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Everbridge IT Alerting vs OnSolve Platform for Critical Event Management comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Everbridge IT Alerting
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
11th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OnSolve Platform for Critic...
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
19th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Mass Notification Software (2nd), Critical Event Management (CEM) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the IT Alerting and Incident Management category, the mindshare of Everbridge IT Alerting is 5.1%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OnSolve Platform for Critical Event Management is 1.8%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Alerting and Incident Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Everbridge IT Alerting5.1%
OnSolve Platform for Critical Event Management1.8%
Other93.1%
IT Alerting and Incident Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2405115 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Business Continuity & Resilience at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Provides good detection and escalation features to reduce downtime
We are using Everbridge IT Alerting for incident and crisis modules. The tool is powerful in itself, but as with any tool, you need to adapt it to the organization to be suitable for managing specific situations. When we did the analysis, Everbridge IT Alerting was one of the main products in the markets adapted to our organization's expectations. Currently, we are using it for a different aspect. Overall, the solution gives a better understanding of the incident response aspect. It helps manage that kind of situation. The solution's detection and escalation features are crucial in reducing downtime. The solution's automation capabilities help quickly identify the right members and skills. Everbridge IT Alerting is deployed on the cloud in our organization. We tried to make the solution more independent. However, we tried one or two integrations, and they went well. You need to have the right skills to integrate the solution with other tools. I would recommend the solution to other users based on their industry and business requirements. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
it_user826692 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Continuity Specialist at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Allows for a systematic and uniform method of alerting personnel in every location, but the user interface is too complicated
Emergency alerting for a global company in 14 countries It allows for a systematic and uniform method of alerting personnel in every location. It has the same general functions as most emergency alerting systems. The placeholder dropdowns for message templates are useful. The user interface is…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Everbridge's tech support was really excellent; they were on the ball, they had answers to our questions, they made things happen that they probably hadn't done beforehand, and I found them really collaborative and very much a pleasure to work with."
"This has been one of the better products that you buy off the shelf because it just works."
"The email integration, the ability to launch from other programs using email triggers, was the primary reason we got the solution and it's been really helpful"
"It's mainly for mass notification and pooling of contacts. Pooling of customers is valuable."
"The number of man-hours saved, and the standardization of notifications in mass form, have paid for product time and again."
"The rules option has been helpful, as we can adjust the conditions in the template."
"This product has helped us save $200,000 from being able to get rid of vendors and consolidate functionalities to doing incident reporting."
"The system has a lot of great features and they keep adding to it."
"It allows for a systematic and uniform method of alerting personnel in every location.​"
"The placeholder dropdowns for message templates are useful.​"
 

Cons

"I know that we get frustrated at the capacity of SMS messages. It's not very long, and if you want to send a long message, they end up sending you a link to the rest of the message."
"It is definitely scalable. It just gets expensive."
"With their templates, you can only have a maximum of three phases: new, updated, and resolved. It's not always that easy when we open up a call, that we identify who we need, page out, and we're good. A lot of time it requires multiple page-outs. Being restricted to those three phases, there's no way to say, "I want this variable to be persistent, and this one to not be." ...I would like to see a bit more flexibility and tighter control over the templates and the variables you can create."
"The ability for members to change their schedules, and change the person their swapping with, could use improvement. The GUI is a little tough to navigate. It's not very straightforward when someone is trying to change schedules."
"The feature that xMatters has that Everbridge doesn't have, or has in a limited way, is a method of funneling some alerts, as an FYI, to other stakeholders who are not necessarily prime actors in an incident."
"The initial setup was very complex. We did not have a very good experience with our initial deployment. Most of this was due to customizations in our ServiceNow instance."
"I swapped two people's weeks, and at least from what I saw, I had to do each day individually. It would be nice if I could swap two people's weeks without having to do it each day."
"There is some room to improve the initial-rollout functions which are a little bit painful."
"Conference calling requires a complicated syntax formula.​"
"The user interface is too complicated and aspects that should be offered, such as email subject line editing, are not."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For the one-way license, which refers to someone is just on the receiving end, it's very affordable. I was actually surprised that it was a really good price. The two-way license, like an on-call resource who is actually going to be in a calendar and be paged, it is a bit more expensive, but for the gains that we've realized, it's certainly worth the price."
"Everbridge is not an inexpensive tool, but as the adage says, you get what you pay for."
"This product has helped us save $200,000 from being able to get rid of vendors and consolidate functionalities to doing incident reporting."
"They are one of the cheapest solutions on the market. We looked at all of the major competitors in the space. Everbridge was one of the most affordable for what they are offering."
"Pricing is reasonable."
"It saves us a lot of time."
"For us, the pricing is a good value. I can't say whether or not their list pricing looks favorable to everyone who's checking, but I can say that the process of sourcing and procurement with them was very professional, comfortable, and friendly. The negotiations were done well on both sides, and in the end, I'd say the price was very effective... I think that people will find that Everbridge is a great listener and is willing to meet in the middle."
"I do not know about the licensing costs, but I know they're in groups, and there are permission caps. For example, you can have five admin accounts, and anyone can receive a notification. There's a mobile component too, which I find particularly useful, but it has to be a part of the contract."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
9%
Performing Arts
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Healthcare Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise22
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Also Known As

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Send Word Now, OnSolve MIR3, OnSolve CodeRED, OnSolve SmartNotice, OnSolve TelAlert
 

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Sample Customers

Choice Hotels, Alexion, Navy Federal Credit Union, EastWest Bank, IBM, Core Logic, Paypal, Charter Communications, Lowes, Express Scripts, Finastra, Worldpay
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