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Xibo versus Wilyer - digital signage comparison

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Verdict

Which should you choose?

Pick Xibo if…

You have technical people and want to own the whole stack. Xibo is open source and self-hostable with no per-screen licence, and it covers 66% of the 167 capabilities to Wilyer's 60% - ahead on 38, concentrated in scheduling depth, playlists, advertising and DOOH, user management and developer access. Its API and rule-based playback are genuinely strong.

The cost is that you run it. The software is free; the server, the upgrades and the person who maintains them are not.

Pick Wilyer if…

You want on-premise control without operating the platform yourself. Wilyer leads remote device management +35, monitoring +33, live broadcasting +50 and live widgets +17 - the operational layer Xibo leaves you to assemble. Uptime history, live screenshots, offline alerts, remote brightness and volume, Android kiosk lockdown, all supported rather than self-hosted.

Xibo is ahead on advertising, DOOH, interactivity and the API. If any of those is central, or if a free licence is the point, Xibo is the better answer.

Strengths

Where each platform wins

Both are real products built for different jobs. These are the areas each one genuinely leads on - match them against the job you need doing.

Xibo strengths

Open source, self-hostable, with no per-screen licence
Deep scheduling - dayparting, date ranges, rule-based playback
Strong advertising and programmatic DOOH support
Server-side video transcoding, Office files and custom HTML apps
Full REST API, webhooks and developer tooling
Mature multi-level user roles and access control

Wilyer strengths

Runs on your own server as well as the cloud - Windows 10/11, i5, 16 GB
Multi-city VPN delivery, around 150 screens per on-prem box
Uptime history, live screenshots and offline alerts on every screen
Every remote device control compared: cache, diagnostics, Wi-Fi, downloads
Android kiosk lockdown, remote brightness, volume and screen power
Live broadcasting to every screen, including over a private VPN

Feature by feature

Where the platforms differ

93 of the 167 capabilities we checked come out differently on at least one platform - those are the rows below. The remaining 74 are supported by all of them and are listed together at the end.

Xibo
Wilyer

Further out means more of that area covered. Hover a point for the exact figure.

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Feature coverage by area
Area	Xibo	Wilyer
Deployment & Hosting 7	71%	79%
Security & Compliance 6	33%	42%
Content Types & Media Files 12	71%	46%
Built-in Live Widgets 12	67%	83%
Third-Party App Integrations 11	23%	14%
Layout & Design Tools 10	80%	65%
Playlists & Content Control 9	83%	44%
Scheduling & Timing 9	94%	67%
Content Publishing & Delivery 7	100%	86%
Remote Device Management 13	65%	100%
Remote Settings & Controls 7	71%	71%
MDM & Device Security 8	63%	75%
Network Monitoring & Alerts 6	67%	100%
Hardware & Player Platforms 15	57%	60%
User Management & Access Control 8	81%	50%
Analytics & Reporting 7	50%	57%
Advertising & Programmatic DOOH 5	90%	40%
Live Broadcasting 4	50%	100%
Interactive & Kiosk 5	60%	0%
API & Developer Tools 6	42%	0%

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Verified September 2026

Showing all 93 capabilities that differ

Where the platforms differ
Capability	Xibo	Wilyer

Multi-Tenant / Reseller Architecture	Partial	Yes Groups-in-groups
Data Residency / Region Choice	Unknown	No

AES-256 Encrypted Data Transport	Partial AES-128 creds	Yes
SSO / SAML Federated Auth	Partial Add-on	No
Security / Compliance Documentation	Unknown	Partial

Animated GIF	Unknown	No
Video Server-Side Transcoding	Partial	No
Audio / Background Music	Yes	No
PowerPoint / Word / Excel	Partial PPT add-on	No Slides only
Google Slides Widget	Unknown	Yes
Web Screenshot (static capture)	Partial Dashboards	No
Custom HTML / JavaScript WebApp	Yes	Partial Webpage widget
Canva Direct Integration	Yes	No

AQI — Air Quality Index Widget	Unknown	Yes
YouTube Video Widget	Partial	Yes
RTMP Live Stream Widget	Unknown	Yes
RTSP Live Stream Widget	Partial	Yes
Power BI Embedded Dashboard	Partial Add-on	Yes
Countdown / Event Timer Widget	Yes	No
Stocks / Currency / Financial Data	Partial	No

Google Calendar	Yes	No
Microsoft Outlook / Exchange Calendar	Unknown	No
Microsoft Teams (streaming / channel)	Unknown	No
Slack Messages on Screen	Unknown	No
Google Sheets / Docs Integration	Unknown	No
Instagram / Facebook Posts	Unknown	No
Staffbase / Employee Comms	Unknown	No
Wayfinding / Navigation App	Unknown	No
HIS — Hospital Info System Integration	Unknown	Yes Token queues, TV socket layer
External Database / Real-Time Data Binding NEW	Yes DataSets	No

Outdoor LED Wall Pixel Mapping	Unknown	Yes Pixel-perfect splitting
Built-in Design Editor (Canvas/Template)	Yes	Partial Layout builder only
Template Gallery / Pre-built Library	Yes	No
CSS Zone Customization	Yes	No
QR Code Generation in Content	Unknown	No

Playlist Randomization / Shuffle	Partial Cycle	No
Content Expiry / Availability Dates	Yes	No
Find & Replace Media Across Playlists	Unknown	No
Dynamic / Tag-Based Playlist	Yes	No
Nested / Sub-Playlists	Yes	No

Brightness Scheduling by Time Slot	Partial Not time-slot	Yes
Emergency Override / Priority Cast	Yes	No
Everlasting / Permanent Time Slots	Yes	No
Rule-Based Conditional Playback	Yes v4.1	No

Content Approval Workflow	Yes	No

Reboot / Restart Device OS	Partial	Yes Root on Android
Clear Device Cache	Unknown	Yes
Hardware Diagnostics (RAM / Storage)	Partial	Yes
WiFi Signal Strength Monitoring	Unknown	Yes
Content Download Progress Monitoring	Unknown	Yes
HDMI Screen Capture Input	Partial Video In	Yes HDMI relay

Keep-On-Top Mode (prevent app switch)	Unknown	Yes
Tablet Mode Configuration	Unknown	Yes
HDMI-CEC Display On/Off	Yes	No
Serial Port / External Device Commands	Yes RS232	No

OTA Silent Background App Updates	Partial	Yes
Mass OTA Admin Bundle Delivery	Partial	Yes
Display / Panel Firmware OTA Update NEW	Unknown	No App-level only
Device Deletion Lock / Protection	Unknown	No

Hourly Uptime History — 15 Days	Unknown	Yes
30-Day Uptime History	Partial	Yes
Bulk Uptime Export (CSV / PDF)	Partial PoP export	Yes

Raspberry Pi	Partial	Yes
Amazon FireStick / Fire OS	Unknown	Yes
macOS	Unknown	No
iOS / iPadOS	Unknown	No
BrightSign	Unknown	No
Web Browser / PWA Player	Partial	No
Meeting Room Players (Teams/Zoom/Meet)	Unknown	No
Proprietary Hardware Box	Partial DSDevices	No

SSO / SAML Federated Auth	Partial Add-on	No
Content Approval Workflow	Yes	No
Account Ownership Transfer	Yes	No

Hardware Logs (IP / MAC / Motherboard)	Partial	Yes Full HW export
Device Health / CPU / Memory Analytics	Unknown	No
Screen Score / Content Quality Rating	Unknown	No
Amazon Kinesis Firehose Export	Unknown	No

VAST Tag Ad Server Support	Partial	No
Advertising Playlist / Campaign Mgmt	Yes Ad Campaigns	No
Ad Impression Targeting	Yes	No

Live Camera Feed Broadcast	Partial	Yes
Desktop Screen Capture & Broadcast	Unknown	Yes
Delivery over Private / VPN Network	Partial	Yes Broadcast over VPN

Touch / Swipe Kiosk Interactivity	Yes	No MDM lock only
Interactive Navigation App	Yes	No
Sensor / IoT Trigger Playback	Yes Data Connector	No
Audience Polls / Quizzes / Gamification NEW	Unknown	No
Embeddable Channel / Playlist (iframe)	Unknown	No

REST API	Yes OAuth2	No
Webhooks	Yes	No
JavaScript / Web SDK	Partial	No
MCP (AI Agent) Integration	Unknown	No
Mobile Admin App	Unknown	No

Yes - supported
Partial - add-on or tier-gated
No - not available
Unknown - not publicly documented

Supported by both

These 74 capabilities are covered by every platform on this page, so they will not help you choose.

Cloud Hosting
On-Premise / Self-Hosted Server
Multi-City VPN Connectivity (On-Prem)
White Label / Custom Domain
Scalable Infrastructure (RAM / Storage)
HTTPS / TLS Transport
Passkeys / Passwordless Login
SCIM Auto User Provisioning
Images — PNG / JPEG / WebP
Video — MP4 / WebM
PDF Rendering / Display
Website / URL Embed
Clock / Time & Date Widget
Weather Widget
Scrolling Text / Ticker Widget
RSS Feed Widget
HLS Live Stream Widget
Grafana Dashboard
Drag-and-Drop Layout Builder
Multi-Zone Screen Layouts
Portrait & Landscape Orientation
Custom / Non-Standard Resolutions
Video Wall / Multi-Display Layout
Playlist Management (create / edit / loop)
Manual Content Sequencing
Playlist Preview (before publish)
Playlist History / Deployment Logs
Time-of-Day Scheduling
Day-of-Week / Date-Range Rules
Zone-Level Independent Schedule
Screen On / Off Scheduling
NTP Content Synchronization
Direct Media File Publishing
Filter-Based Target (area / tag / name)
Bulk Publish (100+ screens)
Overwrite OR Append Mode
Content Delivery Acknowledgement
Offline Content Caching
Live Screenshot Capture
Restart Signage Application
Bulk Screen Actions (100+)
IP Address & MAC Address View
Live Playlist Data View from Screen
Screen Profiling (location / tag)
Licence Transfer / Reassign
Remote Volume Control
Remote Screen Rotation
Remote Brightness Control
Kiosk / Single-Purpose App Lock
Restricted Mode (block changes)
Android Fast Boot / Auto-Start Player
Scheduled App / OS Restart
Online / Offline Status Dashboard
Email Health Reports — Configurable
Offline Device Alert / Notification
Android
Windows
Linux
LG webOS (SoC)
Samsung Tizen (SoC)
ChromeOS / ChromeCast
Auto-Start at Boot / 24×7 Loop
Multi-Level User Roles
Nested Group Hierarchy
Group-wise Content Scoping
Team Member Assignment per Group
SCIM Auto User Provisioning
Proof of Play Report (Excel / CSV)
Audit Logs — User Action History
Content Delivery Confirmation Logs
Programmatic DOOH Integration
Proof of Play for Advertisers
Delivery over Public Network
GraphQL API

Multi-platform

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Customer stories

Success Stories with Global Clients

Real-world deployments of seamless digital signage solutions in action.

Taco Bell Malaysia - 200+ screens across 50+ stores — “Real-time menu updates and customizable designs improved brand consistency and restaurant operations.”
Taco Bell Malaysia
200+ screens across 50+ stores

Six2O Cricket - Live sports entertainment — “Live broadcasts, player statistics, and integrated advertising elevated the spectator experience across 16 bays.”
Six2O Cricket
Live sports entertainment

7amdaan.io - Interactive DOOH network, Bahrain — “More than 50 robotic screens turned airports and malls into dynamic, centrally managed advertising spaces.”
7amdaan.io
Interactive DOOH network, Bahrain

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Yes. Across the 22 capabilities compared on this page, Wilyer covers all 22 while Xibo covers 10. The 12 it misses include Hourly Email Alerts, Brightness Scheduling and Live Screenshots from All Branches - the kind of monitoring and access control that starts to matter once you run more than a handful of screens.

The gaps in this comparison are: Hourly Email Alerts, Brightness Scheduling, Live Screenshots from All Branches, 15-Day Uptime Logs (PDF Export), HDMI Screen Capture, Group-in-Group Demographics, Live File Download Progress, Unlimited Sub-Users, NTP Time Sync for Screens, Define Real Screen View, VAST Ad Player Integration and Branch-Specific Media Libraries. Wilyer ships all of them as standard, with no add-on tier required.

Yes - Wilyer is hardware agnostic. It runs on Android, Windows, Fire TV, Chrome OS, LG webOS, Samsung Tizen, Raspberry Pi, macOS and Linux, so in most cases you pair the players you already own rather than buying new hardware.

You upload your existing media into the Wilyer library, recreate playlists and schedules, then pair each screen with a code. A screen goes live in about five minutes, and branch-specific libraries let you cut over one location at a time instead of all at once.

Yes. Every Wilyer plan has a free trial, so you can run Wilyer alongside your current setup on a couple of screens and compare uptime logs, live screenshots and playback reports before you commit.