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Meridian BCMS is a broad business-continuity and operational-resilience platform for organizations that need planning, risk analysis, exercises and incident response in one system. It suits regulated and distributed teams more than small groups seeking a simple plan repository. The main trade-off is a substantial annual license priced by organizational headcount.

Overview

Continuity2 has developed Meridian BCMS since its 2002 founding, with the product now hosted in the cloud. It is designed to create, store, manage and distribute continuity plans through automation and structured data collection. Coverage extends from business impact analysis and dependency mapping to resilience assessments, audits, disruption response and IT disaster recovery.

That scope makes Meridian a credible foundation for a formal continuity program rather than a document library. Organizations in finance, logistics, public services, telecommunications, emergency services, utilities and communications are the clearest fit, particularly where multiple departments must work from common processes.

Key features

The business impact analysis module identifies products, services, activities, resources, dependencies and recovery requirements. In practice, this gives planners a connected basis for setting priorities and documenting continuity arrangements. Meridian also tracks recovery time and recovery point objectives and supports dependency mapping.

Plan creation is handled by a Template Creator that works with existing or new plans. Templates align with ISO 22301, BCI Good Practice Guidelines, DRI International and ITIL, which is useful when a program already follows one of those approaches. The platform supports plan management without forcing teams to start from an empty document.

Risk management includes customizable frameworks, assessments, aggregated risk registers and automated notifications. Its operational-resilience tools identify important business services and analyze their impacts, including support for FCA requirements. This combination is valuable for regulated organizations that need risk and resilience work tied to continuity plans, but it is more capability than a small team needs for occasional assessments.

Exercise and scenario testing can be scheduled with email invitations. Completion reports are generated for approval and audit readiness, while users can schedule exercises, track corrective actions and conduct audits online. Those workflows turn testing into a repeatable governance process rather than a one-off event.

Incident management sends email, SMS and voice messages, with incident tools in native Android and iOS applications. The IT disaster-recovery module manages automated plans according to system recovery priorities. A theming engine allows customer imagery and branding, and Continuity2 says it provides customer support 365 days a year.

Pricing

The Meridian BCMS plan costs £20,000 a year on an annual license for organizations with 0–500 staff. Pricing is based on organization staff count, not user count, and includes unlimited users within the organization. That structure suits companies with many contributors, since adding users does not change the stated band, but it is expensive for a small department using only a few accounts. Organizations above the stated band should request a quote; pricing is otherwise custom.

Platforms

Meridian is delivered on the web, with native applications for Android and iOS. The mobile apps are particularly relevant to incident teams that need response tools away from a desktop.

Who it's for

Choose Meridian for a company-wide continuity or operational-resilience program that must connect BIA, risk registers, dependencies, recovery objectives, exercises, audits and incident communications. Its standards-aligned templates and FCA-oriented resilience work favor regulated environments. It is a poor fit when the requirement is limited to storing plans or when an annual £20,000 commitment cannot be justified.

Pros and cons

Pros

End-to-end coverage: BIA, plans, risks, dependencies, exercises, audits, IT recovery and disruption response share one platform.

Governance support: automated exercise reports, corrective-action tracking and audit workflows support recurring assurance work.

Unlimited organizational users: the staff-band license avoids per-user expansion within the organization.

Mobile incident response: native Android and iOS tools complement email, SMS and voice notifications.

Cons

High entry price: the 0–500-staff plan is 20,000.00 GBP annually, even if only a small team uses it.

Custom-cost uncertainty: organizations outside that band must obtain pricing before comparing total cost.

Broad scope may be excessive: teams needing only document storage or basic continuity planning may pay for capabilities they will not use.

Alternatives

Pick Business Continuity Management Software when you want to compare a wider field of continuity products.

Preparis is an alternative with Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows support; its business-continuity plan uses custom pricing.

ContinueOps suits buyers who prefer modular charges, including £100 per month for five additional named users and a one-time £150 for 600 DR test minutes.

i-doit is worth considering for teams wanting a self-hosted or web deployment, with a free trial and object-based Pro plans.

PremierOne CAD is a paid Android, iOS, web and Windows option with sales-led pricing.

Quantivate Business Continuity Software offers paid Android, API, iOS and web deployments with pricing by contact.

Noggin Business Continuity Software is another paid Android, API, iOS and web choice, with estimates supplied by sales consultants.

Riskonnect is a paid integrated-risk platform whose price varies with project size, complexity and customization.

eFront ERM BCP is a paid API and web alternative with contact-based pricing.

Verdict

Meridian BCMS is the right choice for organizations that need a unified, standards-aware continuity and resilience program with unlimited internal users and mobile incident response. Look elsewhere if your needs are narrower or if a 20,000.00 GBP annual starting point is out of proportion to your staff and testing requirements.