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$270 per device per year
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User industry
  1. Education and training
  2. Agriculture, fishing, and forestry
  3. Retail and wholesale

What is Signagelive

Signagelive is a cloud-based digital signage content management platform used to create, schedule, and publish content to screens across one or many locations. It is typically used by IT teams, internal communications, and signage operators in retail, corporate, education, and public-facing venues. The platform emphasizes centralized management, role-based workflows, and integrations for data-driven content. It supports a range of commercial media players and screen endpoints, with tools for multi-site operations and proof-of-play style reporting needs.

pros

Multi-site management and roles

Signagelive supports centralized administration for large screen networks with permissions and role-based access controls. This structure fits organizations that need separation between content creators, approvers, and local operators. It also supports grouping and targeting content by location, screen, or audience segment. These capabilities are commonly required for enterprise and franchise-style deployments.

Integration and API options

The product is designed to incorporate external data sources and business systems into signage content through integrations and developer options. This helps teams automate updates for items like dashboards, menus, schedules, or alerts rather than relying only on static media. It can reduce manual publishing effort when content changes frequently. Integration support is a key differentiator for organizations with existing IT and data platforms.

Broad endpoint and player support

Signagelive is used with multiple types of commercial signage players and screen endpoints rather than being limited to a single hardware ecosystem. This can help standardize content operations across mixed device fleets and reduce lock-in when hardware changes. It also supports common deployment patterns such as centrally managed players across many sites. This flexibility is useful for managed service providers and distributed enterprises.

cons

Complexity for small deployments

The platform’s enterprise-oriented features and workflow controls can be more than what a small business needs for a handful of screens. Teams without dedicated signage or IT support may face a steeper learning curve than with simpler, template-first tools. Initial configuration for roles, locations, and governance can take time. For basic use cases, this can increase time-to-value.

Costs scale with networks

Digital signage licensing typically scales by screen count and feature tier, and Signagelive is often positioned for professional deployments. As networks grow, ongoing subscription and support costs can become a meaningful budget line item. Organizations should validate what is included (players, integrations, support levels, analytics) versus add-ons. This is especially important for multi-location rollouts.

Hardware and OS constraints vary

While it supports multiple endpoints, capabilities can differ depending on the chosen player hardware and operating system. Some advanced features (for example, certain playback, monitoring, or device-management functions) may require specific player models or configurations. This can complicate standardization if an organization has a heterogeneous device fleet. A pilot is often needed to confirm feature parity across endpoints.

Plan & Pricing

Plan Price Key features & notes
Standard £200 / year; $270 / year; €230 / year (pricing per device, billed annually) Full CMS functionality: video, images, web pages, IPTV, live TV; scheduling, dashboard monitoring, nested playlists, dual display, remote device management; includes "Starter" support and unlimited users.
Web Content Licence Price not listed on official pricing page (contact sales) Web-only licence for URLs and Marketplace apps (does not support uploaded images/videos); pairs with the free Browser Player; can be mixed with Standard licences on the same network. (Price not published on signagelive.com/pricing; see Web Content Licence help article.)
Other / Optional modules & services Contact sales / custom pricing Enhanced support options, optional modules (Data Integrations, granular permissions, broadcast/player options) and reseller discounts available; many options are quoted via sales.

Seller details

Signagelive Limited
Bristol, United Kingdom
2007
Private
https://www.signagelive.com/
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