Carousel
About Carousel
Carousel is a robust, easy to use, digital signage software designed for users who demand seamless functionality, advanced integrations, and top-tier security. With intuitive tools for creating, scheduling, and managing content, Carousel supports multi-user, multi-location environments, ensuring flexibility and scalability. It integrates with leading platforms like Canva, Power BI, YouTube, Google Slides, CAP, and more, streamlining workflows and enhancing efficiency.
Security is a cornerstone of Carousel, with features like user permissions, role-based access control, and secure data handling, ensuring your information remains protected. The platform also supports emergency messaging, providing instant, reliable communication in critical situations.
Whether you're managing digital displays across campuses, corporate offices, or government facilities, Carousel delivers tailored, secure, and dynamic solutions to keep your audience engaged and informed.
Key benefits of Carousel
Easy to Deploy and Maintain: We provide the knowledge, expertise, and resources to help put all the pieces together, delivering the right solution to the right people.
Well Supported: Our support is exceptional and our content library and training modules (accessible from within the software) are included in every Carousel Cloud subscription.
Ready in an Emergency: Carousel is ready in an emergency to receive CAP triggers to quickly display targeted visual notifications and instructions throughout your signage network with no user action required.
Commitment to Security: Carousel is SOC 2 Compliant. SOC 2 outlines requirements for safeguarding customer data based on the five trust services criteria for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
Streamline Your Setup: Drive revenue, productivity and safety with PowerBI and GeckoBoard. Integrate your chosen calendar feed, YouTube videos or choose templates from Canvas and Google Slides to create content and seamlessly incorporate into Carousel.
Accessibility: With the simple click of a button, and the help of assistive technologies, you can turn your Carousel channels into an alternative browsing experience, ensuring your entire campus can receive your messaging.
Screens of All Sizes: Reach the right people at the right place and time by sending communications not only to your wall mounted displays, but to mobile devices as well.
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- Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Flexible product that just works
Reviewed on 01/02/2021
Pros
We use all Apple products at our school, Carousel was a clear choice as we are able to deploy the robust signage solution to our Apple TV devices that we already had in every classroom in a matter of minutes.
Cons
I would like it noted more that Carousel on Apple TV doesn't support video streaming. This is a limitation of the hardware, not Carousel but would be good to know the Apple TV specs on the site
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Super Easy cloud based signage for multiple buildings and lots of players
Reviewed on 05/07/2024
We have over 40 signes spread over 8 buildings and we love it. We've been using versions of...
We have over 40 signes spread over 8 buildings and we love it. We've been using versions of Carousel for 10 years and couldn't be happier.
Pros
Carousel is cloud based, making it easy to manage from anywhere and any device. Content is cashed on the displays, so they work when the internet is down and the sign design editor is very easy to use. The newest version even works with ChromeBox, so we can install the free Chrome OS Flex on any device and it is immediately a sign. Lots of media types and external sources can be added. We've been using Carousel for nearly 10 years and we have more than 40 signs over 8 schools and we love it.
Cons
Functionally, we couldn't really ask for more. Maybe a way to play Google Slides directly. The only negative I can see, just like most products today, the price is getting higher and schools are struggling with budgets, but the value is there.
Response from Tightrope Media Systems
Hello Jerry! Thank you for your review. We're happy that you are happy :)
In regards to Google Slides ... you're in luck. We just released a new feature that allows you to easily bring your Google Slide content into Carousel. If you'd like to learn more about how this feature works you can click here: https://support.carouselsignage.com/hc/en-us/articles/26482041981076-Carousel-Cloud-and-Google-Slides
- Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Carousel Comments
Reviewed on 17/11/2024
Tech support is very quick and helpful when issues arise.
Tech support is very quick and helpful when issues arise.
Pros
I like that I can do it remotely and that I can have more then one person work on this platform.
Cons
More options for scheduling, not being able to make presets for certain types of bulletins, like the default for background for uploaded images.
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AxisTV Signage SuiteReasons for Choosing Carousel
It was a difficult thing to update and use. It also was very limited.Switched From
Microsoft PowerPointReasons for Switching to Carousel
It was cloud based and I had previous knowledge of this system.- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Carousel is Perfect for Managing Large Organizations
Reviewed on 10/07/2024
Overall good, Implementaion went well, training was easy. Some of the staff were a little too pushy...
Overall good, Implementaion went well, training was easy. Some of the staff were a little too pushy and ungenuine and the critical feature upgrades did not come until 3 + years later ... but I would not say that had hindered the quality of product but rather reflects the organization.
Pros
It made it easy to produce, distribute, and manage content to 25 different buildings and give them a similar and easy experience
Cons
The rigidness of their templates are and how unfriendly it is to be creative with the stock they give you.
Response from Tightrope Media Systems
Thank you very much for your feedback, we're happy to hear that onboarding and training went well and that you are able to service you campus. We understand there are always ways we can improve the product user experience and we are working on new ways to make things easier there as well. Please don't hesitate to reach out and let us know more about what you'd like to see!
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great signage that doesn't require a ton of time
Reviewed on 16/10/2024
I have been a Carousel (Tightrope) Customer through 3 different shops, over the span of almost 15...
I have been a Carousel (Tightrope) Customer through 3 different shops, over the span of almost 15 years. Thier products have always done what I need them to-do, have been easy to understand and implement, and I have had to spend very little time on Maintenace and upkeep. I wish all of my systems were as worry free as Carousel has been.
Pros
Its simple to implement and to use, but also has the options for a more robust system should you need more custom configurations. It's very to learn.
Cons
There is not much not to like. It's simple, has a bunch of integrations, and is easy to use.
Reasons for Switching to Carousel
Familiarity with Carousel, cost, and ease of use.Carousel FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Carousel.Q. What type of pricing plans does Carousel offer?
Carousel offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: USD 25.00/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Base subscription includes support for 10 media players, unlimited users.
Q. Who are the typical users of Carousel?
Carousel has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Carousel support?
Carousel supports the following languages:
English, French, German, Spanish
Q. Does Carousel support mobile devices?
Carousel supports the following devices:
iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Carousel integrate with?
Carousel integrates with the following applications:
Canva, Geckoboard, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Jamf Pro, Jamf School, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Slack, YouTube
Q. What level of support does Carousel offer?
Carousel offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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