gibeon.ioPickcel alternative for EU offices: meet Gibeon
Pickcel runs on US AWS with no EU region guarantee and starts at trial-only pricing. If your data has to stay in the EU, that's the gap.
What Pickcel does well
Pickcel is a serious platform. It's hardware-agnostic and turns any TV into a smart screen, whether you run on-premise & cloud or pure cloud. The in-built design tool covers a lot, from a digital menu board to wayfinding and queue displays. Role-based access control is built in, which bigger teams need. They hold SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and they offer proof of play for advertising reports. For a multi-site company that wants one tool across many use cases, it's a reasonable pick.
Where Pickcel falls short
Three things. First, no free tier. Pickcel gives you 14 days, then you pay per screen, roughly $15 on Professional and $22.50 on Business. Gibeon has a permanently free 3-screen plan, no trial clock. Second, hosting. Pickcel sits on AWS out of Bengaluru with no EU region guarantee, while Gibeon keeps all data in the EU on Supabase EU and Cloudflare EU, GDPR by default. Third, setup. Pickcel uses an installed player you pair to a device. Gibeon needs no login or app on the screen at all, you paste a URL and it's live. And Gibeon generates scenes from a text prompt.
gibeon.io vs Pickcel
| gibeon.io | Pickcel | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free, then €39 / €99 / €198 / €249 per month, not per screen | ~$15/screen/month, Professional |
| Free tier | Free forever, 3 screens | 14-day trial only |
| Screen pairing | Paste a URL, no app on device | Installed player, device pairing |
| Data hosting | EU (Supabase EU + Cloudflare EU) | US AWS, no EU region guarantee |
| AI | Scene creation from a text prompt | In-built design tool, no generative scenes |
| Real-estate CRM | Whise, Omnicasa, Zabun sync | None by name |
| Support language | Dutch, French, English | English, India time zone |
Switching from Pickcel
Most people rebuild a handful of screens rather than export. Set up your free Gibeon account, recreate your layouts with the prompt and editor, then paste each screen's URL into the TV browser. No player to uninstall, no pairing codes to track. Run Pickcel and Gibeon side by side for a week, then point the displays over. A small office is done in an afternoon.
Frequently asked questions
Can I move my Pickcel layouts over?
There's no one-click import, and honestly most people don't need one. You recreate a few layouts in Gibeon, often faster with the prompt-based generation, then swap the URL on each screen. For a typical office with a handful of displays it's an afternoon, not a project.
Pickcel says transparent pricing, no hidden fees. Why switch?
Their pricing page does say that, but the numbers sit behind Start Free Trial and Contact Us, and it's per screen. Gibeon publishes flat tiers, €0, €39, €99, €299 a month, on the page. You can read the price before you talk to anyone.
Does my data stay in the EU?
With Gibeon, yes, on every plan. Everything runs on Supabase EU and Cloudflare EU, GDPR by default. Pickcel is hosted on AWS from Bengaluru with no EU region guarantee, so if EU residency matters to your legal team, that's the deciding point.
Spin up the free 3-screen plan, paste a URL into one TV, and see if it's live before your coffee's cold.
Start free →