Screenbird vs ScreenCloud: which digital signage platform fits your screens?

Screenbird includes live screen mirroring on every plan, from any desktop browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari), with no extra app or hardware to buy. The connection is peer-to-peer: someone in a meeting room or classroom shares their laptop screen straight to the TV in a few clicks, and the video stream never passes through Screenbird's servers.

ScreenCloud has no equivalent of that walk-up laptop share on any plan, and it is worth being precise about what its nearest features do. ScreenCloud's Casting, in their own help center's words, sends selected content from your ScreenCloud account to the screen rather than streaming from your device: it pushes cloud content, not a live laptop feed. ScreenCloud Broadcast does carry live video, but it is one-to-many streaming that requires third-party broadcasting software such as Zoom, OBS, or Microsoft Teams with streaming credentials, and it is a premium app on the Pro plan.

So the difference is not "streaming vs. no streaming", it is setup: zero-setup, browser-based laptop sharing on Screenbird versus pre-uploaded content or a streaming-software workflow on ScreenCloud.

Screenbird charges one flat rate per screen, EUR 12 per screen per month billed annually (EUR 15 billed monthly, excl. VAT), with every feature included from day one: screen mirroring, split screen, scheduling, proof of play, and the full app catalog. There is no higher tier to unlock more capability.

ScreenCloud's Core plan is USD 20 per screen per month billed annually (USD 24 monthly, plus VAT), but the like-for-like plan is Pro at USD 30 billed annually (USD 36 monthly, plus VAT), because Core does not include proof of play, the data dashboard apps, or custom user roles and audit logs, all of which sit in Pro and up. Enterprise is a custom quote with a 25-screen minimum.

Screenbird's all-in plan is EUR 12 per screen per month billed annually; ScreenCloud's like-for-like Pro plan is USD 30 plus VAT. Both prices are shown as billed, and nothing on the Screenbird plan gets left behind at its price.

This is the area where ScreenCloud genuinely leads on its own terms: compatible Samsung Tizen (SSSP 10 / Tizen 6.5 and up) and LG webOS System-on-Chip screens run ScreenCloud natively, with no external player device at all. For an organization standardizing on new commercial Samsung or LG displays, that is a real operational win.

Screenbird takes the opposite approach: it runs on the inexpensive hardware you already have or can buy anywhere, Fire TV sticks, Android devices, or any screen attached to something with a modern browser. There is no proprietary player to buy and no specific display brand to standardize on.

The practical decision: a new fleet of commercial Samsung or LG SoC displays plays to ScreenCloud's strength; a mixed, existing, or budget-conscious screen estate plays to Screenbird's.