Continuity2 vs i-doit
Continuity2
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| Figure | Continuity2 | i-doit |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | £1,666.67/mo | €48.65/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 5 |
| Spec score · Business Continuity Management Software | 8.5 (#3) | 9.1 (#1) |
| Company history | Continuity2 says it was founded in 2002 by Richard McGlave, who was a business continuity practitioner at Scottish Power. | The i-doit group says it was founded in Düsseldorf in 1996. |
| Headquarters | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Purpose | Meridian BCMS helps organisations create, store, manage, and distribute business continuity plans using automation and data collection. | i-doit provides IT documentation and CMDB capabilities for recording IT assets, software, licenses, contracts, organizations, and people. |
| Support | The company says it provides a dedicated service delivery team and invites prospective customers to book a product demonstration with its experts. | The maker says English language support is available with a Basic Support contract and that support options are charged as a percentage surcharge on the license price. |
Plans
i-doit
- i-doit€48.65 a month
- i-doit pro flexPriced on request
- i-doit pro largePriced on request
- i-doit pro mediumPriced on request
- i-doit pro smallPriced on request
In their own words
Continuity2
Meridian BCMS is Continuity2’s web-based platform for creating, storing, managing and distributing business continuity plans. Its business impact analysis module identifies products, services, activities, resources, dependencies and recovery requirements. Teams can build plans with the Template Creator and use templates aligned with ISO 22301, BCI Good Practice Guidelines, DRI International and ITIL. Risk tools support custom frameworks, assessments, aggregated registers and automated notifications. Operational resilience features help identify important business services and analyze their impact. Users can schedule exercises, invite participants by email, generate approval reports, track corrective actions and conduct audits online. Incident management supports email, SMS and voice messages, and incident tools are available through native Android and iOS apps. An IT disaster recovery module supports automated plans based on system recovery priorities. The platform also lets customers customize its appearance with their own imagery. Continuity2 says it supports customers 365 days a year. The listed annual license for organizations with 0–500 staff costs £20,000 a year and allows unlimited users within the organization.
i-doit
i-doit provides IT documentation and CMDB capabilities for recording assets, software, licenses, contracts, organizations, and people. Teams can choose from more than 70 predefined device classes or create their own classes and data fields. The product also includes location management, PDF exports, individual access restrictions, dependency and service mapping, discovery imports, and ownership tracking. More than 50 add-ons cover automation, ISMS, GRC, monitoring, and other uses. Listed integrations and import options include service desks such as OTRS Community Edition, KIX, and Zammad; directories such as LDAP and Active Directory; monitoring tools such as Nagios and Checkmk; and inventory tools such as JDisc and OCS. An API can connect with software including ERP systems. Deployment is hybrid, with Linux, Windows, web, API, and self-hosted platforms listed. The product is subscription licensed, with prepaid terms starting at one month. Pricing is available on request, and the 30-day trial supports up to 5,000 objects. Standard packages up to 10,000 objects are offered in counts of 1,000, 5,000, or 10,000.