{
  "name": "State of Digital Signage Pricing 2026",
  "publisher": "DigitalSignage.com (MediaSignage Inc.)",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "verified": "October 2026 (all 11 vendors re-read 2026-10-04)",
  "version": "2026-10-04",
  "currency": "USD",
  "note": "Published list prices only; n/v = not verified by us; monthly billing unless stated; hardware, taxes and negotiated discounts excluded.",
  "vendors": [
    {
      "vendor": "DigitalSignage.com",
      "free": "3 screens, forever, ad-free (1GB storage)",
      "entry": 3,
      "entryName": "mediaCLOUD Plus+",
      "top": "Enterprise: dynamic, public calculator",
      "unit": "per screen per month (dynamic volume pricing)",
      "onprem": "$895 one-time mediaSERVER (+ per-player licenses)",
      "hosting": "Cloud or self-hosted",
      "platforms": "Windows, Mac, Android, Chrome OS, Raspberry Pi, iPad, browser",
      "source": "https://digitalsignage.com/_html/pricing.html",
      "note": "Enterprise adds proof of play, white-label, kiosk/touch, IoT, POS; priced by the public calculator",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Yodeck",
      "free": "1 screen, forever, Basic features, only while the account has exactly 1 screen; new accounts since Mar 2, 2026 first get a 30-day full-access period on up to 5 screens, then continue on the 1-screen Free plan",
      "entry": 8,
      "entryName": "Basic",
      "top": "$16 Enterprise ($12 Premium)",
      "unit": "per screen per month",
      "onprem": "n/v",
      "hosting": "Cloud",
      "platforms": "See vendor",
      "source": "https://www.yodeck.com/pricing/",
      "note": "Prices raised Apr 1, 2026. Verified 2026-09-28: pricing page lists Free $0 single-screen licence; Yodeck docs (30-day free period, updated 2026-09-21) confirm the account continues on the Free Plan with basic features after the 30-day period. Sources: https://www.yodeck.com/pricing/ ; https://www.yodeck.com/docs/user-manual/free-period/",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "OptiSigns",
      "free": "3 screens, with OptiSigns branding (logo on screen); free plan limited to OptiSigns, Windows, Linux and Raspberry Pi players",
      "entry": 10,
      "entryName": "Standard",
      "top": "$45 Enterprise (minimum 25 screens; $40.50 billed annually); Engage $30, Pro Plus $15, Pro $12.50",
      "unit": "per screen per month (about 10% less billed annually: Standard $9)",
      "onprem": "n/v",
      "hosting": "Cloud",
      "platforms": "See vendor",
      "source": "https://www.optisigns.com/pricing",
      "note": "1GB storage and 25 basic apps on the free plan. Re-read 2026-10-04: the top published tier is Enterprise ($45, minimum 25 screens); earlier versions carried Engage ($30) as the top tier.",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "ScreenCloud",
      "free": "None permanent (trial only)",
      "entry": 20,
      "entryName": "Core (billed annually; $24 billed monthly)",
      "top": "Enterprise: quote, annual only (Pro $30 billed annually, $36 monthly)",
      "unit": "per screen per month, billed annually",
      "onprem": "n/v",
      "hosting": "Cloud",
      "platforms": "See vendor",
      "source": "https://screencloud.com/pricing",
      "note": "Re-read 2026-10-04: $20 is the annual-billing rate; monthly billing is $24 (Core) and $36 (Pro). 14-day trial; free device only on annual plans.",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "NoviSign",
      "free": "None permanent (30-day free trial)",
      "entry": 14,
      "entryName": "Business (billed annually)",
      "top": "$25 Premium ($17 Business Plus), billed annually",
      "unit": "per screen per month, billed annually (page default toggle 'Annualy (Save 10%)'); monthly billing: Business $16, Business Plus $19, Premium $28",
      "onprem": "n/v",
      "hosting": "Cloud",
      "platforms": "See vendor",
      "source": "https://www.novisign.com/pricing/",
      "note": "Verified 2026-09-28 from the vendor page: Business $14, Business Plus $17, Premium $25 per screen per month billed annually; earlier dataset figure of about $18 to $20 corrected. Price page blocks some automated fetches. Re-read 2026-10-04: monthly-billing figures are published in the page's billing toggle (Business $16, Business Plus $19, Premium $28); earlier versions said no monthly figure was published. Re-read 2026-10-04: monthly-billing figures are published in the page's billing toggle (Business $16, Business Plus $19, Premium $28); earlier versions said no monthly figure was published.",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Rise Vision",
      "free": "None (30-day money-back guarantee)",
      "entry": 11,
      "entryName": "Basic (K-12, higher ed, non-profit; business and government $12)",
      "top": "K-12 Enterprise $164 per display per year, or $1,399 per school per year with unlimited displays (Advanced $138 per display per year)",
      "unit": "per display per month billed monthly ($119 per display per year billed yearly)",
      "onprem": "n/v",
      "hosting": "Cloud",
      "platforms": "See vendor",
      "source": "https://www.risevision.com/pricing",
      "note": "Re-read 2026-10-04: $11 per display per month is the K-12 / higher-ed / non-profit Basic rate for 1 to 10 displays; Business and Government Basic is $12 per month or $132 per year. Interactive display licence $1,200 per display per year is an add-on.",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "PiSignage",
      "free": "2 players, forever",
      "entry": 1.67,
      "entryName": "Renewal: $20 per player per year; first year $35 per new player",
      "top": "$35 per player in year one",
      "unit": "about $1.67 per screen per month from year two ($20 a year); $35 in year one",
      "onprem": "n/v",
      "hosting": "Cloud (Raspberry Pi players only)",
      "platforms": "Raspberry Pi only",
      "source": "https://pisignage.com/pricing",
      "note": "Verified 2026-09-19; over 50 screens is a sales quote; no Windows, LG webOS, Samsung Tizen native players (browser PWA only)",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "ChannelOS",
      "free": "1 screen, forever, with a ChannelOS banner on the screen; never flips to paid",
      "entry": 5,
      "entryName": "Solo (yearly billing; $6 monthly)",
      "top": "Pro $8 yearly / $10 monthly; Agency $200 per month for 25 screens then $6 per screen",
      "unit": "per screen per month",
      "onprem": "n/v",
      "hosting": "Cloud",
      "platforms": "TV browser (Android TV, Google TV, LG webOS, Fire TV via Silk, any browser); Android TV APK from the vendor site",
      "source": "https://channelos.tv/pricing",
      "note": "Verified 2026-09-19; Solo removes the banner; no vendor hardware",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "PosterBooking",
      "free": "10 screens as a 3-month free trial with a watermark on screens (terms: new customers only, may be modified or cancelled)",
      "entry": 52,
      "entryName": "Home Basic (10 screens included, no watermark)",
      "top": "Business Pro $520 per month unlimited screens; Enterprise Plus $830",
      "unit": "$52 per month for 10 screens, then $6.49 per screen per month from the 11th (monthly billing only)",
      "onprem": "n/v",
      "hosting": "Cloud",
      "platforms": "See vendor",
      "source": "https://posterbooking.com/pricing",
      "note": "Verified 2026-09-19; until September 2026 the site advertised 10 free screens without a published paid rate Re-read 2026-10-04: unchanged; the pricing page now shows a struck-through $69 beside Home Basic $52. Re-read 2026-10-04: unchanged; the pricing page now shows a struck-through $69 beside Home Basic $52.",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Xibo (open source)",
      "free": "No cap, self-hosted (Xibo Cloud from $4.90 per display per month)",
      "entry": 0,
      "entryName": "Self-hosted server",
      "top": "Xibo Cloud: Professional $4.90, Business $7.70, Enterprise $12.60 per display per month, all players included; self-hosted player licences one-time: Android $28, webOS $85, Tizen $85, ChromeOS $49",
      "unit": "free server; Xibo Cloud per display per month; paid commercial players when self-hosted",
      "onprem": "Yes (the product is self-hosted)",
      "hosting": "Your own server",
      "platforms": "Windows/Linux players free; commercial players licensed",
      "source": "https://xibosignage.com/pricing",
      "note": "Verified 2026-09-19; you install, host, update and secure the server when self-hosted; Windows and Linux players free",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    },
    {
      "vendor": "Anthias (Screenly OSE)",
      "free": "No cap, self-hosted, per Raspberry Pi",
      "entry": 0,
      "entryName": "Free, open source",
      "top": "Screenly commercial product is separate (n/v)",
      "unit": "free",
      "onprem": "Yes (runs on each Pi)",
      "hosting": "Each Pi managed on its own",
      "platforms": "Raspberry Pi and x86 PCs (arm64 single-board computers best effort)",
      "source": "https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias",
      "note": "No central cloud dashboard",
      "verified": "2026-10-04"
    }
  ]
}