Yodeck Reviews

Pros

It is easy to set up and works smoothly without any problems.
They also have a lot of "how to" info and videos. And if you are still struggling, their customer service is one of the fastest and best I have seen. It integrates with many apps and programs, so endless possibilities exist.

I use Yodeck daily in my restaurants and can't see my business operating without them.

Cons

There is nothing to dislike. They are improving the experience every day and making it better for everyone to use.

Pros

It's simple and versatile to upload and play various forms of content.

Cons

Some of the more advanced content sources such as SharePoint and Teams do not always work reliably or as expected.

Alternatives Considered

Screenly

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

More functionality, better player stability and management.

Switched From

Screenly

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

More functionality, better player stability and management.

Pros

It is very easy to set up a basic advertising and information screen

Cons

The interface is very clunky and it would be better to be able to have a link to 'cloud' based content rather than having to upload images one by one.

Pros

Yodeck provides an intuitive and user-friendly interface that simplifies the process of managing digital signage. The ease of use is remarkable, allowing even those with minimal technical knowledge to set up and operate the system efficiently. Additionally, the robust feature set, including remote management and a wide array of templates, enhances the versatility and effectiveness of our digital displays. The customer support is also outstanding, with prompt and knowledgeable responses that ensure any issues are resolved quickly.

Cons

While Yodeck is a powerful tool, there are occasional glitches in the software that can disrupt the display schedules. These instances are rare but can be inconvenient when they occur. Additionally, the initial setup process, while generally straightforward, can sometimes be challenging due to limited documentation on more advanced features. Improvements in these areas would further elevate the overall user experience.

Alternatives Considered

ScreenCloud and Rise Vision

Switched From

ScreenCloud

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

We switched to Yodeck due to its more user-friendly interface, better customer support, and more advanced scheduling features. Yodeck also offered better integration options and a more robust template library, which improved the overall quality and consistency of our digital signage.

Pros

Yodeck is web-accessible from any device. Very easy to set up an deploy!

Cons

It took a bit to integrate static content, daily schedules, and hourly interruptions, but once you understand the flow, Yodeck is pretty easy!

Pros

It truly is very easy to learn. I've worked with a few different programs and players and Yodeck was the easiest to learn.

Cons

There are a limited number of templates in the layouts section, which isn't a huge drawback, but it is what I like least about Yodeck.

Alternatives Considered

Zoom Workplace

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

I didn't want Patient Point's content on our screens any longer.

Switched From

PatientNow

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

I chose Yodeck over these alternatives because of the price.

Pros

The ease of including social media timelines and the templates.

Cons

The only issue I had was connecting Yodeck with Canva - but I would not hold that against the company, it is more than likely user error.

Pros

User friendly, Intuitive, robust and powerful digital signage

Cons

There is not a mobile way to update your digital signage without a browser. I wish there was a mobile app.

Alternatives Considered

OptiSigns

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

Ease of use, less bugs and glitches. Much more intuitive

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

Same as the last, just easier to use, intitule, low learning curve, great support

Pros

I love the GUI that makes everything so easy to use and update. The site is responsive and the controls are logical. Once you understand the apps/media/playlist connection, you're off to the races.

Cons

connecting to some of the 3rd party apps, but I dont think its Yodeck's fault I believe its our corporate sercurity.

Pros

It is really easy to use. When you upload media into one area, it's accessible in the other areas as well. You can set things up ahead of time for different days and add start and end times. There's also a preview function so you can see how the playlist will look on a loop.

Cons

Some of the functions are a little clunky / less intuitive but it's really minor stuff, like if you have to click on the name or check the box next to it to select the item. But you get used to is with repeated use.

Pros

Coming from a Windows-based setup with Powerpoint-slides that never autoplayed the way they were supposed to and retired a lot of hands on, Yodeck was a real blessing for our lobby. Running on Raspberry PI was no issues, and the whole setup was done in less than 30 minutes.We can quickly edit our signage, set up layouts that work with our corporate branding, and also use widgets to display news and weather to our visitors. Compared to other systems, I must say that this is a very potent solution that fit our small business perfectly. Scaling it up would be no issue since the management interface is very sleek.

Cons

There is a slight learning curve to the layout designing which might scare a casual user. However, in cases where we felt that we couldn't produce what we required in Yodeck we simply create the slide in Photoshop and upload that and push it to our players, which works very well.

Pros

Yodeck for me is a system that I have now implemented into 2 schools that I have worked at as part of the IT Team. It has always been reliable for a team to manage, and the flexibility that Yodeck provides, personally, makes it come out above its competitors.

The reason I continue to use Yodeck and would recommend it is that it is continually supporting new features, listening to customer feedback, and has excellent customer service. The amount of times I have emailed the support team asking for them to provide a very specific bit of code to create a custom website widget, and they always provide exactly what I need.

The UI is also perfect for both IT Pro's, admin staff and Marketing teams. This helps me personally shift the responsibility to them, and being on hand to support the hardware or software, or occasionally ask my opinion on designs and content.

Cons

Yodeck is a powerful system for its price, so it's harsh to pick faults. But from our personal experience in a school, there are a few things I would love to have implemented.

We are a Microsoft school, so we would love to see built-in SSO for Microsoft 365, like it has with Google. Similarly, more Microsoft Apps would be welcome to the app selection.

Additionally, when pushing new content, it would be amazing if it could preload in the background, and then slowly fade to the new content when it is ready, instead of the stuttery and harsh transition as each content piece loads. I know this is partly limited by hardware, but the option to have this would be great.

It would also be amazing if you could have 'views' and deep permission levels so you can restrict individual folders. I would also, from a UI point, like to see Apps / Media merged into one as they use share the same folders anyway.

Alternatives Considered

ScreenCloud and OptiSigns

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

The software, permissions, ease of use, cost, experience, all amalgamate it to be the sensible option. Personally, my experience with the system can be used as an advantage in support, training and time to set up. The UI receives frequent updates, that they document on their blog. Meaning that bugs are fixed and user voice is heard. The competitor’s software that was highlighted previously offer good solutions, but their difficulty to use the interface and the time required to use was their downfall. Some of the features that they had were better than Yodeck, but they were let down by missing key features that Yodeck did have, such as easy customisable layout and being less educationally orientated.

Pros

Easy intuative layout design, with support for all the functions required by our business.

Cons

Livee previews, not correctly showing content, and not always the same aspect ratio meaning you may have to do some additional fine tuning to fit content onto your actual screen.

Alternatives Considered

OptiSigns

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

Reduce time needed in house to alter or write code to perform particular functions. We also liked the idea of using Yodeck on a raspberry pi to create a compact solution.

Switched From

HTML5 Player

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

At the time, Yodeck ticked all the boxes for our requirements.

Pros

Yodeck is incredibly easy to use, manipulate, and understand while supporting more file types and media types than any other digital signage service I've seen. We are currently only using one monitor so use the service for free but would have no problem purchasing the plans to support more monitors. The value of the service is worth it. Playlists are super easy to create and manage, and the types of media you can display are numerous. Definitely very satisfied with Yodeck as a service!

Cons

There is nothing that I actively dislike about Yodeck, however I do wish there was a way to put an mp3 in a regular playlist to have backing music. Maybe there is a way to do this that I haven't found yet, but I haven't been able to stick an mp3 in a regular playlist yet.

Pros

The ease of use off the shelf was very appealing, as well as the low-cost compared to competitors. Once we started building campaigns customer support was responsive and informative. We also particularly like that Yodeck is supported on RaspberryPi devices making our rollout simple and affordable.

Cons

There is a learning curve to Yodeck and it needs to be initially handled by a lead comfortable learning and navigating the tool. It's likely that when knowledge transfer happens to other personnel that some training and knowledge transfer will be necessary at the entity level to ensure the quality and integrity of the projects remain consistent.

Alternatives Considered

ScreenCloud, Screenly and OptiSigns

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

We found that Yodeck had the best and easiest-to-use toolbox for our use cases. It was the easiest to learn for people of all comfort levels and it's supported on RaspberryPi devices, making implementation cost-effective. We actually used the RaspberryPi setup as part of a STEM learning opportunity for several elementary students from our local school!

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

After figuring set up, it was smooth sailing to get my digital display showcasing my playlist filled with content to attract people to our store. Now I can manage the content remotely and check in whenever the activity of each monitor I have attached a Yodeck player to. Their plans are affordable and dashboard easy to use. I can conveniently change content online whenever needed and ensure the content is displayed properly without needing to physically be in front of the screen. The demo was quick and easy. The customer support is great. The monitor has been active every day and their system even alerts me for any inconsistencies when a monitor is offline more than usual, which was awesome.

Cons

It was a bit tricky to figure out setting up the Yodeck player onto a monitor, but I now understand how it works with information from their knowledge base to use the correct settings. It's unfortunate they will be increasing their pricing soon, but that inevitable due to inflation. Overall, there is not much to dislike as it is straight forward once you complete the set up properly. Nothing has malfunctioned so far and I hope this can be a long term solution. I wish they priced in Canadian so Canadian customers can pay in their currency.

Pros

When I started shopping for our digital signage solution, I was looking for something powerfull, cheap and easy to use. When I realised that Yodeck was free, packed with all its features, for a single device, it was easy for me to test it, and the more I did, the more I realised that this tool was da bomb.

Cons

There are a lot of features in Yodeck, but the one I was missing was OneDrive for business integration.... and guess what, I've just learned that it's now a thing and I can't wait to give it a try. So, apart from that, the only con is maybe, not enough flexibility with the birthday app, but then again, I was surprised they even had one!

Alternatives Considered

ScreenCloud and OptiSigns

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

Their interface, although powerfull, is a mess. It was buggy, hard to use, and I was the only one tech savy enough the manage it at my old job. I'm pretty sure they've switched since I left.

Switched From

mediaCLOUD

Pros

What I like most about Yodeck is that it is easy to use and powerful enough to do what we need.

Cons

The only con is that Yodeck takes a bit longer than I would like to update content.

Alternatives Considered

Square Point of Sale and 3PLEX

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

Yodeck was quicker to use and faster implement than other platforms we have looked at.

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

It was simple and easy enough for all team members to use.

Pros

Super easy to deploy. Super easy to sit someone who has never touched digital signage in front of the dashboard and start having them upload content on their screens. The documentation is very thorough, and the Youtube videos are very valuable.

Cons

Every once in a while I get a player out of the box that gets messed up during the initializing process and have to re-image the microsd card. Everything works fine after that. Very minor annoyance.

Pros

Ease of use, being able to use different content on different players, being able to schedule content, good customer support, easy to manage

Cons

Customer support is in a different time zone then us, certain app layouts could use an update such as weather and time clock

Alternatives Considered

ScreenCloud and Mvix Digital Signage

Reasons for Choosing Yodeck

Spectrio had a lot of areas where they could not offer what we needed and their players/software was constantly failing. We eventually got frustrated and started looking for someone new. I used the free trial of Yodeck for a while before deciding to go with them as our new vendor.

Switched From

Spectrio

Reasons for Switching to Yodeck

At the end it came down to ease of use and price which is where Yodeck was better than the others.

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

The fact that each individual display can be provided with individual content or combined into groups and locations ensures that a wide range of solutions can be implemented.

The schedules and playlists are a particularly powerful tool for delivering the right content to the right place at the right time.
With yodeck this is solved much more efficiently than we know from other systems.

User roles and work areas make it possible for technically less experienced people to provide content for the displays without jeopardizing the security and functionality of the entire system.
Anyone who knows other solutions knows that this cannot be taken for granted.

We are happy to now not only be able to use the various possibilities ourselves, but also to have found an extremely interesting new product for our customers.

Cons

In the beginning, some processes were much more complex, not clearly explained, poorly labeled or misleadingly translated. In addition, some functions that were important to us were missing.

However, since the software is continuously being improved, these problems could gradually be resolved, so that Yodeck has now become a powerful tool at a fair price that flexibly adapts to the needs of the users.

For digital menu boards, we would like to be able to show and hide content in an animated manner and to move it across the screen with keyframes, a timeline or such.

Cons

In the spirit of a fair review, it's worth considering any drawbacks of the Yodeck digital signage platform. However, in the two years since its installation at Andrew Johnson Golf Club, the system has operated flawlessly, with no notable issues to report. The one instance where we required assistance, the hiccup was swiftly and efficiently resolved by their responsive support staff. While some may yearn for a con to weigh against the many pros, our experience has been so positive that finding fault seems more like searching for a needle in a well-kept fairway. Yodeck has proven to be a reliable and robust solution for our digital communication needs.

Pros

Yodeck offers a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to create and manage digital signage content. Even without prior experience, I found it simple to navigate and set up my displays.

Cons

Although Yodeck provides a solid set of design tools, some advanced design features, such as intricate animations or complex transitions, could enhance the creative possibilities for content creation.