Compared
LEDVIZ is German Bandensoftware with a long history in live production, and the two products overlap more than most pairs in this market. Here is where they genuinely differ.
First, fairly
LEDVIZ 3 is built around a playlist you arrange directly, with images and video dropped into order, and rendering that continues live so content can be changed without stopping output. For an operator who works during the show rather than before it, that is the right shape.
Their site also describes synchronising several computers as master and slave, RGB colour and brightness zones so a run looks even across a venue, integration with MIDI, DMX and Art-Net for productions that are run from a lighting desk, and logging that can be grouped by sponsor.
They work beyond football: arenas, equestrian events and corporate live production, which is a good sign that the product survives contact with an unusual venue.
Side by side
USM’s column is what our software does today. The LEDVIZ column is what their own site says, checked on 22 September 2026. Where it says their site does not state something, that is exactly what it means: ask them.
| USM Boarding | LEDVIZ | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | The perimeter, fascia and ribbon. One licence covers one PC and up to nine screens. | LED perimeter advertising in live production: stadiums, arenas, equestrian and corporate events. |
| Fitting artwork to the wall | Artwork is laid onto the wall as a reusable sequence and prepared before it plays, at the wall’s exact pixel geometry. | Images and video arranged directly in the playlist, with rendering live so content can change during playback. |
| Redundancy | A backup PC mirrors the main one all match and takes the wall after about 5 s of silence on a 1 s heartbeat. | Several computers synchronised as master and slave. |
| Proof of play | Logged to 1/100 s per screen, exported per fixture as PDF or Excel. | Detailed logging of what was shown, with reporting grouped by sponsor. |
| Building content remotely | Projects are built in a browser and played out on the venue rig. The two stay in sync. | Their site does not state browser-based or remote project building. |
| LED hardware monitoring | Reads the NovaStar processors behind the wall: cabinets, temperature, main and backup cable, with email alerts and 13 months of history. | Their site does not state LED processor or cabinet monitoring. |
| Control-room integrations | NDI out, scoreboard and live text, Stream Deck through Companion, and an HTTP trigger API. | MIDI, DMX and Art-Net for integration into an existing show workflow. |
| Price | Published, with a configurator. You can price a two-screen rig without talking to us. | Not published on their site. |
| When the playout PC dies | The operator moves the licence to another PC themselves, twice in any six months. Support-assisted moves are never counted. | Their site does not state what happens to a licence when its machine is replaced. |
| Who supports it | Maxamaze BV in Belgium, which also installs and operates LED at venues. | LEDVIZ, Germany. |
Where they beat us
If your perimeter is run from a show desk, LEDVIZ speaks that language natively through MIDI, DMX and Art-Net. USM is driven by cues, a Stream Deck through Companion, and an HTTP API, which covers the same ground for most venues but is not the same as being a fixture on a lighting network.
Live rendering during playback is their model, as it is Cortex’s. USM prepares a sequence before it airs, which buys predictable playout and costs flexibility mid-rotation.
Where we would argue for ourselves: the project lives in the cloud so a fixture can be built from the office and played at the ground, the proof-of-play log resolves to a hundredth of a second with PDF and Excel exports, the backup PC takes over on its own after about five seconds rather than being switched by a person, and LED monitoring watches the processors and the cabinets themselves.
Which one
your perimeter is one element of a show that is already run from a lighting or media desk, and you want the operator changing content live while it plays.
the fixture is prepared in advance by people who are not at the stadium, the sponsor report matters as much as the playout, and you want the wall itself watched rather than only the software.
Everything in the LEDVIZ column is from their public website, read on 22 September 2026. We are not affiliated with them and this page is ours, not theirs. Products change: if something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it. LEDVIZ website
Send us your perimeter geometry and a sponsor file that has given you trouble. We will show you what USM does with it, and if the honest answer is that the other product suits you better, we will say so.