Digital Menu Boards & Signage
12 products listed
Introduction
Menu boards above the counter used to mean printing and swapping panels. Digital menu board software runs on ordinary screens or commercial displays and changes what is shown by time of day, site or stock. A price can be updated once for every location. Some products link to the point of sale, so an item marked as sold out disappears from the board. Others are general signage tools that also play music, promotions or visitor analytics. Drive-through screens and order confirmation boards are a related use. Each site needs a screen, a small media player and a stable internet connection.
Who needs it
Quick-service restaurants, cafes, bars and food trucks with a counter menu, and multi-site brands that need every board to show the same prices. It becomes worth having when prices or promotions change often, when you want a different menu by daypart, or when several sites must stay in step. A single fixed menu may not need it.
Written 30 September 2026
What to look for
Price per screen, zone or site. Menuboard Manager starts at $89 per screen, SmarterSign at $30 and Nento at $20 a month, while Rockbot charges per zone. Multiply by your number of screens.
Software only or supplied hardware. Nento runs on existing TVs and streaming sticks. CrownTV supplies commercial displays, players and installation, and publishes prices for installed hardware bundles.
POS price and stock sync. Menuboard Manager syncs prices and sold-out items on higher plans, and SmarterSign lists Square sync. Without it, staff edit the boards by hand.
Drive-thru and order boards. Menuboard Manager offers order confirmation and order ready boards, while Stream Digital Signage and Delphi Display Systems cover outdoor drive-thru displays. Check the product covers the screens you use.
Multi-location control of boards. 8 of the 11 profiles mention multi-location features. CrownTV lists franchisee permissions and overrides, which matter if sites can change their own prices.
Menu design help. Nento and CrownTV offer menu design services, while Menuboard Manager expects you to import from design tools such as Canva. Decide who will build the layouts.
At a glance
5 products have a profile.
3 publish a starting price and 2 are quote only.
0% of the 1 products that state it have a free plan.
100% of the 2 products that state it have a free trial.
The median product names 3 integrations.
Most named integration partners: Square (3), Toast (2), 7shifts (1), NCR Aloha (1), Amazon Signage Stick (1), BrightSign (1).
Of the 11 profiled products, 6 are quote only and 3 charge per screen. One charges per location and one per zone, and some sell installed hardware bundles instead of a subscription.
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11products with a profile. Ordered by how many columns are filled, then by name. Select a column heading to sort.
| Product | Best for | Starting price | Free plan | Free trial | Platforms | Integrations | Last reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-location restaurant brands and food service operators | USD 30 per screen per month | No | Yes | Web | 3 | 29 September 2026 | |
| Quick-service and drive-thru restaurants | USD 89 per screen per month | Not stated | Yes | Web | 10 | 29 September 2026 | |
| Restaurants, cafes and bars | USD 25 per zone per month, 12-month term | Not stated | Yes | Web | 3 | 29 September 2026 | |
| Independent restaurants | USD 24 per month, paid annually | Not stated | Not stated | Web | 6 | 29 September 2026 | |
| Cafes, bakeries and delis | Not published | Not stated | Not stated | Web | 1 | 29 September 2026 | |
| Hotels and hotel groups | Not published | Not stated | Yes | Web | None named | 29 September 2026 | |
| Small restaurants, cafes and food trucks | $20 (currency not stated) per screen per month | Not stated | Not stated | Web, Android | None named | 29 September 2026 | |
| Multi-location restaurant and bar brands | Not published | Not stated | Not stated | Web | 13 | 29 September 2026 | |
| Quick-service restaurants with a drive-thru | Not published | Not stated | Not stated | Web | 19 | 29 September 2026 | |
| Enterprise quick-service chains | Not published | Not stated | Not stated | iOS, Android, Windows | 1 | 29 September 2026 | |
| Quick-service and fast-casual chains with drive-thrus | Not published | Not stated | Not stated | Not published | None named | 29 September 2026 |
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Related categories
- Digital Menu & Menu Management 29
- Drive-Thru Technology 14
- Music, Audio & In-Venue Entertainment for Hospitality 1
- Self-Order Kiosk 35
- Online Ordering System 185
- QR Code Menu & Ordering 80
- Delivery Marketplace 55
- Branded Restaurant App Builder 45
- Catering & Group Order Marketplaces 27
- Delivery Management & Dispatch 24
- Delivery Aggregator Integration & Order Management 18
- Voice AI & Phone Ordering 14
- Ghost Kitchen & Virtual Brand Platform 8
Figures come from vendors' own published information, last reviewed on 29 September 2026. See how we list products.