QuoteWizard vs Hometown Quotes: leads, pricing and terms compared
Both sell real-time shared and exclusive leads in personal lines, health and life, plus live transfers. QuoteWizard fits agents who want detailed filters priced into each package, with known starting prices for auto, home and renters.
Hometown Quotes fits agents who want filters that don't raise the price and, for captive agents with Allstate, Nationwide, COUNTRY Financial, State Farm or Farmers, carrier programs with custom pricing. Neither requires a long-term contract.
Side by side
| QuoteWizard | Hometown Quotes | |
|---|---|---|
| Lines Differs | Auto, home, renters, health, Medicare and life | Home, auto, life, health and renters |
| Lead types | Real-time leads and live transfers | Real-time leads and live transfers |
| Shared or exclusive Differs | Shared: real-time leads (all lines) Exclusive: real-time leads (auto, home, renters, health and life) and live transfers (home and auto) | Shared: real-time leads (all lines) Exclusive: real-time leads (all lines) and live transfers (auto, home and life) |
| Price Differs | From $4.50 per lead for renters to $26.75 for premium auto search leads | Quoted by line and risk class. Filters are free |
| To start Differs | Pay as you go | Prepaid deposit |
| Contract | No long-term contract | No long-term contract |
| Returns Differs | Up to 25% of leads within 10 days | Account credit for eligible bad leads, with no return window published |
| Coverage | All 50 states | All 50 states and DC |
| Sample leads published Differs | Auto, home, renters, health, Medicare and life | Auto, home, life and renters |
| Named integrations Differs | 23: AgencyMVP, AgencyZoom, APEX, Blitz, Contactability, Convoso and 17 more | 24: Agency IQ, Agency MVP, AgencyZoom, APEX, Applied Rater, Blitz and 18 more |
| Founded Differs | 2006 | 2004 |
Which one fits you
Choose QuoteWizard if
- You sell Medicare as well as personal lines
- You want known starting prices for auto, home or renters packages
- You want high-volume shared leads with detailed filters
Choose Hometown Quotes if
- You want filters that don't change the price
- You are a captive agent with a carrier program
- You want live transfers for life as well as auto and home
Products and getting started
QuoteWizard
- Fill out the join form on the agent site and choose your lines.
- Pick packages and filters with a sales rep, along with your territory and daily or weekly caps.
- Set the amount charged to your card. The card is charged again once your balance falls under what a single lead costs. You can set a cash cap to stop automatic charges.
- Leads arrive in the QuoteWizard dashboard and by email, and can post into your CRM, rater or dialer.
- Pause when you need to. Standard accounts get 45 vacation days a year, and higher-volume accounts get more.
Hometown Quotes
- Sign up and choose your lines, filters, delivery hours and territory.
- Fund a prepaid deposit. The leads you receive are paid out of it.
- A shopper asks for a quote and within seconds the lead is in your Hometown Quotes portal. It can also be sent by email or text, or straight into your CRM, rater or dialer.
- When the balance falls to $50 your card gets charged again automatically.
Price and cost to start
QuoteWizard lists starting prices like $9.38 for a preferred homeowner auto lead, but every filter you stack on raises the cost. Hometown Quotes posts no prices, quotes by line and risk class and charges nothing for filters. Captive agents with Allstate, Nationwide or State Farm can also get up to $250 in bonus bucks through Hometown Quotes' carrier programs.
Full pricing: QuoteWizard and Hometown Quotes.
Shared or exclusive
Both cap a shared lead at four agents, though Hometown Quotes averages about two buyers while QuoteWizard's averages run from about one on renters to about three on health. Hometown Quotes offers exclusive leads in all five of its lines, and its live transfers cover life as well as auto and home. QuoteWizard has no exclusive Medicare option, and its WizardCalls stick to auto and home.
Every offer: QuoteWizard and Hometown Quotes.
Lead returns
QuoteWizard gives you 10 days and lets you return up to 25% of your leads, but it doesn't publish the reasons it accepts. Hometown Quotes is the reverse, listing reasons such as a recycled lead, a non-consumer or an incentivized shopper while publishing no deadline or cap. Either way the remedy is a credit to your account.
Full return terms: QuoteWizard and Hometown Quotes.
Contract and cancellation
Neither QuoteWizard nor Hometown Quotes asks for a long-term contract. QuoteWizard says more about staying flexible, with pay-as-you-go billing, a cash cap on card charges and up to 45 pause days a year on standard accounts. Hometown Quotes doesn't publish how to cancel, how pauses work or what happens to money left in your account.
Full contract terms: QuoteWizard and Hometown Quotes.
Delivery and integrations
Both send leads in real time to their own portal and can pass them on by email or text or into a CRM, rater or dialer. Hometown Quotes names 24 systems it connects to and says leads arrive within seconds. QuoteWizard's dashboard also handles caps, territories and credit requests.
Delivery details: QuoteWizard and Hometown Quotes.
Lead quality checks
Hometown Quotes runs leads past independent services that check phones, emails and recycled leads, and partner leads must carry Jornaya LeadiD and TrustedForm certificates. QuoteWizard uses those two tools on its own form and adds its own validation step plus call screening. Hometown Quotes casts a wider net for traffic, including owned call centers, display ads and affiliate sellers, while QuoteWizard leans on search engines.
Lead sources and consent: QuoteWizard and Hometown Quotes.
Alternatives to QuoteWizard and Hometown Quotes
- SmartFinancial sells live transfers and web leads, shared and exclusive. Three agents is the most a shared lead goes to.
- EverQuote sells real-time auto and home data leads and live transfers, and has no minimum spend.
- MediaAlpha sells auto, home and life leads, shared by default with some sold as exclusive, that agents buy by bid or at a fixed price.
- AWL sells shared web leads, live transfers and clicks, for personal lines, health, life and small business, via InsuranceLeads.com, InsuranceQuotes and NetQuote.
Frequently asked questions
How are prices set?
QuoteWizard's auto, home and renters packages have known starting prices, and other lines are quoted by a sales rep. Hometown Quotes quotes prices by line, territory and risk class.
Which lines get live transfers?
QuoteWizard's WizardCalls covers auto and home. Hometown Quotes sells live transfers for auto, home and life.
Do QuoteWizard or Hometown Quotes require a contract?
No. Neither requires a long-term contract.
How we researched this. We based this comparison on each company's published pricing where available, terms and product pages, reviewed in October 2026, together with our team's experience working with insurance agents and agency owners since 2008.