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    AlertMedia

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AAlertMedia headquartered in Austin offers their eponymous platform as a multi-channel emergency notification system, providing an intuitive mass communication solution, which may also be used to provide two-way communications, shipping alerts, or other related functions.N/A

    OneSignal

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AOneSignal’s omnichannel customer engagement platform offers push notifications, email, in-app messages, and SMS. OneSignal’s automated customer Journeys and one-off campaigns allow users to create messaging strategies that convert, inform, and retain audiences, with little to no coding required for setup.

    $19

    per month

    Pricing
    AlertMediaOneSignal
    Editions & Modules
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    Growth
    19+
    per month
    Professional
    999+
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Enterprise
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    Pricing Offerings
    AlertMediaOneSignal
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    AlertMediaOneSignal
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    AlertMediaOneSignal
    Emergency Notification System
    Comparison of Emergency Notification System features of AlertMedia and OneSignal
    Feature
    AlertMedia
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    OneSignal
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    Ratings
    Mass Notification9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Delivery10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization and Templates9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Geo-Targeting7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Language Support7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Emergency Contacts Database9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Two-Way Communication9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notification Reporting and Analytics10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with External Systems7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Notifications10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    AlertMediaOneSignal
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AlertMediaOneSignal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlertMediaOneSignal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AlertMedia
    The AlertMedia platform helped us with several key events, including an F3 tornado near one of our sites and a police situation in a residential neighborhood near our office. With both events, the mapping features allowed us to quickly understand our associates who may be impacted/affected and follow-up with them in a timely and efficient manner.
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    OneSignal
    I think One Signal is very well suited for mobile app owners who want to be in touch with their user base more easily by sending push notifications and in-app messages. I'm not sure how well that works for SMS messaging as I haven't yet tried it. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it if your in-apps are very rare.
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    Pros
    AlertMedia
    • Supports multiple countries with local or short code access numbers
    • Very quickly sends multimodal messages simultaneously
    • Provides good feedback for message sending, including options to resend to non-responsive people
    • Very good Threat Intelligence options, including immediate notifications through subscriptions, and weekly TI summaries.
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    OneSignal
    • Send instant notifications without any delay.
    • Provide all the necessary features for testing.
    • Highly cost effective.
    • Great system to handle huge volume.
    • Great customer support.
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    Cons
    AlertMedia
    • A build-in template for notifications about various activities (weather, injury, etc.) would help make alerts more systematic in both appearance and content.
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    OneSignal
    • Is still in development: we know OneSignal is still in development and sometimes it takes longer to create or fulfill certain features.
    • Payment: payment menu is not at the glance, [and] is just difficult sometimes to find -it is a minor issue.
    • Send to certain custom segments through specific OneSignal IDs; you can do it though API doing a GET call with tools like Postman. If this can be done from OneSignal it would be great.
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    Usability
    AlertMedia
    Easy to use platform. App is very simple and very mobile friendly
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    OneSignal
    I give an 8 in this question mainly for 2 reasons: the products even if they look like complete and are highly customizable and usable, they are still missing some logical features. For example, send messages to a list of users - now days you can do it with postman and get calls. A second example is App messaging that is still in development and has many opportunities.
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    Support Rating
    AlertMedia
    Support from AlertMedia has been ongoing and very accessible. Staff are consistently available and quick to respond. And I was developing an organization-wide training for this system, I called and spoke with a recruiter/trainer who emailed several training slides and helpful tips that I was able to convert into an online training.
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    OneSignal
    Their customer support has been top-notch. They are able to assist you in getting through any problems that you may have and respond in a very timely manner. I've dealt with them on 4-5 instances over the years and my issues were always resolved within a matter of a few business days.
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    Alternatives Considered
    AlertMedia
    AlertMedia slightly edges out Rave for general notifications; Plus, AlertMedia has a very robust Threat Intelligence features that I'm not aware that Rave has.
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    OneSignal
    In my opinion, OneSignal documentation / API is more friendly [than] Firebase. Maybe because Firebase is already "too big," but OneSignal is focused on one solution that giving our notification through to our customer. In that case, OneSignal is chosen by our company. Several years after that, Firebase announced it supported [the] iOs platform too but our company already using OneSignal to our notification provider.
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    Return on Investment
    AlertMedia
    • Efficiently notifying associates of issues affecting our sites
    • Timely and efficient return to normal operations when sites have been down and are resuming operations
    • Hurricane briefings
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    OneSignal
    • OneSignal has allowed us to grow number of subscribers in a short time.
    • We are able to send our news and offers easily and instantly.
    • We have become able to drive more website traffic and increase in sales.
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