Comparison

CE Broker vs Still Licensed: Reporting Layer and Planning Layer

April 19, 2026 · ~5 min read

If you practice in Florida or Texas, CE Broker isn't optional — the board requires it. Still Licensed is not trying to replace that. We're the planning layer that sits one step above: the dashboard that tells you what's left to take, where your categories stand, and when renewal hits. This post is about the honest distinction between the two.

The short version

CE Broker is the reporting layer. It's mandated by several state boards (Florida, Texas, Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and others) as the official place to file your CE hours at renewal. Think of it as the filing cabinet the board looks inside.

Still Licensed is the planning layer. It's where you track what's left for your cycle, which categories are met, when renewal hits, and — if you practice in more than one state — how a course you just took applies across your licenses.

They solve different problems. In CE-Broker-mandated states, you need both.

What CE Broker does well

CE Broker is the board-mandated reporter in roughly ten states, covering multiple regulated health professions. In Florida it's been mandatory for years. In Texas it became mandatory on January 1, 2026. Where it's required, it's the official system of record — the board reads from CE Broker when you renew.

Strengths:

Direct board integration — no separate submission step at renewal
Many CE providers auto-report completed courses to your CE Broker account
Certificate storage in one place
Required by the board, so there's no decision to make

If you're licensed in Florida or Texas (or any other CE-Broker state), this isn't a product we recommend you consider. It's a product the board requires you to use. We respect that.

Where CE Broker ends

CE Broker is built to be a reporting layer. By design, it doesn't try to be a planning tool. A few things it doesn't do:

Multi-state view. CE Broker tracks your Florida license against Florida requirements, and your Texas license against Texas requirements, but it doesn't show you both at once. If your non-Florida state isn't a CE Broker state, it's not in there at all.
Proactive deadline countdown. You check CE Broker when you're ready to renew. It doesn't sit on your dashboard nudging you when you're 60 days out and short 8 hours.
Category awareness across states. A 6-hour ethics course meets Florida ethics, Texas ethics, and Oregon ethics simultaneously. CE Broker can file it for Florida and Texas but doesn't know about Oregon. You'd still need to log it somewhere for your Oregon license.

Side-by-side

Capability	CE Broker	Still Licensed
Board-mandated filing in FL, TX, and other states	Yes	No — and not trying to be
Auto-reports from CE providers	Yes, for participating providers	No
Multi-state tracking in one view	No (state-by-state)	Yes (seven states)
Deadline countdown on dashboard	No	Yes
Category progress bars (ethics, cultural competency, etc.)	Per state only	Per state, in one view
One course applies to multiple state licenses	Manual per state	Single entry, multi-state checkbox
Social-work-specific category knowledge	Generic across health professions	Built for LCSWs
Pricing	~$40/yr Professional tier	$3–7/mo sliding scale

Who needs which

If you're licensed only in a CE Broker state (only Florida, only Texas, etc.): CE Broker is required. Still Licensed is optional — it's useful for the deadline countdown, category visibility, and renewal-pacing, but you can get by with CE Broker alone if you prefer a single tool.

If you're licensed in a non-CE-Broker state (Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, New York, and many others): CE Broker isn't required and isn't useful — your state doesn't use it. Still Licensed is the planning and tracking tool.

If you're licensed in two or more states and one is CE Broker (FL + GA, TX + LA, FL + AL, TX + NM, etc.): you need CE Broker for the board-mandated state, and you need a separate tool for the other. Without something on top, you're either double-entering or keeping a spreadsheet. Still Licensed is built for this case — one entry, multi-state checkbox, one dashboard.

The honest framing

We don't think of CE Broker as a competitor. They're the official reporter in states that require it, and they do that job well. Duplicating board-mandated reporting is exactly the kind of thing that creates audit risk — we're not interested in building that.

What we care about is the hour before renewal, when a clinician realizes they're short on ethics and the course they just finished only auto-reported to one of their three states. That's a planning problem, not a reporting problem. CE Broker isn't designed to solve it; we are.

If you're in Florida or Texas, keep using CE Broker — it's required. Layer Still Licensed on top if multi-state visibility, deadline countdown, or category pacing across licenses would reduce the renewal-week scramble. If you're in a state CE Broker doesn't cover, Still Licensed is the planning and tracking tool by itself.