COBRA quote is huge, any alternatives? after 17 years as an HR coordinator

The COBRA quote for my family is $750 a month and I do not know how to afford it. I saw that marketplace plans might cost less. How did you decide?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

I priced both side by side: total yearly cost, doctors in network and the deductible. Marketplace was cheaper for us, but only because our doctors were covered.