Untappd for Business runs $899–$1,199 / year (≈ $75–100 / mo). Their top tier handles non-beer items, but the lower tiers push beer front and center. Slate charges the same price for every menu type, food, cocktails, coffee, retail.
No card required. We build your board as part of setup.
Facts only, numbers checked directly against each vendor's current pricing. Last reviewed August 2026.
| Slate | Untappd for Business | Taplist.io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $24–41 / screen / mo (annual) $39–59 month-to-month |
≈ $75–100 / mo Billed $899–$1,199 / year |
$49 / mo (annual) $59 month-to-month |
| Menu flexibility | Every menu type, beer, food, cocktails, coffee, retail, treated identically on every plan | Beer items are the core product; food and non-beer items have limited support below the top tier | Flexible; brewery-first branding but all menu types supported |
| Design | Designer-built board included in setup, your brand, your colors, tuned with you until it's right | Template-based with AI design tools | Customizable themes |
| Reliability | Offline-proof (never goes blank), self-restarting, remote restart and monitoring from your phone | Not specifically marketed as offline-proof or self-restarting | Claims 99.999% uptime (server-side SLA; local player fallback not specified) |
| Hardware | Included & pre-configured in setup, or bring your own TV / stick free | Recommends Amazon Fire Signage Stick (bring your own) | Bring your own |
| Contract | Month-to-month, cancel anytime | Annual subscription | Month-to-month |
| Free trial | Two weeks, full setup included, no card required | Not publicly offered | Free trial available |
| Platform | Software price | Hardware | What you're buying |
|---|---|---|---|
| BrightSign (BSN.cloud) | ≈ $139 / player / year (≈ $11.58 / mo) | Proprietary BrightSign players, ≈ $200–$500+ each | Powerful enterprise AV signage, designed for integrators, not small-business self-serve |
| Yodeck | Free for 1 screen; ≈ $8–$15 / screen / mo paid | Free Raspberry Pi on annual plan | The budget leader, cheapest path to a running screen, generic templates, you do the design work |
| OptiSigns | Free up to 3 screens; ≈ $10–$45 / screen / mo | Bring your own (Fire Stick, etc.) | Widest app & integration library of the group; still a blank-canvas signage tool |
| ScreenCloud | ≈ $20 / screen / mo | Bring your own | Mid-tier generic signage with a corporate-comms lean rather than restaurant-specific |
| CastHub | Flat-rate $12 / mo (2 screens) to $95 / mo (unlimited) | Bring your own | Cheapest at scale, but still a blank canvas, no menu-specific design or live-edit workflow |
| MustHaveMenus | From ≈ $19 / mo | Bring your own | Template-based digital menu design; good for print menus adapted to digital, not live-editing from your phone |
| Raydiant | From ≈ $50 / screen / mo | Proprietary player device required | Enterprise in-store experience platform, broad feature set, built for multi-location retail |
You don't have to cancel anything first. Run both for two weeks and make the call when you're confident.
We set up your first screen with your actual content. If it's not obviously better, unplug it, you owe nothing. We absorb the setup work either way.
Send us your current menu, a photo of your space, and your logo. Our designer builds the board and tunes it with you until it's right. You're not starting from scratch on a template.
Run them side by side during the pilot. When you're confident, cancel Untappd at the next renewal. Your Slate screens stay live the whole time.
No. Start the pilot while Untappd is still active, run them alongside each other for the two weeks. Cancel Untappd when you're ready. There's no technical dependency between the two, and Slate screens work whether or not you have an Untappd account.
No. We rebuild your board as part of setup, send us your current menu in any format (a photo, a PDF, a spreadsheet, even a text list) and our designer turns it into a live board. If your menu is already in Untappd, export it or screenshot it and we'll take it from there.
That's the whole point. On Slate, every item type, beer, food, cocktails, coffee, retail, gets the same layout options, the same live editing, and the same pricing tier. You're not paying extra to show your full menu.
No. Month-to-month on both plans. Cancel anytime, billing stops at the end of your current period. Annual billing saves you two months' cost, but it's optional, not required.
One screen, your real menu, two weeks. We build the board. You evaluate. If it's not obviously better than what you have, walk away and owe nothing.
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