{"id":12,"date":"2026-02-22T13:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:14:57","slug":"digital-signage-prepaid-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/digital-signage-prepaid-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"1Play Digital Signage &#8211; Prepaid billing systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 1Play Prepaid Model: Flexible Billing + Volume Discounts Down to \u20ac3.9\/screen\/month<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital signage networks are rarely static. Screens come online for new locations, campaigns run for limited periods, and some displays go offline during renovations or seasonal downtime. 1Play is built for that reality with a prepaid (pay-as-you-go) model: you stay in control, you consume credit only for active screens, and your per-screen price drops as you scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How 1Play prepaid works (simple and transparent)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Top up your wallet with \u201cDays\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Every day at 00:00 (UTC), 1 Day is consumed per active Playbox (screen).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If a screen is deactivated, it doesn\u2019t consume Days (no paying for inactive screens).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activate or deactivate screens anytime, so billing stays as flexible as your operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why prepaid billing is a real advantage<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No wasted spend on inactive screens: pause consumption when a screen is deactivated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Campaign-friendly budgeting: costs follow actual runtime, not a fixed billing cycle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frictionless scaling: add or remove screens without reworking subscription plans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transparent unit economics: pricing is based on screen-days, with predictable discounts at higher volumes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No feature gating: discount tiers change the price, not the platform capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1Play pricing tiers and volume discounts<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>1Play starts at \u20ac0.19 per screen per day (about \u20ac5.7 per screen per month). As you purchase more Days, the per-screen daily price decreases automatically\u2014down to \u20ac0.13 per screen per day (about \u20ac3.9 per screen per month) at the maximum tier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Standard: <\/strong>\u20ac0.19 \/ screen \/ day (\u2248 \u20ac5.7 \/ month)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Starter (1500+ Days): <\/strong>\u20ac0.18 \/ day (\u2248 \u20ac5.4 \/ month) \u2014 Save 6.25%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PRO (4000+ Days): <\/strong>\u20ac0.17 \/ day (\u2248 \u20ac5.1 \/ month) \u2014 Save 12.5%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Business (8000+ Days): <\/strong>\u20ac0.16 \/ day (\u2248 \u20ac4.8 \/ month) \u2014 Save 18.75%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ultimate (15000+ Days): <\/strong>\u20ac0.15 \/ day (\u2248 \u20ac4.5 \/ month) \u2014 Save 25%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enterprise (24000+ Days): <\/strong>\u20ac0.14 \/ day (\u2248 \u20ac4.2 \/ month) \u2014 Save 31.25%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Best Price (36000+ Days): <\/strong>\u20ac0.13 \/ day (\u2248 \u20ac3.9 \/ month) \u2014 Save 37.5%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: the 1Play calculator uses 30 days\/month and 360 days\/year for estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How discounts grow as you manage more screens<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Prepaid discounts scale naturally with your network size because your required Days increase as you add screens or extend runtime:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Total Days needed = Number of screens \u00d7 Number of active days<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As your total Days purchased crosses each threshold (1500, 4000, 8000, 15000, 24000, 36000+), you unlock a lower daily rate automatically. This means larger deployments benefit from progressively better unit costs\u2014without contracts or complicated plan changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Low implementation cost: Raspberry Pi players + DIY deployment<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Software pricing is only part of the total cost of ownership. 1Play also reduces implementation cost by using affordable, widely available hardware and a DIY-friendly setup process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Affordable hardware (no proprietary players)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1Play turns a Raspberry Pi into a professional digital signage player: connect one Raspberry Pi to each display via HDMI and manage content remotely from the cloud dashboard. This avoids proprietary media players and keeps hardware costs predictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recommended models: Raspberry Pi 5 or Raspberry Pi 4 (preferably 4GB RAM or more).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raspberry Pi 5 is ideal for demanding playback scenarios (including 4K where applicable).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fast setup (DIY-friendly)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can build your own 1Play Playbox in minutes using Raspberry Pi Imager: select \u201c1Play Digital Signage\u201d from the OS list, write the image to the SD card, and boot the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Easy to scale across locations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Scaling is straightforward: repeat the same steps for each new screen, then manage content centrally. For multi-screen sync and video walls, using identical hardware (same Pi model and accessories) helps ensure consistent playback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlight: the ultra-competitive minimum \u2014 \u20ac3.9\/screen\/month<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>At the maximum discount tier (Best Price), 1Play reaches \u20ac0.13 per screen per day\u2014approximately \u20ac3.9 per screen per month\u2014representing 37.5% savings versus the Standard rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ready to try prepaid digital signage?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Start with a 30-day free trial, connect your screens, and see how prepaid billing and Raspberry Pi deployment fit your rollout. Then top up Days and scale into bigger discounts as your screen network grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready to try it?&nbsp;Start&nbsp;a&nbsp;free&nbsp;30-day trial at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/media.1play.tv\/register\">1Play<\/a> &#8211; no credit card required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Pricing: <a href=\"https:\/\/1play.tv\/pricing\">https:\/\/1play.tv\/pricing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DIY setup: <a href=\"https:\/\/1play.tv\/diy\">https:\/\/1play.tv\/diy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Features: <a href=\"https:\/\/1play.tv\/features\">https:\/\/1play.tv\/features<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1Play Prepaid Model: Flexible Billing + Volume Discounts Down to \u20ac3.9\/screen\/month Digital signage networks are rarely static. Screens come online for new locations, campaigns&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a class=\"read-more btn\" href=\"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/digital-signage-prepaid-pricing\/\">Cite\u0219te mai mult<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1play.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}