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title: CMS
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:55:06.569Z
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The software used to manage the content that players will display is known as a **CMS** or *Content Management System*.

While content *authoring *may be included with the CMS (as with BrightSign Author), authoring can also be done outside of the CMS (as with HTML / web-based presentations).

# CMS Options

There are three general CMS options.

|                   | **BrightSign**<br />**Author**  | **BrightSign**<br />**Author Plus** | **Partner**<br />**CMS** |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| Cost              | Free                            | Paid                                | Paid                     |
| Content storage   | Local                           | Cloud                               | Cloud                    |
| No. of players    | \< 10                           | 10+                                 | 10+                      |
| Access            | Desktop app<br />or web browser | Desktop app<br />or web browser     | Web browser              |
| Player management | BrightSign<br />Control         | BrightSign<br />Control             | BrightSign<br />Control  |



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