The short version. Almost every platform here charges per screen, every month. easyCMS charges once, so it is the cheapest hosted choice for a few to twenty-five screens that stay up for years. For one screen, a free plan wins; for a big school, a strict IT department or a team that runs its own server, someone else is the better buy, and we name them below.
We publish this page and sell one of the products on it, so read it with that in mind. Every competitor figure comes from that vendor’s own pricing page, checked September 2026, in the currency they publish. Nothing is converted, and plans with no published price are marked as such.
Good to know Every competitor price here is tracked in the Digital Signage Pricing Index, re-read monthly. The cost calculator runs the same comparison for your own screen count.
The ten platforms side by side
Entry price is the cheapest paid plan the vendor publishes. All figures from the vendor’s own pricing page, checked September 2026, in the vendor’s currency.
| Platform | Pricing model | Entry price | Free offer | Storage | Who they are, where it runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| easyCMS | One-time purchase per account and per licence | Account 49 EUR including 1 licence, up to 5 displays; extra licence 99 EUR, or 66 EUR each in the same order as the account; Samsung Tizen or LG webOS 129 EUR | None. No free plan and no free trial | 1GB account, 5GB PRO, 20GB Enterprise | DynamicDigital, Warsaw; CMS runs on a server at Hetzner in Falkenstein, Germany |
| Yodeck | Subscription per screen per month, same rate monthly or annual | Basic USD 8 / EUR 8 / GBP 7 | 1 screen free forever, unlimited storage | Unlimited file storage | Cloud platform; 800+ templates; single sign-on (SAML) on Enterprise |
| OptiSigns | Subscription per screen per month, about 10% off annually | Standard USD 10 monthly, USD 9 annual (EUR 7.50 annual) | Up to 3 screens, 1GB, the OptiSigns logo is shown on your screens, community support only | 1GB on the free plan | Cloud platform; publishes USD and EUR; 14-day trial |
| ScreenCloud | Subscription per screen per month | Core USD 20 billed annually, USD 24 monthly | None. 14-day trial, no card | Not stated on the pricing page | Cloud platform; publishes a formal SLA at 99.99% uptime with service credits; PIXI player USD 95, ScreenCloud OS player USD 199 |
| Rise Vision | Subscription per display, priced by customer segment | K-12 Basic USD 11; Business and Government Basic USD 12 per display per month | None. 14-day trial, no card | Not stated on the pricing page | K-12 Enterprise USD 1,399 per school per year for unlimited displays; 1-business-hour response SLA on all plans |
| TelemetryTV | Subscription per device per month | Entry USD 8 | None listed | Not stated on the pricing page | Core USD 13, Elite USD 16 with a 10-device minimum |
| Navori | Hybrid: cloud subscription plus quote-only self-hosting | Cloud Essential USD 14 per player per month, USD 168 per player per year | None. No trial published | Not stated on the pricing page | Cloud Professional, Enterprise and perpetual self-hosting are quote-only with no published price |
| digitalsignage.com (MediaSignage) | Freemium cloud plus perpetual on-premise | mediaCLOUD+ USD 3.00 per screen per month | mediaCLOUD FREE, up to 3 screens, no time limit | Not stated on the pricing page | mediaSERVER on-premise: server software USD 895 one-time, player licences USD 135 to USD 195 each, support USD 39 per licence per year |
| Juuno | Subscription per screen per month, monthly billing only | Business USD 5, Growth USD 9 | None. 7-day trial, no card | Not stated on the pricing page | White Label USD 100 per month including 20 screens |
| Xibo | Hybrid: cloud subscription, or run it on your own server for free (open source, AGPLv3) | Cloud Professional EUR 4.40 per display per month, EUR 52.80 per year; self-hosted CMS EUR 0 | 14-day trial of Professional | Not stated on the pricing page | Open-source CMS you can host yourself; self-hosted perpetual player licences: Android EUR 25.50, webOS and Tizen EUR 75.00, Windows and Linux free; White Label EUR 190 one-off |
Five years, twenty-five screens
Software only, at each vendor’s cheapest published paid plan, using the yearly rate where there is one. Currencies are as published, so the order is a guide rather than an exact ranking.
| Platform and plan | 25 screens, five years |
|---|---|
| Xibo, on your own server, Android player licences | EUR 637.50, plus your server and the person who runs it |
| easyCMS, bought in one order | EUR 1,883 once (EUR 2,675 if licences are added later) |
| digitalsignage.com mediaCLOUD+ | USD 4,500 |
| Xibo Cloud Professional | EUR 6,600 |
| Juuno Business | USD 7,500 |
| Yodeck Basic | USD 12,000 |
| TelemetryTV Entry | USD 12,000 |
| OptiSigns Standard, yearly billing | USD 13,500 |
| Rise Vision Business Basic | USD 18,000 |
| Navori Cloud Essential | USD 21,000 |
| ScreenCloud Core, yearly billing | USD 30,000 |
Competitor prices checked September 2026. Displays, players and add-ons are not included. The easyCMS PRO account is 299€ with 66€ licences bought in the same order; nothing renews.
Who should choose what
Eight common situations. In six of them we would point you somewhere other than easyCMS. All competitor prices checked September 2026.
One screen, spend nothing
Yodeck. Its free plan gives you one screen for good, with unlimited storage. easyCMS would cost 49€ for the same screen.
Three screens, a logo is fine
digitalsignage.com or OptiSigns. Both give three screens free. On its free plan OptiSigns shows its logo on your screens, which is fine in a staff room but not on a restaurant menu.
Cheapest first year, not sure it will last
Juuno. Business is $5 a screen a month, with nothing to buy. easyCMS is cheaper over five years, but Juuno is the lower-risk start.
A school with lots of screens in one building
Rise Vision. $1,399 per school a year for unlimited screens. At about forty screens it beats us; at twelve, easyCMS is 1,025€ once.
Strict IT rules
Yodeck Enterprise or ScreenCloud. If you need one company login for every app (single sign-on) or a written uptime guarantee, easyCMS has neither.
You have an IT person and your own server
Xibo on your own server. The software is free and Android player licences are 25.50€ once. The cheapest option here, if someone looks after the server.
Five to twenty-five screens, for years
easyCMS. Bought in one order: 313€ for five screens, 893€ for ten, 1,883€ for twenty-five, once. Hosted for you in the EU, run from your phone.
Proof of play or your own brand
easyCMS. Reports of what played are on every plan, from 49€. Your own brand on your own domain is Enterprise, 1,290€ a year.
Above 25 screens easyCMS needs Enterprise at 1,290€ a year, with licences at 49€ for Android, 99€ for LG webOS and Samsung Tizen, and free for Windows and Linux. Full working in digital signage cost per screen.
Where easyCMS is weaker
Most comparison pages leave this out. All of it is true today.
Storage is capped
1GB, 5GB on PRO, 20GB on Enterprise. Yodeck and OptiSigns offer unlimited storage on paid plans. See how much you need.
No free plan, no trial
Yodeck, OptiSigns and digitalsignage.com have free plans; several others have trials. With us, the cheapest way in is 49€.
No company login or certificates
No single sign-on, no two-step sign-in, no SOC 2 or ISO 27001. Separate logins per person come with Enterprise only.
Fewer extras
No app marketplace, no public API portal and no till (POS) integration. Studio has more than 200 templates; Yodeck lists 800+.
A person costs extra
Guides and the assistant are free, email answers usually take two to three working days, and an expert hour is 25€. Rise Vision includes a one-business-hour response on every plan.
Some settings go through us
You run your screens, we run the system. A few server-wide changes need an email to us.
What to ask every vendor, us included
- What happens to my screens the day I stop paying? Get the answer in writing.
- Where is my data stored, and who handles it? Our GDPR checklist lists what to ask.
- How do I get my content out if I leave, and in what format?
- Which plan will I actually need, and what support comes with it?
- Do I have to buy their player, or can I use the screens I have? See players for easyCMS.
Questions buyers ask
What is the cheapest digital signage software?
On software alone, Xibo on your own server, if you can run it. Of the hosted options, easyCMS is cheapest at 25 screens over five years: 1,883€ once. For one screen, Yodeck’s free plan costs nothing.
Is there free digital signage software that is not a trial?
Yes. Yodeck: one screen. digitalsignage.com: three screens. OptiSigns: three screens with its logo shown. Xibo: free if you host it yourself. All checked September 2026. easyCMS has no free plan. More in free digital signage software.
Is paying once always cheaper than a subscription?
No, only if the screens stay up. Over five years the gap is large. For a short pilot you might drop, rent instead.
How current are these prices?
Every competitor figure was read from the vendor’s own pricing page in September 2026. Prices change, so check the number before you buy. Ours are on the pricing page.
Can I try easyCMS before I pay?
There is no free trial. The support guides, the assistant and the FAQ are free with no account, or ask us anything first. For the two platforms most often shortlisted with us, read OptiSigns vs Yodeck vs easyCMS.