AlertMedia headquartered in Austin offers their eponymous platform as a multi-channel emergency notification system, providing an intuitive mass communication solution, which may also be used to provide two-way communications, shipping alerts, or other related functions.
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Everbridge Mass Notification
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Everbridge Mass Notificaiton enables users to send notifications to individuals or groups using lists, locations, and visual intelligence, in order to keep recipients informed before, during, and after events. It is designed for three use cases: Emergency Response and Management Citizen Protection and Life Safety Business Continuity of Operations Everbridge Mass Notification provides robust analytics, GIS targeting, flexible group management, distributed contact…
AlertMedia is absolutely critical for any type of emergency or weather-related situation where immediate notification is required. It is also valuable as a secondary collaboration source for management discussion and decisions. Finally, it is well suited for business continuity scenarios where typical communications platforms are unavailable.
Everbridge Mass Notification is essential for getting in touch with teammates who may not necessarily have access to company email or for those that don't have a computer. If we need them to respond and give us feedback (on their safety), the tool allows for this. The biggest challenge is the fact that most of our employees do not have company-issued equipment, and therefore, have to use their personal devices to respond, using their own data/cellphone plan.
The options for Threat Intelligence management through notifications could be a little better, including options to forward a link to a TI alert (not requiring login) to those in a TI affected area.
Some improvement in sorting options, although current options are useful.
Better integration with digital signage and other display platforms by providing an option for shortened messaging specifically for these devices as an option in the new notification screen.
The Broadcast Duration for email notifications is limited to 24 hours. This is NOT helpful in conducting test notifications as staff are not given enough time to verify their details by acknowledging the message. In a real emergency this timescale would be excessive, but for testing, it is limiting. Surely the 'window of opportunity' can be extended to 72 hours or beyond?
It would be useful if it offered a document storage facility from which critical documents could be selected for distribution rather than the user having to select them from their own storage locations (and upload them) each time that they are required.
Support from AlertMedia has been ongoing and very accessible. Staff are consistently available and quick to respond. And I was developing an organization-wide training for this system, I called and spoke with a recruiter/trainer who emailed several training slides and helpful tips that I was able to convert into an online training.
AlertMedia was very customer focused. Truly felt like was a very valued customer and willing to "prove out" their systems prior to full commitment to purchase. Willing to go "above and beyond" to show their product. The customer support is truly best in class
We were previous users of iModus and migrated to Everbridge as a matter of course when the latter acquired the former. Some research into emergency communication messaging was carried out before we engaged with iModus, but it was so long ago that the other products on the market have been forgotten. Suffice to say, we have been extremely satisfied with both iModus and Everbridge and have not seen the need to assess the 'competition' since being a client of them.
