Carousel alternative. Just $6/month.
Same broadcast scheduling, same approval workflows, same MFA + SOC 2 — without the 30-player minimum and the BYO BrightSign tax. Live in 2 minutes, month-to-month, no minimums.
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Carousel is sized for districts. Brix is sized for everyone.
$6 vs $22 — without the player minimum
Carousel Pro is $22/screen/month with a 30-player minimum — that's a $660/month floor before you've installed a single screen. Brix is $6/screen flat with no minimum. Run one screen, run one hundred — the per-screen rate doesn't change.
No 'contact sales' for storage
Carousel caps cloud storage at 50 GB on Core, 100 GB on Pro, 500 GB on Enterprise. Add another 100 channels of HD video and you're talking to procurement again. Brix is unlimited storage on every plan.
Month-to-month, not annual contracts
Carousel runs annual contracts as standard. Brix is month-to-month — flex up, flex down, no penalty. If signage doesn't pull its weight, you can stop paying next month, not next renewal.
Their tiers. Then ours.
Carousel tier ladder
- Carousel Core $25 (10-player min)
- Carousel Pro — most popular $22 (30-player min)
- 10 screens / 1 yearSave $1,920
- 10 screens / 3 yearsSave $5,760
- vs Carousel Pro73% cheaper
Every feature. Every tier.
69 features compared head-to-head. Brix is the column on the left — every cell, every tier. Tier badges show which Carousel plan is required to unlock the feature.
| Feature | Brix · $6 flat | Carousel Core $25 | Carousel Pro $22 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content & media | |||
| Image upload & playback | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video upload & playback | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Document upload & display (PDF, Word, PowerPoint) | ✓ | MS Office bulletins | ✓ |
| Web pages / HTML / web URL | ✓ | Web Bulletins | ✓ |
| YouTube / live streaming | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Authenticated / secured web pages | Public + basic auth | Partial | Partial |
| + 1 more comparable feature in Content & media | |||
| Layout & design | |||
| Multi-zone / split-screen layouts | ✓ | Unlimited Zones | ✓ |
| Drag-and-drop layout editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pre-built templates (count) | Curated set | Templated bulletins | ✓ |
| Auto-size text / responsive templates | ✓ | Auto Size Text | ✓ |
| Lockable layouts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Canva integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| + 1 more comparable feature in Layout & design | |||
| Scheduling & playlists | |||
| Build playlists | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Day-parting / time-of-day scheduling | ✓ | Discrete Daily Start/End | ✓ |
| Working hours / screen schedules | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tag-based playlists / sub-playlists | ✓ | Media/Player/Zone Tags | ✓ |
| Advanced media scheduling rules | ✓ | Dynamic Playlists | ✓ |
| Per-asset expiry | ✓ | Auto Content Expiration | ✓ |
| + 6 more comparable features in Scheduling & playlists | |||
| Apps & integrations | |||
| App count | 9 + custom-built on request | Bulletins library | ✓ |
| Custom-built apps on request | ✓ | — | — |
| RSS / news / weather feeds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slack integration | Webhook-based | — | — |
| Power BI dashboards | ✓ | — | Pro+ only |
| Zapier integration | ✓ | — | — |
| + 1 more comparable feature in Apps & integrations | |||
| Interactive & kiosk | |||
| Interactive kiosk app | Touch on Windows/Android TV | Interactive Bulletins | Partial |
| Storage & limits | |||
| Cloud storage | Unlimited | 50 GB | 100 GB |
| Screen count limit | Unlimited | 10-player min | 30-player min |
| Per-file upload size limit | No fixed cap | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vendor logo on screen (free of) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users, roles & workflow | |||
| Multi-user accounts | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Team workspaces / channels | ✓ | Unlimited Channels | ✓ |
| Role-based access control | ✓ | Custom Roles | ✓ |
| Custom branding (white-label admin) | ✓ | — | Channel Branding |
| Folders for presentations / schedules / displays | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-language UI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Analytics & reporting | |||
| Proof-of-play / impression reporting | ✓ | Impression Tracking | ✓ |
| Time-segment / date-range reports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email notifications on display online/offline | ✓ | Last Check-In Alerting | ✓ |
| Live snapshot / channel preview | ✓ | Channel Preview | ✓ |
| Remote management (RDM) | |||
| Manage screens from web / mobile | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote reboot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Power schedule (auto on/off) | ✓ | Power Save | ✓ |
| Remote troubleshooting / diagnostics | ✓ | Player Dashboard | ✓ |
| Remote software updates / MDM-driven | ✓ | Remote Software Updates + MDM | ✓ |
| Zero-touch player provisioning | ✓ | Zero-Touch Configuration | ✓ |
| + 4 more comparable features in Remote management (RDM) | |||
| Security & compliance | |||
| Multi-factor authentication (MFA / passkeys) | ✓ | MFA + Passkeys | ✓ |
| Audit logs | ✓ | System Health Checks | Partial |
| IP allow-list / restrictions | ✓ | — | — |
| Custom data residency | US/EU on request | Partial | Partial |
| Data encryption (at rest + in transit) | ✓ | TLS-Secured | ✓ |
| Player lockdown (kiosk mode / secure registration) | ✓ | Secure Player Registration | ✓ |
| + 2 more comparable features in Security & compliance | |||
| Hardware compatibility | |||
| Amazon Signage Stick (Fire OS) | Default device | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android TV / Google TV | ✓ | Chrome Enterprise | Partial |
| Windows PC | ✓ | PWA + Screen Saver | ✓ |
| Samsung Tizen native (SoC TV) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LG WebOS native | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Raspberry Pi | ✓ | — | — |
| + 1 more comparable feature in Hardware compatibility | |||
| Support | |||
| Knowledge base / docs | ✓ | Carousel Academy | ✓ |
| Email support | ✓ | 2-day SLA | 1-day SLA |
| Phone support | ✓ | — | — |
| Video / scheduled remote support | ✓ | — | Pre-Scheduled Remote |
| Same-business-hour SLA | ✓ | 2-day | 1-day |
| US-based support team | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| + 3 more comparable features in Support | |||
| Deployment options | |||
| Cloud / SaaS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-premise install | On request | — | — |
| Private cloud | Custom on request | — | — |
| Billing | |||
| Free trial duration | 7 days | — | — |
| Month-to-month billing | ✓ | — | — |
| Minimum screen count | None | 10 min | 30 min |
Switch in under an hour. Free.
Export from Carousel
Export your Carousel bulletins and channel definitions. Carousel's web admin lets you bulk-download media; channel layouts can be screenshot or rebuilt manually.
Upload to Brix
Drag and drop your assets — or send us the export and we handle it.
Pair your screens
Code-based pairing on the same hardware you already own. No reflashing.
We rebuild your schedules
Free, regardless of plan or screen count. Most migrations live the same day.
Need help? We'll do the migration for you.
Free, regardless of plan or screen count. Send us your export and we'll have you live before your next standup.
Talk to a real humanWhat Carousel gets right. And where the math breaks.
What Carousel gets right
Carousel is a real platform. SOC 2 Type II + HECVAT + CAIQ + SIG + annual pen test on every tier — that compliance posture is best-in-class for the K-12 and corporate-comms segment they're sized for. The BrightSign and Apple TV support is genuinely useful if you've already standardised on those players. Carousel Daily — their mobile companion app — is a thoughtful answer to 'how do you reach people who walk past screens without looking up.'
If you're a 200+ player district with a procurement team that has SOC 2 on the checklist and BrightSign on the loading dock — Carousel is built for that exact buyer.
Where the pricing math breaks
Carousel publishes Core at $25/screen/month with a 10-player minimum, Pro at $22/screen/month with a 30-player minimum (yes, the larger plan is cheaper per-screen because of the volume floor), and Enterprise as custom-quoted with a 200-player base. Storage tiers: 50 GB / 100 GB / 500 GB.
A 30-player Pro deployment is $7,920/year — the smallest commitment Carousel will accept at that tier. The same 30-screen deployment on Brix is $2,160/year. That's a $5,760/year gap, every year, with no minimums and no annual contract.
For a 10-screen pilot, Carousel forces you onto Core at $25/screen ($3,000/year). Brix is $720. Carousel is sized for buyers who already know they need 30+ players; it's not built for the operator running their first signage rollout.
When Carousel is the right choice
Carousel is the right call when you're a school district, government agency, or distributed corporate office that needs full vendor risk paperwork (SOC 2, HECVAT, CAIQ, SIG), Apple TV / BrightSign hardware support, and a 200+ player rollout where the procurement team writes RFPs.
For SMBs, gyms, restaurants, churches, salons, retail, manufacturing comms screens — the 30-player minimum and annual contract make Carousel a non-starter. Brix runs that same playbook for $6/screen with no minimums.
Real questions. Real answers.
We have fewer than 30 screens. Can we even use Carousel?
Only on Core at $25/screen with a 10-player minimum. For under 10 screens, Carousel won't sell to you at all. Brix has no minimum — run a single screen at $6/month.
Does Brix support BrightSign or Apple TV like Carousel does?
BrightSign via web URL, Apple TV via PWA. Native is on the roadmap; not shipped today. If your fleet is already 100% BrightSign and you can't change it, Carousel has the edge there. Most operators end up running Brix on the $99 Amazon Signage Stick instead — same software experience, no BYO tax.
What about SOC 2 / compliance paperwork?
Brix has security controls in place; SOC 2 attestation is on the roadmap, not in hand today. If your procurement team requires SOC 2, Carousel has it and we don't — yet. Talk to us if it's a 6-12 month timeline; we may be able to align.
Can I move my Carousel bulletins to Brix?
Yes. Send us your media library and channel layouts. We rebuild your channels and schedules for free, including multi-zone layouts. Most migrations live in under an hour.
Carousel runs annual contracts. Can we switch mid-contract?
Many customers run Brix in parallel for the last few months and cut over at renewal. Brix is month-to-month — no penalty for starting early or stopping later.
Stop paying for tiers. Start at $6.
Carousel customers move to Brix every week. The migration is free. The price is flat. The features are all included.