Searching for free digital signage often starts with the goal of saving money, but free tools can come with hidden costs—wasted time, unreliable displays, and added security risk. Rise Vision offers easy-to-use, cloud digital signage software with a 14-day free trial, giving you a reliable way to communicate, build a positive culture, and improve safety without the frustration of “free” solutions.
Free digital signage refers to the use of digital displays to share content, such as information, advertisements, or updates, without any upfront cost for the software or platform.
While free digital signage software offers a cost-effective way to get started, users may encounter limitations, such as fewer customization options or less support, that the best digital signage software provides through paid options.
“Rise Vision has allowed us to have great-looking, dynamic and interactive digital displays at a fraction of the cost compared to what other schools are doing, and ours look better!”
David Fassler / Washington State University
Rise Vision is the all-in-one platform for digital signage, screen sharing, and emergency alerts. We don’t just give you a blank screen; we give you a communication strategy.
Varies by provider
Cloud-based
Help center resources
Live training, help center, 1-on-1 training
Limited or none
600+ professionally designed, animated, and customizable
Often no design tools
WYSIWYG Editor
Typically URLs only
40+ integrations from services like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Canva, local weather, news, and more
Often no certification
SOC 2 Type 2 Attestation
Not available
Integrates via CAP with 10+ providers
Community based or limited
1-hour by phone, email, or remote desktop
Free digital signage software may look like a budget-friendly option—but it often comes with hidden costs that impact your time, security, and reliability.
Wasted Time
These platforms often require extra effort to make basic content look polished. So you spend hours trying to make basic content look professional instead of using ready-to-use templates.
Limited Reliability
Free solutions often struggle with performance, caching, and uptime—leading to screens going dark when you need them most.
Security Risks
Some free platforms may be more vulnerable to security risks, as they might lack certifications like SOC 2 Type 2 and regular security testing. This can expose your network to vulnerabilities and cause unexpected downtime.
No Support When It Matters
When something breaks, there’s no one to call—leaving you stuck during critical moments like events, announcements, or emergencies.
“Rise Vision is the best digital signage platform we have ever used. The ease of use is remarkable; managing content across multiple displays is intuitive, even for non-technical users. What truly sets it apart, however, is the massive library of professionally designed templates. We can spin up engaging, polished new displays in minutes, saving us countless hours on design work.”
Rick Gangwer / CIO at Beekmantown Central School District
Most organizations struggle to communicate effectively. Whether it’s reaching students in a noisy hallway or engaging employees across three different states, communication is hard.
Free tools give you a canvas. Rise Vision gives you over 600+ professionally designed templates. Create eye-catching, animated content in seconds. No graphic designer required.
Free digital signage often requires constant manual updates and "reboots." Rise Vision offers enterprise-grade reliability and high uptime, with automatic notifications if a display ever goes offline.
In an emergency, your screens shouldn't be showing the lunch menu. Rise Vision integrates with leading emergency systems (CAP) to turn your entire network into a life-saving alert system instantly.
Manage communications across your organization with our easy software and support for any hardware.
Easy Software: Delegate the management of your digital signage to anyone in your organization.
Any Hardware: Save money and use our recommended displays and media player, or bring your own hardware.
Centralized Content Control: Schedule, approve, and update content across all your displays from a single platform.
Save hours of content creation time with 600+ templates, integrations, and weekly recommendations.
600+ Templates: Save hours of content creation time every week with 600+ professionally designed, animated, and customizable templates.
Popular Integrations: Automatically pull content from services like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Canva, local weather, news, and more.
Weekly Recommendations: Stay inspired all year and keep your digital signage fresh with our weekly template recommendations.
Rise Vision ensures reliable digital signage with high uptime, seamless multi-location management, and enterprise-grade security backed by our SOC 2 Type 2 Attestation.
Enterprise Reliability: Rise Vision has high uptime and provides notifications if there is a problem with your displays ensuring your digital signage works when you need it most.
Multi-Location: Easily expand your digital signage network and manage communications across your organization with user roles, unlimited users, single sign-on (SSO), account hierarchy, and more.
Secure System: Know your data is secure with our SOC 2 Type 2 Attestation, regular penetration testing, and support for the latest operating systems and hardware.
Choose the best hardware for your needs—use our recommended Avocor displays or media players, or bring your own hardware (ChromeOS, Windows, Raspberry Pi, and more).
Start your 14-day free trial and customize your signage using our massive template library.
Push content to your displays instantly and manage everything from a single, centralized dashboard.
“Switching to Rise Vision has been a game-changer for our digital signage. We were previously using Chrome Sign Builder [free digital signage], but we needed a more robust, 'all-in-one' solution. Rise Vision has delivered exactly that. The ease of managing users and delegating content to specific departments has taken a massive workload off our IT team. Best of all, we didn’t have to invest in new hardware—we were able to use our existing equipment immediately.”
Jason Beffa / Technology Support Specialist at Farmington School District
12,300+ Organizations Trust Rise Vision, You Can Too
We offer simple, transparent pricing for schools, businesses, and government organizations.
No credit card required.
Available for large-scale deployments.
Available for qualifying organizations.
Save hours on content creation time every week using professionally designed, animated, and customizable templates. Easily create the content to engage the right audience at the right time for maximum impact.