Quick answer: DarkHorse AMS costs $250 per month, flat, with no per-agent pricing. One-time fees apply only for data migration or email setup and are quoted upfront.
What $250 per month includes
- Clients, policies & documents (insurance CRM)
- Comparative rater
- Commissions & reports
- COI generation
- Carrier downloads (IVANS) and the document harvester
- Client self-service portal
- Agent email client
- Renewal check-backs, birthday and holiday emails
- Incoming-call pop
- Business lookup and AI assists
- Renewal Review: clients confirm what changed and the policy is re-quoted
- Drip email campaigns
- E-signature and the ACORD forms library
- Loss run requests and claims
- Report builder
- Team chat, notes and to-do lists
What you don't pay for
- No per-agent tax and no starter/pro/enterprise maze
- No surprise line items — one-time fees only for data migration or email setup, quoted upfront
What isn't included
Your own Quotamation API contract, and — if you turn on the commercial rater — your Bold Penguin appointment. Those are between you and them.
What you get for the price
Your own server, your own data, your own brand, updates pushed automatically, and a direct line to the developer who builds the product — an agency owner, not a ticket queue.
Frequently asked questions
How much does DarkHorse AMS cost?
$250 per month, flat, for the full core platform.
Is there a per-user or per-agent fee?
No. There is no per-agent pricing.
Are there setup fees?
One-time fees apply only for data migration or email setup, and they're quoted upfront.
See DarkHorse AMS running
$250/month flat. Deployed on your own server, branded as your agency. Talk to an agency owner, not a sales rep.
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