# A free Fugo alternative where your agent builds the dashboards and team screens

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For most teams, screenRIG is the better and cheaper choice than Fugo: it is free, your agent builds the dashboards and team screens, and Fugo's plans cost $20 to $40 per screen a month, billed annually. We make screenRIG, and every Fugo fact here links to Fugo's own page.

Updated October 28, 2026 · Checked October 28, 2026.

> **You:** Put this week's sales numbers on the sales floor TV as a scorecard. Pipeline created is $1,180K against $1,500K, closed won is $212K against $200K, meetings booked is 38 against 40, and first reply time is 14 minutes against 15.
>
> **Agent:** Done. The sales floor TV shows four tiles, each with its target and a trend line. Closed won is green and ahead of target. Pipeline created is red, $320K short with two days left. It was playing about two seconds after I sent it, and I checked the screen.

## From one message to a team scorecard

This is a real session on a test screen, run on 28 October 2026. The company and its numbers are made up.

![A dark sales scorecard with four tiles: Pipeline created $1,180K against a $1,500K target, Closed won $212K, Meetings booked 38 and First reply time 14 min.](https://screenrig.ai/static-resources/images/screenshots/landing/compare-fugo-sales-scorecard-a3739575.webp)
*What the sales floor TV showed when the job finished. Each tile's status, variance and trend line are worked out on the screen from the numbers and targets it was sent.*

Later in the week the numbers move.

> **You:** Closed won is up to $236K, and we hit 40 meetings.
>
> **Agent:** Updated. Closed won reads $236K, $36K over target, and meetings booked reads 40, on target. I changed the numbers in place, so nothing was published again, and I checked the screen.

![The same scorecard after the update: Closed won now $236K, 18 percent over its $200K target, and Meetings booked now 40, on target.](https://screenrig.ai/static-resources/images/screenshots/landing/compare-fugo-scorecard-updated-24e0470b.webp)
*The screen after the update. Closed won moved from $212K to $236K and meetings booked from 38 to 40. Pipeline created and first reply time did not change.*

Fugo puts dashboards and team screens up front. [Its TV dashboards page](https://www.fugo.ai/tv-dashboards/) is headed "Securely display any dashboard on your workplace TV screens", and its Core plan is for teams that need "integrations, dashboard visibility, and advanced tools to engage staff" ([pricing](https://www.fugo.ai/pricing/)). The scorecard above is one of more than 200 ready-made [apps](https://screenrig.ai/apps.md). Your agent fills it with the numbers you give it, or with numbers it reads from the tools it is already connected to. screenRIG holds no integration with those tools: the connection is your agent's.

## What does Fugo cost per screen?

[Fugo's pricing page](https://www.fugo.ai/pricing/) lists three plans, each billed per screen: Essential at $20, Core at $30 and Enterprise at $40 per screen per month, billed annually. It also lists a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and one free watermarked screen to test with. TV dashboards, Power BI and Looker integrations start on Core, and its plan table lists TV dashboard URLs as not available on Essential.

| Screens | screenRIG | Fugo Essential ($20) | Fugo Core ($30) | Fugo Enterprise ($40) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Free | $240 a year | $360 a year | $480 a year |
| 2 | Free | $480 a year | $720 a year | $960 a year |
| 3 | Free | $720 a year | $1,080 a year | $1,440 a year |
| 5 | Free | $1,200 a year | $1,800 a year | $2,400 a year |
| 10 | Free | $2,400 a year | $3,600 a year | $4,800 a year |

Yearly cost is the list price times the number of screens times 12, before tax. It leaves out Fugo's volume discounts for Enterprise, its discounted pricing for educational and registered non-profit organizations, and monthly billing. Hardware is left out too: Fugo says you do not need a dedicated player, and quotes its Fugo NUC and Chromebox on request. On screenRIG, Standard includes up to 50 screens. See [pricing](https://screenrig.ai/upgrades.md) for more.

Fugo is a good fit if your team wants its Power BI or Looker dashboards on screen as they are. Core and Enterprise include both integrations, and [Fugo's TV dashboards page](https://www.fugo.ai/tv-dashboards/) says Power BI, Looker and Grafana Cloud dashboards load and update directly on the device.

> **How we checked.** Fugo's prices and limits come from the pages under Sources, read on 28 Oct 2026, in US dollars. Fugo is a trademark of its owner, and screenRIG is not affiliated with it. If a figure has moved, [tell us](https://screenrig.ai/contact.md).

## Moving over from Fugo

screenRIG has no importer built for Fugo, so the move goes through a folder of files. [Fugo's Media Overview](https://help.fugo.ai/en/articles/15921077-media-overview) says that Open Original on a file's details opens the raw uploaded file in a new browser tab. Save your originals into one folder, then ask your agent to import it:

> **You:** Move our Fugo screens here. The files I uploaded to Fugo are saved in the fugo-files folder, and playlists.csv and screens.csv in it list our playlists and screens.
>
> **Agent:** I read the fugo-files folder: 5 files come over, 4 images and 1 video. 1 does not: brand-guide.pdf is not an image, video or audio file. Your playlists.csv gives 2 playlists, Lobby loop and Menus, and your screens.csv gives 3 screens, which I will leave waiting under their names: Lobby, Cafe and Break room. Install the screenRIG Player on each one, read me its code, and I'll connect it with its playlist, tags and time zone.

- **Keep your originals.** Your agent reads the folder, or a .zip of it, and nothing from your Fugo account. Images, video and audio come over as media. PDFs and slide decks do not, so export their pages as images first.
- **List what goes where.** The optional playlists.csv names each playlist, its files and their order. The optional screens.csv names each screen with its group, playlist and time zone. Without a playlists.csv, each folder of media becomes a playlist.
- **Set schedules afterwards.** A folder holds files and lists, not Fugo's schedules, so tell your agent when each playlist should play.
- **Check your players.** [Fugo's pricing FAQ](https://www.fugo.ai/pricing/) says it works on ChromeOS, Windows, Android, LG WebOS, Samsung SSSP and more. The screenRIG Player is a free app for Android, Windows, Linux and Raspberry Pi, managed ChromeOS devices and Samsung Smart Signage displays, and it runs in any modern browser. [Downloads](https://screenrig.ai/downloads.md) lists every device.

[Start](https://screenrig.ai/docs/start.md) shows how to connect your agent.

## Questions

### Is Fugo free?

Not for production screens. [Fugo's pricing page](https://www.fugo.ai/pricing/) lists a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and one free watermarked screen for testing. Every other screen needs a plan, from $20 per screen per month billed annually (checked 28 Oct 2026).

### Does Fugo work with AI agents?

Yes. [Fugo's MCP overview](https://help.fugo.ai/en/articles/15260675-fugo-mcp-overview) describes a hosted MCP server that an assistant such as Claude connects to after a one-time browser sign-in. It acts with your own Fugo role and can list screens, upload media, publish playlists and fire triggers. The article does not say which plans include it. screenRIG works with your agent on every plan. [Digital signage MCP servers compared](https://screenrig.ai/compare/digital-signage-mcp-servers.md) sets the vendors side by side.

### Does screenRIG have a design studio like Fugo's?

No. Your agent builds each screen, from ready-made apps, images, video and web pages, and people review, approve and watch on the dashboard. If your team designs every screen by hand in a browser, Fugo's content design studio fits that work.

### What does screenRIG cost, and what does it include?

screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more. Standard includes up to 50 screens, so a tenth screen costs what the first one did. Your screens show only your content: no screenRIG watermark or logo. See [pricing](https://screenrig.ai/upgrades.md).

## Put your own numbers on a screen

A scorecard was one job. [Show a dashboard on a TV screen](https://screenrig.ai/guides/dashboard-on-tv.md) shows your agent turning other numbers into big figures, gauges and charts.

## Sources

- [www.fugo.ai/pricing](https://www.fugo.ai/pricing/)
- [www.fugo.ai/tv-dashboards](https://www.fugo.ai/tv-dashboards/)
- [help.fugo.ai/en/articles/15260675-fugo-mcp-overview](https://help.fugo.ai/en/articles/15260675-fugo-mcp-overview)
- [help.fugo.ai/en/articles/15921077-media-overview](https://help.fugo.ai/en/articles/15921077-media-overview)
- [screenrig.ai/upgrades](https://screenrig.ai/upgrades)
- [screenrig.ai/apps](https://screenrig.ai/apps)
- [screenrig.ai/downloads](https://screenrig.ai/downloads)
- [screenrig.ai/docs/start](https://screenrig.ai/docs/start)

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