Of the platforms compared here, digitalsignage.com has the lowest published paid price, at $3 per screen per month. Yodeck (one screen), OptiSigns (three screens, with a watermark) and digitalsignage.com (three screens) have free plans, and Xibo’s self-hosted CMS is free, although its Android, Tizen, webOS and ChromeOS players need a paid licence. Hardware, installation and support usually cost more than the licence over a network’s life.

Volume (Hubble), Yodeck, OptiSigns, ScreenCloud, NowSignage, Look Digital Signage and Navori all list Samsung Tizen and LG webOS support. Xibo supports both with a paid player licence, and Rise Vision lists LG webOS. BrightSign’s own software only runs on BrightSign players.

Volume’s Hubble CMS has an AI content builder. Yodeck has an AI agent, OptiSigns has AI Designer, Rise Vision has an AI presentation generator, Look Digital Signage has an AI content creator, and Navori offers AI content automation. ScreenCloud sells its AI product, Arc, separately.

Not always. Commercial displays running Samsung Tizen or LG webOS can run a CMS player app directly. Consumer TVs and older displays need an external player, usually Android-based, such as Volume’s Relay. BrightSign players are another option, but only with a CMS that supports them.

Yes. Volume (London), Xibo (Hove) and NowSignage (Cheshire) are UK-based. Signagelive started in the UK but is now part of Swiss company Navori Labs.

With self-serve software you buy a licence, then source, install and support the screens yourself. A managed provider such as Volume also supplies the hardware, installs it, monitors the network and fixes faults, so you only manage the content.