Digital Signage for Schools in 2026: What to Use, What It Costs, and How to Run It Free
Quick answer: a school should use the TVs and computers it already owns, a cloud platform that handles announcements, bell schedules, cafeteria menus and a one-click emergency override from any browser, and separate logins so the front office, the cafeteria and athletics each manage their own screens. On DigitalSignage.com the first 3 screens are free forever, with no credit card, no ads and no watermark, and screen 4 onward is $3 per screen per month. An 8-screen school pays $180 a year in software. A district with 5 schools and 40 screens pays $1,332 a year on one account. Rise Vision, the education-focused paid alternative, lists about $11 per display per month. The hardware is a $40 to $100 Android stick or an $81 to $137 Raspberry Pi kit behind each TV you already have.
Last updated and verified October 4, 2026. Software prices are each vendor's published rate from the State of Digital Signage Pricing 2026 dataset, version 2026-10-04. Hardware figures are US street prices from the digital signage cost guide.
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What digital signage should a school use?
Pick by four tests, in this order.
- It runs on what the school owns. Retired Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, old Windows PCs, Raspberry Pis from the computer lab and the TVs already on the walls. SignPlayer, the free DigitalSignage.com player, runs on Chrome OS and Chrome OS Flex, Windows, Mac, Android and Android TV, Raspberry Pi, iPad and any modern browser.
- The front office can run it from a browser. Nothing to install on the office PC. Templates for announcements, a menu that reads from a spreadsheet, and scheduling by day and period.
- One click takes over every screen. An emergency override that replaces every screen, or the screens at one site, with a prepared lockdown, weather or closure message.
- The bill fits a school budget. First 3 screens free, then $3 per screen per month, with no plan minimum. Price the whole campus before you sign anything, because software is the only line that repeats every year.
DigitalSignage.com passes all four. This guide is written by the company that runs it, so every comparison below uses the vendor's published rate. Rise Vision is the education-focused paid alternative at about $11 per display per month; Yodeck ($8) and OptiSigns ($10) are general-purpose platforms that schools also use.
What to put on the screen
Morning announcements and bell schedules
The front office types club meetings, picture day and deadlines into a template from a browser. Bell schedules are scheduled ahead: regular day, assembly day and early release each get their own layout, and the player switches at the right time without anyone touching it. Scheduling and dayparting are on every plan, including the free tier. A Calendar component reads Google Calendar, Outlook or Office 365, or any iCal feed, so the events calendar the school already keeps shows on the screen without retyping. A weather widget, an RSS ticker and a countdown to the last day of term fill the rest of the layout and refresh themselves.
Cafeteria menus
This week's lunches come from the Google Sheet the kitchen already keeps. Share the sheet, add a Google Sheets component, pick the range, and the screen updates when the sheet changes. Put allergen notes in the sheet so they appear beside each item. Daypart the menu so it plays until 1 pm and the after-school schedule takes over. The menu board guide covers layout, type sizes and how to show calorie and allergen information clearly.
Emergency alerts and lockdown messaging
Prepare the lockdown, evacuation, severe weather and closure messages now, so nobody designs a slide during an emergency. On DigitalSignage.com, campaigns carry a priority level from Default and Low through Normal and High up to Emergency. The Emergency priority overrides all other content on all or selected screens, and normal content resumes when you deactivate it or its duration ends. The override is sent from any browser, including a phone, to one site or every site. Signage can also receive alerts from CAP feeds such as NOAA weather alerts, from mass notification systems or from fire panel relays; coordinate any fire alarm link with your fire marshal. Screens are a visual layer alongside the PA system and the district's mass notification service, not a replacement for either. Emergency override is included on the free tier. Detail: emergency alerts and digital signage.
Athletics, scores and record boards
Last night's scores, this week's fixtures and a team photo zone. A live sports widget covers scores. A record board is a table that changes a few times a year, so any template with a text table does the job, and the athletics department updates it under its own login without asking the office.
Wayfinding and visitor screens
A lobby screen welcomes visitors, shows today's events and where they are, and points parents to the right door on open-house nights. A main office screen shows check-in instructions and the visitor policy. A touch directory kiosk for a large building is an Enterprise feature (kiosk and touch, the mediaTOUCH mode); the usual hardware is a 43 to 55 inch portrait touch display in a floor-standing or wall enclosure. ADA requires the kiosk's controls within 15 to 48 inches of the floor and 30 by 48 inches of clear floor space. Detail: wayfinding directories and visitor management kiosks.
Student-made content and media classes
Media and AV classes often run a screen as a project. Give the class its own sub-account so students can edit only their screen, and turn on the approval workflow: editors submit content, a designated approver such as a teacher or administrator reviews it, and it publishes only after approval, with email notifications for pending items. Keep student personal information off public screens unless school policy allows it, and get consent before a student's photo goes up.
All of the above runs on the free tier except the touch kiosk, which is Enterprise. SignStudio ships 180+ live example templates, including education and school announcement layouts, so the first screen is a matter of swapping text and a logo.
Screens by location: hardware and what it costs
Reuse the TV first; the player is then the only purchase. Figures are US street prices observed in September 2026, from the cost guide.
| Location | Screen | Player | Mount and install | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front office or lobby | TV you own, $0; or a new 43-inch commercial panel, $627 to $780 | $40 to $100 Android stick or $81 to $137 Raspberry Pi kit | $0 if the TV is already up; about $300 new | Center it 54 to 60 inches from the floor in a lobby; welcome, events, visitor instructions |
| Main hallway | 55-inch commercial panel, $995 to $1,450 | Same | About $300 | Elevated mounting or a protective enclosure where students pass; a 55-inch screen reads from about 3.5 to 13.5 feet |
| Cafeteria | 55-inch commercial panel, $995 to $1,450; a consumer 55-inch TV at $300 to $450 if it runs only through lunch | Same | About $300 | Menu board layout; portrait mounting needs a commercial panel; a ceiling-hung screen keeps its bottom edge at least 7 feet up |
| Gym and athletics lobby | 55-inch commercial panel, $995 to $1,450 | Same | About $300 | Schedules and scores; protective enclosure; Samsung publishes that commercial use invalidates a consumer TV warranty |
| Library or media center | Consumer TV, $300 to $450, about 8 hours a day | Same | $0 to $300 | Student-made content under its own sub-account |
| Directory or check-in kiosk | 43 to 55 inch portrait touch display, quoted by the integrator | Enterprise kiosk and touch | Included in the enclosure quote | ADA reach range 15 to 48 inches and 30 by 48 inch clear floor space |
Electricity is about $75 per screen per year at 12 hours a day, assuming 120 W and the US average commercial rate of 14.19 cents per kWh; at 8 hours a day it is about $50. Schedule screens off outside school hours. Hallway screens are the ones to buy commercial: 16/7 panels run 350 to 500 nits with 3-year warranties, and Samsung publishes that consumer sets are built for about 8 hours a day.
Software compared: the plans schools shortlist
Every figure below is the vendor's published rate, re-read on October 4, 2026.
| Platform | Free plan | Entry rate | School-relevant plan notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalSignage.com | 3 screens forever, no ads, no watermark, 1 GB | $3 per screen per month, volume pricing in the public calculator | mediaSERVER on-premise, $895 one-time plus per-player licenses; Enterprise (proof of play, SignDashboard, kiosk and touch) priced by the calculator |
| Rise Vision | None; 30-day money-back guarantee | About $11 per display per month billed monthly (K-12, higher ed and non-profit Basic, 1 to 10 displays); $119 per display per year billed yearly | K-12 Enterprise $164 per display per year, or $1,399 per school per year with unlimited displays; Advanced $138 per display per year |
| Yodeck | 1 screen with Basic features, only while the account has exactly 1 screen; accounts opened since March 2, 2026 first get a 30-day full-access period on up to 5 screens | $8 Basic | $12 Premium, $16 Enterprise; prices raised April 1, 2026 |
| OptiSigns | 3 screens with the OptiSigns logo on screen | $10 Standard ($9 billed annually) | Up to $45 Enterprise, with a 25-screen minimum |
| ScreenCloud | None; 14-day trial | $20 Core billed annually ($24 monthly) | Pro $30 billed annually |
The honest trade-offs. Yodeck, OptiSigns and ScreenCloud cover more TV platforms, including Fire TV, LG webOS and Samsung Tizen, and SignPlayer has no Fire TV app. Rise Vision is built for education, with school templates. DigitalSignage.com is do-it-yourself on your own hardware, SignStudio has a learning curve, and free-tier support is self-service through docs, videos and the community; paid plans add business-class support. Head-to-head: DigitalSignage.com vs Rise Vision and Rise Vision pricing explained.
Free plans that fit a school
| Vendor | Free plan | Fits when | Watch out |
|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalSignage.com | 3 screens forever, no ads, no watermark, 1 GB | A hallway, the cafeteria and the front office | Storage cap; proof of play is Enterprise |
| ChannelOS | 1 screen forever, with a ChannelOS banner on the screen | One front office or lobby TV | $5 to $6 per screen per month after, which removes the banner |
| OptiSigns | 3 screens | You accept its logo in the hallway | Logo on screen; $10 to $45 per screen per month |
| PosterBooking | 10 screens free for 3 months, with a watermark | A larger campus, for a 3-month project | Then from $52 per month for 10 screens, $6.49 per screen from the 11th |
| PiSignage | 2 screens | The IT team already runs Raspberry Pi players | $35 per player in year one, then $20 a year (about $1.67 a month) |
| Xibo (open source) | Unlimited, self-hosted | District IT can run a server | You run the server; Android, webOS and Tizen players are paid |
| Anthias (Screenly OSE) | Free, one Raspberry Pi per screen | One or two screens, updated one at a time | Each Pi managed alone; no central cloud |
Yodeck gives new accounts a 30-day full-access period first (since March 2, 2026), then 1 free screen with Basic features while the account has exactly 1 screen, then $8 to $16 per screen per month. ScreenCloud and Rise Vision have no free plan.
What it costs: an 8-screen school and a 5-school district
The software convention throughout: the first 3 screens are free, every screen after that is $3 per month, and the whole school or district sits on one account. Hardware uses the $45 Android stick the cost guide budgets with, and the ranges above where a range matters.
One school, 8 screens (front office, two hallways, two in the cafeteria, the gym lobby, the library and the staff room):
- Software: 8 minus 3 = 5 paid screens x $3 = $15 a month, which is $180 a year and $540 over three years.
- Players on TVs you own: 8 x $45 = $360. The full range is $320 to $800 for Android sticks, or $648 to $1,096 for Raspberry Pi kits.
- Year one on reused TVs: $360 + $180 = $540. Years two and three: $180 each.
- New panels instead: 3 commercial 43-inch panels at $627 to $780 plus 5 commercial 55-inch panels at $995 to $1,450 come to $6,856 to $9,590; players $360; mounts and installation 8 x $300 = $2,400. Upfront $9,616 to $12,350, then $180 a year.
- Electricity: 8 x $75 = $600 a year at 12 hours a day, or about $400 at 8 hours.
- The same 8 screens on other software, software only: Rise Vision $952 a year billed yearly ($119 x 8) or $1,056 billed monthly ($11 x 8 x 12); Yodeck Basic $768 ($8 x 8 x 12); OptiSigns Standard $960; ScreenCloud Core $1,920. Yodeck's single free screen is not deducted because it survives only while an account has exactly 1 screen.
One district, 5 schools x 8 screens = 40 screens:
- Software, one district account: 40 minus 3 = 37 paid screens x $3 = $111 a month, which is $1,332 a year and $3,996 over three years. Volume pricing in the public calculator may quote lower than $3.
- Players on TVs you own: 40 x $45 = $1,800, with a range of $1,600 to $4,000.
- Year one: $1,800 + $1,332 = $3,132. Electricity: 40 x $75 = $3,000 a year at 12 hours a day.
- The same 40 screens on other software, software only: Rise Vision $4,760 billed yearly or $5,280 billed monthly; its K-12 Enterprise per-school plan is 5 x $1,399 = $6,995; Yodeck Basic $3,840; OptiSigns Standard $4,800; ScreenCloud Core $9,600.
- A district that cannot use the cloud: mediaSERVER, a one-time $895 plus per-player licenses, with no monthly software fee.
On reused TVs the biggest line over three years is electricity, not software, so the hours a screen runs belong in the plan.
What IT will ask
Network
Players make outbound connections only, so no inbound firewall ports are opened. Allow outbound TCP 443 to the signage.me domain (for example galaxy.signage.me), DNS on port 53, and preferably port 80 for redirects and UDP 123 for time sync, since a player with a drifting clock changes the lunch menu at the wrong hour. HTTP, HTTPS and authenticated proxies are supported; if the proxy inspects TLS, exclude the signage domains from inspection. Content is cached on the player, so a Wi-Fi drop never blanks the hallway screen; an offline player keeps playing what it has. Use wired Ethernet for hallway and cafeteria screens where a drop exists. Detail: network requirements and the security and enterprise FAQ.
Chromebooks, Chromeboxes and Chrome OS Flex
Chrome OS Flex is Google's free operating system for ordinary PCs and Macs, and it gives the same Google Admin management as a Chromebox on hardware you already own. SignPlayer runs on Chrome OS and Chrome OS Flex. Two things to budget: auto-launching a kiosk app on Chrome OS needs a paid Chrome Enterprise Kiosk license for every device, Flex included, and a Chromebook works in kiosk mode but its lid and battery make it a poor permanent fixture, so a Chromebox or a Flex desktop is the better hallway player. Detail: Chrome OS digital signage and Raspberry Pi players.
Google Workspace and Microsoft 365
The Calendar component connects to Google Calendar, Outlook and Office 365, or any iCal feed, and shows a month, week, day, agenda or next-event view. The Google Sheets component reads a shared sheet for menus, bell schedules and rosters. JSON and XML data components connect to any other feed, such as an export from the student information system, with a refresh interval you set. Single sign-on is not part of the free tier; it is one of the features that moves a school onto a paid tier, so confirm with the vendor that your identity provider is supported before you count on it. Detail: calendar integration and data integration.
Device management
The player dashboard shows each screen online or offline and what it is playing. You can request a remote screenshot to see exactly what a hallway screen shows, restart a player remotely, and get alerts when a player goes offline. Watchdog restarts a hung player automatically, and a nightly reboot during closed hours keeps consumer sticks healthy. Once a player is registered to the account it needs no login, and it picks up changes on its own. Detail: player management and the troubleshooting FAQ.
Hosting and data
mediaCLOUD is the hosted service, run by MediaSignage Inc. of Westlake Village, California, which has operated the platform since 2006. A district whose policy keeps data on its own network can run mediaSERVER on-premise for a one-time $895 plus per-player licenses. The vendor checklist below covers the hosting and data questions IT will want in writing.
Districts: one account, many schools
Run the district on one account with sub-accounts and permissions. Each school building, and inside it the front office, the cafeteria and athletics, gets users who can edit only their own screens, while the district office keeps the master layout, the brand templates and the emergency override, which can push a message to one site or all of them. Role-based users and multi-user accounts are on every plan. The approval workflow lets a building administrator sign off on student or club content before it plays. Enterprise adds SignDashboard, which manages several separate accounts from one place, and proof of play for anyone who has to show that a safety message ran. Detail: user management.
Student privacy, FERPA, COPPA and accessibility
Privacy. A standard signage player shows content and reports its own status. It does not need a camera and it does not identify viewers, so a hallway screen collects nothing from the students who walk past it. DigitalSignage.com shows no third-party ads and no watermark on any plan, including the free plan, so no ad network is involved in what your screens display. FERPA covers student education records: keep student personal information off public screens unless district policy allows it, treat honor rolls and birthday lists as a policy decision rather than a default, and get consent before a student's photo appears. COPPA concerns online services that collect personal information from children under 13; the accounts that need protecting here are the staff logins, which are personal data too, so remove users when staff leave. If the district's CIPA filtering applies to the signage network, keep RSS and social feeds to sources you control.
Accessibility. Education falls under the ADA plus Section 504. On a screen that means text contrast of at least 4.5:1, with 3:1 for large text and 7:1 preferred for low vision; about 1 inch of letter height for every 10 feet of viewing distance; 7 to 15 seconds per item so a message can be read; no information conveyed by color alone; captions on any video with speech; and no audio in hallways. On a touch kiosk, controls sit within 15 to 48 inches of the floor with 30 by 48 inches of clear floor space, body text is at least 16px, and a high-contrast mode and an audio option are offered. Detail: accessibility and ADA compliance for kiosks.
Funding: E-rate, grants and budget cycles
The displays themselves typically are not E-rate eligible, but the network infrastructure that supports them, such as cabling, switches and wireless, may qualify under Category 2 funding. Consult your E-rate coordinator and current USAC guidelines. Some states also offer technology grants that may cover digital signage equipment. School-year and fiscal-year budget cycles rarely line up with a good idea, which is where a permanent free tier helps: the first 3 screens on DigitalSignage.com need no purchase order, so a pilot can start this month and the campus rollout at $3 per screen can wait for the next cycle.
Set it up in ten minutes
- Create a free DigitalSignage.com account. No credit card.
- Pick a school or announcement template in SignStudio.
- Add the bell schedule, link the cafeteria Google Sheet, and let the office type announcements.
- Install SignPlayer on the stick, Pi, Chromebox or laptop and enter the pairing code from SignStudio.
- Set dayparting: bell times all day, cafeteria menu until 1 pm, sports after 3 pm.
- Build the lockdown, weather and closure messages now and leave them ready at Emergency priority.
- Mount the TV where students pass between periods, then add screens 2 and 3 free. Screen 4 onward is $3 per screen per month.
What to ask a vendor
- What does the whole campus cost per year at our screen count, with any free screens deducted and any plan minimum shown?
- Which features sit on which tier: per-department permissions, approval workflow, emergency override, proof of play, single sign-on?
- Does the player run on the devices we own: Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, Chrome OS Flex, Raspberry Pi, old Windows PCs, Android TVs?
- Which outbound ports and domains do the players need, and are any inbound ports required?
- What happens when the internet drops: does the screen keep playing from local cache?
- Can one click take over every screen, or one school's screens, with a prepared message, from a phone?
- Can each school and department edit only its own screens, and can we require approval before content plays?
- Where are content and account data hosted, and is there an on-premise option?
- Can we see what a screen is showing and restart it remotely?
- Does the content keep playing if the subscription lapses, and how do we export our content if we leave?
- Is there a watermark, an ad or a vendor logo on screen on the free plan?
- Is there a Fire TV or smart TV app we are counting on? SignPlayer has none, so budget a stick or a Chromebox per screen.
When free stops being enough
Paying starts at the 4th screen, or when you need proof of play, white-label, on-premise hosting, kiosk and touch, or single sign-on. The rate is $3 per screen per month on Plus+, which also raises storage to 3 GB and adds business-class support, or a one-time $895 mediaSERVER license. At 10 screens that is 7 paid screens, $252 a year, against $960 at Yodeck Basic, $1,200 at OptiSigns Standard, about $1,320 at Rise Vision and $2,400 at ScreenCloud Core. Worked examples at other sizes: the cost per screen guide.
Related guides
- How much does digital signage cost in 2026
- Best free digital signage software 2026
- Digital signage for education
- Digital signage for schools, churches, gyms and small business
- Digital signage cost per screen 2026
- Digital signage by industry FAQ
- K-12 schools page and universities page
- State of Digital Signage Pricing 2026 dataset
Frequently asked questions
What digital signage should I use for a school?
Use the TVs, Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, old PCs and Raspberry Pis the school already owns, with a cloud platform that handles announcements, bell schedules, cafeteria menus and a one-click emergency override from any browser, and gives each department its own login. DigitalSignage.com runs on all of that hardware, is free for the first 3 screens forever with no ads or watermark, and then costs $3 per screen per month, so an 8-screen school pays $180 a year in software. Rise Vision is the education-focused paid alternative at about $11 per display per month; Yodeck ($8) and OptiSigns ($10) are general-purpose platforms schools also use.
Can a school run digital signage for free?
Yes. DigitalSignage.com gives the first 3 screens free forever, with no credit card, no ads and no watermark, about 90 percent of the feature set and 1 GB of storage. That covers a hallway, the cafeteria and the front office. ChannelOS gives 1 screen free in the TV's own browser with a banner. The only cost is a $40 to $100 player stick per TV if the IT closet does not already have a spare Chromebox, PC or Raspberry Pi, plus about $50 to $75 a year in electricity per screen.
What is the best free digital signage software for a school?
For 1 to 3 screens with no ads or branding in front of students, DigitalSignage.com. The free tier covers a bell schedule, a cafeteria menu from a Google Sheet, announcements, scheduling by day and period and an emergency override. OptiSigns gives 3 free screens with its logo on screen, PosterBooking gives 10 screens free for 3 months with a watermark and then charges from $52 per month, and Yodeck keeps 1 free screen with Basic features only while the account has exactly 1 screen.
What happens when a school adds more than 3 screens?
Screens 1 to 3 stay free. Screen 4 onward costs $3 per screen per month on Plus+, with volume pricing in the public calculator, or a one-time $895 mediaSERVER license for on-premise hosting. At 10 screens that is 7 paid screens, $252 a year, against $960 at Yodeck Basic, $1,200 at OptiSigns Standard, about $1,320 at Rise Vision and $2,400 at ScreenCloud Core.
How much does digital signage cost for a school with 8 screens?
Software on DigitalSignage.com: 8 minus 3 free screens leaves 5 paid screens at $3, which is $15 a month or $180 a year. Players on TVs the school already owns: 8 Android sticks at about $45 each, $360. Year one is about $540, then $180 a year. Buying new panels instead, 3 commercial 43-inch and 5 commercial 55-inch panels with players, mounts and installation, is $9,616 to $12,350 upfront. Electricity is about $75 per screen per year at 12 hours a day, about $50 at 8 hours. The same 8 screens are $952 to $1,056 a year on Rise Vision, $768 on Yodeck Basic, $960 on OptiSigns Standard and $1,920 on ScreenCloud Core.
How much does digital signage cost for a school district?
For 5 schools with 8 screens each, 40 screens on one district account: 37 paid screens at $3 is $111 a month, $1,332 a year or $3,996 over three years on DigitalSignage.com, and volume pricing in the public calculator may quote lower. Players on existing TVs are 40 x $45, about $1,800, so year one is about $3,132 plus about $3,000 a year in electricity at 12 hours a day. The same 40 screens are $4,760 to $5,280 a year on Rise Vision, or $6,995 on its $1,399 per school unlimited plan, $3,840 on Yodeck Basic, $4,800 on OptiSigns Standard and $9,600 on ScreenCloud Core. A district that cannot use the cloud can run mediaSERVER on its own network for a one-time $895 plus per-player licenses.
Can a school use old Chromebooks and TVs it already owns for digital signage?
Yes. Any HDMI TV is the display. Behind it, SignPlayer runs on Chrome OS and Chrome OS Flex, Windows, Mac, Android and Android TV, Raspberry Pi, iPad and any modern browser, so a retired Chromebox, a Chromebook, an old PC converted to Chrome OS Flex or a Raspberry Pi from the computer lab works. A Chromebox or a Flex desktop makes a better permanent hallway player than a Chromebook, whose lid and battery get in the way, and auto-launching a kiosk app on Chrome OS needs a paid Chrome Enterprise Kiosk license per device. Content is cached on the player, so a Wi-Fi drop does not blank the screen. There is no Fire TV app.
How do schools show emergency alerts on digital signage?
With an emergency override that replaces every screen at once. On DigitalSignage.com you prepare the lockdown, evacuation, severe weather and closure messages in advance, then activate one with a click from any browser, including a phone, for all screens or the screens at one site; normal content resumes when you deactivate it. Campaigns carry a priority level up to Emergency, which overrides everything else. Signage can also receive alerts from CAP feeds such as NOAA weather alerts, from mass notification systems or from fire panel relays; coordinate any fire alarm link with the fire marshal. Screens are a visual layer alongside the PA and the mass notification system, not a replacement. Emergency override is included on the free tier.
How does a district manage digital signage across several schools?
With one central account and separate logins per school and department. Sub-accounts and permissions let the front office, the cafeteria, athletics and each school building edit only their own screens, while the district keeps the master layout and the emergency override, which can push a message to one site or all of them. An approval workflow lets editors submit content that a designated approver publishes. Enterprise adds SignDashboard for managing several separate accounts from one place and proof of play. At 40 screens on one account the software line is $1,332 a year.
Is school digital signage eligible for E-rate funding?
The displays themselves typically are not E-rate eligible, but the network infrastructure that supports them, such as cabling, switches and wireless, may qualify under Category 2 funding. Consult your E-rate coordinator and current USAC guidelines. Some states also offer technology grants that may cover digital signage equipment. Because the first 3 screens on DigitalSignage.com are free with no purchase order, a pilot can start inside the current budget cycle and the campus rollout can wait for the next one.
This guide is maintained by MediaSignage Inc., the operator of DigitalSignage.com, which is one of the vendors compared. Competitor figures are the vendors' published rates from the State of Digital Signage Pricing 2026 dataset, version 2026-10-04. Hardware figures are US street prices observed in September 2026. Last updated October 4, 2026.