Comparison Chart
Medical Alert Comparisons on a Monthly Basis
The companies with a red check-mark meet our minimum 3 requirements for a risk-free medical alert service.
Company
Prices
Price per Year
Start Up Costs
Monitoring
Contract
Trial Period
Price Guarantee
$24.95 Monthly
$24.95 Quarterly
$23.95 Annual
$24.95 Quarterly
$23.95 Annual
$299.40
None
UL Listed
Redundant Backup Center
Redundant Backup Center
Cancel at
Any Time
Any Time
30 Day Money
Back Guarantee
Back Guarantee
Yes
$35.00 Monthly
$32.00 Quarterly
$25.00 Annual
$32.00 Quarterly
$25.00 Annual
$420.00
None
UL Listed
Cancel at
Any Time
Any Time
30 Day Money
Back Guarantee
Back Guarantee
Yes
$29.95 Monthly
$27.95 Quarterly
$25.95 Annual
$27.95 Quarterly
$25.95 Annual
$359.40
None
UL Listed
Cancel at
Any Time
Any Time
30 Day Money
Back Guarantee
Back Guarantee
Yes
$29.95 Monthly
$27.95 Quarterly
$24.95 Annual
$27.95 Quarterly
$24.95 Annual
$359.40
$8.95 Shipping for Some Plans
UL Listed
Cancel at
Any Time
Any Time
30 Day Money
Back Guarantee
Back Guarantee
Price Guarantee
for Annual Plan Only
for Annual Plan Only
Company
Prices
Price per Year
Start Up Costs
Monitoring
Contract
Trial Period
Price Guarantee
$29.95 Monthly-
$49.95 Monthly
Depending on Features
$49.95 Monthly
Depending on Features
$359.40 – $599.40 Depending on Features
$95.00 to $115.00
for Installation
for Installation
UL Listed
3 Year Contract
None
During Contract Term
$29.95 Monthly
$27.95 Quarterly
$24.95 Annual
$27.95 Quarterly
$24.95 Annual
$359.40
None
UL Listed
Cancel at
Any Time
Any Time
None
Yes
$35.00 Monthly-
$50.00 Monthly
Based on Zipcode
$50.00 Monthly
Based on Zipcode
$420.00 – $600.00
Based on ZipCode
Based on ZipCode
Prices Not Listed
UL Listed
Cancel at
Any Time
Any Time
None
No
$29.95 Monthly
$29.95 Quarterly
$27.95 Annual
$29.95 Quarterly
$27.95 Annual
$359.40
$9.50 Shipping for Most Plans
UL Listed
90 Day
Commitment
Commitment
90 Day
Commitment
Commitment
Yes
Company
Prices
Price per Year
Start Up Costs
Monitoring
Contract
Trial Period
Price Guarantee
* Lifestation ® is a registered trademark of LifeStation Inc.
* Alert 1™ is a trademark of Alert One Services, LLC.
* Life Alert ® is a registered trademark of Life Alert Emergency Response, Inc.
* Lifefone ® is a registered trademark of Lifefone.
* Lifeline ® is a registered trademark of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
* MedicalAlert.com ® is a registered trademark of Medical Alert By Connect America ® Medical Alarm Company.
* Alert 1™ is a trademark of Alert One Services, LLC.
* Life Alert ® is a registered trademark of Life Alert Emergency Response, Inc.
* Lifefone ® is a registered trademark of Lifefone.
* Lifeline ® is a registered trademark of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
* MedicalAlert.com ® is a registered trademark of Medical Alert By Connect America ® Medical Alarm Company.
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These comparisons really make my job easy! I am a social worker out of a small town in Montana. been looking through different sites trying to figure out a couple good businesses to recommedn for my seniors intown. Do you know do all these companies you have on here cover Townsend, MT? I was hoping to find a few that have monitoring centers in Montana. Do you know where their centers are.
Hi Claudette, All of the companies that I have listed on in the medical alert comparisons chart are national companies and will cover Townsend. Your clients will have to have a home phone service in order to have a medical alert in the home. Because their system will be dialing out to their monitoring center and that call takes the same amount of time no matter where you are in the US, finding a monitoring center near Montana is not necessary. Medical alert customers in Florida who have a center located in New York will get the same response time that a customer located in New York would…
I would recommend focusing on the quality of the monitoring center over where it is located. Definitely let me know if you have any more questions!
Wow so the difference in prices is a big spread. im calling these companies and the services are so much the same but the prices are the big difference. this picture you made really shows the spread. all the companies tell me that customer service is the big difference except life alert. they say that theirs is the most reliable–?– The equipment is similar right? is any company more reliable than otheras?
Yes. There is a very big price spread from company to company. While that is true, my opinion is that customer service is the most important thing to base your decision on. You will experience a big spread in the level of service from different medical alert companies once you are a customer, but it is hard to tell the quality of customer service when searching. I’d recommend calling everyone you are deciding on, request their brochures, and call them again. On the second or third call it is a little easier to see who is helpful and who just wants your money.
The equipment from company to company is very similar. Reliability really comes down to their monitoring center. Here are a few good questions to ask: How are their medical alert operators trained? Do they have redundant back up center?