Continuity2 vs SAI360 Business Continuity Management

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.

SAI360 Business Continuity Management is a web-based cloud product for organizing continuity planning, testing, disruption response, and recovery. Its Business Impact Analysis identifies critical processes, evaluates disruption effects, maps dependencies, and sets priorities such as RTOs and RPOs. Teams can build continuity and disaster-recovery plans around operations, IT systems, processes, and teams. Centralized workflows, escalation paths, and real-time tracking support incident coordination. Simulation and tabletop exercise tools include AI summaries of results, findings, and lessons learned. AI can interpret documentation, suggest risks, and help generate, refine, and summarize plans. SAI360 says its GRC platform integrates with more than 100 applications and providers, including Workday, Slack, SAP, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365, and Splunk. It describes ISO 22301 alignment through documented plans, testing records, and audit-ready records. Security statements include ISO 27001:2022 certification and AES-256 encryption at rest. Pricing is available on request.