Empyrean Reviews & Product Details

Empyrean offers a dependable and user-friendly benefits administration platform that helps streamline processes for both employees and HR teams. The interface is well-organized, making navigation simple, and the workflows are thoughtfully designed to help prevent mistakes during enrollment and life-event updates. I’ve found their customer support team to be both responsive and well-informed, which makes resolving any issues much more efficient. What stands out most is the platform’s stability—it consistently operates smoothly, without the outages or slowdowns that are common in many other benefits systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform would be improved by the addition of more modern analytics dashboards and enhanced self-service reporting features. At present, some configuration changes require assistance from support rather than being fully manageable by administrators, which can slow down the process of making updates. Integration with certain HRIS systems sometimes takes longer than anticipated, and the documentation for advanced features could be more thorough. Although the core product is robust, increasing flexibility and providing greater transparency around configuration would further enhance the overall experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

First off, the people at Empyrean are great to work with, which matters a lot when trying to fix issues or get something custom/nuanced implemented. Empyrean is always trying to improve the member experience and finding ways to improve their prodcut/technology. The employer portal is very easy to use and provides a lot of useful information on active employees, terminated employees and retirees. They can work with you on customizing reports for you as well, which I appreciate because it helps alleviate some work on my end. The administration fees are also very reasonable compared to other vendors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The call center can be a little inconsistent. Sometimes you'll get someone great that knows a lot about your company's benefits, but sometimes you'll get someone that needs more guidance from their manager or doesn't provide a clear answer to the member. This can cause a negative experience for members, and then the Benefits team hears about it. However, the majority of the time it's a positive experience - it's only been about a handful of times where there have been dissatisfied members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Empyrean has been a great partnership for us for several years now. We really value the relationship as it helps us streamline our benefits administration. The implementation was easy and the customer support for our administrators and employees is high touch. We have worked on several projects with Empyrean had great project management and support. Our Client Service Manager is great to work with! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cost of some of the service is high but reasonable to the market. Project cost is extra for services, support, and configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The audit checks that are done when our weekly interface is sent. Any errors are brought to our attention and corrected immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can't think of anything that I dislike about Empyrean's system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our employees are able to transition seamlessly from one department to another thanks to the Empyrean team, which functions as an extension of our benefits team. They seem to work well as a partner with us, actually hear our issues, and make improvements when they can. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Process issues included the need to upgrade dashboards and reporting systems for employers so that specific real-time data points may be easily accessible to them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Empyrean specializes in core benefits administration services and they do it well. The client service team is excellent and very responsive. I feel like they are a vendor that partners well with us and really listens to our concerns and implements changes where possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

They currently outsource COBRA and direct bill administration. This can sometimes cause challenges with processing data and requires extra coordination between the two different vendors. Some of the employer reporting tools and dashboards could be updated so that certain bits of real time data is available to employers with ease at their fingertips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Seems like everyone we have dealt with is extremely knowledgeable in H&W benefits regulations - all SMEs. In addition everyone goes above and beyond to help our company out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

was charged alot for active enrollment for call center - was quite a sticker shock Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Empyrean team is really like an extension of our benefits team. Our employees give nothing but positive feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We've had some process challenges, but the team hung in there with us and helped us resolve them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of working through requirements to get projects done Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really do not have anything to dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use is nice, it allows for our employees to go from one section to another without interruption. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Overall I am satisfied with the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.