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Buyer question · Insurance agency management systems · release 2026-09

What are the best alternatives to Applied Epic?

Asked “What are the best alternatives to Applied Epic?”, the five engines named Applied Systems in 15 of 15 answers, EZLynx in 15 and Vertafore in 15. Every engine named Applied Systems in every valid run. 11 of the 19 checked vendors were never named here, including NextAgency and InsuredMine.

If you sell insurance agency management systems and your name is not in that list, this is the question to fix first.

These answers come from one capture on 22 September 2026, three runs per engine, to this fixed wording. They are not a ranking, and an engine can answer differently on a refresh.

Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. This is not a judgment of product quality.

Who was named

Each count is over the 15 valid answers to this exact question. Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. This is not a judgment of product quality.

Checked insurance agency management systems vendors named in answers to this question, counted per answer.
VendorNamedRateWilson 95% interval
Applied Systems15 of 15100.0%79.6% to 100.0%
EZLynx15 of 15100.0%79.6% to 100.0%
Vertafore15 of 15100.0%79.6% to 100.0%
HawkSoft13 of 1586.7%62.1% to 96.3%
NowCerts11 of 1573.3%48.0% to 89.1%
AgencyBloc6 of 1540.0%19.8% to 64.3%
AgencyZoom4 of 1526.7%10.9% to 52.0%
GloveBox1 of 156.7%1.2% to 29.8%

Checked and never named

11 of 19 checked vendors: 0 of 15 each.

Agency Systems (Newton), BindHQ, Dyad, Ebix (SmartOffice), InsuredMine, NASA (Eclipse), NextAgency, Partner XE (SIS), Quikfuzion, SIBRO, Zywave.

By engine

Three runs per engine. Each cell is how many valid runs named the vendor.

Runs naming each vendor, by engine, for this question.
VendorChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AI OverviewsGoogle AI Mode
Applied Systems3 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 3
EZLynx3 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 3
Vertafore3 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 33 of 3
HawkSoft3 of 33 of 33 of 31 of 33 of 3
NowCerts1 of 33 of 33 of 32 of 32 of 3
AgencyBloc2 of 33 of 31 of 30 of 30 of 3
AgencyZoom0 of 30 of 31 of 31 of 32 of 3
GloveBox0 of 30 of 30 of 31 of 30 of 3

What the engines said

I’d start with AMS360, HawkSoft, and EZLynx, then add Sagitta if you run a large, complex brokerage.

ChatGPT, . Full answer text in the deposit.

Applied Epic remains the category leader for mid-market and large independent agencies, but it is rarely the right fit for agencies under 25 staff or those rebuilding around modern API-first workflows.

Claude, . Full answer text in the deposit.

The best alternatives to Applied Epic depend on what you need replaced, but the strongest direct competitors are AMS360 and HawkSoft, with EZLynx and QQCatalyst also commonly cited as top options.

Perplexity, . Full answer text in the deposit.

Vertafore AMS360 is the best direct enterprise alternative to Applied Epic for large property and casualty (P&C) agencies, while platforms like EZLynx and NowCerts better serve smaller or growing agencies.

Google AI Overviews, . Full answer text in the deposit.

Vertafore AMS360Go to product viewer dialog for this item.: Serves as the primary enterprise rival to Epic, handling complex accounting, multi-location setups, and deep policy administration.

Google AI Mode, . Full answer text in the deposit.

One sentence per engine at most, chosen by a fixed rule: the first full sentence naming a checked vendor, read in run order. Every answer in full: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695.

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Release
2026-09, published
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.22907695
Method
v1.1: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode; ten fixed buyer questions per category; three runs per engine
Captured
Base
15 valid answers to this question; 0 excluded
Licence
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