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Rental software built for events, equipment, tools, and more

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Alert overview

What is Alert?

Alert Rental Software is a comprehensive rental management software solution designed to support small, mid-sized, and large rental businesses, including party and event rental companies, heavy equipment rental operations, and specialty rental providers. The platform helps rental businesses manage assets, inventory, logistics, and customer workflows across multiple locations, routes, and timeframes.

Alert offers robust tools for ticket management, location tracking, stock adjustments, and staff assignment, providing rental teams with real-time visibility into daily operations. Users can manage open tickets, reservations, deliveries, pickups, transfers, and returns while maintaining accurate inventory availability across locations.

For delivery-focused operations, Alert includes a graphical Dispatcher Dashboard that allows managers to plan routes, load trucks, and assign drivers and helpers using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. This visual approach simplifies scheduling, improves route efficiency, and helps teams respond quickly to last-minute changes.

Sales and operations teams can book rental items in real time, generate quotes, and validate availability directly within the system. Alert supports both counter and back-office workflows, enabling staff to process contracts efficiently while maintaining accurate billing and documentation. Through integrated notifications, operators are alerted when web orders are received, allowing teams to quickly review customer details, confirm inventory, and convert requests into reservations or contracts.

Alert also includes a Document Center, providing a centralized workspace to manage and distribute invoices, statements, work orders, and tickets. Documents can be delivered by email, fax, or printer, supporting streamlined billing, collections, and operational workflows.

Maintenance and service planning are supported through calendar-based scheduling tools, allowing operations teams to organize preventative maintenance and manage equipment availability. Open tickets can be filtered by date range, location, or status, helping managers stay on top of active rentals and upcoming returns.

The system’s purchase order module enables teams to manage items on order, track merchandise, and compare vendor pricing across historical and current purchases. This helps rental businesses maintain accurate cost tracking and vendor accountability.

For customers, Alert provides secure customer portals where users can place rental orders, view account information, track open invoices, review payment history, and monitor account balances. This self-service access reduces administrative workload while improving customer experience.

Designed specifically for the rental industry, Alert Rental Software delivers an integrated platform that helps rental businesses streamline operations, improve asset utilization, and manage growth across multiple rental markets.

Key benefits of using Alert

Alert Rental Management helps rental businesses run more efficiently by centralizing daily operations into a single, integrated platform. From contract creation and ticket management to billing and reporting, rental teams can manage their entire inventory lifecycle in real time, reducing manual work and minimizing errors.

Real-time visibility across your rental operation:
Manage contracts, tickets, inventory availability, billing, and customer activity as it happens. Real-time updates help teams make informed decisions, avoid double bookings, and respond quickly to changes in demand.

Intuitive dashboards that simplify daily work:
Colorful, graphical dashboards provide at-a-glance insight into counters, customers, assets, sales, work orders, dispatch, and purchasing. Users can quickly identify priorities, track open tasks, and manage workflows without jumping between screens.

Built-in tools that support end-to-end rental operations:
Alert includes fully integrated modules such as purchase orders, work orders, document management, dispatching, and integrated credit card processing. This reduces reliance on third-party systems and keeps operational data consistent across departments.

Flexible tools for growing rental businesses:
Whether managing a single location or multiple branches, Alert adapts to your workflow. Features like route planning, drag-and-drop dispatching, maintenance scheduling, and stock adjustments help teams scale operations without adding complexity.

Meet customers where they are:
With mobile access, customer portals, and email communication tools, rental businesses can interact with customers on their terms. Customers can place orders, view invoices, check balances, and track account activity, while staff can manage operations from the counter, warehouse, or field.

Improved accuracy and operational control:
Centralized data, role-based access, and configurable workflows help ensure consistency across sales, operations, and accounting. Teams can reduce billing discrepancies, improve asset utilization, and maintain better control over inventory and logistics.

Built on decades of rental industry experience:
An industry leader since 1976, Alert Rental Software is shaped by real-world rental operations and continuous user feedback. The platform evolves alongside the rental industry, helping businesses stay competitive while relying on a proven, trusted solution.

Starting price

200 /
per month
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Alert’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Alert reviews

Overall rating

4.6

/5

43

Positive reviews

100

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9.44/10
Rating distribution

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Pros
“I am a plumbing supply and bath & kitchen showroom and was lucky enough that this software works wonderfully for us, too. We are sharing the building with the equipment rental gentlemen.”
BN

Beth N.

Owner

“I'm sure as we continue forward we'll find all kinds of other wonderful aspects to this software. We are so pleased that this is the way we decided to go when trying to choose.”
BN

Beth N.

Owner

“Great system, great employees - definitely glad we have alert on our team. Cant wait for the user conference.”
mr

michelle r.

Operations Manager

Cons
“Documentation and instructions are week. Limited options: spell check, cut and paste option just not work on all parts of the system.”
KP

Kenny P.

CEO

“Alert was not the first operating system we tried. Unfortunately it was not the second system we tried either.”
SW

Stacey W.

General Manager/Vice President

“I have worked in the Rental Industry for over two decades. This time has allowed me the opportunity to use, abuse, achieve and curse Rental Software.”
KC

Keith C.

GM

Who uses Alert?

Based on 43 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Construction
Retail
Events Services
Business Supplies and Equipment
Others

Use cases

- Not enough reviews
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Alert's features

Features rating:

Accounting
Accounting integration
Accounts receivable
Activity dashboard
Alerts/Notifications
API
Asset lifecycle management
Asset tracking
Availability indicator
Availability management
Barcode/Ticket scanning
Barcoding/RFID
Billing & invoicing
Calendar management
Calendar/Reminder system
Client management
Commission management
Contract/License management
Credit card processing
CRM
Customer database
Customer history
Customer management
Customer portal
Customizable reports
Data import/export
Data synchronization
Delivery management
Digital signature
Discount management
Dispatch management
Document management
Document storage
eCommerce management
Electronic payments
Electronic signature
Email marketing
Email templates
Employee management
Equipment Rental
Equipment tracking
Fleet management
For retail
Forecasting
Inspection management
Inventory management
Inventory optimization
Inventory replenishment
Inventory tracking
Invoice management
Late fee calculation
Loyalty program
Maintenance management
Maintenance scheduling
Merchandise management
Multi-Location
Online booking
Order management
Payment processing
Point of sale (pos)
Promotions management
Purchase order management
Quotes/Estimates
Rate management
Real-Time analytics
Real-Time data
Real-Time monitoring
Real-Time reporting
Real-Time updates
Receipt management
Recurring rentals
Reminders
Rental management
Reporting & statistics
Reporting/Analytics
Reservations management
Retail inventory management
Returns management
Sales order management
Sales reports
Sales trend analysis
Scheduling
Search/Filter
Shopping cart
Short/Long term rental
Stock management
Third-Party integrations
Transaction history
Utilization reporting
Warehouse management
Website integration
Work order management

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Alert pricing

Value for money rating:

Starting from

200

Per month

Pricing details
Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
Pricing range
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User opinions about Alert price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Alert's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“I am a plumbing supply and bath & kitchen showroom and was lucky enough that this software works wonderfully for us, too. We are sharing the building with the equipment rental gentlemen.”
BN

Beth N.

Owner

“I'm sure as we continue forward we'll find all kinds of other wonderful aspects to this software. We are so pleased that this is the way we decided to go when trying to choose.”
BN

Beth N.

Owner

Alert support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Phone Support
24/7 (Live rep)
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Chat

Training options

Videos
Webinars
In Person
Documentation
Live Online

Alert FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Alert offer?

Alert has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $200.00/month
Pricing model: Subscription


Q. Who are the typical users of Alert?

Alert has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Public Administrations, Small Business


Q. What languages does Alert support?

Alert supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Alert offer an API?

No, Alert does not have an API available.


Q. What other apps does Alert integrate with?

Alert integrates with the following applications:
Microsoft Outlook, Verizon Connect, Zoho CRM, Sage Accounting, QuickBooks Online Advanced, FleetUp, NetSuite, Kinetic, WordPress, QuickBooks Online, Samsara


Q. What level of support does Alert offer?

Alert offers the following support options:
Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Chat

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