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Digital Signage CMS (Specializing in K12, High Ed and GOV)

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Carousel - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: December 2025

Carousel overview

What is Carousel?

Carousel is a robust, easy to use, digital signage software designed for users who demand seamless functionality, advanced integrations, and top-tier security. With intuitive tools for creating, scheduling, and managing content, Carousel supports multi-user, multi-location environments, ensuring flexibility and scalability. It integrates with leading platforms like Canva, Power BI, YouTube, Google Slides, CAP, and more, streamlining workflows and enhancing efficiency.

Security is a cornerstone of Carousel, with features like user permissions, role-based access control, and secure data handling, ensuring your information remains protected. The platform also supports emergency messaging, providing instant, reliable communication in critical situations.

Whether you're managing digital displays across campuses, corporate offices, or government facilities, Carousel delivers tailored, secure, and dynamic solutions to keep your audience engaged and informed.

Key benefits of using Carousel

Easy to Deploy and Maintain: We provide the knowledge, expertise, and resources to help put all the pieces together, delivering the right solution to the right people.

Well Supported: Our support is exceptional and our content library and training modules (accessible from within the software) are included in every Carousel Cloud subscription.

Ready in an Emergency: Carousel is ready in an emergency to receive CAP triggers to quickly display targeted visual notifications and instructions throughout your signage network with no user action required.

Commitment to Security: Carousel is SOC 2 Compliant. SOC 2 outlines requirements for safeguarding customer data based on the five trust services criteria for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.

Streamline Your Setup: Drive revenue, productivity and safety with PowerBI and GeckoBoard. Integrate your chosen calendar feed, YouTube videos or choose templates from Canvas and Google Slides to create content and seamlessly incorporate into Carousel.

Accessibility: With the simple click of a button, and the help of assistive technologies, you can turn your Carousel channels into an alternative browsing experience, ensuring your entire campus can receive your messaging.

Screens of All Sizes: Reach the right people at the right place and time by sending communications not only to your wall mounted displays, but to mobile devices as well.

Starting price

Free

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Carousel’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Carousel pros, cons and reviews insights

To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from 

Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
3-4(11)
5(44)

What do users say about Carousel?

Reviewers appreciate Carousel for its versatility and ease of use in managing digital signage across multiple locations. They find it simple to deploy, update, and customize content, with many noting that the browser-based interface and centralized management make daily operations efficient. Some mention that it integrates well with Apple devices and supports a wide range of signage needs.

Users indicate that while Carousel is generally reliable and user-friendly, they experience occasional clunkiness in the interface and wish for improvements in asset organization and design features. They say updates and new features arrive regularly, but some feel the price can be high.

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Who uses Carousel?

Based on 55 verified user reviews.

Company size

Enterprises

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Education Management
Higher Education
Primary/Secondary Education
Construction
Others

Use cases

Digital Signage
Content Management
Content Marketing
Kiosk

Carousel's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Carousel users:

Layout & design
Multi-Location
Customizable branding
Remote display management
Auto update
Third-Party integrations

All Carousel features

Features rating:

Workflow management
Multimedia support
Interactive content
Engagement tracking
Content management
Access controls/permissions
API
Alerts/Notifications
Playlist management
User management
Customizable templates
Data security
Content scheduling
Social media integration
Multi-Language
Multi-Screen support
Data import/export
Visual editor
Video support
Video streaming
Template management
Real-Time notifications
Publish scheduling
XML/RSS
Offline access
ADA compliance
Mobile access
Media library
Emergency notification
Drag & drop
Digital signage
Digital menu boards
Data visualization
Approval process control
Content library

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Carousel pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Core

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No pricing info

Features included:

  • 10 Media Player Licenses
  • Training
  • Content Library
  • Carousel Daily Feed
  • Express Players

Pro

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No pricing info

Features included:

  • 30 Media Player Licenses
  • Branded Channel
  • Optional Features: Express Players
  • Training
  • Content Library
  • Carousel Daily Feed

Enterprise

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No pricing info

Features included:

  • 200 Media Player Licenses
  • Enterprise Plus Support
  • Express Players
  • Pro Plus Support
  • Training
  • Content Library
  • Carousel Daily Feed

User opinions about Carousel price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Carousel's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“I have had a superb encounter working with Carousel and their record agents. Their preparation and proceeded with help of the stage is extremely careful and a brisk reaction to investigate.”
RV

Raymond V.

Head - Talent Acquisition/Learning & Development/Culture, HR Business Partner

“We only had 6 displays before and now we can have up to 30 for the same cost. It was so awesome knowing we can expand our digital signage without having to increase our budget.”
TH

Tom H.

Tech Integration Specialist

Carousel integrations (14)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 55 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Carousel integrations and how users feel about them.

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YouTube

Integration rating: 5.0 (2)

We ended up being able to cancel and save money on cable because we could integrate YouTube Live cartoons onto our TVs. Without this, we probably wouldn't have made the purchase.

RE

Rachel E.

Manager of Marketing and Communications

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Jamf Pro

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Jamf provisions the configuration profiles to Apple TVs that we use as Carousel players.

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Anonymous R.

Director of Technology Services

Integration rating: 5.0 (2)

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Canva

Integration rating: 5.0 (2)

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Google Docs

Integration rating: 4.0 (1)

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

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Jamf School

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Carousel support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
Phone Support
Knowledge Base
FAQs/Forum
Chat
24/7 (Live rep)

Training options

Live Online
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Webinars

Carousel FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Carousel offer?

Carousel has the following pricing plans:
Pricing model: Subscription
Free Trial: Available | (No Credit Card required)

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Q. Who are the typical users of Carousel?

Carousel has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Public Administrations, Small Business


Q. What languages does Carousel support?

Carousel supports the following languages:
English, French, German, Spanish


Q. Does Carousel support mobile devices?

Carousel supports the following devices:
Android, iPad, iPhone


Q. Does Carousel offer an API?

Yes, Carousel has an API available for use.


Q. What other apps does Carousel integrate with?

Carousel integrates with the following applications:
Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Docs, Jamf Pro, Geckoboard, Microsoft Exchange, Google Slides, Slack, Canva, Jamf School, Microsoft Power BI, YouTube, Google Sheets, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel


Q. What level of support does Carousel offer?

Carousel offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, FAQs/Forum, Chat, 24/7 (Live rep)

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