Alertus Unified Mass Notification vs Konexus Critical Communications
Alertus Unified Mass Notification
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| Figure | Alertus Unified Mass Notification | Konexus Critical Communications |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Mass Notification Software | 7.9 (#7) | 7.3 (#24) |
| Integrations | Alertus lists integrations with Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Google Chat, and supports integration with existing facility and notification systems. | The critical communications page names open APIs and prebuilt integrations, including RSA Archer for business continuity and disaster recovery; Konexus also documents Microsoft Teams integration. |
| Purpose | Alertus unifies facility, network, outdoor, and personal or mobile notification under one mass notification platform. | Konexus brings emergency notification, incident management, employee safety, business continuity, and community alerting together in one platform. |
| Support | Customers can contact technical support by phone or email and access the Alertus Customer Portal; Alertus also offers tailored training by video conference or in person. | Konexus lists emergency support by phone at 888-307-2013, available 24/7/365 for current tenants. |
Plans
Alertus Unified Mass Notification
- Alertus Unified Mass NotificationPriced on request
Konexus Critical Communications
- Konexus Critical CommunicationsPriced on request
In their own words
Alertus Unified Mass Notification
Alertus Unified Mass Notification brings facility, network, outdoor, and personal or mobile alerts into one platform. Organizations can reach endpoints such as IP speakers, Alert Beacons, strobes, desktops, VoIP phones, digital signage, and mobile apps, alongside text and email integrations. Alerts can be targeted by map location, preset groups, directory membership, subscribed mobile lists, buildings, or functional areas. Activation options include panic buttons, desktop activators, VoIP phones, and mobile applications. The system provides alert histories, recipient acknowledgements, device status, membership reports, daily system health digests, and event dashboards. Alertus lists integrations with Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Chat, and existing facility and notification systems. It provides SOAP and REST APIs and supports inbound CAP and FEMA IPAWS alerts. Deployment can be on-premise or cloud-hosted. Alertus says it does not provide its own text or email service; those distributions use third-party providers or a customer's SMTP server. Pricing is on request. The product serves education, industrial, corporate, healthcare, government, and military sectors.
Konexus Critical Communications
Konexus Critical Communications has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.