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The leading FedRAMP-authorized mass notification system

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Rave Alert - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: December 2025

Rave Alert overview

Based on 95 verified user reviews

What is Rave Alert?

Rave Alert is an emergency notification program with key features that include mass notifications, templates, and more.

Who uses Rave Alert?

By industry, Rave Alert reviewers are most commonly professionals in higher education (33%). The most frequent use case for Rave Alert cited by reviewers is emergency notification (91% of reviewers).

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Pros & Cons

Mass Communication

Mobile Responsiveness

Emergency Alerts

Rave Alert’s user interface

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Rave Alert pros, cons and reviews insights

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What do users say about Rave Alert?

Rave Alert is an emergency notification program with key features that include mass notifications, templates, and more.

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Who uses Rave Alert?

Based on 95 verified user reviews.

Company size

Enterprises

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Higher Education
Education Management
Public Safety
Law Enforcement
Others

Use cases

Emergency Notification
Safety Management
Internal Communications
Push Notifications
Business Continuity

Rave Alert's key features

GetApp's analysis of 47 verified user reviews collected between November 2021 and December 2021 identifies Rave Alert's most critical features and summarizes user sentiment about those features.

Mass notifications

Reviewers appreciate Rave Alert's mass notifications feature for its reliability and ease of use. Users report that it allows for timely emergency messaging across multiple channels, which is essential for campus safety. They find it flexible in message content and effective in reaching everyone quickly. Some users mention minor issues with email speed and unnecessary clicks. Overall, they depend on Rave Alert for mass notifications and value its consistent performance and ease of use. Of the 19 Rave Alert users who gave detailed accounts of their use of Mass Notifications, 100% rated this feature as important or highly important.

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“Mass notifications are critical on a campus and RAVE allows us to get our emergency messaging out in a timely fashion through several different channels. ”
DR

Douglas R.

Police Chief

“We utilize Rave for all mass notifications to our university community, with great success.”
BB

Beth B.

Emergency Planner


Templates

Reviewers highlight the usefulness of Rave Alert's templates for pre-planning and quickly sending out emergency notifications. Users report that templates save time and resources, allowing for pre-approved messages to be sent without delay. They appreciate the ease of creating and updating templates, though some find managing and organizing them challenging. They say templates are essential for consistent messaging during critical incidents and help avoid the need to create new messages under pressure. Of the 24 Rave Alert users who gave detailed accounts of their use of Templates, 75% rated this feature as important or highly important.

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“We are able to create templates which allow us to notify and alert over 350 agencies within 90 seconds, this saves significant time and resources.”
AP

Alana P.

Response Coordinator

“The templates are great to use to pre-plan sending out warning notifications covering multiple emergency incidents. The templates provide for the messages to sent much quicker by our dispatchers. ”
MV

Mario V.

Chief of Police


All Rave Alert features

Features rating:

Policy management
Contact management
Incident management
Employee database
Reporting/Analytics
Multi-Channel communication
Incident reporting
Geotargeting
Survey/Poll management
Multi-Language alerts
Scenario planning
Activity/News feed
Two-Way communication
Video conferencing
Risk assessment
Role-Based permissions
Risk alerts
Screen sharing
Single sign on
SMS notifications
Status tracking
Tactical View
Task management
Template management
Third-Party integrations
User management
Web notifications
Access controls/permissions
Alerts/Notifications
App notifications
Campus notifications
Collaboration tools
Communication management
Customizable templates
Data import/export
Email alerts
Email management
Event triggered actions
For first responders
Incident response checklists
Mobile alerts
Notification scheduling
Push notifications
Real-Time monitoring
Real-Time notifications

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Rave Alert support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

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

Training options

Webinars
Live Online
In Person
Documentation
Videos

Rave Alert FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Rave Alert?

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

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Q. What is Rave Alert used for?

Our mass notification system gets the right message to the right user at the right time from any internet-connected device. Send your message from anywhere to anywhere in a matter of seconds. It only takes three clicks to send alerts in all communication modes. CAP compliant, Rave Alert lets you instantly send alerts via text email, and voice, and send to IPAWS-OPEN, WebEOC, and digital signage simultaneously. This ensures your targeted audience receives your messages as soon as possible.


Q. What languages does Rave Alert support?

Rave Alert supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Rave Alert support mobile devices?

Rave Alert supports the following devices:
Android, iPhone


Q. Does Rave Alert offer an API?

No, Rave Alert does not have an API available.


Q. What level of support does Rave Alert offer?

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

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