Honest comparison · reviewed 2026-07-21
Duress vs SoloProtect.
Two different answers to lone worker safety, compared feature by feature - including where SoloProtect is genuinely the better choice. Compiled from public vendor materials; product names and trade marks belong to their owners.
Feature comparison
| Duress | SoloProtect | |
|---|---|---|
| Head office / primary regions | Australia · AU, NZ, UK | United Kingdom · UK, US and European markets |
| Hardware devices | Falcon (body-worn camera), Phoenix (Bluetooth button), Eagle (4G LTE device) | ID Touch and ID Classic badge devices, Shield, Curve and Mini fobs |
| Smartphone safety app | Yes - Duress App | Yes - monitored lone worker app |
| Body-worn camera with live streaming | Yes - Falcon | Not advertised |
| 24/7 professional monitoring | Yes - accredited 24/7 monitoring centre, included as standard | Yes - in-house alarm receiving centre |
| Monitoring accreditation | ASIAL A1-graded (AU); ISO 27001:2022 certified | EN 50518 and BS 8484 (UK) |
| Indoor positioning | Yes - BLE beacons (Eagle) | Not advertised |
| Gas detection | No | Not advertised |
| Buy online without a sales call | Yes - configure and check out | No - quote-led |
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. SoloProtect operates from the UK across 17 countries; no Australian operations or ASIAL grading are advertised at review time.Spotted an error? Tell us and we'll fix it. Full four-vendor comparison here.
Which one is right for you?
When SoloProtect is the right answer
The deepest lone-worker-standards pedigree in the UK, in a discreet form factor. The ID-badge format is SoloProtect's signature: a duress device disguised as the identity badge staff already wear, which matters for public-facing roles where a visible alarm can escalate a confrontation. Their monitoring heritage is verifiable - the first dedicated lone-worker alarm receiving centre in Europe accredited to EN 50518, full BS 8484 service, and an in-house chain from hardware to monitoring. For a UK-only estate buying against BS 8484 criteria, SoloProtect is a benchmark vendor.
When Duress is the right answer
Choose Duress for Australia and New Zealand coverage, live video evidence, and transparent buying. Duress monitoring is graded ASIAL A1 in Australia and NSI Gold in the UK with a 7-second median operator pickup, the range adds a live-streaming body-worn camera (Falcon) that SoloProtect's doesn't advertise, and pricing is published with online checkout instead of a quote form. For organisations operating across AU, NZ and the UK on one platform, that regional footprint is the deciding difference.