Raydiant Alternative
Restaurant and retail signage you can sign up for tonight, on a device you already have.
Raydiant built signage for restaurants, retail and other physical locations, with its own plug-in player hardware and a marketplace of apps. In 2025 Displai Systems acquired Raydiant's products and customer contracts, according to trade press reports, and raydiant.com now redirects to displai.ai. Displai describes itself as signage, employee engagement and AI-powered visitor analytics for brick-and-mortar businesses, with plug-and-play hardware and kiosks. Its website points new customers to a demo rather than a public price list.
How CastWize is different
CastWize is software only. You pair an Android TV box, a Windows or Mac computer, a Linux machine or a Raspberry Pi as the player, and manage every screen from a browser. Every screen is $5 per month with every feature included, there is no contract, and your first screen is free for 30 days with no credit card. You can sign up and have a menu board running the same evening without talking to anyone.
What to actually compare
| CastWize | Raydiant (now Displai) | |
|---|---|---|
| Player hardware | Bring your own: Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi | Its own plug-and-play hardware and kiosks |
| Pricing | $5 per screen per month, listed publicly, every feature included | Not listed publicly; their site points to a demo |
| Getting started | Sign up online, first screen free for 30 days, no card | Book a demo |
| Scope | Signage: scheduled content, layouts, widgets, queue display | Signage plus employee engagement, visitor analytics and ordering kiosks |
Displai's plans and products may have changed since this was written. Check their current site for the specifics rather than relying on a comparison page to have the latest details.
Who this fits
If you want one vendor for screens, self-order kiosks, staff leaderboards and camera-based foot traffic analytics, Displai covers more ground than CastWize does. If you mainly need menu boards, promotions and a split-screen layout that changes from breakfast to lunch on its own, CastWize does that at one public price on hardware you choose. The under-$200 setup guide lists what to buy if you have nothing yet.
Everything included at $5 per screen
No tier unlocks any of this — every screen gets all of it:
- Images, video, text, webpages, YouTube, live streams, and Google Docs, Sheets and Slides
- Live widgets: weather, clock, countdowns, news feeds, QR codes
- Multi-zone layouts and video walls
- Scheduling by day, time and date, plus ad cycles
- Queue management: a take-a-number kiosk and a live "Now serving" display
- Clients: separate workspaces for each business you run screens for, on one bill
- Media Library with folders and one-click Google Drive import
- Remote screenshot and refresh, plus reboot on Android
- Alerts by email, Slack and webhook
- Analytics with CSV and PDF export
- Audit log, API keys, Google sign-in and two-factor authentication
How to switch from Raydiant
Most single-location setups move over in an afternoon, without taking a screen dark:
- Download the images and videos you use from Raydiant, or keep them in Google Drive.
- Create a CastWize account and add them to the Media Library — upload them, or import straight from Google Drive.
- Install the CastWize player on a device you already have — Android, Windows, macOS, Linux or Raspberry Pi. If your current player only runs Raydiant's software, a budget Android TV box works.
- Pair the screen, then rebuild your playlists and schedules. Preview shows exactly what each screen will play.
- Run both side by side on one screen for a few days, then move the rest and cancel the old plan.
Your first screen is free for 30 days with no credit card, so you can do the whole trial run before paying anything.
See the full feature list
Pricing has the complete feature list at the one rate, and Product covers how the canvas, scheduling and player management work.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Raydiant?
If you want signage software you can price and buy yourself, CastWize is one option: $5 per screen per month with every feature included, on Android, Windows, macOS, Linux or Raspberry Pi devices, and your first screen free for 30 days with no credit card.
What happened to Raydiant?
According to trade press reports from 2025, Displai Systems acquired Raydiant's products, technology and customer contracts, and raydiant.com now redirects to displai.ai. Displai said it would keep services running for existing Raydiant customers. If you are a customer, check your account and contract with them directly.
Do I need special hardware to replace Raydiant?
No. CastWize runs on devices you may already own. An Android TV box, a spare Windows or Mac computer, a Linux machine or a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 plugged into the TV's HDMI port is enough.
How long does it take to switch from Raydiant?
Most single-location setups move over in an afternoon: move your media, install the CastWize player, pair the screen, rebuild playlists and schedules, and run both side by side before cancelling.
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First screen free for 30 days, no credit card required.