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Digital signage software compared: data sources, apps and features

Digital signage platforms differ most in what they connect to, which apps they include and which platform features come with them. The three tables below set them side by side, each cell read from the vendor's own documentation. screenRIG, which we make, is free. Pay only if you want more.

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01 Data sources

Data sources

This table compares what each platform ships to keep screens live from outside systems, such as calendars, sheets, webhooks and public feeds. Each cell is read from the vendor's own documentation, on 2 November 2026. A check mark means the platform ships it. A half mark means partial: limited, embed-only, code you write, or undocumented. A dash means we found nothing.

  • Shipped
  • Partial
  • None found
YodeckOptiSignsScreenCloudRise VisionScreenlyNoviSignLookscreenRIG
Plumbing
Calendars and rooms (Google, Microsoft 365)
Google Sheets
JSON or REST mapped onto a layout
Inbound webhook that changes data
Per-screen data, staleness, failure alerts
Power BI, Tableau, Grafana
CAP public-safety alerts
Weather and RSS
Long tail
Signed-in page capture (stored login, TOTP)
Salesforce, Jira, Zendesk
Workplace
Slack, Teams, Viva Engage
Recognition, HR, sales gamification
Commerce and social
POS menus (Square, Shopify, Toast, Clover)
Instagram and Facebook
Google Reviews
Live content
Sports scores
Stock quotes
Traffic and travel time
Flights
Transit departures
Public feeds: quakes, tides, recalls, launches
Media
Folder sync (Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive)
Shipped, of 221618176129721
  • Partial: limited, embed-only, code you write, or undocumented.

02 Built-in apps

Built-in apps

This table compares the apps each platform includes for the screen, such as menu boards, clocks, room signs and leaderboards. Live data (scores, stocks, transit, social posts and reviews) is in the table above. Each cell is read from the vendor's own documentation, on 2 November 2026. Partial means limited, embed-only, code you write, or undocumented.

  • Shipped
  • Partial
  • None found
YodeckOptiSignsScreenCloudRise VisionScreenlyNoviSignLookscreenRIG
Menus and retail
Menu boards
Allergens and nutrition
Information
Weather
Clocks and countdowns
News and RSS
Calendars and event schedules
Meeting room signs
Wayfinding and directories
Workplace
KPI tiles and charts
Leaderboards
Birthdays, anniversaries, celebrations
Announcements and notice boards
Safety counters (days without incident)
Queue and ticket numbers
Job openings
Interactive
QR codes
Touch menus and kiosk apps
Surveys and forms
Media and templates
YouTube and video platforms
Live streams
Web pages
Documents (PDF, PowerPoint, Google Slides)
Template library
100+ ready-made apps or templates
Shipped, of 241716181912151522
  • Partial: limited, embed-only, code you write, or undocumented. Live data sources (scores, stocks, transit, social, reviews, alerts) are compared in the table above.
  • screenRIG counts its 200+ built-in cards as apps; web pages, video, streams and documents play through its content types.

03 Platform features

Platform features

This table compares the platform itself: how screens are scheduled, checked and secured, and how other software reaches them. Each cell is read from the vendor's own documentation, on 2 November 2026. Partial means it holds on some devices only, as an add-on, or through a workaround.

  • Shipped
  • Partial
  • None found
YodeckOptiSignsScreenCloudRise VisionScreenlyNoviSignLookscreenRIG
Players
Android and Google TV
Amazon Fire TV / Signage Stick
Raspberry Pi
Windows
macOS
Linux PC
Apple TV
Samsung Tizen
LG webOS
BrightSign
Browser or web player
Plays offline from local storage
Playback
4K video
Video walls (several displays as one)
Live streams (HLS)
RTSP IP cameras
Touch and kiosk mode
Emergency override or alerts
Dayparts and time zone per screen
Management
Groups, tags or folders across sites
Proof of play reports
Remote screenshots or live view
Device health and offline alerts
Remote reboot or app restart
Approval before publishing
Security and admin
SSO (SAML or OIDC)
SCIM provisioning
Audit log
Roles and per-screen permissions
Platform
Public API (REST or GraphQL)
Outbound webhooks
Custom apps or SDK
AI agent control (MCP, plugin, CLI)
Business
Free plan with no time limit
Sell ad airtime or ad marketplace
Reseller or white label program
Shipped, of 362727252019202232
  • 2 = shipped and documented on the vendor's own pages, 1 = partial (some devices, an add-on or a workaround), 0 = none found. Checked 2 November 2026; plan-gated features count.
  • Video walls and 4K depend on the device for every vendor, so those rows are mostly 1.

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05 Sources

Checked November 2, 2026

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