Video wall price: what does it really cost?

€100,000 for a 6-screen wall: that is the price some operators quote. At the other end, a fire and rescue service (SDIS) equipped its control room for €7,000, with invoices to prove it. Between the two lies a whole world, and a lot of confusion.

This guide puts the figures on the table. They come from our quotes, our projects and our public price list. We publish the Easy Multi Display software and we build video walls for SDIS, SAMU emergency medical services and prefectures. We know what each part costs, and what it is sometimes invoiced at.

One clarification before we start: an installer’s work deserves to be paid at its fair value. The aim is not to cut corners on labour. The aim is to understand where the money goes.

The honest range: from €3,000 to €200,000

A video wall can cost less than €3,000 or more than €200,000. Both figures are real.

At the bottom of the scale, our Eco range shows 8 PCs on a single screen, controlled by touch, for €2,959 excl. VAT. At the top, there are quotes that stack a proprietary controller, its software and dedicated boxes. In the Cher department, a project of this type was estimated at around €200,000. It cost €7,000.

Why such a gap

The gap almost never comes from the screens. It comes from three items:

• The controller. A proprietary box, with its cards and its life cycle, is invoiced at tens of thousands of euros. A standard PC does the same job.
• The software. One SDIS showed us a quote of €16,000 for the software alone. The quote was for the software alone, without hardware.
• The complementary boxes. Switches, multiviewers, control boxes: we see them invoiced at €20,000 and more, where equivalent modules start at €100.

When these three items are replaced by off-the-shelf hardware and a perpetual-licence software, the price falls. The display quality does not change.

The items of a wall, one by one

Here is each item, with the price we see in quotes across the sector and the “sensible” price, the one we charge or that we see with our customers. Reference example: a wall of 6 screens of 55 inches.

The screens

Allow around €2,000 per 55-inch screen, or €12,000 for six. This is often the heaviest item, and the most honest one. The sensible price: off-the-shelf televisions, or keeping the screens already in place. At Lourdes, our two walls were made of off-the-shelf 65-inch televisions.

The wall mounts

We often see €600 to €800 per screen, or €6,000 for six. Solutions exist at around €452. A well-adjusted mount saves hours of alignment. It should not cost the price of a screen.

The cabling

It varies from one project to another: distances, cable routes, number of sources. For long distances, a transmitter/receiver pair carries HDMI over a network cable. Our RJ45/HDMI extender is €60 excl. VAT per unit.

The PC or display server

This is where the gaps are largest. A video server is sometimes invoiced at up to €20,000. An assembly with comparable components comes to around €3,000. Our configuration sheet for 12 screens lists main components that total a little over €1,400, indicative prices, excluding the capture card.

What we recommend, detailed in our technical documentation: an Intel Core i9 processor, 32 GB of memory, a 1 TB SSD, an 850 W power supply, and a motherboard with four PCI Express connectors.

The graphics card

Each graphics card provides four outputs. Up to 3 screens, one card is enough. From 4 to 5 screens, we add the output of the processor’s integrated graphics. From 6 to 8 screens, two cards are needed. For static content only, a modest card at around €80 is enough.

The capture cards

They copy the image of the operator workstations through their HDMI cable. We use our capture card, 4 HDMI 4K inputs, chosen after long testing. One card is enough for 4 sources, and three cards give twelve. Beyond that, a 4K multiviewer upstream groups four workstations onto a single input.

The software

The sector standard sits at €8,000 and more, up to €16,000 on the quote we were shown. Our software is sold as a single perpetual licence, paid once: Control, at €1,911 excl. VAT (up to 40 screens, 24 zones per wall, remote control, multi-user, on-site support). The details are on the pricing page.

The complementary boxes

Wall controller, HDMI splitter, multiviewer. At Lourdes, the controller that spread one image across 9 screens cost €150 to €200 depending on the seller. It can be replaced in a few minutes.

Installation and cabling

In sector quotes, on-site implementation comes to around €20,000. It is real work, and it takes experience. In our Server range, the study, cabling, configuration and installation are included in the price.

Training

The software is operated by drag and drop: everyday use needs no training. For advanced functions, we offer on-site training, which will join the 2027 pack, coming soon.

Maintenance

Our licence carries no recurring fee. Support in French is included, and so are updates for 12 months. The Server range adds a package of 8 hours of support to use within the year.

Three typical budgets

Project	What is included	Budget
8-PC mosaic on one screen (Eco range)	8-input HDMI splitter, control mini PC, 22-inch touchscreen, EMD remote control	€2,959 excl. VAT
6-screen wall assembled by you	Screens, mounts, PC and capture card bought by you, Control licence €1,911 excl. VAT	€7,000 to about €20,000
Turnkey command post (Server range)	EMD PC i9, RTX 5060, 32 GB, 8 HDMI 4K inputs, full licences, study, cabling, installation, 8 h of support	€11,000 to €18,000 excl. VAT

The mosaic. The service connects its 8 PCs by HDMI, plugs the output into the display screen, and it is running. For a single room and a tight budget.

The 6-screen wall. Our customers equip a complete 6-screen wall for about €20,000. Some went down to €7,000 starting from 86-inch screens. Our own 12-screen demonstration wall cost us €5,000 in total.

The command post. Several controlled screens (wall, video conference, projection, outside screen) and the captured operator PCs. The price depends on the number of screens and sources. The details are on the turnkey ranges page.

The ten-year cost: subscription versus licence

The purchase price does not tell the whole story. Many solutions are paid by subscription, per screen and per month. The public price we have seen is around €30 per screen per month, or €360 per year.

Over ten years, the calculation is simple:

• 1 screen: €3,600 of subscription, against €1,911 excl. VAT for a Control licence.
• 6 screens: €21,600 of subscription, against the same licence at €1,911 excl. VAT. You keep €19,689.
• 12 screens: €43,200 of subscription, against the same licence at €1,911 excl. VAT.

There is also a difference in principle. When you stop paying a subscription, the display switches off. A perpetual licence keeps working. For a public budget, it is also a capital expense, paid once, rather than an operating line that returns every year.

Where to save without risk, and where never to cut corners

Where to save

• Reuse. A 15-year-old wall can be kept. At CODIS 66, we replaced the end-of-life proprietary server with a PC fitted with a 16-output multiviewer. The existing 12-screen wall was kept. With the previous supplier, the same operation was priced at up to €80,000.
• Second-hand. Refurbished equipment costs up to 70% less than new. For example, we sell an 8-output image wall server with 8 capture inputs at €5,000, and a 4-output HDMI controller at €911. The list is on the second-hand equipment page.
• The software. A perpetual licence, paid only once, replaces a subscription that comes back every year. The Drag & Drop software runs on a standard PC, under Windows or Linux.

Where never to cut corners

• Installation. A badly aligned or badly fixed wall is seen every day. Pay an experienced installer.
• Cables. An HDMI transmitter states 100 metres on its box. With a good category 6 cable, we count 50 metres in practice. A low-end cable means an image that drops out in the middle of a crisis.
• Capture cards. Cards can be found at €24. They are fine on a test workstation. In an operational room, we fit our capture card, 4 HDMI 4K inputs, proven on all our recent installations.
• Backup. A backup server ready to take over, a television received by aerial if the online stream goes down. This is the item you regret not having on the day it is missing.

What a temporary control room costs: Lourdes 2026

For the Pope’s visit to Lourdes, at the end of September 2026, we designed, built and operated the video walls of the control room. Two walls of 9 screens of 65 inches, more than 20 m² of display.

What stands out is the share of human time:

• 30 man-days in total: preparation, assembly, operation and dismantling.
• 16 days of preparation, of which 13 of testing on the test workstation.
• Two days of assembly, with three people, where four would theoretically have been needed.
• Two people in the room, in shifts, for more than 48 hours of service.

The equipment itself was ordinary equipment. A wall controller at €150 or €200. An off-the-shelf wireless HDMI kit, around a hundred euros, to carry the image to the remote islands. HDMI splitters in the satellite rooms.

A lesson for your budget: we had been asked for 8 captures, and we made 18. Allow some margin on the inputs. The full account is on the Lourdes 2026 page.

Frequently asked questions

Minimum budget for a video wall?

A mosaic of 8 PCs on a touchscreen costs €2,959 excl. VAT in the Eco range. For a real wall of several screens, some of our customers went down to €7,000.

How much does a 6-screen image wall cost?

Our customers equip a complete 6-screen wall for about €20,000. The screens alone account for about €12,000, at €2,000 each for 55 inches.

Is the software the most expensive item?

For some, yes: a competing quote showed €16,000 for the software alone. With us, there is a single perpetual licence, Control, at €1,911 excl. VAT, paid once.

Do you have to change the screens to renovate a wall?

No, in most cases. At CODIS 66, the 12-screen wall was kept, and only the proprietary server was replaced by a standard PC.

Can you build the wall yourself?

Yes, with our software and off-the-shelf equipment, based on our technical documentation. Our on-site training helps with getting to grips with the advanced functions.

What budget for a complete command post?

Allow €11,000 to €18,000 excl. VAT in the Server range, depending on the number of screens and sources. The price includes the study, cabling, installation and 8 hours of support in the first year.

Let’s talk about your room

Every room is different: number of screens, number of sources, equipment already in place. Tell us what you have and what you need, and we will come back with a line-by-line price. Request a quote.

To go further: our licence prices and our turnkey ranges.