Turn alert emails into texts.That's it.
Point your system's alert email at Welco, and the right person gets a text on their cellphone. It works the same from Halifax to Victoria. No software, no hardware.
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- 1Sign up
- 2Invite staff
- 3Get texts
Picture: an alert email arrives in an inbox, and Welco sends it to the on-call phone as one short text.
The on-call phone
Set up in 3 clicks
Copy one address. Invite your staff by email. Each person joins and replies YES.
The staff member’s own phone
Watch: three clicks and you're set up.
How it works
- 1
Sign up and verify your business
We check every business before it can send.
- 2
Invite the staff who should get alerts
Each person joins with their own phone and replies YES to one text. Nothing is sent until they ask.
- 3
Point your system's alert email at your Welco address
No software to install. No hardware. If it can send an email, it works.
- 4
Alerts arrive as texts starting with “Welco:”
Staff can reply STOP at any time.
What the texts look like
A long email in. One short text out.
A SCADA alarm email
ALARM: Pump Station 2 / Well 3 Level LOW LOW
10-line email
Welco: [Pump Station 2] Well 3 level LOW LOW alarm at 1:58 PM. Reply STOP to opt out.
An IT monitoring email
** PROBLEM Host Alert: db-01 is DOWN **
9-line email
Welco: [Server] Host DOWN - db-01 (10.5.160.9) at 3:12 AM. Reply STOP to opt out.
A voicemail email
New voicemail from (231) 555-0100
6-line email
Welco: New voicemail on Tech Urgency Line from (231) 555-0100, 0:36. Reply STOP to opt out.
Who it’s for
Pick the alarms you answer. Each page speaks your language and shows your systems.
Plant, SCADA and water operators
The standby operator sees the site, the point and the value, without a dialer.
SCADA alarm textsIT and network admins
The on-call admin hears about a dead host or backup before users do.
Server alert textsFacilities and building managers
After-hours HVAC, door and generator alarms reach the tech on call.
Building alarm textsUrgency lines and after-hours phones
An urgent voicemail arrives as a text with a tap-to-listen link.
Voicemail textsCoolers, freezers and labs
Someone knows a cooler is warming while the stock can still be saved.
Temperature alarm textsAnyone whose carrier email-to-text stopped
Alarms text again today, by changing one address.
Fix stopped alarm texts
Works with anything that sends email
No software to install. No hardware. If it can send an email, it works.
Carrier email-to-text is going away
Addresses like 5551234567@vtext.com are being shut down. Verizon's full cut-off is March 31, 2027. Alarms sent to them simply stop arriving.
Change one address in your system, from the carrier gateway to your Welco address.
See how setup worksSimple tools that just work
Several phones per alert
One alert reaches many people.
On-call & after-hours routing
Different phones by time of day and weekday.
One-text alerts
Long alert emails cut down to the part that matters.
No duplicate texts
The same alert reaches each phone once.
Approved senders only
Only systems you approve can trigger texts.
Test mode
Try a setup without sending or using credits.
Why teams switch to Welco
Works with any system that can send an email
No software, no hardware. Point the alert email at Welco and you're done.
Alerts-only numbers
Our numbers are never shared with marketing senders, so alarms aren't filtered as spam.
Smart alert handling
Route by time of day, send to several phones, trim long alerts to one short text.
Plain pricing
No per-user fees, no hardware, no setup fee.
Your next alert could be a text
Sign up. Invite your team. Get texts.
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