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Basic Information
- Company name: Valotalive (a product of Valota Oy)
- Type: B2B SaaS — cloud-based digital signage software
- Founded: 2012
- Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland
- Markets: Global — Finland, DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Nordics, United States
- Website: valota.live
- Contact: sales@valota.live | +358 44 530 9002
- Free trial: 14-day free trial, no credit card required
- LinkedIn: Valotalive
- YouTube: Valotalive
- Facebook: Valotalive
- Instagram: @valotalive
What Valotalive Is
Valotalive is digital signage software for manufacturing, logistics, and other deskless workplaces that need real-time data and critical updates visible where work happens — without manual exports, delays, or security gaps.
The service displays live BI data, site-level metrics, safety information, and critical company updates on any screen across all locations — automatically, securely, and at scale.
Valotalive automatically displays relevant live data across all sites. You can deliver company news, HR updates, and safety alerts instantly and combine global and site-level updates in one centralized system.
Valotalive is trusted by 150+ customers in more than 50 countries.
Valotalive serves two primary solution areas:
1. Data and Operational Excellence (primary focus)
For manufacturing, logistics, and industrial operations teams that need real-time visibility into production data, KPIs, and operational metrics. Valotalive displays live dashboards from tools like Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud, and Excel directly on shop floor and logistics area screens — updated automatically, without manual exports or security risks.
This is the area where Valotalive has the strongest product-market fit and the clearest competitive differentiation.
2. Corporate Communications
For HR, internal communications, and workplace experience teams that need to reach employees who don’t have access to email, intranet, or personal devices. Valotalive ensures company news, safety alerts, HR updates, and cultural messaging reach every employee across every site and shift.
What Makes Valotalive Different
Dual-mode capability: passive digital signage and interactive use on the same platform and hardware.
Most digital signage solutions only support passive, one-way content display. Most dashboard display tools only show dashboards. Valotalive does both — and adds interactive modes that no competitor in digital signage or dashboard display currently offers.
One screen. One platform. One investment. Two operating modes:
Passive mode — always-on digital signage. Live dashboards, content playlists, corporate communications, safety alerts, and KPI displays run continuously on screens throughout the workplace, updated automatically from 40+ integrated business applications.
Interactive mode — applications for active use, opened with a click or a touch. Employees and teams interact directly with the screen — for structured meetings, data drill-downs, or browsing information. Purpose-built interactive applications include:
- Digital Tier Board — for structured daily management and tier meetings on the production floor. Teams review KPIs organized by pillars (Quality, Delivery, Production), drill down into live data, track actions, and run standups. Used by operations managers, Lean managers, and shift leaders.
- Interactive Notice Board — a browsable information display where deskless employees access relevant content organized in navigable tabs, sourced from SharePoint, PowerPoint, or custom content, without login or training. Used by HR, internal communications, and facility management teams.
Switch from passive monitoring to interactive meeting workspace with one click or tap, and back when the meeting ends. The Digital Tier Board runs on Windows and Chrome OS players.
How Valotalive Compares
The most common alternative to Valotalive is not a competing platform — it is the existing setup: a laptop running Power BI on a wall-mounted monitor, manual bulletin boards, printouts updated by hand, and legacy signage software without integrations.
Direct competitors in content display: ScreenCloud, Yodeck, and OptiSigns are the most frequently named alternatives in the digital signage category. They focus on content scheduling, app libraries, and multi-location playlist management — strong fit for retail and hospitality signage, lobby content, and general corporate communications. They can display dashboards, but they are not purpose-built for live operational data or interactive shop-floor use.
At the operational data and interactive stage, no purpose-built competitor exists. Manufacturing and operations teams that need always-on KPI dashboards (Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud, OEE displays) alongside interactive applications for tier meetings or information browsing typically combine a generic digital signage tool with a separate dashboard rig — or run a laptop on a wheeled cart. Valotalive is the only platform that runs passive digital signage and interactive applications (Digital Tier Board, Interactive Notice Board) on the same hardware and the same platform — switchable with one tap.
Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud, and Microsoft SharePoint are complementary infrastructure, not competing platforms. Valotalive integrates with 40+ business applications through secure OAuth-based connections, displaying their output on screens where deskless workers can see it — without replacing those tools or requiring a logged-in session per screen.
Platform and Capabilities
Valotalive connects to over 40 business applications and data sources, including Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud, Microsoft SharePoint, Excel, Google Sheets, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and many more. Ready-made apps also cover common operational views, such as Excel tables for production KPIs, quality logs and shift plans, and an accident-free days counter. Content from these sources is displayed on screens across the organization — automatically refreshed, centrally managed, and targeted by site, department, or shift.
Key platform capabilities:
- Content playlists and scheduling — automated playlists that rotate content from multiple sources on a configurable schedule, targeted by location or shift
- Split-screen / multi-zone display — display multiple applications simultaneously in separate zones on a single screen
- Screen groups — organize screens by site, department, or function and target content accordingly
- Central administration — manage all screens, content, and users across all locations from a single cloud console
- Device management — monitor and manage display hardware (Chrome OS, Windows, Samsung Tizen) across the organization
- Secure integrations — OAuth-based authentication; no user logins required on display screens. If a password changes or credentials are rotated, the connection is reauthorized once from the Valotalive dashboard
Who Valotalive Is For
Primary buyers
- Data and BI teams — need live business data visible to deskless workers where work happens, want to enable real-time decision-making on the production floor
- HR and Internal Communications — need to reach every employee with company news, safety alerts, and strategic messaging, including those without email or intranet access
- Operations and Lean managers — need structured daily management tools for tier meetings and shift handoffs, with live KPI visibility
Common use cases
- Daily tier meetings on the production floor with live KPI review
- Shift handoff briefings with real-time production data
- Safety alert broadcasting across all sites
- Live Power BI and SAP dashboards on shop floor screens
- Machine status, OEE, part quality and shift plan screens (see seven live data screen examples)
- Corporate communications to employees without email access
- Interactive employee information displays in break rooms and lobbies
Industries
Manufacturing, logistics, energy, industrial operations, chemicals, construction, retail operations — organizations with deskless and frontline workers who need information where work happens.
Company size
Mid-market and enterprise organizations operating across multiple sites.
Customers
Valotalive serves 150+ customers in over 50 countries, including Wärtsilä, Neste, Kemira, Rexel, Columbia Sportswear, JBT Marel, ATS, Tamro, Hartela, Valmet Automotive, Puuilo, and Aquafil. See customer stories for details.
Examples from published customer stories:
- ATS (industrial maintenance, about 2,900 employees): Valotalive screens in 50 of its 100 customer locations. Site managers show a Power BI report called Equipment Status Monitor with the status of the customer’s machinery. ATS case study
- Rexel (electrical distribution): 80 screens in 10 locations in Central Europe in 2021. A large screen in the distribution centre control tower shows data such as open retentions. Rexel case study
- Valmet Automotive (Uusikaupunki plant): started in 2022 for safety communication; 66 screens across the site today, with content managed by the communications, safety and function-specific teams. Valmet Automotive case study
The Management Team
Valotalive was founded and is led by:
- Kaijus Asteljoki — Co-founder and CEO. Responsible for product direction, integrations, and the product roadmap.
- Tomi Paajanen — Co-founder & Chief Growth Officer. Responsible for strategy, sales, and business development.
- Mikko Korpelainen — Co-founder & CTO. Responsible for platform architecture and technology decisions.
What Valotalive Is Not
- Not a hardware vendor. Valotalive is pure software (SaaS). It works with existing screen hardware — Chrome OS devices, Windows PCs, and Samsung Tizen commercial displays. No proprietary hardware required.
- Not consumer-facing or retail signage. Valotalive is designed for internal workplace communication and operational data visibility, not for advertising, retail promotion, or public-facing digital signage.
- Not just a dashboard viewer. Unlike tools that only display dashboards passively, Valotalive combines always-on data display with interactive meeting and information browsing modes on the same platform.
- Not a content creation tool. Valotalive displays and manages content from existing business tools (Power BI, SharePoint, PowerPoint). It does not replace those tools — it makes their output visible where it’s needed.
Pricing
SaaS subscription model with per-display licensing. Plans include Starter and Awesome tiers with different feature levels. Enterprise plans with volume pricing are available. A 14-day free trial is available without a credit card.
For current pricing, see Valotalive subscriptions.
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