Ease review (2026): is it worth it?
Benefits enrollment and HR platform sold through insurance brokers
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Ease report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for benefits enrollment for brokers and their clients
Ease is benefits administration software for insurance brokers, with online enrollment, quoting, carrier connections and HR add-ons, now owned by Employee Navigator. Brokers buy by demo request with no price shown, and add-ons cost extra per employee.
Who Ease is for
- Fits if you're an insurance broker enrolling small employers in benefits
- Works for employers whose broker already uses it
Who Ease is not for
- Skip it if you're an employer without a broker, since it's sold to brokers
- Not for you if you want a price on the page
- Pricey if you want HR add-ons, at $1 to $2 per employee a month on top
- Watch out: Pro covers up to 2,000 employees and 3 agency users, with SSO only on Enterprise
Why Ease gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo subscription price is shown. HR add-ons are $1 a month per employee for brokers or $2 for employers, and ACA is $6 per form a year.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan or trial; brokers book a demo.
- CFeaturesEnrollment, quoting, census downloads, carrier connections, HR add-ons and ACA reporting. Single sign-on and custom reports are Enterprise only.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. A broker sets it up for employers.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with ADP, Paycor, Paylocity and Heartland payroll links. No phone or desktop app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Ease's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/ease#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/ease.svg" alt="Ease: 1.8 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Ease stands among HR software
Ease's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 22 of the 101 other HR software we grade, and level with 33.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 34 of 101) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 102 HR software we grade, cut by the letter each got. Ease’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 6 of 101, level with 84
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 101, level with 66
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 101, level with 71
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 101, level with 98
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 34 of 101, level with 67
Keep Ease, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Ease you could make: employee records, time off and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 1 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 46 of the 101 other HR software grade higher.
What you could make
- Employee records, time off and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, ADP Workforce Now, Heartland and Paycor among them.
What this rests on. Ease’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Ease?
Ease is a benefits administration system built for insurance brokers and the small employers they serve. It handles online enrollment, rate quoting, census downloads, carrier connections, digital employee records and add-on HR tools such as time off, onboarding and ACA reporting. Brokers subscribe at one of three levels, set by employee and agency-user counts, and employers are told to contact their broker. The site states that Ease is now owned by Employee Navigator.
Worth knowing
- No subscription prices are published: three levels (Pro, Agency, Enterprise) are bought by brokers through a demo request.
- Pro covers up to 2,000 employees and 3 agency users, Agency has 6 agency users and Enterprise 10; single sign-on and custom reports are Enterprise only.
- HR add-ons are priced separately: $1 per employee per month for brokers to enable and $2 for employers, and ACA compliance is $6 per employee per form per year.
- Payroll integrations typically cost $0 to $1.50 per employee per month with partner-specific fees, and the site says Ease is now owned by Employee Navigator.
Key features
- Online enrollment
- Replaces paper forms with online benefits enrollment, with onboarding that leads new hires straight into their elections.
- Quoting and census
- Rate quoting, Excel census download and renewal assist for brokers.
- Carrier connections
- EaseConnect and EaseConnect+ send enrollment data to carriers; the Agency level adds EaseConnect 834 and third-party EDI apps.
- HR tools
- Time-off requests with manager approval, a PTO calendar, a company directory, an org chart, onboarding and offboarding.
- ACA compliance
- Tracks variable-hour employees and affordability, sends notifications and generates IRS 1094 and 1095 B and C forms.
- Payroll connections
- Syncs deductions and demographic data with payroll providers such as ADP Workforce Now, Heartland, Paycor and Paylocity.
Ease pricing
We could not confirm Ease’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See ease.com for current prices.
Works with
- ADP Workforce Now
- Heartland
- Paycor
- Paylocity
- RUN Powered by ADP
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Common questions
Does Ease have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Ease is listed for Web.
Does Ease have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Ease is listed for Web.
Is Ease open source?
Ease is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.