# Ease review (2026): is it worth it? > Benefits enrollment and HR platform sold through insurance brokers Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** Enrollease Inc. - **Website:** https://www.ease.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you're an employer without a broker, since it's sold to brokers. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Ease's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## 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. ## Good for - Insurance brokers that manage small-group benefits for many clients - Employers whose broker already runs benefits enrollment on Ease - Brokers who want a flat tier price rather than a per-employee fee ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** No 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. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial; brokers book a demo. - **Features: C.** Enrollment, quoting, census downloads, carrier connections, HR add-ons and ACA reporting. Single sign-on and custom reports are Enterprise only. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A broker sets it up for employers. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with ADP, Paycor, Paylocity and Heartland payroll links. No phone or desktop app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it 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). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Employee records, time off and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: It plugs into other products, ADP Workforce Now, Heartland and Paycor among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with ADP Workforce Now, Heartland, Paycor, Paylocity, RUN Powered by ADP **Tags:** Employee records, Time off, Reports ## Alternatives - [Employee Navigator](https://toolgpa.com/tools/employee-navigator): Benefits administration and HR platform sold through insurance brokers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ease-vs-employee-navigator) - [Benefitfocus](https://toolgpa.com/tools/benefitfocus): Benefits administration software for large employers and health plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/benefitfocus-vs-ease) - [PlanSource](https://toolgpa.com/tools/plansource): Benefits administration platform with ACA and COBRA services. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ease-vs-plansource) - [Namely](https://toolgpa.com/tools/namely): US HR, payroll and benefits for mid-sized firms, with managed services. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ease-vs-namely) - [BambooHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bamboohr): HR records, hiring, time off and reviews, with US payroll as an add-on. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-ease) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.ease.com/pricing/ - https://www.ease.com/ - https://www.ease.com/product/platform/hr-solutions/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/ease Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).