G2

Clifford M.

Senior Management Analyst

Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/18/2017

"Digital Signage Made Overly Complicated"

1/5

What do you like best about Poppulo Digital Signage?

I used this because it was required by my institution. This is honestly the best thing I can say about this software. Previously, we had been using a series of extremely simple webpages on our signage that were in rotation and could easily be edited by hand. After, we were to use software that required constant updates, crashed regularly on standard media, and refused to uncache older content without rebooting the PC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Poppulo Digital Signage?

The interface was overly complicated. It felt like software that was designed to guarantee a job to a staff member because no one could figure it out. Changes often required rebooting the entire system of every single sign that was being used. Quite often, the libraries used to display video crashed the system. Setting schedules / campaigns was overly complicated. I was used to doing very similar activities for the web using OpenX advertising software...I would have been happy to see the same interface used for this. It has been two years since I've been in charge of this software, but the system administrator from the previous organization routinely emails to ask how I accomplished something -- for instance setting certain displays to show only at a specific time at night ("We will open again at..."). It was overly complicated for something that should have been anything but. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Poppulo Digital Signage:

I would ask the company why all the solutions are behind a paywall as opposed to having an open discussion forum. We had to create an in-house discussion list to try to solve issues, mostly of staff members who also did not know how to find the solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Poppulo Digital Signage solving and how is that benefiting you?

My usage was entirely for digital signage. The one feature that was useful was that we could tie this into an emergency feed -- if there was a campus emergency, the emergency management team could override our signs to get information out to students. However, the one time in the 4 years I used this that we could have, the display crashed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.