ERISApedia alternative
Looking for an alternative to ERISApedia?
401kHunter is the modern, pay-as-you-go alternative for financial advisors who want Form 5500 prospecting without the annual contract, the procurement cycle, or the sales-led demo gate. Here’s what carries over, what you gain, and what the switch actually costs.
Who ERISApedia serves well
Compliance-grade 5500 research priced for TPAs — with published pricing, rare in this category.
TPAs and ERISA counsel doing document-level research — reading audit reports, tracing recordkeeper relationships, full-text searching attachments — are squarely ERISApedia's audience. Advisors who need a call list, not a law library, will get more from 401kHunter's fee grades, contact unlocks, and pipeline tracking.
What you keep when you switch
- ✓Same DOL Form 5500 plan universe — every plan you researched in ERISApedia is on 401kHunter too
- ✓Your ERISApedia subscription can stay for attachment-level legal research — the tools are complementary
- ✓TPA/recordkeeper relationship data — 401kHunter surfaces the same provider relationships via Schedule C
What you gain
- →Decision-maker contact unlocks (email, LinkedIn, direct dial) that ERISApedia doesn't offer at all
- →Fee grades A–D and basis-point Schedule C badges instead of raw filings you analyze yourself
- →Pipeline tracking and outreach log built for prospecting, not compliance review
- →$25 to start versus a $2,087/yr subscription commitment
Switching cost
Usually zero, because it's rarely a switch — ERISApedia serves compliance research and 401kHunter serves prospecting. If you were stretching ERISApedia into a prospecting role, moving that workflow to 401kHunter costs $25 to test and there's no contract on either end of the move.
Quick feature comparison
| Topic | ERISApedia | 401kHunter |
|---|---|---|
| Product category | Compliance and legal research tool — document-level search across filings and attachments. | Advisor prospecting tool — find overpaying plans, grade their fees, unlock the people who can move them. |
| Decision-maker contact data | None — ERISApedia does not provide decision-maker or enriched contact data. | Decision-maker unlocks with verified email, LinkedIn, and direct dial, plus filing-listed admin/signer contacts. |
| Fee analysis | Raw filing and attachment access — you do the fee analysis yourself. | Fee grades A–D, basis-point Schedule C fee badges, and NAICS-sector peer benchmarks computed on every plan. |
| Attachment-level research | Full-text search of 2M+ pages of attachments — audit reports, amendments, schedules. This is their specialty. | Structured Schedule A/C/H/I/R data from the DOL bulk files; we don't full-text-index attachment PDFs. |
| Pricing | Published annual subscriptions: $2,087/yr (1 user) to $4,175/yr (5 users) for Plan Data Intelligence. | $25 of entry credits to start, $100/mo optional Pro plan, no annual commitment. |
Frequently asked
Is 401kHunter a replacement for ERISApedia?
For advisor prospecting, yes — ERISApedia has no decision-maker contact data and no fee scoring, which is the core of the prospecting workflow. For attachment-level legal and compliance research, no — ERISApedia's full-text search of 2M+ pages of filings is a specialty 401kHunter doesn't replicate. Many firms would use both.
Does ERISApedia have decision-maker contact data?
No — it's a compliance research tool aimed at TPAs and ERISA attorneys. 401kHunter pairs the same Form 5500 plan universe with decision-maker contact unlocks (email, LinkedIn, direct dial) for advisors who need to actually reach plan sponsors.
Why is ERISApedia so much more expensive to start?
It's priced as an annual professional subscription ($2,087/yr for one user) for compliance teams that use it daily. 401kHunter's pay-as-you-go model means an advisor can start at $25 and scale spend with actual prospecting volume.
Test 401kHunter on $25 of credits.
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