EasySignage
Forever-free one screen—with watermark and storage fine print
EasySignage is a budget-friendly alternative to Play Digital Signage with a forever-free one-screen plan and Canva-friendly workflows. Strong apps and templates—just know the free tier shows a logo every 10 seconds, storage caps apply, and human support is 16/5 regional hours.
Play vs Easy Signage
Every project is different, so EasySignage may win for some teams while Play wins for others. EasySignage markets forever-free one-screen plans and Canva-friendly workflows. This page is a fairer read on Free / Basic / Premium / Enterprise packaging (paid entry about $8.25 annual / $9.98 monthly), watermark and storage limits, 16/5 support versus Play's 24/7 chat, and how those stack against Play's Essential / Pro / Ultimate plans (about $8 / $12 / $16)—so you can decide with the same checklist on both sides.
Pricing
On EasySignage's FAQ (confirm live checkout on publish day), paid licensing is about $9.98 per screen per month monthly or $8.25 annually. Their pricing page shows Free / Basic / Premium / Enterprise packaging—team access control, kiosk builder, BI apps, proof of play, and SSO climb the ladder.
Play's public plans are Essential, Pro, and Ultimate—roughly the $8 / $12 / $16 band—with a first screen free forever after an approved review (not a permanent watermarked free tier).
Apples-to-apples (check live on publish day): EasySignage free forever equals one screen, 200 MB storage, and an EasySignage logo every 10 seconds. Paid entry is about $8.25 annual / $9.98 monthly versus Play Essential from about $8. Premium-class EasySignage features map toward Play Pro (~$12); Enterprise-class (SSO, proof of play, audit) toward Play Ultimate (~$16).
Free-plan fine print from EasySignage: watermark removal requires buying at least one license. Paid accounts get 10 GB plus 2 GB per screen; Premium/Enterprise can lift to unlimited on request—Basic stays on the allowance. Play's FAQ states no limit on storage or traffic. Both document about 20% non-profit discounts when you qualify.
Learn moreSupport
Busy operators care who answers when a menu board goes dark.
EasySignage's SLA describes human tech support during Business Hours—Monday through Friday, about 16 hours per day in the supported region's timezone (16/5). After hours: automated chatbot for common questions and ticket submission; chatbot replies do not count toward SLA. Free plans are excluded from SLA credits.
Play offers live chat 24/7/365, with phone support during business hours (see Play's pricing FAQ).
EasySignage's knowledge base is solid for self-serve. If you need a human outside regional weekday windows, compare chatbot plus ticket SLAs to Play's 24/7 chat.
Learn moreContent Development
Content quality decides whether screens get ignored or drive action.
EasySignage strengths include Canva integration, templates, a large app catalog (weather, social, Sheets, BI connectors on higher plans), playlists, scheduling, and an optional AI assistant on Premium per their pricing matrix.
Tradeoffs: Canva Pro elements can add a second subscription; some GoodFirms reviewers note widget/language gaps and free-tier watermark friction; design-in-Canva then upload is a different rhythm than editing slides inside the CMS.
Play includes a cloud slide/page content editor so non-designers can change text, media, and zones without a separate design tool—while still allowing uploaded media.
Fair claim: EasySignage leans Canva plus apps; Play leans an all-in-one editor plus playlists. If your designers live in Canva, either can work. If store managers need to edit slides themselves, try both workflows side by side.
Learn moreCompatibility
A digital signage stack is software plus player plus screen.
EasySignage documents Android TV, Fire TV, LG webOS, Samsung Tizen SSSP / commercial paths, Philips, BrightSign, Raspberry Pi, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Vestel, and more. Important footnotes from their FAQ: consumer LG Smart TVs and Samsung Smart TVs are not supported the same way as commercial signage lines; Roku is not supported; some power-management features need rooted Android or specific Philips Android signage.
Play emphasizes broad BYO including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, Fire / Signage Stick, BrightSign, Tizen, webOS, and more.
If your fleet is Apple-heavy or consumer smart TVs only, verify both matrices before you buy. Fold any free-player or BYO hardware choice into this compatibility checklist—not a separate hardware field.
Learn moreTeams
Both products support multi-user work. The question is what you get before you climb tiers.
EasySignage: unlimited users appear on paid plans; team management / access control sits toward Premium on the public feature matrix. Free plan user access is limited. Enterprise adds SSO, audit log, proof of play, and related governance.
Play treats multi-user access, roles, sub-teams, and sharing as core to multi-location accounts. Advanced security and insight features still scale by plan (Essential to Pro to Ultimate).
If more than one person publishes across locations, compare Premium EasySignage versus Pro Play—not Free EasySignage versus Play Ultimate.
Learn moreEasySignage Digital Signage vs. Play Digital Signage: What are the Differences?
In the list below we’ve made is super easy for you to figure out what the main differences between EasySignage Digital Signage and Play Digital Signage is. You will find informaiton about pricing, terms and what who can do or can’t do.
Free Screens
Free Screens
Pricing (monthly)
Pricing (monthly)
Monthly $8 Annually $7.20
Free $0 Paid $9.98
Supported OS
Supported OS
Country of origin
Country of origin
Headquarters
Headquarters
Established
Established
2013
2018
Live Chat 24/7
Live Chat 24/7
Unlimited storage and traffic
Unlimited users and teams
Cloud-based editor (Like powerpoint)
Templates
Multi-Zone Playlists
Youtube
Social Media
RSS
Streaming
HDMI (Video) input
Works offline
Emergency Strategy Setup
API
Analytics
Audit Logs
SSO
Touch Interactive Content
Our customers love us!
More than 10 years, 2500+ organizations, and thousands of live screens is why we know we’re great at what we do.
What We Learned Testing EasySignage Against Play
Testing the EasySignage Digital Signage Customer Experience Here at Play Digital Signage, we know every digital signage company feels different until you try it. We signed up, poked the UI, tested support, and read the plan matrix the way a buyer would.
What we liked: a true forever-free one-screen option for trials and single-TV shops; an approachable UI and Canva path for non-technical staff; competitive paid stickers in the same band as Play Essential; a growing app/integration catalog and clear feature ladder.
What held us back relative to Play: free-tier watermark plus tiny storage is fine for demos, rough for customer-facing lobbies; storage ceilings on paid Basic unless you request lifts on higher plans; human support is weekday/regional—after hours is chatbot-first per SLA; content creation often depends on Canva or uploads rather than Play's full slide editor; consumer smart-TV and Roku footnotes matter for BYO shoppers.
Who should pick which: Choose EasySignage if you want a forever-free single screen (even with branding), love Canva plus apps, and accept ticket/email support inside regional business hours plus an after-hours chatbot. Choose Play if you need an integrated PowerPoint-like editor, no storage ceilings to negotiate, Mac players, multi-location governance, or a human on live chat when a screen fails at 11 p.m. on Sunday.
Try both with the same playlist: a Canva export versus an in-editor edit, a second user permission test, and a weekend support hypothetical.
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