8 Best ScreenCloud Alternatives (With Prices)

The best ScreenCloud alternative for a shop, restaurant, school or multi-site chain costs a third or less: Brix is $6 per screen per month billed annually, or $8 billed monthly, against $20 annual or $24 monthly for ScreenCloud Core. Pick Yodeck for a free screen or Raspberry Pi, OptiSigns for apps and kiosks, Play Digital Signage for Samsung and LG screens on a budget, TelemetryTV for dashboards and video walls, Kitcast for Apple TV, Screenly for security reviews and Rise Vision for K-12.

Stay on ScreenCloud if you need its Microsoft and employee-app integrations (Firstup, Staffbase, Simpplr), SAML single sign-on or a customer success manager. Brix wrote this page and says where each option, Brix included, is the wrong choice.

How much does ScreenCloud cost?

Per screen per month, from ScreenCloud's pricing page:

• Free trial: 14 days, no card. There is no free plan.
• On Core and Pro annual plans you choose a free device or a discount.
• ScreenCloud's own players: PIXI $95, ScreenCloud OS $199.
• 10 screens on annual billing: Core $2,400 a year, Pro $3,600.

Why do people look for a ScreenCloud alternative?

• Price. Core costs three times an $8 plan before any Pro feature.
• Features sit on Pro. Proof of play, audit logs, offline email alerts and custom permissions need Pro ($30 annual, $36 monthly).
• Single sign-on sits on Enterprise. No public price.
• Approval is a role, not a workflow. The Creator role cannot publish and the Publisher role can. ScreenCloud documents no request-and-approve queue.
• Hardware. ScreenCloud does not run on Raspberry Pi or Apple TV.

ScreenCloud alternatives compared

Per screen per month, annual / monthly list price:

What does each cost per year?

Annual billing, on the plan that includes proof of play, so the totals compare like for like:

• Players come on top. A Signage Stick is $99.99. Yodeck's annual plans include a player, and ScreenCloud's offer a free device or a discount. Brix gives no free Stick.
• Amazon provides Signage Sticks free for rollouts of 30 or more screens. Talk to us and we arrange it.

The alternatives, one by one

Brix

• Price: $6 per screen per month billed annually, or $8 billed monthly. One plan. 7-day trial, no card.
• Best for: shops, restaurants, schools and chains that want ScreenCloud's Pro and Enterprise features on one plan.
• Players: Amazon Signage Stick ($99.99), Fire TV, Android boxes, TVs with Google TV built in, Windows.
• Strengths: proof of play (off by default), audit log, custom roles, access per location, content approval, emergency takeover, OIDC single sign-on (Okta, Entra ID, Google Workspace), SCIM and the API. US-based support in Los Angeles, 7 days a week. New features go live in days (changelog).
• Watch out for: no SAML, no SOC 2 report, no synced video wall, no LG webOS, Apple TV, BrightSign or managed Raspberry Pi player, and nothing like ScreenCloud's Firstup or Staffbase integrations. Fewer public reviews than older vendors.

Yodeck

• Price: Basic $8, Premium $12, Enterprise $16 per screen per month, the same on monthly and annual billing. Free for 1 screen.
• Best for: small budgets and Raspberry Pi screens.
• Players: its own Pi-based player (free with an annual plan), Signage Stick, Fire TV, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, BrightSign, Windows.
• Strengths: CAP emergency alerts and video wall sync on every plan; a large, established company (180+ people).
• Watch out for: proof of play and the API need Premium; audit logs and SAML need Enterprise. Approval is a role, not a request queue. More in Yodeck alternatives.

OptiSigns

• Price: Standard $9 annual or $10 monthly; Pro Plus $13.50 annual or $15 monthly. Free for 3 screens.
• Best for: a large app library (100+ apps) and kiosks (Engage, $27 annual or $30 monthly).
• Players: OptiStick, Signage Stick, Android, Samsung, LG, BrightSign, Windows, Raspberry Pi.
• Strengths: SOC 2 Type 2; Pro Plus has approvals, proof of play, audit logs and SAML for half ScreenCloud Pro.
• Watch out for: Standard has no roles, approvals, proof of play or TV on/off. More in OptiSigns alternatives.

Play Digital Signage

• Price: Essential $8, Pro $12, Ultimate $16 per screen per month; annual billing takes at least 10% off. First screen free if you post a review.
• Best for: Samsung Tizen and LG webOS screens on a budget.
• Players: Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Android, Raspberry Pi, macOS.
• Strengths: Okta and Entra single sign-on on every plan; screen on/off, sync and the API on Pro.
• Watch out for: proof of play and the audit log need Ultimate; no approval step (any member can publish); no SOC 2 report. More in Brix vs Play.

TelemetryTV

• Price: Entry $8 annual or $9 monthly; Core $13 annual or $15 monthly.
• Best for: data dashboards, web apps and video walls with synchronized playback.
• Players: TelemetryTV Box OS on Raspberry Pi, or another player over HDMI. No Samsung, LG or Apple TV app.
• Strengths: approvals, playback logging, audit log and CAP alerts on Core; proof-of-play reports on Elite ($16, annual).
• Watch out for: SAML only on Enterprise; audit logs kept 2 months.

Kitcast

• Price: Starter $7 annual or $9 monthly; Pro $10 annual or $14 monthly.
• Best for: Apple TV screens.
• Players: Apple TV, Fire TV, Android, Samsung, LG, Raspberry Pi.
• Strengths: single sign-on, SCIM, approvals, an audit log and the API on Pro: ScreenCloud-style governance for a third of the price.
• Watch out for: Starter has no roles; no SOC 2 report.

Screenly

• Price: Starter $15 annual or $17 monthly, up to 5 screens. Business $24 annual or $27 monthly, billed from 5 screens.
• Best for: teams that must pass a security review.
• Players: its own players (one Raspberry Pi-based, one Intel), or Screenly Anywhere on Android, ChromeOS, Samsung Tizen and the Amazon Signage Stick.
• Strengths: SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001; the full API on every plan.
• Watch out for: no proof of play, no approval step, no per-screen permissions.

Rise Vision

• Price: K-12 $119 to $164 per display per year, or $1,399 per school per year for unlimited displays (K-12 only).
• Best for: K-12 districts.
• Players: its own media player ($300 outright) or the Amazon Signage Stick ($99.99).
• Strengths: CAP emergency alerts with sound on Advanced; SOC 2 Type II.
• Watch out for: no proof of play report and no public API; support only 9 am to 6 pm Eastern on weekdays. Brix ($72 per screen per year on annual billing) costs less than the $1,399 licence up to 19 screens per school.

ScreenCloud vs Yodeck

• Price: Yodeck Premium ($12) has proof of play for less than ScreenCloud Core ($20 annual) without it.
• Free: Yodeck is free for 1 screen; ScreenCloud has only a 14-day trial.
• ScreenCloud wins on: employee-app integrations (Firstup, Staffbase, Simpplr) and unlimited storage.
• Yodeck wins on: Raspberry Pi, and CAP alerts on every plan (ScreenCloud puts them on Pro).

ScreenCloud vs OptiSigns

• Price: OptiSigns costs less at every tier and is free for 3 screens.
• ScreenCloud wins on: internal-comms integrations and unlimited storage on every plan.
• OptiSigns wins on: a kiosk builder, an approval workflow and SAML on Pro Plus.

ScreenCloud vs Play Digital Signage

• Price: Play Essential is $8 monthly against $24 for ScreenCloud Core.
• ScreenCloud wins on: a creator/publisher role split and a design editor.
• Play wins on: single sign-on on every plan and Raspberry Pi.

ScreenCloud vs TelemetryTV

• Price: TelemetryTV is $9 against $24 monthly on the entry plan.
• ScreenCloud wins on: Samsung Tizen and LG webOS apps.
• TelemetryTV wins on: approvals and playback logging on Core, and video walls up to 8K.

ScreenCloud vs Screenly

• Price: Screenly is $17 against $24 monthly.
• ScreenCloud wins on: a design editor, Spaces for each team, employee-app integrations and proof-of-play logs on Pro.
• Screenly wins on: ISO 27001 as well as SOC 2, and the full API on every plan. It shows one item full screen at a time.

A ScreenCloud alternative for K-12 and internal communications

• K-12 districts: Rise Vision is built for schools. Brix costs $72 per screen per year on annual billing, with emergency takeover, approvals and per-school access on the same plan.
• Internal communications: Fugo shows sign-in-protected dashboards on office TVs; Appspace and Poppulo are employee-experience suites (quote only). Brix covers break rooms and offices: news, schedules, birthdays, emergency messages, and OneDrive or SharePoint folders on screen.

ScreenCloud alternatives in the EU, UK, Australia and New Zealand

ScreenCloud stores data in the EU for any customer who signs up outside the Americas. So for a European company the choice comes down to price and features. An Australian or New Zealand company on ScreenCloud has its data stored in the EU. Where each platform stores your content and account data, from each vendor's own pages:

• EU and UK: Yodeck, Fugo and Brix keep European customers' data in Europe by default, and Xibo Cloud lets you pick the UK or Germany. TelemetryTV lists selectable US, EU, UK, Canada and Asia-Pacific data regions on every plan. ScreenCloud does the same for any sign-up outside the Americas, and Play for any outside the US. Brix puts UK sign-ups in its EU region in Frankfurt. The Brix EU region is a contractual jurisdiction: data sits inside Cloudflare's EU jurisdiction.
• Australia and New Zealand: Xibo Cloud (pick Australia) and Brix (Oceania, set from your sign-up country) host in the region without a request. OptiSigns offers Australia on request from its Engage plan. ScreenCloud and Play put Australian and New Zealand customers in the EU. Brix's Oceania region sets where data is stored; it is not a legal guarantee. Your screens also fetch new media from storage in that region, not from the US.
• Brix: one of the few with an Oceania and an Asia-Pacific region by default on every plan, at the same price. More on what sits in each region: security.

Is there a free ScreenCloud alternative?

• Yodeck: 1 screen free, with Basic features.
• OptiSigns: up to 3 screens free, with its logo on screen and 1 GB of storage.
• Play Digital Signage: first screen free if you post a review within 30 days.

More options in free digital signage software.

Switching from ScreenCloud

• Hardware: ScreenCloud runs on the Amazon Signage Stick, Android, Windows, ChromeOS, macOS, BrightSign and Samsung and LG displays. A Signage Stick, Fire TV, Android box or Windows PC keeps working with Brix. Other screens need a player, such as a $99.99 Signage Stick.
• Contract: on an annual plan you have paid to the end of the term. Switch near your renewal date.
• Moving content: Brix moves your content, playlists and screens for you, free, usually in a day.

Start a free 7-day Brix trial. No card needed. For a wider comparison, see best digital signage software.