24 Years of Industry Innovation

Scale-Enabling Platform for Retirement Plan Design

Legacy plan design processes take days using outdated tools. PlanGen generates the full spectrum of compliance-tested DC and DB plans in seconds via web interface or industry's only high-speed API. Built for unprecedented AUM opportunities and regulatory mandates at scale.

50+
401(k) Plans/second via API
95%
Illustration time reduction
45x
Proposal output increase
DC & DB Plans
Safe-Harbor, Matching, Profit-Sharing, Cash-Balance DB, Traditional DB, Fully-Insured 412(e)(3) DB
Multi-Plan Comparisons
DB/DC/Combos
Cross-Tested DB/DC Plans
Cash Balance + DC
Customizable, Brandable PDF Presentations
Executive Summaries or Fully-Detailed Proposal Documents
Plan designs in SECONDS
instead of days...
Platform Capabilities

Built to Automate What the Industry Still Does Manually

PlanGen converts census, payroll and sponsor information into personalized, compliance-tested retirement-plan designs and advisor-ready outputs through a high-performance API and web-based interface.

Plan Design Core

401(k), profit sharing, cash balance, traditional DB and combination plans; multiple scenarios from one census; annual redesigns and contribution upgrades.

Embedded Compliance

Nondiscrimination support, HCE/NHCE checks, annual limits, benefit and contribution testing, diagnostics and reporting.

Enterprise API + Workflows

High-throughput API and web GUI for advisor portals, CRM, prospecting, onboarding and digital request logging.

Advanced-Market Optionality

Higher-contribution cash-balance, DB and combination-plan strategies, with optional life and annuity integrations.

Scale & Operating Leverage

Transform Expertise into Infrastructure. Multiply the Capacity.

Plan design depends on specialized knowledge that is costly to hire, difficult to replace and challenging to scale linearly. PlanGen captures that expertise in a repeatable technology workflow.

Scale capacity without scaling specialist headcount

Faster Response

Compress complex plan-design cycles from days to software-driven output.

Lower Marginal Cost

Increase capacity without proportional specialist staffing.

Institutional Knowledge

Preserve expertise in software rather than individual employees.

Consistent Execution

Deploy the same rules across back offices and advisor networks.

Broader Reach

Move into higher-contribution cash balance, DB and combination plans.

Platform Capabilities

Enterprise-Grade Retirement Technology

PlanGen generates DC, DB and Combo plan designs and comparisons, illustration renderings and IRS compliance checks for multiple participant plans in seconds—eliminating multi-day workflow friction and process drag with nearly instantaneous personalized plan design delivery.

High-Scale API Plan Design Service
50-70 401(k) plans per second throughput delivering detailed plan and compliance test result data.
Web Application GUI
High-efficiency manual plan editing interface for plan design staff.
Digital Plan Data
API requests can deliver raw plan data and compliance results as JSON or PDF presentations to public-facing or back-office systems. Manually export plan data from web application GUI for TPAs, record keepers or plan document providers.
Enable Multiple Distribution Channels with Retirement Plan Design Capabilities.
Financial advisors, retirement plan providers, TPAs and Record Keepers can instantly provide retirement plan designs.
API Integrations For Life Insurance.
Real-time life product API integrations from leading national life carriers for new revenue streams and asset oppoortunities for plan participants.

Defined Contribution Plans

401(k), profit-sharing and matching contributions with real-time compliance testing and IRS limit validation.

Defined Benefit Plans

Cash balance, traditional DB, and fully-insured DB plans with actuarial calculations and compliance test results in milliseconds.

DC/DB Comparisons

Cross-tested combination plans with side-by-side comparisons to evaluate optimized contribution strategies.

IRS Compliance Testing

Non-discrimination, contribution limits, and benefit compliance with annually updated IRS regulations.

Scale Plan Proposal Volume For Increased AUM

It may take 300 proposals to onboard 100 plans. Generate thousands of plan illustrations withtout increasing expert staff headcount.

Custom-Branded Marketing Presentations

Customizable, branded presentation collateral across distribution hierarchies. PDF outputs for executive summaries or detailed plan provision documents.

Instantly Expand DC and DB Product Offerings

Provide the appropriate plans for the appropriate client. Add mid-market Cash Balance and advanced-market fully-insured DB plans or cross-tested combo plans to your product offerings. Automatically integrate life insurance policy assets into retirement plans.

Industry Solutions

Built for Scale Across Verticals

PlanGen delivers the foundational technology for enterprises delivering retirement plan designs & illustrations at scale.

RetireTech

Full-spectrum retirement plan design engine with GUI and API access for TPAs, actuaries, and plan specialists.

  • DC & DB plan design in seconds
  • Cross-tested combination plans
  • Real-time compliance testing

FinTech

Scale retirement plan generation for record keepers, wealth platforms, and advisor distribution networks.

  • New plan AUM onboarding
  • Existing plan redesign for AUM growth at scale
  • Advisor network enablement

InsurTech

Integrate life insurance and annuity products into retirement plan workflows with carrier API connections.

  • Life insurance integrations
  • Death & estate planning benefits
  • Additional commission-based revenue streams
1
Receive Data
API / Web Form / Upload
2
Compute Plan Models
In Seconds
3
Compliance Test
IRS Current Year Regulations
4
Review and Compare
Repository Editing & Comparison Tools
5
Illustrate Presentations
PDF / Data
Deliver Instantly
Complete
Enterprise Workflow

Multi-Step Workflow in Seconds, Not Days

PlanGen replaces fragmented, labor-intensive legacy tools with an integrated retirement plan design engine built for speed, flexibility, and distribution efficiency.

Systematically replace bottlenecks
Automate baseline plan design, save TPA expertise for consultations
Repository by hierarchy & case
Store unlimited plan designs organized by distribution networks
Economically scalable proposal generation
Efficiently illustrate 100 proposals to sell 30 — make volume economically viable
Workflow analytics reveal plan design statistics
Monitor plan design activity by type, user hiearchy or geography.
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About PlanGen

24 Years of Innovative Evolution

Adopted by leading national retirement plan stakeholders since 2002, providing tens of thousands of DC/DB plan designs with cutting-edge technology and efficiency advantages.

Trusted By Industry Leaders

Relied Upon Across the Retirement Ecosystem

Financial Advisors
Asset planning & portfolios
TPAs
Third-party administrators
Record Keepers
Plan onboarding at scale
Insurance Companies
Carrier integrations
Actuaries
DB plan calculations
Consultants
Client presentations
PLAN SPONSORS: Personalized Plans From Advisors in Seconds, Not Days.
Rapid-response for enhanced client experience. Compare diverse plan options for better savings outcomes. Add life insurance assets for estate planning and death benefits. Manage tax-deductible contribution strategies more precisely.
PLAN PROVIDERS: Scale Capacity & Production Without Scaling Headcount.
Enable existing staff to scale service volume, responsivness and AUM growth. Distribute capacity across diverse advisor networks. Use the design engine to deploy automated, annual plan redesign workflows at scale.
2002
Industry adoption began with innovative retirement technology solutions for the largest provider of Advanced-Market, fully-insured benefit qualified retirement plans through thousands of Advisors. Industry's first technology platform enabling integration of life insurance products in qualified retirement plans.
4X
Higher contribution limits for mid-market and advanced market retirement plans vs entry-level 401(k) plans.
Solutions

One Infrastructure Layer. Multiple Paths to Growth.

See how PlanGen can fit inside your retirement workflow.

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Enterprise-Tested. Production-Proven.

Supporting national retirement organizations for 24+ years with thousands of users and tens of thousands of design scenarios.

Recordkeepers

Increase new-plan origination and annual redesign capacity without linear specialist hiring. Embed plan design directly into advisor, sales and onboarding workflows.

TPAs & Administration Platforms

Scale design and compliance workflows across a larger customer base while reducing dependence on scarce actuarial and plan-design resources.

Wealth & Advisor Platforms

Help advisors identify and present higher-contribution retirement strategies to business-owner clients, extending the wealth relationship into qualified plans.

RetireTech & FinTech Platforms

Embed differentiated plan-design and compliance capabilities directly into existing digital products through API.

Insurance & Annuity Providers

Support qualified-plan strategies that incorporate life and annuity illustrations, advisor branding and enterprise distribution where appropriate.