A HawkSoft alternative with flat pricing and your own server

Why agencies look at switching from HawkSoft

We don't know your contract or your invoice, so we won't guess at what you pay or what your plan includes. Your own paperwork is the source of truth. What we can tell you is what usually makes an agency start looking at any system:

• Per-user or per-agent pricing that grows every time you hire a producer or a service rep
• Plan tiers where the feature you need sits one level up
• Add-on modules for rating, commissions, certificates or a client portal, each priced separately
• Data ownership — where your book lives, and what you can take with you if you leave
• Support — a ticket queue, or someone who knows what a bad renewal week looks like
• Branding — whether clients see your agency or someone else's name

If none of those bother you today, you probably don't need to switch. If one of them does, the checklist below helps you put real numbers next to it.

Count every tool, not just the AMS

Agencies often run a management system plus a rater, a certificate tool, an email platform and a sales tool, each billed separately. When you compare against one flat fee, add up every line, not only the headline subscription.

What to evaluate in any replacement

Fill in the HawkSoft column from your own contract and invoice, and ask every vendor you talk to (including us) the same questions.

What we can stand behind about DarkHorse AMS

• $250 per month, flat. No per-agent pricing and no tiers. See what's included.
• One-time fees only for data migration or email setup, quoted upfront.
• Your own server, your own data. The system runs on a server deployed for your agency, and the agency owns its data.
• White-label. Your logo, colors and agency name on every screen and email.
• Built by working agency owners and used every day at Signature Insurance, an independent agency in Kentucky. Our story.
• Quoting: a comparative rater for personal auto and home. Commercial quoting goes through Quotamation or, optionally, Bold Penguin, under your own contracts.
• Everything else in the core platform: ACORD 25 certificates, IVANS carrier downloads, a client portal, and commission statement parsing with producer splits.

Who it isn't for: health-only agencies. DarkHorse AMS is built for independent property & casualty agencies.

How moving from HawkSoft works

1. Send us an export. Export what HawkSoft lets you export — clients, policies, notes, open leads, whatever is available — and send it to us.
2. We tell you exactly what comes across. You get a plain list of what will and won't transfer before you commit to anything.
3. We deploy your system on your own server, branded as your agency, with your carriers, quoter and integrations wired in.
4. We import and reconcile. Counts in the new system are checked against your export so you can see they match.

Every system differs in what it lets you export, which is why we start from your actual file instead of promising a one-click move. Send us an export and we'll tell you what comes across.

DarkHorse AMS is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by HawkSoft. HawkSoft and all other product names belong to their respective owners.

Other systems you may be comparing: Applied Epic, AMS360, EZLynx, AgencyZoom. Or see the full comparison guide and how switching works.

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