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Jenesis Software vs Guidewire: Which is a better fit?

Updated on October 6th, 2024
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Summary
Features in P&C Insurance
32
Best performer
40
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Audit Trail
14
40
  • Reinsurance Administration
  • Reporting/Analytics
User satisfaction
4.7
User reviews281
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.9
3.3
User reviews15
Ease of use
3.5
Functionality
3.3
Value for money
3.3
Customer support
4.1
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Best for

Jenesis is best for Independent Insurance Agencies that focus on personal & commercial lines.

Property and casualty insurers

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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1 / 4
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Video reviews
jeanna c
owner
4.0

Jeanna: My name is Jeanna. I'm a business owner in the insurance industry, and I give Jenesis a four out of five. So I decided to go with Jenesis now over EZLynx because they demanded a bigger startup fee and being a first time business owner, I really needed to limit my expenses before I commit to something that I wasn't sure about. So that's why I went with Jenesis. They were just affordable for me with just about the same features as the competitor. So I went with Jenesis because of a lot of features that they had, especially the ACORD forms. I found it to be very useful and helpful in my service aspect, freeing up a lot of time with service just by having that specific feature available. And it was per customer so it automatically generates the ACORD forms for whatever line of business you wrote, and I found that to be just a hundred percent useful and awesome. So the onboarding process is pretty simple in my opinion. I'm able to just plug in my customers and to differentiate if they were quoted prospects or active customers. So the onboarding was awesome and I'm also able to write text messages, welcome text messages, in English and Spanish, just to let the customers know like, "Hey, this is who you'll be dealing with. This is my website, my email." So that ended up being just awesome for me. And then other than that, I mean, even the email parts, just being able to simply send an email and have it noted in the account was extremely useful. So recommendations that I would give to anybody that's considering Jenesis now would be to definitely do it. One, they do offer great training for you to just set up. It actually gives you a demo for you to just plug in your customers if you have an existing book of business. And on top of that, they were referred to me, which I think referrals are the best key to success and since it was from a referral from another friend of mine, I went with it and I'm referring it to anybody that is in need of a system, a software system, that will work for them.

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Beth K
Financial Advisor
1.0

Beth K.: My name is Beth. I'm a Senior Business Consultant. I'm reviewing Guidewire and I would give it an F minus or a one rating, and for more reviews like this, you can click below. Horseman, who I worked for, implemented Guidewire, and unfortunately it's not done yet. Consequently, you can't access any of your data, you can't log on. It killed all user codes and passwords. All the invoices and sales numbers are wrong. All the payment numbers are wrong. All the access for the client for the files are gone, wrong, and nobody at customer service can help you, and then they see different numbers than we're sending out on the invoice. So I've never really seen anything work worse, or be implemented more disastrously for both the clients and for the users. I don't like anything about Guidewire, and it's very, very, very detrimental if you're in sales and you're trying to use it for your client and for client servicing and particularly for invoicing and payments. Nothing positive to say. I don't know who did the implementation of Guidewire, whether it was the user, the company themselves or Guidewire was involved in it, but having installed systems for 40 years now, if you're counting, I've never seen anything so bad in my life. Be very, very, very careful if you're looking at this software, and find out how to install it and who's going to do the installation and verify that you still have your old system available to you and do not rely on the new system until it is perfect.

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Jenesis Software

Top Features
32/40
  • API
  • Case Management
  • Claims Settlement
  • For Homeowners Insurance
  • Insurance Eligibility Verification
  • Insurance Management
  • Reinsurance Administration
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Audit Trail
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Broker/Agent Portal
  • Claims Management
  • Commission Management
  • Contact Management
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Portal
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Imaging
  • Document Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Forms Management
  • Insurance Policy Management
  • Insurance Rating
  • Marketing Automation
  • Property & Casualty
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Data
  • Reminders
  • Risk Assessment
  • Secure Login
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Underwriting Management
  • User Management
  • Workflow Management
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Guidewire

14/40
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Jenesis Software

  • Best Value Insurance
    Software (2024)
  • Best Value Insurance
    Software (2023)

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Jenesis Software
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Guidewire
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Jenesis Software
  • By Jenesis Software
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1999
Guidewire
  • By Guidewire Software
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2001
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