Access Perks vs. Zywave PlanAdvisor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Access Perks
Score 9.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Access Perks is an employee discount network. The vendor aims to help employers boost the value of their benefits, while saving workers money annually on their everyday purchases. Access Perks has direct relationships with over 350,000 restaurants, retailers, movie theaters, travel providers, theme parks, auto shops and more. Each Access Perks client receives a private-label website and "show your phone" mobile coupon app that employees can use to quickly find and redeem offers.…N/A
PlanAdvisor
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Zywave in Milwaukee offers PlanAdvisor, a healthcare plan design toolkit and employee decision support tool so policyholders can better understand their costs and control their health care spending.N/A
Pricing
Access PerksZywave PlanAdvisor
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Access PerksPlanAdvisor
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAccess Perks is priced based on the number of employees and the benefits package chosen by the employer. On average, the benefit costs about as much as a candy bar per employee, per month.
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User Ratings
Access PerksZywave PlanAdvisor
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Access PerksZywave PlanAdvisor
Likelihood to Recommend
Access Development
The platform is super well oriented to provide location-specific perks and discount programs to employees based on their local marketplace. It covers all of the major restaurants/retailers/destinations in a given geographic region (and even nationally). It would be great to see additional offerings in the alternative space - vegan vendors, local vendors, etc. as a counterpoint to the tried and true national brands.
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Zywave
We utilize only one of the four components available because the other three are either too time consuming for what you get or just don't deliver what we need. The renewal estimator is the real star here and worth the cost of the tool (even if you don't use the other components, although we hope Zywave PlanAdvisor puts some money/time here to further develop them). It accurately projects renewals which help employers budget as they prepare for renewal. It is invaluable in our marketing and carrier negotiations because it is a an underwriting tool with the science and language that will speak to an underwriter... it's not a best guess, but accurate and respectable analytics.
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Pros
Access Development
  • easy to understand program
  • actual discounts that employees can use
  • Discounts on everyday things
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Zywave
  • Renewal projection - forecasting renewal rates is accurate and has been very beneficial to our clients and business.
  • Single period report is decent, but not as user friendly as we'd like it to be. It really only works with certain carriers.
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Cons
Access Development
  • UX Design of Site
  • Expanded Perk Offerings
  • More Remote/Dispersed Benefit Programming
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Zywave
  • Single Period Report: We hoped it would be like a "DMW lite" but it is only usable with a few carriers, and it's clunky/time consuming to use. We stopped using it.
  • Plan Modeler: It's a good idea, but we don't use it much. It needs more development and modeling options.
  • Plan Selector: It's a good idea, but it's too time consuming to add the info. If we could import it easily, we'd use it much more.
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Alternatives Considered
Access Development
We also evaluated Tickets at Work - both are highly comparable options, but we went with Access Perks given both their incomparable discount network and mobile coupon program. The Access Perks website is also much easier to use, for both administrators and employees, and offers a more compelling discount/perk ratio across the board.
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Zywave
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Return on Investment
Access Development
  • employees, for the most part, feel appreciated
  • aids in employee retention
  • immediate benefit for new hires
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Zywave
  • The renewal estimator has helped us win new business!
  • The renewal estimator has successfully helped us with marketing and carrier negotiations, i.e., it holds weight with underwriters and is hard to argue against.
  • The renewal estimator has helped us prepare our clients for their upcoming renewal by forecasting cost changes well in advance so that there are no major shocks or surprises.
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ScreenShots

Access Perks Screenshots

Screenshot of Screenshot of the Access Perks web landing page.Screenshot of Mobile coupon app lets users show their device at the cash register and save.