United Alarm

Home Automation
Calgary AB T2Y 3M9
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Average customer rating:
7.6 10 (170 reviews)

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Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Airdrie, AB
0/10

WORST SECURITY MONITOR EVER

Moved into a rental property that had your equipment in place, was authorized by property owner to enable security monitoring from your office. From day one, miscommunication from all at United. Was told 3 times by manager Marnie that you had all information required from owner (master code and password) to enable service. Was told i would be called to set up, i made all calls as no one ever contacted me. Everytime i called, spoke to someone different who continued to ask me for passwords. ( DO NOT HAVE THIS INFO!!!!)
Payments (2) ,debited from my account, owner became frustrated with repeated calls from your office and cancelled account. Debits continue to be taken from my bank. MOST INCOMPETENT SERVICE EVER!!!!

Approximate cost of services:
$20.95
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Unfortunately, this situation was unavoidable as it wasn't possible to activate the existing system in the rental home. The customer did not have a landline and in order to get monitoring in place she was advised that we would have to install some equipment and would have to charge for it. She didn't wish to pay for this upgrade so there was nothing further we could do. The customer did call in several times trying to get passwords activated but because she is not the owner of the residence and never signed a contract with us our hands were tied as she was not our customer. Any payments charged to her were credited back

We always strive to make customers happy but unfortunately it was not possible in this case.

Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Edmonton, AB
2/10

United Alarm Calgary- Horrible after hours service

Weekend service is extremely troublesome. The call center answers with "are you calling to call in a false alarm". If the answer is anything other than yes, they are not able to deal with it. Any problems with sensors or panels they cannot handle and refer a technician. The technician is also limited. They call and try to help on phone but will not come to house even if payment is offered. Call center needs to be educated on product. Ultimately someone also must be responsible and knowledgeable on weekends and afterhours.

Approximate cost of services:
$1,000.00
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Company Response

United Alarm's monitoring service is responsible for responding to emergencies and false alarms, they are not able to provide product support. Any non-emergency situations are referred to our technicians who are on-call after hours. They do their best to assist customers over the phone. If an after hours service call is required, it can be booked for a fee. We are sorry to hear that you have had a less than a great experience. United Alarm strives on providing the best customer service we can. Kind Regards, United Alarm

wyzard in
wyzard in
1 review Calgary, AB
0/10

United Alarm

Do not use this company. They can't help when something is broken, Don't respond to requests and a total waste of money. I have had nothing but issues in last year with them.

Approximate cost of services:
$600.00
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Our on-call technical support person spent a good half hour on the phone with this customer that night trying to help. The customer tore the system off the wall to stop a beeping noise that in the end was not our issue. Unfortunately after that it was not possible to assist him over the phone. United Alarm strives to help all our customers and service is our top priority. Unfortunately, in this case we were unable to solve this person's problem due to his actions. Best Regards, United Alarm

Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Calgary, AB
10/10

exceptional service

The service was just suppose to upgrade my firmware but we discover that the smoke detector needs to be replaced.it cost 150 but united alarms added the smoke detector for free

Approximate cost of services:
$0.00
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8/10

7

Service was good at the beginning later on we called for a window to be fixed and they say there were gonna charge us that wasnt good if the system goes wrong i think its the compagny to fix it at no cost thank you.

Approximate cost of services:
$31.00
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S. Soha in
S. Soha in
1 review Calgary, AB
0/10

Customer services

United Alarms provides extremely poor customer services. They have upgraded their alarm system but did not contact us. With the new upgraded to 3G system, my alarm has not been working nor my house security system is active. United Alarms did not contact us to inform us of this change, while United Alarms continued to bill us monthly charges.

Approximate cost of services:
$40.00
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Company Response

We’re sorry to hear that you have had less than a great experience with your account. United Alarm strives on providing the best customer service. As we are unable to pull up any information as you placed this under name Soha, I cant look to your account to see what happened. Please feel free to contact Marnie our accounts manager at 403-261-8838 and she would be more than happy to look over your account in more detail.

Kind Regards
United Alarm

Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Calgary, AB
10/10

Security system for house

Wanted a local small business to install and manage a security system for our home. United Alarms people were wonderfully helpful, friendly and the system price competitive with large and other local companies. Very pleased..

Approximate cost of services:
$800.00
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Zhen in Calgary
Zhen in Calgary
1 review Calgary, AB
10/10

Good alarm company

I googled around for the alarm company in calgary. This one seems giving good quality service and reasonable monthly fee. I called them and they installed the service quickly. United Alarm is definitely your choice if you want alarm service in calgary

Approximate cost of services:
$100.00
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Zhen

Thank you for your kind words in this review. We are always glad to hear that you are happy with our services and everything is working well for you. Please let us know if there is anything more we can help you with.

Best Regards

United Alarm

Omar in Toronto
Omar in Toronto
1 review Calgary, AB
10/10

New customer

Good service, quick fast and east contact
Staff flexible and easy to call
So far very good services

I made a search on many service provider and landed to united alarm as offer is competitive service provider

Approximate cost of services:
$150.00
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Omar
Thank you for taken the time out of your busy day to leave us a 10-star review. These are all appreciated and always great to hear.
Kind Regards
United Alarm

Rose and Aleem in Calgary
Rose and Aleem in Calgary
1 review Calgary, AB
10/10

Home Alarm Install and Monitoring

Just moved into a newly built home and were shopping around for a home alarm monitoring company. After searching online reviews, it was clear United Alarm should be at the top of our list.

From initial contact right through to 3 weeks after install, we are extremely satisfied. They were very flexible in setting up an install date and time, and had no problem customizing the install to our needs.

So far the system works great, and is very simple to use. The online app has been very convenient.

Approximate cost of services:
$189.00
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Hi Rose and Aleem
Thanks so much for the great review and choosing United Alarm - we know there are lots of other options and we truly appreciate your business.
Thank you for supporting a local Calgary company.
United Alarm Systems Inc

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Introducing Calgary's #1 privately-owned residential and commercial security company! Since 1990, United Alarm has installed over 60, 000 security systems in Calgary, and has a 99% approval rating among our multitudes of customers. This is proven by being named the Consumer’s Choice Award winner 7 straight years in a row! ...
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