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title: BrightSign Cloud Overview
slug: manage/brightsign-cloud-overview
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:56:11.036Z
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BrightSign’s cloud-based platform for player and content management consists of four tiers:

- The *free* **BrightSign** **Control**, formerly bsn.Control, offers useful tools for player setup and management.
- The *free* **BrightSign** **Author**, formerly BrightAuthor\:connected, offers Standalone authoring for local content publishing. It does not offer cloud content delivery. 
- The subscription-based **BrightSign** **Control Plus **offers full bulk/fleet device management in addition to the features available in the free BrightSign Control. 
- The subscription-based **BrightSign** **Author Plus **adds cloud CMS content delivery and publishing to our free BrightSign Author offering.

See [Create a BrightSign Cloud Account & Network](docId\:wafFeEgnPSmH9s-jKX3TG) to set up an account.