You need group and voluntary benefits.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want onesuite core applications.
EIS Group review

Choose Guidewire InsuranceNow if

  • You need policy administration.
  • You also want claims management.
Guidewire InsuranceNow review

Questions people ask

Is EIS Group or Guidewire InsuranceNow better?
Neither clearly leads. EIS Group starts at On request and Guidewire InsuranceNow at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, EIS Group or Guidewire InsuranceNow?
EIS Group starts at On request and Guidewire InsuranceNow at On request.
Does EIS Group or Guidewire InsuranceNow run on more platforms?
EIS Group runs on Web, API. Guidewire InsuranceNow runs on Web.
What is EIS Group best used for?
EIS Group is most often used for a carrier launching worksite or voluntary benefits products that need employer group and enrolment modelling, a multi-line insurer consolidating property, life and benefits books onto one core vendor, a mainframe replacement where the target architecture must run in the carrier own cloud account, an insurer that needs core services callable individually rather than one monolithic suite. Of those, a carrier launching worksite or voluntary benefits products that need employer group and enrolment modelling and a multi-line insurer consolidating property, life and benefits books onto one core vendor are not what Guidewire InsuranceNow is typically brought in for.
What can EIS Group do that Guidewire InsuranceNow cannot?
EIS Group covers Group and voluntary benefits, OneSuite core applications, Open API layer, Cloud-native deployment. Guidewire InsuranceNow covers Policy administration, Claims management, Billing, Customer portal.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

EIS Group: Who is EIS actually best for?

Carriers writing group or voluntary benefits, where the alternative is heavy customisation of a property and casualty platform that was never designed to model an employer group.

Guidewire InsuranceNow: How much does Guidewire InsuranceNow cost?

Guidewire InsuranceNow does not publish pricing on their product page. The product uses a custom enterprise pricing model that requires direct contact with sales.

Source
EIS Group: Can it run in our own cloud account?

Yes. It is container-based and is deployed in customer-controlled cloud tenancies as well as the vendor cloud, which matters for carriers with data residency obligations.

EIS Group: How much of the outcome depends on the integrator?

Most of it. Budget for the delivery partner as the larger line item and check references for the specific practice team, not the firm.

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