Castlight Health vs. WEX Benefits

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Castlight Health
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Castlight Health is a benefits administration software solution positioned to help employers efficiently provide healthcare for their employees.N/A
WEX Benefits
Score 3.1 out of 10
N/A
WEX Benefits is a suite of benefits administration solutions, positioned to help employers provide healthcare benefit management for their employees.N/A
Pricing
Castlight HealthWEX Benefits
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Castlight HealthWEX Benefits
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Castlight HealthWEX Benefits
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
1.8
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Castlight HealthWEX Benefits
Likelihood to Recommend
Castlight Health
Castlight Health is best used when you have a wide organization (living all across the US) and you don't have the margin on your small/medium team to look into all the different offerings nationwide. We use them primarily to assist with employee health benefits across our whole organization and it has been a breeze
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WEX
It is well suited to help us see exactly which employee and which company the employee is with and how much they employee spent. I really like the reports that it generates and the detail it gives. However I would like to see more details. It would be nice to see the exact date the funds were withdrawn and where the funds were spent. I think this could help us determine that the employee is spending the funds at correct locations and help us when we do our reconciliations of these accounts.
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Pros
Castlight Health
  • Ease of use
  • Customer Service (for questions and help)
  • Professional and Effective Platform
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WEX
  • In my opinion, poor application of IRS rules
  • In my experience, frequent denial of coverage to be later reversed
  • In my experience, poor complain processing rules
  • need PAPER checks to be sent if you need to reimburse them. PAPER! They don't accept credit cards. A credit card processing company that doesn't accept credit cards.
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Cons
Castlight Health
  • Find ways to get our team more engaged in the system
  • In person rep meetings
  • Create an app
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WEX
  • In my experience, WEX has an inability to connect with other entities on the supply chain (bswift, internal benefits department).
  • Slow support request turnaround (3-5 business days).
  • Makes FSA substantiation unnecessarily difficult.
  • Even when there’s a single itemized receipt for all charges, every charge must be substantiated with a separate upload.
  • Even though doing so would satisfy IRS guidelines, WEX won’t accept third party explanations of services as FSA substantiation.
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Alternatives Considered
Castlight Health
We have used Asure in the past (direct competition). We have found the friendliness of Castlight Health to be better and the use of the website and benefit options are all better at Castlight Health. I am always open to shop around to find the best option for our company and I feel like we have found that with Castlight Health.
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WEX
We formerly used TASC and it was a nightmare. We were not at all confident in their administration or compliance of FSAs, HSAs, or COBRA. When we were looking for a new third party administrator to replace TASC, we were immediately drawn to WEX Health. They offered an easy-to-use website, and it was clear that they were serious about compliance and proper administration of benefits.
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Return on Investment
Castlight Health
  • We have spent way less time on health benefits (less than 10 hours this year)
  • Our team is able to reach out directly for assistance
  • Employee retention with better benefits
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WEX
  • It's great to have all of our HSA, FSA and COBRA on one software
  • One software helps reduce redundancy
  • One software helps reduce errors
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