A fully hosted alternative to Xibo
Xibo gives you a free, self-hosted CMS and paid cloud tiers from $4.90 a display, with 1 GB of storage per display on the entry tier. CloudyFy TV is one hosted account with 5 GB per device on Starter, published support response times, and every device pairs to it in minutes.
Every Xibo price and capability on this page was checked against their own published pages on 29 October 2026. Vendors change both without notice, so verify before you decide. We use the product name as text and publish no rating for anyone's product, including our own.
When Xibo might fit
Xibo still fits one kind of team. Here is how CloudyFy TV answers it.
Free, self-hosted control
Xibo's AGPLv3 core lets you run the CMS on your own server, under your own control, for nothing.
Source: xibosignage.com/open-source, checked 29 October 2026
With CloudyFy TV: We run the infrastructure so you don't have to: no server, database, backups or upgrades on your side, and every player licence inside one subscription.
Pick Xibo if owning the stack matters more than avoiding it. Pick CloudyFy TV if you'd rather a subscription just work.
Why do people look for a Xibo alternative?
The most common reason isn't a missing feature, it's what "free" turns out to mean
Xibo's CMS is genuinely free under an AGPLv3 licence, but that's the software only: you still provide, patch, and back up the server it runs on, and buy a perpetual licence for each Android, Tizen, webOS or ChromeOS player. Xibo's three paid cloud tiers remove the server and include the players, from $4.90 per display a month, with 1 GB of storage per display and best-effort support on the entry tier (xibosignage.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-29).
How CloudyFy TV differs, honestly
CloudyFy TV is one hosted account with its price on its pricing page: ₹550 or $7$7 or ₹550 per device a month on Starter, which pairs up to 25 devices, ₹1,000 or $12$12 or ₹1,000 on Standard for up to 50, and ₹1,500 or $20$20 or ₹1,500 on Pro for up to 100. There's no separate licence to buy per platform, since the subscription covers the CMS and every player it supports. Indian prices are shown before GST, which is added at checkout.
Xibo vs CloudyFy TV, at a glance
CloudyFy TV Starter is ₹550 or $7$7 or ₹550 per device a month and pairs up to 25 devices, so 25 displays are ₹13,750 or $175$175 or ₹13,750 a month, with 5 GB per device. Xibo Cloud Professional is listed at $4.90 per display, $122.50 for 25, with 1 GB per display and best-effort support; Business, at $7.70, adds SAML and a 5-working-day SLA. For the full cost and feature table, plus when Xibo's free AGPLv3 core might fit, see the full CloudyFy TV vs Xibo comparison.
Xibo and CloudyFy TV, feature by feature
These are the rows a Xibo user actually has to weigh: who runs the server, what the licence covers, and what arrives inside the subscription rather than as a second invoice.
Read down the rows that decide it for you, not the whole table.
| What you are choosing between | CloudyFy TV (CloudyFy TV) | Xibo |
|---|---|---|
Who runs the CMS server | We do. There is no host, database, TLS certificate or backup job on your side. | You do on the free AGPLv3 build. Xibo does on its three paid cloud tiers. |
Software licence | A commercial subscription that includes hosting, updates and every player licence. | AGPLv3 on the self-hosted CMS, which is what makes the free build genuinely free software. |
Published price | ₹550, ₹1,000 and ₹1,500, or $7, $12 and $20$7, $12 and $20, or ₹550, ₹1,000 and ₹1,500 per device a month, on the pricing page. | $4.90, $7.70 and $12.60 per display a month, listed in the page data; the visible plan cards show Buy Now. |
Player licences | Included for every supported platform, on every plan. | Included on cloud plans. Perpetual Android, webOS, Tizen and ChromeOS licences when self-hosted. |
Storage per device | 5 GB on Starter, 10 GB on Standard, 25 GB on Pro, pooled across your screens. | 1 GB on Professional, 1.5 GB on Business, 2 GB on Enterprise. |
Audit log retention | A full audit trail with CSV export. | One month on Professional, three months on Business, one year on Enterprise. |
Upgrades between major versions | Nothing to schedule. Releases land in the hosted CMS. | Yours to plan and test if you self-host, the database migration included. |
Player platforms | Android TV, Fire TV, Android tablets, Tizen 6.0+, webOS 6.0+ and a browser player, in one subscription. For new screens, our team helps you set them up and can source tested players for you through our hardware partners. | Windows, Linux and ChromeOS, alongside Android, Tizen and webOS. |
Integration directory | 6 shipped feeds: RSS, Atom, web page, YouTube, Google Slides and weather. | No integrations directory in its 684-URL sitemap; a Dashboard Connector is sold as an add-on. |
Free trial | 7 days on the plan you choose, Starter by default. | 14 days on Professional with a cloud CMS and two players, stated as no card and no obligation. |
CloudyFy TV
- Who runs the CMS server
- We do. There is no host, database, TLS certificate or backup job on your side.
- Software licence
- A commercial subscription that includes hosting, updates and every player licence.
- Published price
- ₹550, ₹1,000 and ₹1,500, or $7, $12 and $20$7, $12 and $20, or ₹550, ₹1,000 and ₹1,500 per device a month, on the pricing page.
- Player licences
- Included for every supported platform, on every plan.
- Storage per device
- 5 GB on Starter, 10 GB on Standard, 25 GB on Pro, pooled across your screens.
- Audit log retention
- A full audit trail with CSV export.
- Upgrades between major versions
- Nothing to schedule. Releases land in the hosted CMS.
- Player platforms
- Android TV, Fire TV, Android tablets, Tizen 6.0+, webOS 6.0+ and a browser player, in one subscription. For new screens, our team helps you set them up and can source tested players for you through our hardware partners.
- Integration directory
- 6 shipped feeds: RSS, Atom, web page, YouTube, Google Slides and weather.
- Free trial
- 7 days on the plan you choose, Starter by default.
Xibo
- Who runs the CMS server
- You do on the free AGPLv3 build. Xibo does on its three paid cloud tiers.
- Software licence
- AGPLv3 on the self-hosted CMS, which is what makes the free build genuinely free software.
- Published price
- $4.90, $7.70 and $12.60 per display a month, listed in the page data; the visible plan cards show Buy Now.
- Player licences
- Included on cloud plans. Perpetual Android, webOS, Tizen and ChromeOS licences when self-hosted.
- Storage per device
- 1 GB on Professional, 1.5 GB on Business, 2 GB on Enterprise.
- Audit log retention
- One month on Professional, three months on Business, one year on Enterprise.
- Upgrades between major versions
- Yours to plan and test if you self-host, the database migration included.
- Player platforms
- Windows, Linux and ChromeOS, alongside Android, Tizen and webOS.
- Integration directory
- No integrations directory in its 684-URL sitemap; a Dashboard Connector is sold as an add-on.
- Free trial
- 14 days on Professional with a cloud CMS and two players, stated as no card and no obligation.
Xibo details read from xibosignage.com/pricing, its structured price data and its published cloud feature table, checked 2026-10-29, in USD. CloudyFy TV prices are the ones printed on cloudyfy.tv/pricing.
How do I migrate from Xibo to CloudyFy TV?
There's no importer between the two, so treat it as a fresh setup rather than a transfer.
Download your media from Xibo
Images, videos, PDFs, then upload it into CloudyFy TV's Media Library, which deduplicates by checksum so a file you upload twice only costs storage once.Recreate each layout
In CloudyFy TV's builder, using one of the 93 catalogue templates as a starting point rather than a blank canvas.Pair each physical screen
With a fresh code from the Devices screen, install the CloudyFy TV player for that device's platform, an APK sideload for Android and Fire TV, the Tizen .wgt, or the LG webOS .ipk, and confirm it comes online before you decommission the Xibo player.Keep the old server read-only, if self-hosted
If you were self-hosting, keep the old server running read-only until the last screen has switched over.
Switching from Xibo in a week
A 25-screen estate is about a week of work if you sequence it. Here is what each day looks like, and what the Xibo side of it involves.
Day 1: get the media out of Xibo
Self-hosted, the library is a folder on your own disk, so copy it straight off the server rather than clicking through the CMS. On a cloud tier you download it from the library instead. Upload the result to CloudyFy TV, then check your heaviest screen against the plan cap: 250 MB of total media per layout on Starter, 500 MB on Standard, 1,000 MB on Pro.Days 2 and 3: recreate layouts from the 93 templates
A Xibo layout is a set of regions, each running its own playlist. CloudyFy TV builds the same shape from blocks, splitting the canvas into panes with split_x and split_y. Start from the closest of the 93 catalogue templates and drop your uploaded media into the blocks instead of redrawing the geometry from nothing.Day 4: pair devices by code
Xibo players are pointed at a CMS address and authorised from the display list. CloudyFy TV works the other way round: the Devices screen issues a pairing code, you type it into the player once, and the screen appears online. Install the APK on Android TV and Fire TV, the .wgt on Tizen, the .ipk on webOS.Day 5: recreate the schedule
Move one display group at a time. Recreate each recurring window on the matching CloudyFy TV device group, set the default content that plays when no rule matches, then publish and read the readiness matrix before you walk away from it.Days 6 and 7: verify with proof of play
Run both systems in parallel for a day, then open CloudyFy TV's proof-of-play report and confirm every screen logged what you expected, at the times you expected. Export that CSV, keep one final Xibo database dump, and only then stop the service and leave the perpetual player licences unused.
What you get on every CloudyFy TV plan
FAQs
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Cost table, feature table, and the migration steps in detail.