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12 top digital signage software providers for 2026
Finding the right software provider is one of the most important decisions you'll make when deploying digital signage in your business. This list of leading digital signage options will help you get started on your journey.
December 4, 2025 by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com
With an ever-growing number of software options, choosing the right solution for your digital signage deployment can be a daunting task for operators of all sizes.
That's why Digital Signage Today has compiled this overview of leading digital signage software providers that you should know about in 2026. We reached out to representatives of each provider for an overview of what makes each solution unique.
By referencing a list of leading providers, you can reduce the time and hassle in getting started with your software selection journey.
The companies are presented in alphabetical order for ease of reference.
BrightSign
At BrightSign, our end-to-end digital signage solutions help organizations unlock the power of effective communication. Powered by our proprietary BrightSignOSTM, our players are the most trusted in the industry — designed with cutting-edge technology and tailor-made for professional AV use.
From content authoring to security and maintenance, our software solutions keep signage fresh, secure, and running. Our all-in-one software offerings include brightAuthor connected and bsn.Control, which both come free with every BrightSign player. brightAuthor connected lets users design presentations using all available BrightSign features, including AI, and configure remote player setup with single or multiple players. Meanwhile, bsn.Control supports remote device management, allowing users to efficiently monitor player status and uptime and easily adjust settings, run diagnostics, reboot devices, and issue commands from anywhere.
Software overview
Our proprietary BrightSignOS powers the software on all BrightSign players, seamlessly connecting them to BSN.Cloud services and partner solutions. Purpose-built and optimized for digital signage, BrightSignOS is specialized and trusted. It's a protected operating system with a secure digital signature, designed to greatly reduce risks and be configurable to any security profile. Playback with self-healing and remote management support unmatched uptimes and reliability. Plus, its performance, features, and extensions built specifically for digital signage make it superior. It also operates and scales with free updates for unrivaled player longevity.
BrightSign gives users the freedom to choose their ideal cloud-connected content management system. Organizations can efficiently manage and scale signage networks — from one player to thousands — with cloud-connected software and services designed for seamless operation anytime, anywhere.
Key verticals
We support a range of industries including but not limited to retail, transportation, enterprise, museums, public spaces, banking and finance, healthcare, entertainment venues, hospitality, restaurants and education.
Carousel
For more than 25 years, Carousel has been helping organizations connect, inform, and engage their audiences through powerful digital signage communication. Backed by an incredible team that truly cares about our customers' success, we bring experience, creativity, and real-world understanding to every partnership. We're more than a software company, we're communication experts passionate about helping businesses, schools, and government organizations share messages that matter and keep their communities informed and safe.
Our software is simple to use, easy to scale, and designed for real-world communication. It supports multiple users, approval workflows, and CAP-enabled emergency alerts that ensure your messages reach the right people at the right time.
Software overview
Carousel is powerful digital signage software for screens of all sizes, designed to keep audiences informed, engaged, and safe. Deliver tailored messages across wall displays, tablets, mobile devices, and desktops, reaching people at the right place and time. With CAP-enabled emergency alerts, Carousel helps protect communities by delivering critical information quickly across every screen.
Simple to use and easy to scale, Carousel supports multiple users, approval workflows, and integrations with tools like Canva, Power BI, Google Slides, and PowerPoint, making it effortless to create and manage content across locations or departments, while minimizing the burden on IT through a secure, intuitive platform. What truly sets Carousel apart isn't just the software, it's the people behind it. Our experienced, creative team is fun to work with, passionate about helping customers succeed, and committed to guiding them with care and confidence.
Key verticals
Our dedicated team continues to empower organizations across corporate, education, government, retail, and healthcare sectors with simple, scalable tools that make communication easy, engaging, and effective.
Top clients
- Texas A&M University.
- Ingenium Center.
- Michigan State University.
- Acme Tools.
- Houston Texans.
Cayin Technology Co. Ltd.
Cayin Technology delivers robust, industrial-grade digital signage solutions worldwide, built for 24/7 stability and scale.
SMP players: High-performance, reliable media players for multi-screen and video wall playback.
CMS-SE: Central management server controlling up to 4,000 SMP players for large network efficiency.
Robustie solution: Combines SMP + CMS-SE for maximum stability and centralized control in critical projects.
Flexie solution: Uses cross-platform server technology to convert existing devices into cost-effective signage players for flexible deployment.
Tailored system: We offer flexible customization services to meet specific integration or application needs.
We are your trustworthy partner, focused on quality and long-term success.
Software overview
Our software's uniqueness lies in its uncompromising blend of stability, vertical specialization, and flexible customizability:
Industrial-grade reliability: Our software is designed to run Cayin's industrial-grade SMP players 24/7 with long-term stability, eliminating system failures common with consumer-grade solutions.
Specialized applications: We develop vertical software like xPost (with modules like meetingPost+) that offer focused, ready-to-use tools for specific needs like smart meeting room management, not just generic content playback.
Ultimate customization: Beyond standard features, our expert research and development team provides flexible ODM software and tailored services to integrate with clients' unique databases (ERP, POS, HIS) or devices, ensuring a perfect, non-contradictory fit for your project.
This strategic focus on reliability, specialization and bespoke integration is why Cayin is a trusted partner worldwide.
Key verticals
We specialize across major venues: Retail, hospitality, corporate, education, transportation, financial and government. Our solutions are built for high-stability, large-scale deployment globally. We provide tailored services for unique integration needs.
Top clients
- Retail/QSR: IKEA Philippines, Amway Thailand, and major retail chains like GNC and FamilyMart (Taiwan's largest digital signage deployment).
- Hospitality: Premium resorts and hotels such as Westin Desaru Coast Resort and AnCasa Hotel Kuala Lumpur.
- Healthcare: Facilities like Thawiwatthana Hospital in Thailand.
- Public sector/transportation: Projects in Bucharest Public Transport (Romania) and government-related entities like SABIC Academy and SWCC (Saudi Arabia).
Coates Group
For more than 60 years, Coates has been simplifying complex restaurant operations to create connected restaurant ecosystems through our tailored solutions, technology, and end-to-end services. With our game-changing content management system, award-winning hardware, and end-to-end services, we empower brands of all sizes to deliver dynamic, data-driven customer experiences at scale, and with ongoing support, we make it easy, ensuring our customers are supported at every step.
Our content management system, Switchboard™ CMS, enables brands and agencies to seamlessly manage, tailor and deploy menu content at every indoor and outdoor customer touchpoint. Switchboard™ delivers the right message to the right customer at the right time, helping improve key business results such as average check and order times, as well as brand experience.
Software overview
Built for quick service restaurants, Switchboard™ has sophisticated integration capabilities, creating a connected digital signage ecosystem for brands to easily scale across locations and restaurant profiles. The ability to streamline dynamic, data-driven content across all interaction points ensures a tailored and engaging ordering experience for customers.
Switchboard™ core features provide a wide set of benefits:
Campaign management is made simple with Switchboard's centralized content repository and easy deployment methods by selecting restaurants via playlists and a location tagging system.
Precision display and location management capabilities enhance the customer experience with high-impact video display that captures attention quickly through full animation and video playback.
When engaging content is paired with the sophisticated scheduling and dayparting features, customers are immersed in relevant content at any time of day – driving engagement and customer satisfaction.
Key verticals
The majority of our customers are global, quick service restaurant brands, but we also serve other industries including retail, transportation, petrol, education, and government.
Mandoe
Mandoe Media is a global digital signage leader that rapidly empowers businesses to create and display stunning visual content. Mandoe's enterprise-grade platform caters to users of all experience levels, enabling them to design captivating displays, make real-time updates, and broadcast content to screens anywhere. Whether you aim to engage customers or enhance internal communication, Mandoe's intuitive software is designed to meet your needs.
At the heart of Mandoe's offering is the AI-powered Magic Create tool, which generates personalized content from simple descriptions, such as "Burger Special $10.00," transforming them into dynamic templates in seconds. Mandoe's license includes full access to the Shutterstock library and thousands of customizable templates for users to deploy tailored content quickly. Mandoe's platform allows businesses to take control of their marketing, update content on demand, and boost sales while significantly reducing costs.
Software overview
Mandoe's software includes an AI-powered Magic Create tool, enabling businesses to produce professional, on-brand digital content effortlessly. This innovative tool simplifies creation by instantly generating fully editable designs based on user input. Users can craft stunning displays for small businesses or large enterprises without graphic design expertise. The highly intuitive platform features drag-and-drop customization, pre-built templates, and seamless cloud-based management. Mandoe integrates with diverse hardware, allowing for quick deployment and easy scalability of signage networks. This blend of AI innovation, flexibility, and user-friendliness aims to set Mandoe apart in the market.
Key verticals
- Restaurant.
- Fast food.
- Cafés.
- Bars.
- Corporate HR.
- Education.
- Retail.
- Fitness.
- Medical and health.
- Hair and beauty.
Top clients
- Dominos.
- KIA.
- NHS.
- Events DC.
- Alcorn State University.
Mvix
The Mvix CMS is a powerful, cloud-based digital signage content management system with no subscriptions required. Featuring dozens of apps, playlist and template management, advanced scheduling options, detailed reporting, and multi-role user controls, Mvix delivers a strong return on investment. From single-screen directories to full turnkey interactive deployments, Mvix enables you to create and deploy content quickly and easily.
Software overview
For a one-time fee, users receive a perpetual license for the Mvix CMS, bundled with an Mvix signage player. The Mvix CMS enables effortless content management and display across multiple locations. Featuring advanced tools such as automated scheduling, smart playlists, real-time monitoring, and professional layouts, Mvix delivers a digital signage solution built to scale.
Key verticals
We support clients across more than a dozen industries, including corporate offices, healthcare and manufacturing facilities, airports, government buildings, and educational campuses.
Top clients
- NASA
- Caesars Entertainment
- Marriott
- Verizon
- Timberland
NoviSign
NoviSign is an award-winning digital signage software platform, recognized globally for innovation, reliability, and user-friendly design. Powering over 60,000 screens across five continents, NoviSign delivers a complete cloud-based solution for creating, scheduling, and managing digital content from anywhere. Its intuitive Studio includes more than 50 drag-and-drop widgets, 400 customizable templates, and robust tools for analytics, real-time monitoring, user permissions, and playlist control.
The platform supports dynamic data integrations, interactive touchscreens, wayfinding, IoT connectivity, and stable offline playback across all major media players and operating systems. With built-in automation, AI-assisted design tools, and remote update capabilities, NoviSign simplifies creative workflows and ensures consistent, high-quality content delivery. From deployment to design, NoviSign offers all the tools needed to manage, scale, and optimize digital signage networks with ease.
Software overview
What makes NoviSign unique is its balance of simplicity and sophistication. Unlike complex or limited signage systems, NoviSign combines powerful enterprise tools with an interface anyone can master in minutes.
The platform's cloud-based architecture allows instant updates and remote management across thousands of screens, while built-in automation keeps content fresh without manual effort. Its open, hardware-agnostic design supports any operating system or player, giving users full flexibility and scalability.
From digital menu boards and wayfinding to interactive kiosks and corporate communication displays, NoviSign brings every type of screen to life through one intuitive, cloud-based platform. Its smart AI assists in layout creation, while real-time monitoring and analytics provide complete visibility over network performance. The result is a digital signage solution that grows with your needs—reliable, creative, and designed to make screen communication effortless.
Key verticals
- Restaurants.
- Education.
- Internal communications.
- Healthcare.
- Transportation.
- Hospitality.
- Government.
- Financial services.
Top clients
- Nvidia
- Disney
- Coca-Cola
- Hilton
- Porsche
Omnivex Corporation
Omnivex software helps mid to large sized companies simplify the management of their digital signage network. Users can easily collect, distribute, and present targeted real-time information across the organization on any screen. Omnivex digital signage software can be used for a variety of applications including schedules, menu boards, wayfinding, dashboards, emergency notifications and more.
Player management: Omnivex software efficiently manages digital signage, allowing remote monitoring for screen status, troubleshooting, bandwidth optimization, and tracking content play duration for strategic decision-making and advertiser reporting.
Content management: Users can organize and schedule content by screen, groups of screens, or across their network with Omnivex digital signage software, while putting real-time data like news, weather, traffic, wait times, and KPIs, at the audience's fingertips.
Software overview
Omnivex provides users the software they need to manage their digital signage network. Using Omnivex software, users can collect, process, and deliver targeted information across their entire business to any screen, any device. As a result, they can be confident that they are getting the right message in front of the right people at the right time.
Omnivex software can also consolidate data from multiple source systems. Users can put information at their audience's fingertips, including news, weather, social media feeds, real-time scheduling, production updates, inventory status, sales information, emergency notifications, and more.
The benefits of digital signage to the user's organization are numerous, including increased productivity, revenue growth, employee engagement, enhanced customer experience, and improved safety and compliance.
Key verticals
- Airports.
- Transportation.
- Education.
- Hospitality.
- Stadiums/entertainment.
- Healthcare.
- Government.
- Manufacturing.
- Corporate communications.
- Retail.
- Banking.
Top clients
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.
- Vancouver International Airport.
- Carhartt.
- Calgary Stampede.
- Reid Health.
Rise Vision
Rise Vision helps organizations and schools of all sizes communicate, teach, collaborate, and improve safety affordably with easy cloud-based digital signage, screen sharing, and emergency alerts — all backed by world-class support and flexible hardware options.
Rise Vision combines digital signage, screen sharing, and emergency alerts into an easy-to-use all-in-one platform, enabling engaging communication, seamless collaboration, and instant emergency notifications.
Since 1992, Rise Vision has been empowering organizations worldwide to communicate, teach, and collaborate better. Trusted in over 100 countries, our all-in-one platform offers easy-to-use digital signage, seamless screen sharing, powerful emergency alerts, and support for a wide range of devices. Whether you use our recommended media player and displays or bring your own hardware, Rise Vision ensures you're up and running in minutes with 600+ professionally designed templates and world-class support.
Software overview
Rise Vision offers easy-to-use and affordable cloud based digital signage, screen sharing, and emergency alerts to help organizations communicate, collaborate, and stay safe with one platform. Transform displays with dynamic digital signage, enable seamless screen sharing from any device, and deliver instant emergency alerts integrated with Common Alerting Protocol systems.
Rise Vision's easy cloud-based digital signage software helps you communicate, create a positive culture, and improve safety with 600+ animated, customizable templates and fast support.
With Rise Vision's Screen Sharing, you can transform any display into a wireless presentation hub, enabling seamless collaboration from any mobile device or PC with options for secure, moderated sessions.
Deliver critical information with high-contrast visuals, and broad reach to displays, interactive flat panels, and wireless presentation systems, ensuring no one misses important updates.
Key verticals
Rise Vision is dedicated to helping organizations and schools of all sizes create more connected and informed environments. Vertical markets using Rise Vision include K-12 education, higher education, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare and hospitals, libraries, and more.
Top clients
- Innovative Food Brands.
- Scheels.
- Milwaukee Public Schools.
- Thames Valley District School Board.
- Citizens Memorial Healthcare.
ScreenCloud
ScreenCloud is digital signage software built for ease of use, security and scalability.
Designed for organizations to share content easily across screens in offices, stores, factories, and public spaces, ScreenCloud connects popular tools such as Google Slides, Canva, MS Teams, SharePoint, and Power BI to keep information up to date without extra design work. There are over 80 ready-to-go apps in our app store, with new ones added all the time. Our AI-powered Quick Post app is also designed to help content teams create professional looking signage content in minutes without needing a design pro.
Used by global enterprise and small businesses alike, ScreenCloud is designed to power your entire digital signage network, from customer facing screens to dashboard displays and more.
Software overview
As a hardware agnostic solution, ScreenCloud works across most screens and devices, with features for remote device management, cloud-based content scheduling, and 99% glitch-free operation - all with enterprise-grade security. We also offer our own proprietary ScreenCloud OS devices for quick and easy setup and effortless scaling. Our unique Playgrounds app allows users to connect their choice of data source, effectively making the options for integrations unlimited.
Key verticals
Enterprise, corporate, manufacturing, healthcare, education, logistics/transport, retail, hospitality.
Top clients
- Compass Group.
- Orbia.
- Coca-Cola Consolidated.
- Beiersdorf.
- Werner Group.
SpinetiX
We are the Swiss digital signage technology pioneers celebrating 20 years of innovation in 2026. SpinetiX delivers the industry's most complete end-to-end solution, from robust media players to our award-winning cloud-based CMS and content authoring software, enabling partners and end users to create powerful, scalable, and easy-to-manage digital signage experiences.
Software overview
At SpinetiX, we do everything but the screens and stands out with our Digital Signage as a Service approach — a unified infrastructure that combines content creation, player control, and data-driven automation under one roof. At the heart of this ecosystem is SpinetiX HUB, the command center for seamless player management, and SpinetiX ARYA, our cloud-based CMS that makes professional digital signage accessible to everyone. Backed by enterprise-grade security, reliability, and a plug-and-play setup, our solutions help businesses communicate smarter, faster, and at scale.
Key verticals
We can serve the widest number of verticals and applications with a special focus on corporate, large venues, luxury retail, manufacturing, government, hospitality and education.
Top clients
- PSG – Paris Soccer Stadium.
- Equifax.
- Fannie Mae.
- Alberta Health Services.
- US Armed Forces and government agencies.
Xibo Signage
Xibo Signage is a leading global digital signage software provider. Xibo Signage empowers organizations of all sizes to create, manage and deliver engaging digital signage content with ease. Xibo is a trusted platform with a flexible open-source CMS that can be self-hosted or cloud hosted with Xibo Cloud Hosting solutions. Xibo is operated on more than 400, 000 screens worldwide and supports multiple player options, including Android, Windows, webOS, Tizen and ChromeOS. Through the CMS, users can design dynamic layouts, schedule and publish content, monitor displays and manage teams - all from a single, intuitive interface. Whether managing a single screen in a cafe or a larger multi-site retail network, Xibo provides the reliability, scalability and control needed for professional grade digital signage.
Software overview
Xibo Signage is built on the belief that digital signage should be accessible, flexible, and powerful for every business — regardless of size, industry, or technical expertise. Its scalable architecture allows organizations to start small and grow seamlessly, expanding their network as their needs evolve. Whether you're a small or medium sized business, Xibo grows with you.
Xibo also helps organizations unlock new revenue opportunities through the Xibo SSP Connector, which integrates directly with leading global digital-out-of-home supply side platforms. Combined with advanced scheduling, synchronization, and interactive features, Xibo enables businesses to deliver impactful, engaging, and monetizable digital experiences across any environment.
Key verticals
Xibo Signage serves a wide number of verticals and applications with a special focus on: Retail, education, hospitality and workplace.
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NoviSign Digital Signage
Digital Signage Made Easy
NoviSign is an award-winning digital signage platform powering 60,000+ screens worldwide. Its cloud-based system makes it easy to create, schedule, and manage dynamic content—delivering reliable, engaging, and scalable digital signage for any industry.
Rise Vision
Rise Vision is the All-in-one Platform for Digital Signage, Screen Sharing, & Emergency Alerts
Rise Vision helps you communicate, teach, collaborate, and improve safety affordably with easy cloud-based digital signage, screen sharing, and emergency alerts—all backed by world-class support and flexible hardware options.
SpinetiX
At SpinetiX, we inspire businesses to unlock the potential of their story. We believe in the power of digital signage as a dynamic new storytelling platform to engage with people. For more than 15 years, we have been constantly innovating to deliver cutting-edge technology that helps our customers shine.
Carousel Digital Signage
Keeping people informed, safe and connected.
Carousel is powerful digital signage software for screens of all sizes, designed to keep your audience informed and safe.
ScreenCloud
Smart, Simple and Scalable Digital Signage for Global Business
ScreenCloud is digital signage software featuring enterprise-grade security, remote device management, almost unlimited data integrations, and hands-on professional services to support rollout and scale.
Omnivex
Omnivex digital signage software enables organizations to collect, present, and share information in real-time, on any screen.
Coates Group
Coates Group empowers millions of customer interactions every day for the world's leading QSR brands, providing tailored technology and end-to-end services that enable brands to turn complex restaurant ecosystems into seamless experiences for their guests.
Xibo Signage
Digital Signage Solutions you can rely on! Xibo is a cost effective, reliable digital signage solution that adapts to your business needs.
Mandoe Media
Mandoe delivers high quality digital signage design software, hardware media players & software players enabling store owners to effectively communicate with their potential customers. All our products are developed to improve the agility, efficiency and simplicity of digital signage to increase sales and reduce marketing and operating costs.
CAYIN Technology Co., LTD
CAYIN Technology develops digital signage players, servers, and software, which are widely used in more than 80 countries. Its flexible platform is the best choice for system integrators to provide diversified solutions.
BrightSign
BrightSign is the global market leader in digital signage media players, offering the most reliable, secure and sophisticated solid-state media players on the market today.
Mvix
Mvix is a Pro-AV digital signage company that features our award-winning cloud-based digital signage software. Our solutions have been adopted worldwide by industries including schools, corporate offices, retail stores, hospitals, manufacturing facilities, and more.
