A right-sized alternative to AlertMedia for care agencies
If you run a hospice, home health or senior care agency of roughly 50 to 500 staff and mainly need to reach your own people, here is how Care Roster’s alerts line up with what AlertMedia publishes on its own website. We cite only what each company publishes, with the date we read it. Care Roster alerts are staff only, and they are part of the Complete plan.
- 45-day free trial
- No credit card to start
- Staff only, from your own directory
- Flat rate by agency size
Two different kinds of product
The right choice depends on what you need to do.
AlertMedia
It describes itself as “the industry’s only unified risk intelligence and response platform.” Source: alertmedia.com, as of 2026-10-11. Its pricing page says “We work with small organizations, mid-sized companies, and the largest enterprises in the world.” Source: alertmedia.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-11.
Care Roster
A shared contact directory for hospice, home health and senior care agencies. Its Complete plan adds alerts to your own staff, built on your on-call rotations and directory. It is not a risk-intelligence or travel-risk product.
If you need more than staff alerts
Threat intelligence, travel risk management and social monitoring are listed on AlertMedia’s own pages. Care Roster does not offer them.
If you need to reach your own staff
To tell staff about a closure, check that they are OK and see who needs help, Care Roster is built for that, for care agencies.
How Care Roster alerts work
Pick the people and the message
Start from a template, then choose everyone, a department, a location, or whoever is on call right now.
Ask for a response
Turn on I’m OK or Need help, choose text, email or both, and review who it reaches.
Watch the answers
The live tally shows who needs help and who has not answered.
Side by side, from each company’s own pages
Facts only, each with its source and the date we read it.
| Topic | AlertMedia, from its own pages | Care Roster |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Pricing by quote (not published). The page says “AlertMedia uses custom pricing to build the perfect plan for every customer” and “Give us a call or fill out the form on this page”. No dollar figures are published. Source: alertmedia.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-11. | Published on our site: a flat rate by agency size, with no per-message fees. See current pricing. |
| Setup fee | “AlertMedia does not charge setup fees.” Source: alertmedia.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-11. | No required setup fee. |
| Number of users | “Add as many people to your account as needed.” Source: alertmedia.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-11. | A login for everyone on staff. Plans cover up to 150 users or 151 to 500 users; for more than 500 users, contact us for a quote. |
| Channels | “Multichannel Notifications (email, text, voice, desktop, mobile app, Slack, Teams)”. The page’s FAQ also lists push, digital signage and WhatsApp. Source: alertmedia.com mass notification, as of 2026-10-11. | Text and email today. App notifications (Android and iOS apps coming this month). Phone calls Coming soon |
| Replies | “Empower recipients to confirm safety, reply with status updates, or ask for help” Source: alertmedia.com mass notification, as of 2026-10-11. | I’m OK or Need help replies with a live tally. Need help is pinned to the top, and you can see who has not answered. |
| Templates | “Launch pre-approved, customizable templates with controlled access to ensure accuracy and consistency.” Source: alertmedia.com mass notification, as of 2026-10-11. | Ready-made templates for closures, severe weather, coverage, IT outages, safety checks, all clear and a test. Save your own. |
| Groups | “Dynamic User Groups: Automatically segment recipients by role, location, or business unit using real-time data.” Source: alertmedia.com mass notification, as of 2026-10-11. | Groups by department, location, job title, on-call rotation, or whoever is on call right now. |
| Integrations | Lists HR, identity and travel systems, including Workday, ADP, Okta, Azure and SAP Concur. Source: alertmedia.com mass notification, as of 2026-10-11. | Microsoft 365 and Entra sync for staff, plus CSV import and export. |
| Beyond mass notification | Platform pages list threat intelligence, travel risk management, employee safety monitoring, incident response and social intelligence. Source: alertmedia.com, as of 2026-10-11. | None of these. Care Roster is a contact directory with on-call coverage and staff alerts. |
Information about AlertMedia is taken from its own public web pages on the date shown and may have changed since. Check the linked pages for current details. Care Roster plans and features are described on this site.
AlertMedia is a trademark of its owner. Care Roster is not affiliated with AlertMedia.
Start from the people you already keep
Care Roster uses the staff and on-call rotations already in one place.
Live today for every Complete agency.
- Text, email or both. Review who an alert reaches before you send it.
- I’m OK or Need help. A live tally, with Need help pinned to the top.
- Groups, templates and scheduled alerts. Send to a department, a location or whoever is on call right now, from a template, now or later.
- Print or export a record. Keep who answered, for your drill and survey files.
- Phone calls. Reach people by phone as well as text Coming soon
- Automatic resend to anyone who has not answered. Not available yet Coming soon
- Staff emergency escalation. It would tell your on-call staff when someone needs help Coming soon
Published pricing
Care Roster publishes its price on one page.
One flat rate, no per-message fees.
- Flat rate by agency size. Not per seat, and no per-message fees.
- A login for everyone on staff. Admin, Editor and Viewer roles.
- A 45-day free trial. Every Complete feature available today, with 25 texts and no credit card.
- No required setup fee. See pricing for the current numbers.
Who should choose which
Start with AlertMedia’s own materials
If you need threat intelligence, travel risk, social monitoring or organization-wide incident response beyond staff alerts, read the pages linked above.
Look at Care Roster
If you are a hospice, home health or senior care agency that mainly needs to reach your own staff, ask I’m OK or Need help, and keep one directory and on-call schedule.
Part of the Complete plan
Alerts are part of the Complete plan, one flat rate by agency size with no per-message fees. For more than 500 users, contact us for a quote. See pricing.
Care Roster is not an emergency service. In an emergency, call 911. Texts and emails can be delayed or fail, and no one at MortonApps watches replies. See section 13 of the Terms of Service.
Try Care Roster alerts with your own staff
Start a free 45-day trial with every Complete feature available today. Send a test alert with the 25 texts your trial includes. No credit card required.
AlertMedia alternative, answered
Is Care Roster affiliated with AlertMedia?
No. AlertMedia is a trademark of its owner. Care Roster is not affiliated with AlertMedia.
Where does the AlertMedia information come from?
From AlertMedia's own public web pages, linked in the table and dated 2026-10-11. It may have changed since.
Is Care Roster a replacement for everything AlertMedia offers?
No. Care Roster covers staff alerts, on-call coverage and a shared directory for care agencies. It does not offer the threat intelligence, travel risk or social monitoring AlertMedia lists.
Does Care Roster message patients or families?
No. Staff only.