Pricing
Billed annually — 2 months free Billed monthly — cancel anytime
Your first screen, on us — forever
$0 forever
Cafés, shops, clinics, single offices
$5 / screen / mo
Multi-screen SMBs & real schedules
$8 / screen / mo
For 25+ screens
$200 / mo
25 screens included · pooled AI
On the roadmap: publish a channel to a public link that any phone, tablet or laptop opens with no pairing — fanning out to hundreds or thousands of viewers, for multi-site networks, events and venue walls. Not live yet — talk to us to shape it and get early access.
One pool covers everything the AI does for you: drafting a whole show, editing a slide, generating an image. Free gets 50 a month, Solo 150, Pro 400, Agency 1,500 pooled across the team. It refills every month whether you pay monthly or yearly. Run out and you top up with a one-time pack, so nothing is hard-blocked and nothing is surprise-billed. Agency workspaces can also buy 5,000 credits for $199.
Putting other businesses on these plans rather than buying screens yourself? The partner program pays a share of these same prices: 20% for a customer's first 12 months, then 10% for as long as they keep paying.
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The power's all there from the start — higher tiers add scheduling, teams and scale.
| Feature | Free $0 forever | Solo $5 / screen / mo | Pro $8 / screen / mo | Agency $200 / mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screens & AI | ||||
| Paired screens | 1 · free forever | Unlimited | Unlimited | 25 included, then $6 / screen / mo |
| ChannelOS banner on the TV | Along the bottom of the screen | None | None | None |
| AI credits / mo | 50 | 150 | 400 | 1,500 pooled |
| Covers shows, slide edits and AI images | ||||
| Self-updating TVs | ||||
| Build | ||||
| Full slide editor | ||||
| Background removal | — | |||
| Pexels photo & video | ||||
| Live widgets (clock · weather · QR · menus) | ||||
| Brand kit | — | — | ||
| Publish & control | ||||
| Live board — realtime control | ||||
| Channels & dayparting | — | |||
| Live takeover | — | |||
| Export / import (.show · .channel) | ||||
| Teams & support | ||||
| Team seats | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 included |
| Team super-board | ||||
| Support | Community | Priority | Onboarding | |
¹ Part of your plan's monthly AI-credit allowance — top up anytime; nothing hard-blocked or surprise-billed.
vs the others
Lowest paid per-screen / month tier — and what it actually takes to get a screen live.
| Product | Per screen / mo | Player required? | AI builds the show? | Free first screen? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChannelOS | from $5 | No, open a URL | Yes · AI-first | Yes, forever |
| Xibo (cloud) | ~$4.90 | Player app | No | Self-host |
| Yodeck | ~$8 | Player / box | No | 1 (with catches) |
| Pickcel | ~$9.50 | Player app | No | Trial |
| OptiSigns | ~$10 | Player app | Limited | Trial |
| ScreenCloud | $20-24 | Player app | No | Trial |
Public list pricing, lowest paid per-screen / month tier, in US dollars as each vendor publishes it. Vendors change pricing; confirm current rates on their sites.
Asking something else? Tax, refunds, power, burn-in, who sets it up and what happens when the wifi drops are all on the answers page →
A screen that is already playing keeps playing if the wifi drops, but it needs the connection back to come up again after a power cut, because nothing is cached on the television itself. If a screen has to survive a long outage entirely on its own, buy a player from a company that sells one and ask them about local storage. That is a real reason to pay for hardware. Ours is not one of them.
Three real boards on the free plan, drawn by the renderer a paired TV runs.
Cafe & coffee · Third Shift Coffee
Bakery · Proofbox Bakehouse
Bar & pub · The Copper Tap
These are our own sample venues, not customers. We have not put words in anyone's mouth: the boards are real product output, the businesses are made up, and we will say so until there are real ones here to name. Type your own menu and watch this happen →
Boards to start from, by trade: cafés and restaurants, gyms and studios, clinics and waiting rooms, events, hotels and shops. One TV or one standee is enough to start.
Open the player on a TV, scan the code, publish a show. Pay only when you add the next screen.
Free screens show a ChannelOS banner along the bottom of the screen, and any paid plan removes it.
Sell it instead of buying it. The ChannelOS partner program pays 20% of what each business you refer pays us for their first 12 months, then 10% for as long as they stay. Free to join, nothing to stock.
See the partner program →