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EIS Group vs Jenesis Software

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EIS Group

Insurance

Coretech platform for insurers, strongest in group and voluntary benefits

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Jenesis Software logo

Jenesis Software

Insurance

Agency management system for small independent property and casualty agencies

From
$50/month
Rated
-
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.; Jenesis Software the base fee is charged per physical agency location rather than per organisation, so an agency with three small branches pays three base fees on top of every seat and the effective cost per user rises sharply as it opens offices.
  • They diverge on capability: EIS Group covers Group and voluntary benefits, Jenesis Software covers ACORD form library.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which EIS Group and Jenesis Software actually diverge.

Attributes where EIS Group and Jenesis Software differ
AttributeEIS GroupJenesis Software
Starting priceOn request$50/month
Pricing modelquotePer user per month
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android

Identical on both: 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 Jenesis Software

  • ACORD form library
  • IVANS downloads
  • Certificate management
  • Commission tracking
  • Two way text and email
  • Receipting and invoicing
  • Comparative rating links
  • Zapier connection

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 Jenesis Software
  • A multi-line insurer consolidating property, life and benefits books onto one core vendornot Jenesis Software
  • A mainframe replacement where the target architecture must run in the carrier own cloud accountnot Jenesis Software
  • An insurer that needs core services callable individually rather than one monolithic suitenot Jenesis Software

Jenesis Software

  • A three person personal lines agency replacing spreadsheets and a shared Outlook mailbox without committing to a multi year enterprise contractnot EIS Group
  • An agency principal who wants IVANS downloads so renewal data arrives from carriers instead of being retyped each termnot EIS Group
  • A small commercial agency that issues certificates of insurance daily and needs holder lists and reissue tracking in one placenot EIS Group
  • A scratch agency budgeting a fixed monthly software cost from year one rather than negotiating an enterprise quotenot 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.

Jenesis Software

  • The base fee is charged per physical agency location rather than per organisation, so an agency with three small branches pays three base fees on top of every seat and the effective cost per user rises sharply as it opens offices.
  • Carrier download coverage is narrower than Applied Epic or Vertafore AMS360, so agencies with a long tail of regional carriers keep manually entering policies for the carriers Jenesis does not support and never reach a clean single source of policy data.
  • Reporting is limited to fixed operational reports, so an agency that wants book of business analysis by producer, carrier profitability or retention cohorts has to export data and build it in a spreadsheet each month.
  • There is no accounting general ledger, so agency bill trust accounting is reconciled in QuickBooks or similar alongside the system and the two records drift unless someone reconciles them deliberately.
  • Export options for a full data extract are constrained, which makes migrating away or being acquired by a larger agency a manual data project rather than a supported handover, and this only becomes visible at the point of exit.

Pricing, plan by plan

EIS Group

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

Jenesis Software

$50/month
  • JenesisNow Basic$50/month
    • Client and policy management
    • ACORD form library
    • Certificates of insurance
  • JenesisNow Pro$70/month
    • Everything in Basic
    • IVANS carrier downloads
    • Commission tracking

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 Jenesis Software if

  • You need acord form library.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want ivans downloads.
Jenesis Software review

Questions people ask

Is EIS Group or Jenesis Software better?
Neither clearly leads. EIS Group starts at On request and Jenesis Software at $50/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, EIS Group or Jenesis Software?
EIS Group starts at On request and Jenesis Software at $50/month.
Does EIS Group or Jenesis Software run on more platforms?
EIS Group runs on Web, API. Jenesis Software runs on Web, iOS, Android.
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 Jenesis Software is typically brought in for.
What can EIS Group do that Jenesis Software cannot?
EIS Group covers Group and voluntary benefits, OneSuite core applications, Open API layer, Cloud-native deployment. Jenesis Software covers ACORD form library, IVANS downloads, Certificate management, Commission tracking.

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.

Jenesis Software: Does Jenesis publish its price?

Yes. JenesisNow Basic is roughly 50 US dollars per user per month and Pro roughly 70, which is unusual in agency management systems. What is not published is the base fee charged per physical agency location, and you must ask for that figure before comparing.

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.

Jenesis Software: Can it replace Applied Epic or AMS360?

Only for small agencies. It lacks the accounting, benefits, surplus lines and reporting depth those systems carry, and most agencies migrating up rather than down leave Jenesis somewhere around twenty staff.

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.

Jenesis Software: Does it do comparative rating?

No. It passes data to third party raters such as EZLynx rather than producing carrier quotes itself, so you still licence a rater separately.

Jenesis Software: Is agency accounting included?

Only receipting, invoicing and basic receivables. There is no general ledger, so trust accounting is normally kept in a separate accounting package.

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