Yodeck Reviews

Pros

I was looking for a digital marketing platform that I could promote to a particular niche market and Yodeck provided most of the features I was looking for. Ease of management, workspaces and user privileges all make this ideal.

Cons

The only problem I experienced was with the scheduling module. Not being able to set a schedule to occur on a particular day for a period means a lot of additional manual scheduling.

Pros

Nice management panel, see if the monitors are on or off. Also the shutting down and turning on screens on schedule saves the sceens panels (previous tool didn't have this option, which caused displays to broke after year or two)

Cons

No good Microsoft integrations, only Power BI. Would be great if OneDrive for Business, Teams or Sharepoint online integrations would work.

Alternatives Considered

ScreenCloud

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

Screenly didn't have integrations at all. Also Yodeck has very good deal order subscription, get Raspberry PI 4 player for free!

Switched From

Screenly

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

Yodeck had Raspberry Pi support, which is very good digital signage player.

Pros

East of setup. It was very easy to get it on our network.

Cons

Device storage is limited. Storage on the device is relatively small.

Pros

The dashboard is very easy to use and server connection works very well

Cons

Setup was our network was a bit tricky. Had to call the tech support and find cables.

Alternatives Considered

OptiSigns

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

The Spectrio product was clunky, expensive and hard to use - too many parameters , poorly laid out controls, and sadly a bit dated looking. Yodeck makes uploading content easy, straighforward and flexible.

Switched From

Screenscape and Spectrio

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

Reviews

Pros

Easy to update and schedule content. Very cool that you can set media to expire so that it won't show after the promotion is over!

Cons

The videos can sometime seem to flicker a little. I'm not sure if it's the Hz rate on the TV or the playback from YoDeck, but it's not bad enough that I've really looked into it too deep yet.

Pros

It was easy to setup and easy to use. The UI was simple and did not feel overwhelming. Most importantly, it worked as described. Access to widgets

Cons

The layout can definitely be improved. It is not necessarily bad but understanding its capabilities and how what you see on your computer translates to what you see on your signage screen can take a while. In other words, making the layout options more obvious and accessible.Widget load speed is slow and more widgets would be a welcome additiont

Alternatives Considered

XOGO Decision Signage and OptiSigns

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

It met all our requirements at a reasonable price. In addition, the sales person we spoke to, [sensitive content hidden] , was very helpful in explaining the product to us which helped us make an informed decision.

Pros

I enjoy how easy it is to setup and manage media

Cons

I’m not a fan of the duration setting.. probably just me coming from a construction background but it works when you get used to it

Pros

All the resources are excellent and easy to use! I believe the integration will be easy and very fun and rewarding!

Cons

It is very difficult to find software that I consider perfect...but YODECK meets all the requirements!

Pros

If your looking for something simple to use not hard to learn advanced features than this is for you. Plus the fact that the equipment supplied works amazing and really makes your visuals pop. Can use the built in tools or upload your own creations. Inexpensive and a great business feature.

Cons

I really can’t complain about the system. Haven’t had to use support as plenty of info easily accessible on youtube and simple to use.

Alternatives Considered

OptiSigns

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

Liked the hardware. Seemed reliable and powerful compared to other setups.

Pros

Its cloud-based approach allows for management anywhere, and the Raspberry Pi's are very reliable.The scripting engine for websites is very versatile, and I've used it greatly

Cons

OneDrive for Business integration should be standard for "Pro" users, and some of the playlist scheduling options are difficult to navigate

Pros

It is incredibly user friendly for both admins and customers. It's cheap and easy to deploy, it's easy to manage...it's amazing!

Cons

There are limited features compared to more full-fledged platforms, such as wayfinding. But we do not utilize that.

Alternatives Considered

Xibo, Skykit, Play Digital Signage, Rise Vision, Spectrio and BroadSign

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

Visix's hardware was expensive, finnicky, and unreliable. It felt like we were constantly fixing players. The interface was not user friendly, and required downloading apps to update content.

Switched From

AxisTV Signage Suite

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

I assessed 20 different digital signage platforms, and YoDeck sits in a great middle ground. It is cheap and uses inexpensive hardware, but still feels stable and easy to use like a more fully-feature platform.

Pros

I love how easy the Yodeck app is to use. Tagging and scheduling content is EASY EASY EASY and works great!

Cons

I would like to see some improvements in the security with some of the widgets. I don't want to provide my login credentials for SharePoint, PowerBI, etc. to be able to use some of those widgets. There has to be a better (more secure) way...

Alternatives Considered

ScreenCloud and Screenly

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

Managing PCs, Windows, Office, etc. was expensive, time-consuming, and a pain.

Switched From

Microsoft PowerPoint

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

Price, simplicity, Raspberry Pi players included

Pros

All cloud based to simple to update and sync to players. We've replaced our entire digital signage screens with TVs running Yodecks behind them. We've also managed to create one incorporated with a free to air setup TV box so staff can enjoy TV whilst we overlay important messages.

Around the school site we use them to display messages for students, live feeds from Twitter, the weather, time and news. Very powerful and very easy to use and manage.

Cons

Nothing. Every works well for us. Plenty of guides online helping if you get stuck too.

Alternatives Considered

Screenly

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

Wanted the ability to use normal TV screens and update remotely.

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

Trialed YoDeck and worked brilliantly for us.

Pros

Coming from Samsung Magicinfo, Yodeck was far superior in almost every aspect. Wide varieties of media are playable as part of the slide deck, including PDF, images, videos and remote HTML. Our screen sat dead waiting for a solution before we found Yodeck.

Cons

The software does require a connection to the home server to operate, would be nice to have a fully offline mode. I haven't had a chance to test how the system would work in a fully offline environment.

Alternatives Considered

Screenly

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

Poor support from Samsung forced a change to new software.

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

Compatibility with our PI boxes, outstanding user interface, great customer support.

Pros

Being able to see if a TV is offline and even getting a screenshot. Having multiple locations that can each have their own separate content. Being able to integrate stand alone slides along with videos.

Cons

More options would be nice with the "ticker" and "time and date" features, such as fonts and colors.

Pros

The fact that it is a cloud based platform really works well for us. Due to not being reliant on a central publisher located in a DC, the management of the platform can be done from anywhere. With integrations for SSO from Azure AD, this also provides security and RBAC access from our existing estate without the need to manage individual users and groups in the application. Having Raspberry Pi's run the content displays is a nice touch too, as they are cheap to replace should one fail and using Micro SD cards to install the OS on is also really handy as these can be rebuilt in minutes should there be a problem with the player. There are a large number of widgets available out of the box, but being able to create your own is also really handy too. This way we can build a generic widget for a certain task, then just keep re-using it for different sites.

Cons

As with any new products, there are a few teething issues. These are mainly down to widgets needing to be developed to allow certain functionality. However, Yodeck tech support are very prompt and very helpful, so can't really say this is a down point. Just a staged development of the app integrations i suppose with any platform.

Pros

I am a safety engineer and it is very simple to work with for me. I can update the screens in various locations throughout our shop and have no problems. The set up was super easy and the websites that can be copy and pasted for web use works very well. This way I am able to put up safety videos over subjects we have problems with. I love that you can add powerpoint as well and it will set up the times to scroll through all of it. In some scenarios with past digital signage companies I had to paste slide for slide so this saves me a ton of time. Yodeck provides free players with subscriptions to services which makes it very convenient should you have to present for approval to corporate. All in all this is a great platform and I enjoy using it.

Cons

There is nothing I can think of besides maybe having a day counter option. I would like to put a clock up that counts the amount of days without an accident to display on the screens in the shop and I can't find anything like that on the widgets besides countdowns.

Pros

I am very familiar with various technology and the software is easily implemented and very user friendly. Even if you are not as technologically inclined the setup and maintenance is very straightforward. The main reason we went with yodeck is due to the remote management which streamlines new content across all of our locations.

Cons

I found the transitions between content on the screens to be a bit choppy. We now upload a single powerpoint converted to mp4 which prevents choppy transitions between slides. Although I believe it was updated since we started with yodeck but I haven't found the need to move away from our current method.

Pros

the simplicity of installation, working in the system along with the cost effective pricing were all a huge draw for me. When I received my systems, it was just as advertised! Everything up and running, a little learning about how to work the system and now we are up and going providing more information to our constituents than ever before in ways that make sense to their location onsite!

Cons

There is a slight learning curve on the back-end, but honestly, if you spend any time at all on it, you can pick it up quick.

Pros

We wanted something very inexpensive to be able to change the slideshow on the TV in the dining area of our restaurant easily and remotely. Yodeck was amazingly simple to set up, even using your own Raspberry Pi, and the Free lifetime plan for one monitor obviously can't be beaten.

We used just the free plan for about a year, but it is so convenient and easy to use remotely that we've gone to the paid plan to use a second screen as a digital menu. We've also designed our upcoming second location specifically to take advantage of 2-3 screens there as well.

Cons

You need to invest a bit of time initially to get used to how to upload media, create playlists and schedules, assign things to monitors, etc., but their documentation is clear and thorough. Overall, I'd describe Yodeck as complex, but straightforward.

Pros

Most signage seems to just show a gif designed page. I needed to show current information from other websites like current weather, marine alerts and current ships passing by. This is the only signage that I found that could support each page layout in the software and many links to web pages/gifs on the same page. WOW support that went way beyond. When a complex web link would to return a complete web page they investigated the link and wrote a URL that would work! When I needed the Raspberry Pi to tell the TV the right input source incase someone changed it, they wrote it and inserted it the correct place in the app for me. I explored many others that worked with Raspberry Pi and none had the simplicity, support for web links and support that Yodeck has and it was at a cost our volunteer organization could afford!!

Cons

I have pushed this software to provide current information from many sources in a signage tool. Each con I have hit, their customer support has solved or provided custom code in a supported area of the product to solve it. It is the first product I have used, that I can say this!!

Pros

I use Yodeck to create visual menus, advertising and 'what's on' displays within my venue. I love how easy it is to upload new playlists, videos and slides from anywhere. We used to print numerous menus and have to write up special boards, now this can be achieved in minutes from anywhere in the world.
It looks professional, its easy to set up and makes us stand apart from the competition

Cons

The Scheduling feature can get confusing when you overlap scheduled content. I often set one slide to finish on the hour and the following to start at 1 second past the hour however this could be simpler as i wasted some time figuring this out

Pros

My company has been using Yodeck for over 2 years and currently have 79 media players and i am able to manage the players without help. Its easy to use and sends you emails if a player goes down. Easy to use and fast customer support.

Cons

The only con that I have is sometimes I received a media player that is not working. OF the 79 media players I have received I have had 5 that did not work. 3 of them I was able to fix by re-flashing the SD card and 2 I had to replace the SD card.

Pros

How simple it was to get up and running. Ease of use a big plus. And reliability has been 100%... I expected downtime since we're running this on a Raspberry Pi, but we're amazed it's been 100% reliable.

Cons

Nothing... honestly... nothing! I'm really trying to find something negative, but it has been a great product with amazing reliability.

Pros

The software is working 100% of the time even without internet connection. That is what business needs: reliability.

Cons

Wifi set up process should work even simpler. You always need a keyboard or a LAN cable to connect, but every IoT Device out there can perform that via smartphone.