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Valotalive vs InfoBox: do you pay for apps or for screens?

Updated 8.6.202611 min readKasper VälimäkiKasper Välimäki

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For most Finnish SMBs InfoBox is the more affordable choice, because every integration is included in a fixed per-screen price from €7/screen/month. Valotalive charges per app on its Starter tier (€99/year/app), so the price rises with every data source you add.

Valotalive is, however, at its strongest on screens showing real-time manufacturing and logistics data.

Valotalive and InfoBox are both Finnish cloud-based digital signage platforms, so the choice doesn't come down to language or data location. The difference is in the pricing model and the product focus. Valotalive is built around real-time data for manufacturing, logistics and field workplaces, and on its Starter tier it prices per app: one app, meaning one data source, costs €99/year/app (€10/month), and a screen is limited to fewer than three apps.

When a screen needs more data sources, it moves to the Awesome tier, which costs €378/year/screen with unlimited apps. InfoBox charges purely per screen from €7/screen/month, and every integration (Power BI, Canva, SharePoint, Google Drive, Lounastaja, Sitedrive, YouTube), scheduling and screen status are included in the lowest price with no per-app fees. The annual price for five screens shows the difference: if each screen shows only one data source, Valotalive Starter is €495/year and InfoBox €540/year.

When the screens combine two data sources, Valotalive is €990/year and InfoBox still €540/year. With unlimited apps (Awesome), Valotalive is €1,890/year and InfoBox €540/year.

At a glance

  1. Valotalive is a strong specialist platform for real-time data: it is designed to show manufacturing, logistics and field teams real-time dashboards from Power BI, Excel, SAP and SharePoint. More than 40 ready-made integrations, SSO and user roles, emergency messages, multi-view layouts and a Device Management service for media players are genuine strengths. If each screen shows one real-time dashboard, Valotalive Starter (€99/year) is even slightly cheaper than InfoBox.

  2. InfoBox is a multi-industry digital signage platform where every integration is included in a fixed per-screen price with no per-app fees. It runs directly on an Android TV with no extra device, suits restaurants, stores, construction sites and offices equally well, and also offers turnkey leasing as an option. The founder is reachable directly.

  3. The pricing model decides it: on the Starter tier Valotalive charges for each data source separately, while in InfoBox combining content sources is part of the fixed per-screen price. Annual price for five screens that combine two data sources: InfoBox €540, Valotalive Starter €990. With unlimited apps (Awesome), Valotalive €1,890/year, InfoBox €540/year. With 25 screens and unlimited apps, InfoBox €2,100/year and Valotalive Awesome €9,450/year.

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Side by side

Quick comparison

Both are Finnish cloud-based SaaS platforms managed in the browser, and both have a Finnish-language interface and support. The difference shows in the pricing model, product focus and platform support. Valotalive specializes in real-time data screens in manufacturing and logistics, while InfoBox is a multi-industry platform where everything is included in the per-screen price.

FeatureValotaliveInfoBox
Price Starter €99/year/app (€10/month), Awesome €378/year/screen (€37/month) with unlimited apps, Enterprise custom (min. 20 screens) From €7/screen/month (10–50 screens) or €9/screen/month (1–9 screens), billed annually
Pricing model● Per app on the Starter tier (you pay for each data source), per screen on the Awesome tier Per screen, every feature and integration included in the price
Number of apps per screen● Starter limited to fewer than three apps, unlimited requires the Awesome tier No per-app limits or extra fees
Free trial 14 days, no credit card 14 days, no credit card
Real-time data and dashboards A clear strength: real-time connections to Power BI, Excel, SAP and SharePoint, updating automatically● Power BI integration and websites via URL, updating automatically
Media player required● Platforms ChromeOS, Windows and Samsung Tizen, Android coming. Plus a Device Management service at €96/year/player No. Android TVs work directly on the TV's built-in system
Android support Marked as coming Native, Android TVs work directly with no extra device
Ready-made integrations More than 40 tools, focused on data sources: Power BI, Excel, SAP, SharePoint, PowerPoint and others● Power BI, Canva, Google Slides, SharePoint, Google Drive, Lounastaja, Sitedrive, Sinebrychoff ContentHub, YouTube + websites via URL
Power BI integration● Yes, but on the Starter tier it takes one app slot and one per-app fee Yes, included at no extra cost
Finnish integrations (Lounastaja, Sitedrive) No lunch menu or construction site integrations Lounastaja and Sitedrive natively, updating automatically
SSO and user roles Yes, SSO and role-based access Yes, SSO sign-in and user roles
Emergency messages and multi-view Yes, as named features● Emergency messages with the free Massatiedote add-on, no named multi-view
API Yes, My Content API and Data Transfer API on the Awesome tier Yes, an API is included in the price
Industry focus Manufacturing, logistics and field workplaces, real-time operational data Multi-industry: restaurants, stores, bars, construction sites, offices, pharmacies, furniture stores
Finnish provider Yes, Finnish platform since 2019 Yes, Finnish platform, founder reachable directly
Customers Manufacturing, logistics and industrial customers (no public customer count) 400+ Finnish SMBs across eight industries (InfoBox's own figure)
Pricing

Price comparison: Valotalive vs InfoBox

Valotalive pricing is built around the app, meaning the data source. On the Starter tier you pay for each app separately at €99/year/app, and a single screen is limited to fewer than three apps. When a screen needs more data sources, it is moved up to the Awesome tier, a fixed €378/year/screen with unlimited apps. InfoBox charges purely per screen, and every integration is included in the price from the first screen.

Valotalive

Starter €99/year/app, Awesome €378/year/screen

  • Starter: €99/year/app (€10/month/app). You pay for each data source separately, and a screen is limited to fewer than three apps.
  • Awesome: €378/year/screen (€37/month/screen). Unlimited app use at the same per-screen price.
  • Device Management service for media players: €96/year/player (€8/month), optional add-on.
  • Enterprise: custom price for at least 20 screens. Includes volume discounts, a dollar pricing option, SSO and personal support.
  • You can't mix monthly and annual billing: all screens must be on the same billing period.
  • 14-day free trial, no credit card.
  • Example with 5 screens, one app per screen (Starter): 5 × €99 = €495/year
  • Example with 5 screens, two apps per screen (Starter): 5 × €198 = €990/year
  • Example with 5 screens and unlimited apps (Awesome): 5 × €378 = €1,890/year
  • Example with 25 screens and unlimited apps (Awesome): 25 × €378 = €9,450/year
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InfoBox

From €7/screen/month

  • 10–50 screens: €7/screen/month billed annually (€84/year/screen)
  • 1–9 screens: €9/screen/month billed annually (€108/year/screen)
  • Every integration (Power BI, Canva, Google Slides, SharePoint, Google Drive, Lounastaja, Sitedrive, Sinebrychoff ContentHub, YouTube), scheduling and screen status included in the lowest price with no per-app fees
  • Example with 5 screens: €540/year for the software, with content and data sources combined freely
  • Example with 25 screens: €2,100/year for the software
  • Optional InfoBox Basic stick: €59 one-off, not required
  • Displays are not included in the price: use your own TVs or order turnkey leasing from €24/screen/month
  • 14-day free trial, no credit card
  • Annual billing in euros

Prices checked on 8.6.2026 from Valotalive's own subscription page. The Starter tier is charged per app (per app and per screen) and limited to fewer than three apps per screen; Awesome is a fixed per-screen price with unlimited apps. The comparison price uses a scenario where screens combine content sources, because that matches typical digital signage use. All prices excl. VAT.

Sources: valota.live/digital-signage-subscriptions

Features

Point by point

Pricing model and apps

Valotalive

Valotalive's Starter tier is priced per app: you choose apps for a screen (business intelligence, data dashboards, internal communication, social media and others), and each app costs €99/year. A screen is limited to fewer than three apps. When you need more data sources on the same screen, you move it up to the Awesome tier (€378/year/screen), where the number of apps is unlimited. The model is clear for single-source screens, but the price rises with every app you add.

InfoBox

InfoBox has no per-app fees and no tiers. You can combine a Power BI dashboard, Canva graphics, images, videos, a PDF and a website via URL in the same screen's playlist without the price changing. The price only steps by number of screens: €9/month for 1–9 screens and €7/month for 10–50 screens. Every screen gets every feature.

Real-time data and dashboards

Valotalive

This is Valotalive's core expertise. The platform is built to show real-time data to manufacturing and logistics teams: Power BI and Excel dashboards, SAP data, SharePoint, safety counters and production figures update automatically. If your goal is a constantly updating operational dashboard on the wall of a factory or logistics center, Valotalive is designed for exactly that.

InfoBox

InfoBox supports the Power BI integration on every screen, and any web-based dashboard works as a website via URL. Dashboards update automatically. InfoBox's focus, however, is more broadly on content scheduling and communication across industries, not only real-time production dashboards. Deep SAP and Excel connections are not named InfoBox integrations.

Displays and platform support

Valotalive

Valotalive runs on ChromeOS, Windows and Samsung Tizen platforms, and Android is marked as coming. For central management of media players there is a separate Device Management service (€96/year/player). If your organization already has ChromeOS or Windows-based players, Valotalive fits them directly.

InfoBox

Android TVs (Sony, Philips, TCL, Vestel, Maxhub, Hisense and other Android TV brands) work directly with no extra device. Older TVs or other displays only need any Android device connected to the HDMI port: your own tablet, Fire TV, a generic Android stick or the optional €59 InfoBox Basic stick. Displays are the customer's own or ordered separately.

Integrations

Valotalive

Valotalive has more than 40 ready-made integrations, focused on data sources: Power BI, Excel, SAP, SharePoint and PowerPoint. This makes it strong when you want to show your organization's own operational data on screen. There are no Finnish industry-specific integrations, such as lunch menus or construction site schedules.

InfoBox

InfoBox's ready-made integrations (Power BI, Canva, Google Slides, SharePoint, Google Drive, Lounastaja, Sitedrive, Sinebrychoff ContentHub, YouTube) are included for every screen, and any website also works via URL. Lounastaja (lunch menus in Finnish restaurants) and Sitedrive (construction site schedules) are Finnish integrations that Valotalive doesn't have.

Industry focus

Valotalive

Valotalive is aimed at manufacturing, logistics and field teams, meaning work outside the office, where the screen needs real-time operational information. This specialization is its strength: the product's features and content templates are designed for this use.

InfoBox

InfoBox is a multi-industry platform serving restaurants, stores, bars, construction sites, offices, pharmacies and furniture stores. The same platform suits showing a menu, a campaign, a safety notice and a dashboard. If your needs span several industries or combine operational data with marketing content, InfoBox's breadth is an advantage.

Remote management and enterprise features

Valotalive

Valotalive offers central browser-based management, SSO and role-based access, multi-view layouts, emergency messages and APIs (My Content API and Data Transfer API on the Awesome tier). For IT management in a large organization, these are genuine advantages.

InfoBox

InfoBox includes one dashboard for all screens, real-time online/offline status and remote diagnostics as standard. In offline mode content keeps playing on schedule and syncs when the connection returns. SSO sign-in and an API are included in the price, but there is currently no named multi-view.

Support and service model

Valotalive

Valotalive is a Finnish provider, so the interface and support are available in Finnish. Support leans on self-service and support channels, and the Enterprise tier includes personal support.

InfoBox

Day-to-day support in Finnish by email and chat, with guides publicly available in the help.infoboxi.com help center. Onboarding remotely or on site is included in the software price, and most people don't need long training, because the Platform is deliberately made simple. Founder Kasper Välimäki handles the hardest cases himself. Office in Tampere.

Honest assessment

Where Valotalive is the better choice

Valotalive specializes in real-time data screens, and in that use it is stronger than InfoBox in many respects. Here is an honest assessment of when Valotalive is the better choice.

  • Real-time manufacturing and logistics data: Valotalive is built for exactly this. Real-time connections to Power BI, Excel, SAP and SharePoint: safety counters and production figures update automatically on the wall of a factory or logistics center. If this is your main use case, Valotalive's specialization shows in the product.
  • A single-source screen is affordable: if each screen shows only one dashboard, Valotalive Starter (€99/year/app) is even slightly cheaper than InfoBox at small screen counts (1–9 screens). InfoBox only becomes cheaper when the screens combine content or the screen count reaches ten or more.
  • More than 40 data-focused integrations: SAP and Excel depth in particular is Valotalive's advantage if your organization's data lives in these systems. InfoBox's list of ready-made integrations is shorter and focused on different needs.
  • Device Management service: Valotalive offers central management of media players as a separate service (€96/year/player). In a large, distributed device environment this can be a useful add-on.
  • Multi-view layouts: Valotalive has named multi-view layouts. If you need several real-time views on one screen as a named feature, Valotalive covers it directly.
Choosing

Which one is right for you

Choose Valotalive if

Valotalive is the natural choice when the main purpose is showing real-time operational data to manufacturing or logistics teams.

  • Your screens mainly show real-time production, logistics or safety dashboards
  • Your organization's data is in Power BI, Excel, SAP or SharePoint and you want it on screen over a real-time connection
  • Each screen typically shows only one data source, so per-app pricing stays affordable
  • A central management service for media players in a distributed device environment matters to you
  • Your use case centers on manufacturing, logistics or field work, not marketing communication across industries
Recommended

Choose InfoBox if

InfoBox is the natural choice when you want one platform where every integration is included in a fixed per-screen price and the same solution serves several industries.

  • Your screens combine several content sources (for example a dashboard, a campaign and a notice) and you don't want to pay for each app separately
  • You need integrations with YouTube, Power BI, Canva, Google Slides, Sinebrychoff ContentHub, SharePoint and Google Drive at the lowest price with no per-app fees
  • You need the Lounastaja integration (lunch menus) or the Sitedrive integration (construction site schedules), which Valotalive doesn't have
  • Your use spans several industries: restaurants, stores, bars, construction sites, offices or pharmacies on the same platform
  • You want a platform that runs directly on an Android TV with no separate media player
  • 1–50 info screens covers your current needs and you value a predictable per-screen annual price
  • You don't want to buy displays separately: InfoBox also offers turnkey display leasing (Hisense or Maxhub display, software and pre-installation from €24/screen/month, 36-month lease via Grenke)
  • You want to reach the founder directly when something can't be solved
Switching

How to switch from Valotalive to InfoBox

Valotalive is a browser-based cloud platform, so you can try InfoBox in parallel on one screen before making the final decision. Valotalive's media players and Device Management service don't carry over to InfoBox, but content is easy to export and upload again.

  1. 1Sign up for the 14-day free trial at infoboxi.com, no credit card.
  2. 2List which apps, meaning data sources, you use in Valotalive on each screen (for example Power BI, Excel, SharePoint). This tells you how many app slots you pay for now and what InfoBox's fixed price would cover.
  3. 3Check that InfoBox's ready-made integrations cover the data sources that are critical to you. Power BI and web-based dashboards work directly; deep SAP and Excel connections are worth confirming separately before switching.
  4. 4Export your current content from Valotalive: images, videos and PDFs to your own computer.
  5. 5Upload the content to InfoBox and connect the ready-made integrations to YouTube, Power BI, Canva, Google Slides, Sinebrychoff ContentHub, Lounastaja, Google Drive and others. Connect one screen with the InfoBox app: the Android TV's built-in system, your own Android tablet, Fire TV, a generic Android stick or the €59 InfoBox Basic stick.
  6. 6Run both in parallel: keep the Valotalive subscription active on the other screens and compare usability, content and total costs for a couple of weeks.
  7. 7Once the result is clear: end the Valotalive subscription according to its terms and move the remaining screens to InfoBox.
Customers

Customers who chose InfoBox

KSBR (Keski-Suomen Betonirakenne)

InfoBox Basic devices in construction site break rooms for safety notices and information flow. A two-site pilot with no separate installation visit.

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Ravintola Tampella

A Tampere restaurant switched its info screens to scheduled advertising and menu communication. The rollout worked with no separate installation service, on its own TVs.

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Aitokaluste

A furniture store rolled out InfoBox in two showrooms. Campaigns and offers update centrally, with no technical background needed from store staff.

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Oluthuone Kuparitarha

A Tampere beer bar replaced USB sticks with InfoBox remote management and measured more than 30% more early-evening customers in two weeks.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Valotalive cheaper than InfoBox?+

It depends on how many data sources your screen has. Valotalive Starter costs €99/year/app, so a single-dashboard screen is €99/year and InfoBox €108/year (€9/month). With one data source, Valotalive is therefore slightly cheaper at small screen counts. As soon as a screen combines two data sources, the price is €198/year/screen with Valotalive and still €108/year with InfoBox, because in InfoBox combining content sources is included in the price. Annual price for five screens with two data sources per screen: InfoBox €540, Valotalive Starter €990. With unlimited apps (Awesome), Valotalive is €1,890/year and InfoBox €540/year.

What does an app mean in Valotalive's pricing?+

In Valotalive, an app is a single data source or content type that you add to a screen: for example a Power BI dashboard, an Excel dashboard, a social media feed or an internal communication app. On the Starter tier you pay €99/year for each app, and a single screen is limited to fewer than three apps. If you need more data sources on the same screen, the screen moves to the Awesome tier (€378/year/screen), where the number of apps is unlimited. InfoBox has no equivalent per-app fee: you can combine as many content sources as you like in the same screen's playlist at no extra cost.

Is Power BI included in both?+

Yes, but in different ways. InfoBox includes the Power BI integration on every screen at no extra cost (from €7/screen/month). In Valotalive, Power BI is one app, so on the Starter tier it takes one app slot and costs €99/year. If you want other data sources on the same screen besides Power BI, the number of apps grows and the screen eventually moves to the Awesome tier.

Which is better for a manufacturing plant or logistics center?+

If the main purpose is showing real-time manufacturing or logistics data and each screen has one real-time dashboard, Valotalive is designed for exactly this and can be an affordable choice. If instead your screens combine operational data with other communication, or your needs also extend to other industries and content types, InfoBox's fixed per-screen price and multi-industry reach often make it more affordable and more flexible.

Does Valotalive need a separate media player?+

Valotalive runs on ChromeOS, Windows and Samsung Tizen platforms, and Android is marked as coming. For central management of media players there is a separate Device Management service (€96/year/player). InfoBox, on the other hand, runs directly on an Android TV with no extra device, and other displays only need any Android device connected to the HDMI port or the optional €59 InfoBox Basic stick.

Are both Finnish?+

Yes. Both Valotalive (since 2019) and InfoBox are Finnish digital signage platforms, and both have a Finnish-language interface and support. So the choice doesn't come down to language. The deciding factors are the pricing model (per app or per screen), the product focus (real-time data or communication across industries) and platform support (Valotalive emphasizes ChromeOS and Windows players, InfoBox runs directly on Android TVs).

Can I switch from Valotalive to InfoBox?+

You can start the 14-day free InfoBox trial at any time, even while your Valotalive subscription is active. Both are browser-based, so content (images, videos, PDFs) is easy to export from Valotalive and upload to InfoBox again. Before switching, check that InfoBox's ready-made integrations cover the data sources that are critical to you, as deep SAP and Excel connections are Valotalive's specialty.

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