CE Broker alternative: the honest answer
If your board contracts with CE Broker, there is no alternative to CE Broker — your continuing education has to be reported there, and no app can do that for you. What most people searching for an alternative actually want is something else: a place that holds every credential they carry and warns them early enough to act. That's the gap Trust fills, and it sits alongside CE Broker rather than replacing it.
What CE Broker actually is
CE Broker is a compliance-tracking platform that state licensing boards contract with to receive and audit continuing education. When a board signs on, approved CE providers report your completed hours directly into the system, and the board reads your compliance status from it at renewal. Florida is the longest-running example for nursing; Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, and West Virginia use it for some professions too. Coverage is decided board by board and profession by profession, so the only authoritative answer for your license is your own board's renewal page.
The basic account is free. Paid Professional and Concierge tiers add course search, transcripts, and hands-on help. Nothing you do in another app changes what your board requires of you here.
The honest answer for CE-Broker-mandated states
You cannot opt out. If your board requires CE Broker reporting, hours that exist only on a certificate in your email are not hours your board can see. Providers report most CE automatically; anything out-of-state or non-participating you report yourself. Skip that and your renewal is incomplete no matter how well-organized your own records are.
So treat CE Broker as a requirement, not a product choice. The useful question is what it doesn't do — and that list is longer than people expect.
What searchers actually want
Reading the queries that land on this page, "CE Broker alternative" almost always means one of five things:
- Everything in one place. CE Broker tracks CE. It does not hold your BLS card, ACLS card, PALS card, specialty certification, or your second-state license, all of which expire on their own schedules.
- Earlier warning. A renewal-month email is too late to schedule an ACLS class or finish 24 CE hours. Ninety days is enough runway to fix the problem calmly.
- The actual documents. Boards and employers ask for the card or the certificate, not a compliance percentage. You want the PDF on your phone when someone asks for it in a hallway.
- Privacy. Some clinicians simply don't want another cloud account holding their license data.
- Multi-state and multi-profession. A compact nurse with a second single-state license, or a medic who is also an RN, has credentials spread across systems that don't talk to each other.
Side by side
| Feature | Trust | CE Broker |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A credential wallet on your phone | A state-contracted CE reporting and tracking system |
| Who requires it | Nobody — it's for you | Your board, in states that contract with it |
| Reports CE to your board | No | Yes — that's its job |
| Stores license and cert documents | Yes — photo or PDF, any credential | Yes, in your CE Broker account |
| Expiration reminders | Push notifications at 90, 60, 30, and 7 days | Email reminders tied to your license period |
| Covers non-CE credentials (BLS, ACLS, PALS, specialty certs) | Yes | Partially — course-based CE is the focus |
| Works across states and professions in one place | Yes | Only the boards it contracts with |
| Account required | No — nothing leaves your phone | Yes |
| Where data lives | On your device, behind Face ID | CE Broker's cloud |
| Price | Free | Free basic tier; paid Professional/Concierge upgrades |
Read that table as a division of labor, not a contest. One row decides everything: CE Broker reports to your board and Trust doesn't, which is why dropping CE Broker is not on the table in the states that require it.
The "use both" workflow
- Add every credential to Trust once. License, BLS, ACLS, PALS, specialty certifications, any second-state license. Photo the card, set the expiration date, done.
- Let the 90-day notice start the work. That's when you book the class or the CE, not when the renewal window opens.
- Complete CE with board-approved providers. Approved providers report to CE Broker for you, usually within days.
- Check your CE Broker compliance screen. Report anything the provider didn't, and keep the certificate.
- Submit and pay the renewal. CE complete is not renewal complete — the application and the fee are separate steps that CE systems don't watch.
- Update the new expiration in Trust. One edit, and the next cycle's reminders are already set.
Where lapses actually come from
In the renewal stories clinicians tell us, the failure is rarely the CE hours. It's a BLS card that expired two weeks before a contract started, an ACLS renewal that needed a class with no local seats left, a second-state license nobody was watching because the primary one felt handled, or a renewal application filled out and never submitted. None of those are things a CE reporting system is built to catch — and all of them are things a wallet with a 90-day warning catches easily.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I replace CE Broker with another app?
- No. In states whose boards contract with CE Broker, it is the official CE reporting system — your continuing education has to land there for your renewal to be complete. No third-party app, including Trust, can report CE on your behalf. What you can replace is the habit of using it as your only reminder and document system.
- Which states use CE Broker?
- Florida is the best-known: the Florida Board of Nursing has used CE Broker for years. Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, and West Virginia boards use it for some professions as well. Coverage is per board and per profession, not per state, so check your own board's renewal page before assuming.
- Do I still need CE Broker if I track everything in Trust?
- Yes, if your board requires it. Trust holds your credentials and warns you early; CE Broker is where the CE hours get reported and audited. They do different jobs.
- Why would I use both?
- CE Broker knows about CE courses your providers report. It does not know your BLS card expires in six weeks, that your specialty certification renews on a different cycle, or that you hold a second-state license. Trust holds all of it and gives you a 90-day warning instead of a renewal-month scramble.
- Is the free CE Broker tier enough?
- For most clinicians, yes — the free account lets you see your compliance status and reported hours. The paid tiers add course search, transcripts, and concierge help. Nothing in Trust affects your CE Broker tier either way.
- Does Trust report CE hours anywhere?
- Never. Trust has no server and no employer dashboard: your credentials stay on your phone. If someone needs proof, you share a PDF yourself.
- What happens if my CE is reported but my license still lapses?
- That happens more than people expect — CE complete, renewal fee unpaid, or the renewal application never submitted. CE reporting is only one of the boxes. Trust reminds you about the renewal itself, which is the box CE systems don't watch.
Keep reporting CE. Stop guessing at dates.
Every credential you carry, on your phone, with reminders at 90, 60, 30, and 7 days.
CE Broker states, board by board
- Florida RN license renewalCE Broker reporting, 24 CE hours, and the biennial fee schedule.
- Georgia RN license renewalGeorgia's audit process and the CE hours your board expects.
- Florida LPN license renewalSame CE Broker workflow, LPN fees and deadlines.
- Nursing CE requirements by stateHow many hours each board wants, and which use a reporting system.
- All renewal guides47 board-by-board guides for nursing, EMS, and allied health.