# Modern day alerting

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-day-alerting/112949>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 22, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-day-alerting/112949 "2025-12-22T18:07:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-day-alerting/112949/1 "2025-12-22T18:07:47Z")

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I am looking to alert on some bool’s. I would rather not do email alerts as these can be missed easily.

I see that 8.3 has this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/4/b4558027e4bc4f30b92ab741c83177128220bffd.png)

If sending to WhatsApp, are there any other 3rd party API etc costs to enable this?

Customer is currently on 8.1.35, but I have plans on moving to 8.3 circa Q2 ‘26 to get the enhanced Siemens driver talking so some 1200 and 1500’s they have on site.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-day-alerting/112949/2 "2025-12-22T18:15:36Z")

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> [@Matrix\_Engineering](#):
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> If sending to WhatsApp, are there any other 3rd party API etc costs to enable this?

Yes, the Twilio module requires that you have a Twilio account set up, and you'll be billed whatever Twilio charges for usage whether it's SMS or WhatsApp.

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**Author:** ![tgarrison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tgarrison/32/80965_2.png) [@tgarrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tgarrison)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-day-alerting/112949/3 "2025-12-22T18:20:58Z")

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Twilio charges, but it's pretty dang cheap.

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**Author:** ![dillon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dillon/32/81537_2.png) [@dillon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dillon)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-day-alerting/112949/4 "2025-12-22T19:39:35Z")

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Using the WebDev module or some other implementation method along with some Webhook URLs can be a good alternative. For instance, we use Microsoft Teams chat webhooks for some alerts at work.

Edit: You could even call a webhook URL using [system.net.httpPost](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-net/system-net-httpPost).

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-day-alerting/112949/5 "2025-12-22T23:52:35Z")

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> [@dillon](#):
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> Microsoft Teams

Thanks, but no thanks. I’m on a mission to move away from MS, not embed it even deeper!

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**Author:** ![diat150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-day-alerting/112949/6 "2025-12-23T22:16:09Z")

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keep in mind that if you go with twilio and are using sms, you will need to go thru the process of setting up a messaging campaign so that your messages dont get blocked by the carriers.