Best for
Best for independent agencies working on Windows PCs that want their own management system and pick rating and marketing tools separately.
Insurance Agency Software Comparison
HawkSoft vs. QQCatalyst
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for small independent agencies writing mostly personal lines that quote through PL Rating.
- Small and mid-sized
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | HawkSoft | QQCatalyst |
|---|---|---|
| Users | Priced by concurrent users, with no limit on total user profiles | Not stated |
| API | Two-way API integrations with listed partner products | Not stated |
| Hosting | HawkSoft 6: Windows application, data in HawkSoft Cloud on Microsoft Azure; agencies on HawkSoft 5 with a local server are not required to migrate | Cloud-based |
| Clients and policies | Personal and commercial lines policy management, with documents stored at policy level, retention alerts and uprate alerts that flag premium increases before renewal | Policy and client information in one place, with a summary of all current and future policies for existing and prospective customers, and a dashboard of alerts and upcoming tasks |
| Lines of business and markets | Personal and commercial lines in the management system; the rater integrations cover personal lines, mostly auto and home | Personal and commercial lines. The carrier partner list covers private passenger auto, homeowners, dwelling fire, inland marine, umbrella and watercraft, and business auto, general liability, property, workers compensation and commercial inland marine. |
| Comparative rating and quoting | HawkSoft Rater shares policy data with ten third-party personal lines raters: two-way with ACS, Evolution, ITC TurboRater, PL Rating and QuoteRush, one-way with AccuAgency and EZLynx | Two-way integration with Vertafore's PL Rating, a personal lines comparative rater with over 300 real-time carrier connections: quotes bridge into QQCatalyst as customers or prospects, and existing policies bridge back to PL Rating to be remarketed |
| Carrier downloads and connectivity | Carrier downloads are part of the workflow tools, with a carrier downloads portal, documentation for carrier reps and book rolls for carriers; HawkLink for Chrome autofills carrier websites | Vertafore publishes a carrier partner list that shows, per carrier, downloads for personal and commercial lines policies, initial load, direct bill commission and claims |
| Sales pipeline and renewals | Lead management categories show where clients sit in the sales funnel, with cross-sell and upsell reports, retention alerts and batch email, letters and text messages | Salesroom, an integrated sales pipeline manager for new business, rounding out accounts and prospect sales cycles; prospects from PL Rating land in Salesroom, Smartflows send automated communication, and Agency Intelligence runs email marketing campaigns |
| Commissions and agency accounting | Trust accounting and commission tracking in HawkSoft, commission statements imported from Excel or CSV, and operating accounting in QuickBooks; Managed Accounting is a paid service | Not stated |
| Client portal and certificates | Self-service Certificates portal where insureds create certificates and manage certificate holders, signing in with email and a verification code, plus an Insured Mobile App and e-signature | Not stated |
| Compliance records and audit trail | A self-documenting Action Menu logs client interactions, which the vendor ties to reducing E&O risk, with automatic data backup and retention | Not stated |
| Reports and exports | Agency Intelligence suite with KPI dashboards: close ratio by producer, policies per client, commissions by carrier, retention and book of business, with batch email sent from a report | 50+ pre-built and customizable reports from top clients to monthly production, a book of business breakdown, Employee Productivity activity tracking and an Employee Time Clock with payable clock-out reasons |
| Integrations and API | Two-way API integrations with partners such as AgencyZoom, Agency Revolution, InsuredMine and Gaya, plus QuickBooks; HawkSoft states that enabling an integration carries no additional fee | Integrations with PL Rating and AgencyZoom, plus portals, mobile, e-payments and multi-channel communications through Vertafore's Orange Partners tech hub |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS) | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Support | Phone, Email helpdesk, Chat | Not stated |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding, Live online demos and webinars | Not stated |
| Company size | Not stated | Small and mid-sized |
| Integrations | more entries QuickBooks, AgencyZoom, Agency Revolution, InsuredMine, Gaya, Canopy Connect, RingCentral, ACS, Evolution by Capital Software, ITC TurboRater, PL Rating, QuoteRush, AccuAgency, EZLynx | PL Rating, AgencyZoom |
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Key Differences
- Hosting HawkSoft HawkSoft 6: Windows application, data in HawkSoft Cloud on Microsoft Azure; agencies on HawkSoft 5 with a local server are not required to migrate QQCatalyst Cloud-based
- Clients and policies HawkSoft Personal and commercial lines policy management, with documents stored at policy level, retention alerts and uprate alerts that flag premium increases before renewal QQCatalyst Policy and client information in one place, with a summary of all current and future policies for existing and prospective customers, and a dashboard of alerts and upcoming tasks
- Lines of business and markets HawkSoft Personal and commercial lines in the management system; the rater integrations cover personal lines, mostly auto and home QQCatalyst Personal and commercial lines. The carrier partner list covers private passenger auto, homeowners, dwelling fire, inland marine, umbrella and watercraft, and business auto, general liability, property, workers compensation and commercial inland marine.
- Comparative rating and quoting HawkSoft HawkSoft Rater shares policy data with ten third-party personal lines raters: two-way with ACS, Evolution, ITC TurboRater, PL Rating and QuoteRush, one-way with AccuAgency and EZLynx QQCatalyst Two-way integration with Vertafore's PL Rating, a personal lines comparative rater with over 300 real-time carrier connections: quotes bridge into QQCatalyst as customers or prospects, and existing policies bridge back to PL Rating to be remarketed
- Carrier downloads and connectivity HawkSoft Carrier downloads are part of the workflow tools, with a carrier downloads portal, documentation for carrier reps and book rolls for carriers; HawkLink for Chrome autofills carrier websites QQCatalyst Vertafore publishes a carrier partner list that shows, per carrier, downloads for personal and commercial lines policies, initial load, direct bill commission and claims
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
HawkSoft
Strengths
- Two-way API integrations with partners including AgencyZoom, InsuredMine and Gaya
- Browser-based Agent Portal, which HawkSoft states is included in the subscription at no additional cost
- Self-service Certificates for a flat $49 per agency per month, with no per-certificate fees
- Cancellation with 30 days of notice, and the vendor states it charges nothing to take your data
Limitations
- Base and per-user prices are not published
- A Windows application; macOS needs a Windows virtual machine or a third-party hosting service
- Rating runs through third-party raters, one-way only with EZLynx and AccuAgency
QQCatalyst
Strengths
- Two-way data bridge with PL Rating for personal lines quoting and remarketing
- Carrier downloads listed per carrier in a published partner list, including direct bill commission and claims
- 50+ pre-built and customizable reports
- Employee time clock built in
Limitations
- Prices are not published
- Comparative rating runs through PL Rating, a separate Vertafore product
- The official pages describe no agency accounting, client portal or certificates
Plans
Pricing
HawkSoft
- HawkSoft subscription Not stated Monthly base fee for the first user plus a fee per additional concurrent user; amounts not published.
- Self-service Certificates $49 Add-on, flat fee per agency per month, no per-certificate fees.
QQCatalyst
- QQCatalyst Not stated Prices are not published.
What users say
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HawkSoft
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QQCatalyst
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- Not rated yet
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- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
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- Value for money
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- Features
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
HawkSoft https://hawksoft.com/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-05
QQCatalyst https://www.vertafore.com/products/insurance-management-software/qqcatalyst · checked against the official source on 2026-11-06
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