InformaCast 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

InformaCast

4.8

(15)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About InformaCast

InformaCast is a web-based emergency notification solution designed to help organizations such as schools, healthcare facilities, manufacturing plants and government agencies broadcast audio and text alerts across mobile or on-premise devices.

InformaCast offers a command center feature which enables administrators to identify emergency scenarios and create custom messages for such situations. Organizations can receive live feeds for incidents such as severe weather or active shooter and perform facility lockdown by sending live or pre-recorded mass notification. The application also allows operators to monitor the effectiveness of notifications, collect confirmation responses, track delivery status and receiver’s activity logs.

InformaCast offers integration with various third-party applications such as Mutualink, UPLINX Software, Blackboard Connect, SchoolMessenger, Regroup Mass Notification and more. It comes with mobile applications for iOS and Android. The solution is available on annual subscriptions and support is provided via phone and documentation.

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InformaCast Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $2,750.00

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$2,750.00

per user

No plan information available

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InformaCast Features

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A/B Testing
Campaign Management
Customer Segmentation
Geotargeting
Notification Scheduling
More features of InformaCast
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
API
App Notifications
Contact Management
Email Alerts
Event Triggered Actions
Geolocation
Incident Management
Interaction Tracking
Mass Notifications
Mobile Access
Mobile Alerts
Push Notifications
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Notifications
Reporting/Analytics
Risk Alerts
Scenario Planning
SMS Messaging
SMS Notifications
Templates
Third-Party Integrations
Two-Way Communication
Web Notifications

InformaCast Integrations

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Poppulo Digital Signage

Jive

Cisco Meraki

Webex Suite

Microsoft Teams

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InformaCast User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

80%

20%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

4.9

Functionality

4.7

Randy W.

Verified reviewer

Insurance

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2018

InformaCast for safety & security

I have had nothing but great results with InformaCast. Since the days before they were acquired and then spun off again, the employees who are still there are core to the group and their support staff really understand the product and how it integrates into real world situation. This is one of the few products that I am comfortable writing a review for because I know that a year from now, they won't have abandoned their product values, support or any other core components of the software.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

As a long time user of InformaCast products, I love how they have continued to improve on the core products without the need to spin off every improvement into a new sku ($$$$).

Cons:

The product setup is much more complex than it used to be, though still much easier than any other enterprise software I have been involved with setting up. Then again, it used to be a basic paging system and now it is full-blown notification at every endpoint (not just a desk phone).

Vendor Response

Glad to hear your organization is seeing great results with InformaCast! We appreciate the feedback on the setup. As you mentioned, inevitably, as the capabilities of the product grow, so do the setup steps. However, we are always looking for ways to make this as easy as possible and will continue to make improvements in the future.

Replied January 2019

Verified

Reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed October 2018

Informacast for overhead paging

Overall the system has been a pleasure to use and has required little or no maintenance after it was configured for our needs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software is self contained and fast, it pulls in devices from our cisco system fast and accurately and allows for the system to operate seamlessly without any input after configuration

Cons:

The interface can be a little obtuse in certain situations, we had an issue with a speaker having the wrong sync time between cisco and informacast and it did not say that anywhere we had to speak with support before we even had the thought to check it.

Vendor Response

Glad to hear once you got up and running things have been going smoothly! Look for an update to modernize the UI later in 2019.

Replied January 2019

Eric M.

Education Management

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2018

Good enough for a block party

Good customer support. Which is finally what matters.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It never malfunctions, at least for what we use it.

Cons:

Price is a bit high, although it may be a value for those who use all its features.

Vendor Response

Thank you for leaving a review. We're happy to hear you have had good interactions with our support team and that InformaCast has delivered for your use cases.

Replied January 2019

Mark T.

Verified reviewer

Mining & Metals

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2019

Great mass notification software with lots of customization

This product has been amazing, the support is great, integration is fantastic and the documentation is so good it is rare to see that level of details in products online - one other note on the documentation is that it is written for real world - it doesnt dive deep into the technology it gives what is needed with real examples.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software was easy to setup and integrate with Cisco call manager. There was a ton of videos on their website to perform any task that was needed from setup to configuration. The amount of custom setups that can be done is great and when integrating with other products this one becomes even more powerful.

Cons:

There were no real cons to this software - it does what is promised, it is low cost (for the most part) and scales very well.

Reasons for choosing InformaCast

I do not recall the other product names, but this one was the least cost with the most features with not a lot of overhead.

Verified

Reviewer

Education Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2018

School System Use

Now that we understand that Informacast can do more than ring bells and make announcements, we plan to leverage the capabilities to improve student safety. A safe learning environment is priority one.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is very easy to use and integrate with our Cisco phone system. It functions very reliably and the number of bell schedule supported as well as zones for making announcements are more than adequate for us.

Cons:

We have it running on a BE6000 along with subscribers for CUC and UCM. I seems to slow things down a bit. I may move the VM to our data center. The interface is intimidating to non-technical staff.

Vendor Response

We're glad to hear InformaCast is working well in your school. We're working on improvements to our UI to make it easier for more people to use. Look for that update later in 2019.

Replied January 2019

John H.

Verified reviewer

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed May 2018

InformaCast does everything we want it to

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The best part of InformaCast is the flexibility it allows. The number of different ways to receive input and send output from InformaCast is pretty much endless. Being in a school, the ability to see which phone has dialed 911 immediately and receive alerts throughout the district is invaluable.

Cons:

The only con I have really found was that I can't run the InformaCast VM on our Hyper-V cluster and instead have to run it on our UCS that doesn't have any redundancy.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review! Hyper-V functionality is something we are actively looking at.

Replied January 2019

Miguel G.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed May 2018

Informacast works for school needs

Able to make custom schedules, and customize the bells, clocks into groups so we can separate into wings

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to manage schedules and easy to manage all devices connected to informacast. Ease of use to add new devices

Cons:

Somtimes it takes a while for server to reboot. Also, when adding devices from an old setup, the old setup will not release the device so it can be installed on new server. Have to turn off old server.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review! Glad to hear you are taking full advantage of InformaCast's ability to designate different groups and zones for different messages.

Replied January 2019

Verified

Reviewer

Medical Devices

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed December 2018

Good Customer Support

Overall Excellent service, enjoyed the easy tone of the support staff when I called with issues. The support rep stayed on the line till we were all satisfied that the problem had been resolved.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Solid software that just does what I need it to do

Cons:

Could use a bit work on the GUI to make things easier to navigate to

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review! Keep an eye out for UI updates coming later in 2019.

Replied January 2019

Rachel C.

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2018

Informacast Perfect for Small Schools

We run our bell schedules and our announcments. We are looking into the other features but this solves our needs for both.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of use is the most valuable thing to me. As a district that has only 2 staff members in the IT dept, it becomes essential that the program be ease for all to use. The fact that I can also set schedules weeks in advance is a plus also.

Cons:

Nothing as far as the program works. My own issue is that after I hit save on a page - I have to hit Done also. (sometimes I forget that)

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with InformaCast! We're happy to hear it is meeting your needs.

Replied January 2019

Chad B.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2018

Great Product For A School District

Overall a great product and definitely useful in school districts with the ever growing threat of active shooters and other emergencies.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ability to create groups of devices. In a large school district like the one I am in we are able to create a group for each school so each school can have the ability to make an all-call page on our Cisco phones.

Cons:

It seems that it sometimes has troubles integrating with Cisco CUCM software.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review! We're happy to hear InformaCast is helping your district keep students and staff safe.

Replied January 2019

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