Honest comparison · reviewed 2026-07-21
Duress vs Ok Alone.
Two different answers to lone worker safety, compared feature by feature - including where Ok Alone is genuinely the better choice. Compiled from public vendor materials; product names and trade marks belong to their owners.
Feature comparison
| Duress | Ok Alone (a Peoplesafe Group company) | |
|---|---|---|
| Head office / primary regions | Australia · AU, NZ, UK | Canada; part of the UK's Peoplesafe Group · marketed for US, Canada, UK and Australia |
| Hardware devices | Falcon (body-worn camera), Phoenix (Bluetooth button), Eagle (4G LTE device) | App-first; ZOLEO and SPOT satellite integrations |
| Smartphone safety app | Yes - Duress App | Yes - core product, with man-down and timed check-ins |
| Body-worn camera with live streaming | Yes - Falcon | Not advertised |
| 24/7 professional monitoring | Yes - accredited 24/7 monitoring centre, included as standard | Dashboard self-monitoring; optional 24/7 monitoring via partner AvantGuard |
| Monitoring accreditation | ASIAL A1-graded (AU); ISO 27001:2022 certified | TMA Five Diamond via monitoring partner; live dispatch advertised for US and Canada |
| Indoor positioning | Yes - BLE beacons (Eagle) | Not advertised |
| Gas detection | No | Not advertised |
| Buy online without a sales call | Yes - configure and check out | Free trial without a card; pricing quote-led at review time |
Compiled from each vendor's public websites and documentation. "-" and "not advertised" mean the capability was not claimed in the vendor's public materials at review time; offerings change, so verify current capabilities directly. Ok Alone was acquired by the Peoplesafe Group in 2023; the brand is retained. See also our Duress vs Peoplesafe comparison.Spotted an error? Tell us and we'll fix it. Full four-vendor comparison here.
Which one is right for you?
When Ok Alone is the right answer
The lowest-friction entry in the category for small North American teams. The free trial needs no credit card, the app covers the core loop - timed check-ins, missed-check-in escalation, panic, man-down - with no hardware to buy, and the ZOLEO and SPOT satellite integrations are a practical answer for genuinely remote workers that app-only competitors can't reach. For a 5 to 50 person team in the US or Canada whose risk profile is 'worker didn't check in' rather than 'worker is being assaulted', Ok Alone is a proportionate, fast choice.
When Duress is the right answer
Choose Duress for monitored response where you operate, and for aggression risk. Ok Alone's live monitoring tier advertises dispatch across the US and Canada; Duress monitoring covers Australia, New Zealand and the UK with ASIAL A1 grading (AU), NSI Gold (UK), and a 7-second median pickup on every alert, as standard rather than a higher tier. And when the risk is a person rather than a missed check-in, Duress adds what an app can't: a discreet Bluetooth card, a 4G wearable with indoor positioning, and a body-worn camera streaming live video to the operator.