Too many SDIS still pay fortunes for personnel and field service management software, without asking a simple question: “Are we really getting our money’s worth?”

At eBrigade, we did the math. And the conclusion is clear: the SDIS spend tens of thousands of euros too much each year on features that they could have for much less. Worse still, some pay for outdated, rigid software that requires months of integration.

What management software really costs

An average SDIS is often:

• Hundreds of stakeholders to manage
• Schedules to organize 24/7
• Training courses to trace
• Shifts, alerts, events
• Needs to interface with other tools

Some well-known solutions on the market charge for all this… between €30,000 and €100,000 per year, with hidden costs: licenses per user, maintenance fees, endless deployment, specific development mandatory for each evolution, etc.

At eBrigade, the annual cost is on average 3 to 5 times lower. What for?

• A SaaS model : automatic updating, no maintenance costs to be expected.
• No user license : you pay for the overall use, not for each firefighter.
• Modules that can be activated according to your needs : no need to pay for what you don’t use.
• Ultra-fast deployment : we are operational in a few days. Not in 6 months.

Cheaper, but no worse

You might think, “Well, eBrigade is cheaper, but is it as comprehensive?” This is precisely where it becomes embarrassing (for others).

With eBrigade, you have all the features you need for a modern SDIS :

• Dynamic planning of on-call and on-call duty
• Alerts and notifications
• Skills management and training
• Monitoring of interventions and missions
• Export DGSCGC, REST API, and compatibility with your other tools

And all this, with a simple interface, accessible from the field or from a command center, on a computer, tablet or smartphone.

Public money deserves better

Every euro spent unnecessarily on software is one euro less for equipment, training, or prevention. And that’s no longer acceptable in 2025.

It is time for the SDIS to choose common sense: simple, robust, complete software… and affordable.

It’s time to switch to eBrigade.