SmilControl CMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SmilControl CMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SmilControl CMS's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| SaaS low-load sample | €7 a month | 10 media players · 500 MB traffic per player monthly · annual payment; three-year contract term |
| SaaS reseller premium sample | €25 a month | 50 media players · 5 GB traffic per player monthly · monthly payment; one-year contract period |
| Self-hosting setup and installation | €499 a month | Docker Compose deployment · Configuration and smoke test · Remote installation via SSH · billed monthly |
| Managed Hosting | €99 a month | Hosting · TLS certificates · Monitoring · Updates · Annual contract, cancellable yearly |
| Support & Maintenance Basic | €79 a month | Up to 5 players · billed monthly |
| Support & Maintenance Business | €199 a month | Up to 20 players · billed monthly |
| Support & Maintenance Premium | €399 a month | Up to 50 players · Response within 8 working hours · billed monthly |
| Remote Training | €699 a month | Remote team onboarding · Optional remote training |
| Reseller & White Label | — | Corporate design and own domain · User, media, license, player, playlist, and voucher management · Templates, channels, and playlists · Playback logs and reports · Player firmware updates via CMS |
| SaaS example: low load, 10 players | €7 a month | 10 media players · 500 MB traffic per player monthly · three-year contract, then annual termination · 7 EUR monthly per licensed player; annual payment; prices exclude VAT |
| SaaS example: reseller, premium features, 50 players | €25 a month | 50 media players · 5 GB traffic monthly per player · one-year contract, then quarterly termination · 25 EUR monthly per licensed player; monthly payment; prices exclude VAT |
The facts
Each one read from SmilControl CMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2001
- Audience
- The maker positions SaaS for quick starts, campaigns, and users without operations staff, and self-hosting for business-critical, data-sensitive, long-term, or regulated environments.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Authentication
- The SaaS CMS supports optional multi-factor authentication using a second factor such as an authenticator-app code.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Content types
- images,videos,documents,livestreams,websites,RSS/Atom feeds,HTML5 widgets,SVG templateschecked 22 Sep 2001
- Dynamic content
- The CMS can link RSS feeds to templates and updates channel subscriptions several times a day.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- The maker lists Google or Exchange meeting-room interfaces as widget examples and supports content from RSS or Atom feeds.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Limits
- The maker says the SaaS is a closed platform hosted on its servers, with per-player subscription pricing; its comparison page says self-hosted garlic-hub lacks SaaS MFA and reporting.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Media management
- Users upload images, videos, and documents through browser drag-and-drop into a central media pool; images and videos are converted online.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Offline playback
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2001
- Player compatibility
- The SaaS CMS is described as compatible with the open SMIL standard and works with garlic-player, IAdea hardware players, and SMIL-compatible media players.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Product
- SmilControl CMS manages screens and digital signage content centrally in a hosted browser-based service.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Reporting
- Playback logs can be generated for configurable periods, viewed as pie charts, or downloaded as CSV; system and inventory reports help monitor equipment health.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Scheduling
- Playlists can be scheduled for business hours, other times, or specific days, and can be nested for reuse.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Security and privacy
- The maker says the SaaS supports MFA; its privacy page says the website uses no cookies or Google Analytics and warns that internet data transfer cannot be completely protected from third-party access.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Support
- The 10-player SaaS example includes remote training and email support with a maximum 48-hour weekday response time; the 50-player reseller example includes working-hours phone support and severity-based email response times of up to 12 working hours or 48 hours.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Templates and widgets
- Users can create templates based on SVG 1.2 or HTML5, while widgets can be built with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript and scheduled like media.checked 12 Oct 2001
- User roles
- customchecked 22 Sep 2001
- Zones and formats
- SMIL players can show independent content in multiple, including overlapping, screen zones; the page says content can be shown in 4K, 8K, or higher.checked 12 Oct 2001
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2001
The company
- Headquarters
- Hanover, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2001
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