EasyPBJ vs SimplePBJ: a lower price for your quarterly filing.

Based on EasyPBJ’s workflow and Simple’s published Pro features, organization reporting, submission guidance, and Essentials overview. The sections below explain the differences.

A monthly quote and a quarterly quote can make similar-looking prices difficult to compare. Here is one facility at the public rates checked on September 14, 2026.

The calculation is $149 × 4 compared with $119 × 12. EasyPBJ’s annualized subscription is about 58% lower than that published Pro starting rate. These are subscription-price equivalents, not annual-plan offers or a promise about your total operating costs. Confirm any taxes, optional services, discounts, and quoted terms with the provider.

Small quarters can cost less still: EasyPBJ exports are free for up to 25 unique employees per facility per CMS quarter, with no card or subscription. The table assumes a facility above that allowance every quarter.

Sources: EasyPBJ pricing and Simple’s pricing page. EasyPBJ renews every three months until canceled in workspace Settings; billing dates are separate from CMS reporting quarters.

Add a professional PBJ consultant review for $49 when you want a second check. It covers one facility’s quarterly filing, written findings, and one follow-up check of corrections. The review is optional and charged once for that scope; it does not renew with the software subscription.

These are arithmetic examples before applicable taxes, not bundled or annual-plan offers. Billing periods can differ from CMS quarters. Review requests require confirmation of scope, timing, and payment before work starts; there is no guaranteed turnaround or CMS acceptance. Your facility handles the iQIES upload and checks the CMS result.

Planning a move from SimplePBJ? Use our switching walkthrough to compare one quarter’s source records and totals before retiring your current workflow.

The lower price includes a connected filing workspace. Your preparer, reviewer, and facility owner can work from the same source files and saved filing instead of passing around separate versions of a workbook.

• Payroll and agency imports: supported CSV, TSV, XLSX, and XLS files, mapping confirmation, and reusable setup for later quarters.
• Review and reconciliation: source-row references, exclusions and adjustments, supporting evidence, and review findings before export.
• Filing documents: CMS XML, a workbook, and an audit package, with submission-result tracking tied to the relevant filing revision.
• Team access: separate user roles within each facility. One account can access several facilities, each with its own records and quarterly subscription.

AI assistance can propose interpretations and explain findings. Your team still confirms the mappings and review decisions. AI use has an allowance; manual mapping and review remain available when that allowance is exhausted. See the EasyPBJ workflow for the steps from importing files to following up on CMS results.

SimplePBJ advertises sending a filing to CMS from its product. Its iQIES guidance explains that facilities must approve the required access. Ask about your facility’s setup and reporting workflow during a demo.

EasyPBJ prepares a reviewed PBJ XML package. Your facility’s authorized submitter uploads it in iQIES, checks the CMS result, and can save the validation report with the filing in EasyPBJ.

Keep responsibility for the CMS result explicit. A downloaded package or upload receipt does not establish acceptance. Use the iQIES submission and validation guide to plan that follow-through, and confirm current requirements in the official CMS PBJ resources.

SimplePBJ Pro advertises advance staffing-rating forecasts and staffing-cost scenarios. Its organization HRD reporting brings multiple facilities into one view. Those capabilities may matter to a regional operator making staffing decisions across a portfolio. See its Pro features and organization report.

EasyPBJ already includes published CMS insights, facility-level comparisons, and conditional rating scenarios. Its RN-time scenario uses published data and fixed assumptions; it is not a forecast of your next quarter from newly collected resident and staffing data. Evaluate the actual reporting question you need answered before treating the products as interchangeable.

Simple also lists a $319-per-month MDS + PBJ suite and includes live technical support in its plan descriptions. If your facility needs that broader suite, compare the whole purchase. EasyPBJ’s price advantage is clearest when you are shopping for its filing workflow and do not need the additional suite capabilities.

Start with the free EasyPBJ sample. It uses example data and requires no account or payment information. Follow one record from its source through review and export, then decide whether that process fits how your team prepares a quarter.

Before buying, identify who owns the source files, who reviews adjustments, and who checks the CMS result. If EasyPBJ supports that handoff, its lower recurring price is a concrete reason to choose it. If your decision depends on importing existing files or changing providers, read our SimplePBJ alternative evaluation guide next.