Emergent3 vs Campus360 by Navigate360: which one fits your school?
ALICE is a protocol. E3 is where you run it.
If you are comparing E3 to Navigate360, the product you actually mean is Campus360. That is their emergency response software. ALICE is their training curriculum, and it is a good one, but it is not an app. This page compares E3 to Campus360.
The short answer
Emergent3 is emergency response software for K-12 schools: live floor plans, staff check-in, student roll call, reunification and automatic drill reports, on the devices staff already carry, in one annual price with nothing installed. Campus360 is Navigate360's emergency response software, sitting inside a much broader catalog covering behavior, hall passes, visitor management, SEL and character education. ALICE is their training curriculum, not their app. Schools certified in ALICE run those protocols inside E3 every day, so this is not a choice between the two.
Last reviewed: August 2026
What each one is built to do
Worth being clear about, because the comparison people usually make is the wrong one.
Campus360, inside a very wide catalog
Campus360 is the emergency response product, and it is real: Emergency Management, an Alyssa's Law panic alarm, and Site Mapping. It sits alongside behavioral case management, hall passes, visitor management, anonymous reporting, SEL and character education, plus the ALICE training business. Roughly 38,000 schools. Emergency response is one line in a broad platform, and it is quoted as its own solution.
Response only, and all of it
E3 does one job completely. One tap alerts everyone, staff check in from their own devices, roll call pulls from your SIS, and admins and responders watch a live floor plan instead of working from memory. Maps, reunification, chat, drill reports and unlimited responder access are all in the base price, and nothing gets installed in any building.
Emergent3 and Campus360, compared
App to app: E3 against Campus360, not against ALICE. Verified against Navigate360's own published solution pages in August 2026.
| What matters | Emergent3 | Campus360 |
|---|---|---|
| ALICE protocols | Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate all run in E3; we do not sell the training | They own ALICE and certify your staff, which is a real credential |
| Interactive smart maps | Built from your floor plans during onboarding, in the base price | Site Mapping is quoted separately from Campus360 |
| Student roll call and accountability | Any authorized staff member, from any device, in two taps | Campus360 accountability, synced from the SIS |
| Reunification | Native and included, with QR-verified parent pickup | Native in Campus360 |
| Panic alerting | From any staff phone or desktop, no hardware | Campus360 Panic Alarm, built to Alyssa's Law |
| What one number covers | Maps, roll call, reunification, chat, drills, training, unlimited responders | Campus360, Site Mapping and training quoted as separate lines |
| First responder access | Unlimited and free; they see your maps and chat live | Responder access through Connect360 |
| Breadth beyond the incident | Response only; no SEL, behavior, or curriculum | Behavior, hall passes, visitor management, SEL, character education |
This is the part we cannot put in a table
One alert, then staff checking in. Watch the floor plan stop being a location and start being an answer.
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Is everyone safe?
Rooms answer one by one and the map fills in as they do. You are watching accountability happen instead of waiting on a report.
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Who is missing?
Roll call pulls straight from your roster, so the answer is a student and a room. Not a headcount that comes up short by two.
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You get to them sooner
Every minute between the alert and full accountability is a minute a child is unaccounted for. Closing that gap is the entire point.
ALICE trained? Bring the protocol, switch the software.
The certification is your staff's and it does not expire when the contract does. E3 runs the same protocol they already know, and gives you the one thing the training never could: the live picture while it is happening.
How it plays out
- 1Your staff keep the ALICE certification they already hold
- 2An alert fires and E3 pushes the threat location to every phone and desktop
- 3They counter, evacuate or lock down, and check in from wherever they end up
- 4Roll call and the live map show who is accounted for, then the drill report writes itself
Which one you should actually buy
Being ALICE trained is not a reason to stay. The certification is your staff's, and it travels.
One contract matters more than what is in it
You want emergency response on the same paper as everything else you buy from them, and you are willing to quote Campus360, Site Mapping and training as separate lines to get it. That is a procurement preference and a legitimate one. Just be clear that it is the only thing keeping the two together. Your ALICE certification does not require their software.
Your staff are trained and you want to watch it work
ALICE taught them to alert, counter and evacuate. E3 is where you see it happen: who moved, who is safe, which rooms have not answered, and where everyone ended up. Roll call pulls from your SIS, reunification is native, and the drill report writes itself. Many ALICE-certified districts already run their protocols in E3. Keep the training. Bring it here.
Questions schools ask us about E3 and Campus360
Is Campus360 or Emergent3 better for a school lockdown?
Compare them app to app, not against ALICE. Both cover panic alerting, roster-based accountability and reunification. The differences are packaging and effort: E3 builds your Smart Maps during onboarding and includes them, along with reunification, chat, drill reports, training and unlimited first responder access, in one annual number with nothing installed. Navigate360 quotes Campus360, Site Mapping and training as separate solution lines.
Does Navigate360 have emergency response software, or just ALICE?
They have both, and it is worth being precise. ALICE is their active shooter response training curriculum. Their emergency software is Campus360, with Emergency Management, an Alyssa's Law panic alarm, and Site Mapping. Anyone comparing E3 to ALICE is comparing an app to a training program. The real comparison is E3 and Campus360.
Do we have to give up ALICE to use E3?
No, and most districts do not. ALICE is Navigate360 training that teaches your staff what to do. E3 is the software they use while doing it. Alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate all run inside E3, with staff checking in from wherever they end up. Plenty of ALICE-certified districts run E3 for the response and keep the curriculum exactly as it is.
Does E3 do behavioral threat assessment or tip lines?
No. That is real work and Navigate360 does it. E3 is emergency response only: alerting, live floor plans, staff check-in, roll call, reunification and drill reports. If threat assessment case management is your gap, we are not the answer for it.
What does E3 cost compared to Navigate360?
E3 is one annual price per school based on enrollment, covering unlimited users, devices, first responder access and training, and it is published on our pricing page. Navigate360 quotes Campus360, Site Mapping and training as separate solution lines, so compare the all-in number rather than any single line.
Can we use a school safety grant to pay for E3?
Usually yes. Schools commonly fund E3 through the federal COPS School Violence Prevention Program and state safety grants. Tell us your state and we will tell you what is open and when it closes.
Comparing other options?
We keep an honest side-by-side for every platform schools ask us about.
See how it works
Twenty minutes, and nothing to prepare. You watch the floor plan fill in room by room, then read the report it writes when the drill ends. ALICE keeps running alongside it.
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