Employee Navigator vs Empyrean Benefits Platform

Employee Navigator is a benefits administration, HR, and compliance platform for insurance brokers, employers, and integrated partners. Employees can enroll themselves, compare and select medical, dental, vision, life, HSA, HRA, FSA, LPFSA, DCA, and commuter plans, review coverage, see benefit details, and monitor enrollment deadlines. HR functions include onboarding, ACA reporting, payroll integrations, HR management, time-off tracking, eligibility rules, payroll deductions, and COBRA administration. Onboarding supports custom task lists, new-hire forms, policy-acknowledgement tracking, and an audit trail. Employees can use Android and iOS apps or the web to enroll, view compliance documents, request or review PTO, access contacts, and see benefits. Employee Navigator lists connections with more than 600 partners and integration with 83 payroll partners. It says annual audits cover SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST, NIST, GDPR, 23 NYCRR 500, and CCPA. Two-factor authentication is required. Pricing is on request, with no free plan.

Empyrean Benefits Platform provides benefits administration technology and services for employees and HR teams. It automates eligibility and enrollment, with built-in eligibility and compliance features, and offers decision support personalized with employees’ individualized health data. The platform connects to payroll and HRIS systems, wellness providers, carriers and consumer accounts. HR teams can access real-time insights and customizable on-demand reports with analytics. Communications include digital benefit guides, targeted email campaigns and educational videos. The mobile apps provide benefits access and management; EmpyreanGO also offers personalized recommendations, healthcare ID cards, appointment scheduling with select providers and links to financial accounts. Closed-Loop Payroll compares deductions with enrollment data, flags variances and adjusts future payroll files. Verification services cover dependents, documents and Evidence of Insurability. Empyrean says its Employee Service Center resolves 95% of employee questions on the first call. The platform is available on Android, iOS and the web. Pricing is on request.