Poppulo alternative. Just $6/month.
Poppulo is built for Fortune 100 internal-comms teams running email, mobile apps, signage, and journeys across 50,000 employees. If your need is screens that show content, that platform is overpriced and overscaled. Brix is $6/screen flat, no contract.
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Poppulo prices for Fortune 100. Brix prices for the rest of us.
$6/screen vs Fortune 100 enterprise contracts
Poppulo serves 40+ Fortune 100 companies — that's their ICP, that's how they price. SMB operators, single-location restaurants, mid-market retailers — none of you are getting the Fortune 100 number. Brix is $6/screen, the same for every customer.
You're paying for the Employee Engagement Platform
Poppulo bundles employee email, mobile apps, signage, and 'employee journeys' into one suite. If you just need screens showing menus or promotions, you're absorbing the cost of three channels you'll never use.
21-day trial, then 'talk to sales' forever
Poppulo's free trial is 21 days of Email Pro+ — not signage, not the full platform. After that everything is custom-quoted. Brix is $6/screen, public, posted, no sales conversation required.
No pricing pages. No problem.
Poppulo routes everyone through "contact sales." That's a tell — they're sizing the quote based on who you are, not the value of the product.
Brix is $6 per screen, flat. Every feature included. Public pricing, real numbers, no procurement gatekeeping. Book a Demo — see the price.
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 Poppulo plan is required to unlock the feature.
| Feature | Brix · $6 flat |
|---|---|
| Content & media | |
| Image upload & playback | ✓ |
| Video upload & playback | ✓ |
| Document upload & display (PDF, Word, PowerPoint) | ✓ |
| Web pages / HTML / web URL | ✓ |
| YouTube / live streaming | ✓ |
| Authenticated / secured web pages | Public + basic auth |
| + 1 more comparable feature in Content & media | |
| Layout & design | |
| Multi-zone / split-screen layouts | ✓ |
| Drag-and-drop layout editor | ✓ |
| Pre-built templates (count) | Curated set |
| Auto-size text / responsive templates | ✓ |
| Lockable layouts | ✓ |
| Canva integration | ✓ |
| + 1 more comparable feature in Layout & design | |
| Scheduling & playlists | |
| Build playlists | ✓ |
| Day-parting / time-of-day scheduling | ✓ |
| Working hours / screen schedules | ✓ |
| Tag-based playlists / sub-playlists | ✓ |
| Advanced media scheduling rules | ✓ |
| Per-asset expiry | ✓ |
| + 6 more comparable features in Scheduling & playlists | |
| Apps & integrations | |
| App count | 9 + custom-built on request |
| Custom-built apps on request | ✓ |
| RSS / news / weather feeds | ✓ |
| Slack integration | Webhook-based |
| Power BI dashboards | ✓ |
| Open API | ✓ |
| + 1 more comparable feature in Apps & integrations | |
| Interactive & kiosk | |
| Interactive kiosk app | Touch on Windows/Android TV |
| Storage & limits | |
| Cloud storage | Unlimited |
| Screen count limit | Unlimited |
| Per-file upload size limit | No fixed cap |
| Vendor logo on screen (free of) | ✓ |
| Users, roles & workflow | |
| Multi-user accounts | Unlimited |
| Team workspaces / channels | ✓ |
| Role-based access control | ✓ |
| Custom branding (white-label admin) | ✓ |
| Folders for presentations / schedules / displays | ✓ |
| Multi-language UI | ✓ |
| Analytics & reporting | |
| Proof-of-play / impression reporting | ✓ |
| Time-segment / date-range reports | ✓ |
| Email notifications on display online/offline | ✓ |
| Live snapshot / channel preview | ✓ |
| Remote management (RDM) | |
| Manage screens from web / mobile | ✓ |
| Remote reboot | ✓ |
| Power schedule (auto on/off) | ✓ |
| Remote troubleshooting / diagnostics | ✓ |
| Remote software updates / MDM-driven | ✓ |
| Zero-touch player provisioning | ✓ |
| + 4 more comparable features in Remote management (RDM) | |
| Security & compliance | |
| Multi-factor authentication (MFA / passkeys) | ✓ |
| Audit logs | ✓ |
| IP allow-list / restrictions | ✓ |
| Custom data residency | US/EU on request |
| Data encryption (at rest + in transit) | ✓ |
| Player lockdown (kiosk mode / secure registration) | ✓ |
| + 2 more comparable features in Security & compliance | |
| Hardware compatibility | |
| Amazon Signage Stick (Fire OS) | Default device |
| Android TV / Google TV | ✓ |
| Windows PC | ✓ |
| Samsung Tizen native (SoC TV) | ✓ |
| LG WebOS native | ✓ |
| Open hardware (no vendor lock-in) | ✓ |
| + 1 more comparable feature in Hardware compatibility | |
| Support | |
| Knowledge base / docs | ✓ |
| Email support | ✓ |
| Phone support | ✓ |
| Video / scheduled remote support | ✓ |
| Same-business-hour SLA | ✓ |
| Free migration assistance | ✓ |
| + 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 |
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Export from Poppulo
Export your Poppulo digital signage content. Poppulo's admin lets you download media and channel definitions; we'll rebuild your screens, layouts, and schedules for free.
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 Poppulo gets right. And where the math breaks.
What Poppulo gets right
Poppulo is one of the strongest internal-comms platforms in the world. Their email engagement metrics are genuinely best-in-class, the mobile Employee App is polished, and the integration across email + mobile + signage + 'employee journeys' is unmatched if you're running corporate comms at scale. ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, and a 24/7 global support footprint match the Fortune 100 buyer profile perfectly.
If you're a Director of Internal Communications at a 30,000-employee company running multi-channel campaigns across email, mobile, and signage, Poppulo is purpose-built for you. The platform consolidation is real value at that scale.
Where the pricing math breaks
Poppulo doesn't publish pricing. Industry reports and former-customer data place enterprise contracts in the six- and seven-figure annual range, with signage typically a smaller line item inside a larger employee-engagement deal. Per-screen cost varies wildly with the bundle but rarely lands below $30-$60/screen/month equivalent when you back out the licensing.
A Fortune 1000 buyer might be running 200 signage screens as part of a $400,000 Poppulo contract — the per-screen number is buried in the email + mobile spend. Strip out the bundle and you're paying enterprise rates for screens that, in isolation, Brix runs for $6.
The pricing model only works if you actually use the multi-channel orchestration. For signage-only deployments, it's the most expensive path in the category.
When Poppulo is the right choice
Poppulo is the right call when you're an internal-comms team at a 10,000+ employee company running coordinated multi-channel campaigns across email, mobile, signage, and 'employee journeys.' The orchestration value, the engagement analytics, and the SOC 2 / ISO 27001 compliance footprint are all genuine Fortune 100 strengths.
For SMBs, mid-market retailers, healthcare clinics, single-location operators, and any business that doesn't have a dedicated internal-comms function — Brix is signage-only, priced for that buyer, and doesn't require you to absorb the cost of three communication channels you'll never use.
Real questions. Real answers.
We're not Fortune 100. Will Poppulo even quote us?
Probably not seriously. Their entire go-to-market is built around enterprise sales cycles and multi-channel deals. Mid-market and below get 'priority' for a Brix-style competitor — that's us. $6/screen, no quote needed.
We use Poppulo for email. Can we keep that and just switch signage?
Yes — Brix is signage-only and doesn't touch email. Run Poppulo for email, Brix for screens. Splitting these is usually cheaper than the bundled deal and you keep best-in-class email tooling.
Does Brix integrate with Poppulo email or campaigns?
Not natively. If you're orchestrating coordinated email-and-signage campaigns, that's exactly what Poppulo bundles. Brix runs signage in isolation. For most SMB and mid-market operators, isolated signage is what you actually need.
What about SOC 2 / ISO 27001?
Brix has security controls in place; SOC 2 attestation is on the roadmap, not in hand today. If your procurement requires SOC 2 + ISO 27001 + 24/7 global support, Poppulo has that. Most operators don't actually need it; if you do, that's a legitimate Poppulo strength.
Free migration?
Yes — send us your Poppulo signage export, we rebuild your screens and schedules for free. Most migrations live the same day.
Stop paying for tiers. Start at $6.
Poppulo customers move to Brix every week. The migration is free. The price is flat. The features are all included.