THE EVERBRIGHT PRICING AND COST GUIDE

How Much Does the Everbright Cost?

We get it—pricing is one of the first things you need to know. The Everbright is designed to be a long-lasting, high-quality installation, and we believe in transparent pricing so you can make the best decision for your space.

Below, we’ll walk you through:

• The price of each standard Everbright size
• What affects pricing for custom projects
• What’s included with your purchase
• How to get an official quote
• Funding ideas for schools & nonprofits

Let’s get started.

1. Everbright Standard Pricing

Dimensions are approximate. See full specs below.

Looking for a custom size? We offer custom configurations for architects, designers, and brands. Scroll down to Section 5. Custom Pricing.

(Read about the pros and cons of the Everbright vs. the giant lite-brite.)

2. What’s Included In the Price?

Every Everbright purchase includes:

• Fully assembled Everbright (ready to plug in & install)
• Tablet for control & customization (see what’s inside the tablet)
• French cleat mounting system (bring your own screws, anchors, and/or blocking) (read more about installation)
• 3-year warranty (free replacements on all removable parts) (read more about warranty & durability)
• Lifetime customer support 

Shipping: Varies based on location. Your exact shipping cost will be included in your official quote.

Want the full details in a PDF? Download the Everbright Price List and Technical Datasheet. (Prices are subject to change based on material availability and costs. To lock in today’s price for the next 3 months, request a quote now.)

3. Detailed Dimensions & Specs

(for architects, designers & planners)

Mounting Notes:

• The Everbright comes with a French cleat mounting system.
• Bring your own screws, anchors, and/or blocking based on your wall type.
• Install at a height that suits your users—see our mounting height guide for recommendations.

4. What Affects the Price?
(What factors can increase or decrease cost?)

1. Custom Configurations: Need a unique size, shape, or multi-panel installation? We can do that. (Custom pricing applies.)

2. Custom Software & Branding: We can develop interactive light shows or add your branding or colors. (Pricing varies.)

3. Expedited Production: Our standard lead time is 12 weeks. Need it faster? Rush production may be available. (Additional cost applies.)

4. Shipping & Installation Costs: The Everbright ships fully assembled, so freight costs vary by location. Installation is simple and can be handled by two facilities people, contractors, or handymen.

5. Custom Everbright Pricing

For custom projects, pricing depends on several factors:

✔ Size & Shape – Larger installations cost more due to increased materials and complexity.

✔ Mounting System – Some custom projects require specialized mounting solutions.

✔ Design Complexity – Unique layouts, patterns, or branding may require additional design work.

Example Custom Projects:

✔ Multiple integrated panels that function as one single unit

✔ Large-scale installations up to 22 feet long, embedded into an opening created in the wall

Each Everbright is made to order in Sacramento, CA, and ships fully assembled and ready to install, right out of the crate.

To get a custom quote, reach out with details about your space and vision.

6. Purchasing for Schools & Government Agencies

✔ We can work with school districts and county procurement departments that have purchasing restrictions.

✔ We are a licensed vendor in the states of California, New Jersey, and West Virginia.

✔ We can provide a sole-source letter upon request. (Contact us.)

✔ If you need a one-page quote for a board meeting or grant application, just let us know! Our standard proposal is multiple pages and designed for teams who need sign-off from multiple people. Request a quote here and let us know you’re looking for a one-page quote.

7. Funding for Schools, Libraries, & Nonprofits

Many of our customers are publicly funded organizations that raise funds through grants, donors, or sponsorships. While we don’t offer blanket discounts, we do help schools and libraries maximize funding opportunities.

✔ District & Library System Purchasing – Some schools and libraries order multiple Everbrights for different locations, reducing shipping costs.

✔ PTA & Foundation Funding – Parent organizations often fundraise for interactive installations.

✔ Sponsorship Opportunities – Local businesses sometimes fund an Everbright in exchange for recognition.

✔ Grant Funding – Many education and STEM grants cover interactive learning installations.

Need help? We can provide resources and ideas for funding your Everbright. Reach out to request a quote.

8. Shipping & Lead Time

Each Everbright is individually handcrafted by our team and ships from our studio in Sacramento, CA.

• Standard Lead Time: 12 weeks from receipt of your 60% deposit & signed agreement.
• Need it faster? Many of our customers order while still in construction, and since construction timelines often shift, we may be able to work you into the queue for faster delivery. Reach out for a quote, and we’ll let you know before you place your order whether we can meet your target date.

Shipping & Crating Costs:

Each Everbright ships in a heat-treated, fumigated plywood crate engineered for full protection during transit. The bottom portion of the crate also doubles as a workstand in the event servicing is needed in the future.

We’ve been shipping Everbrights since 2016, with zero insurance claims. Every unit has arrived safely, and we take great care to ensure a seamless shipping experience.

Transit & Delivery

• Once your Everbright leaves the studio, transit time is typically 3 to 5 business days.
• We’ll send you a tracking number & contact info for the local service center near you.
• Want a heads-up before arrival? When we book the shipment, we request a call prior to delivery (to your primary contact’s cell number) so the driver doesn’t show up unannounced.

Delivery Options

• Standard: Most people don’t have a loading dock or forklift, and that’s okay. Your Everbright will be delivered by a truck with a liftgate for easy unloading.
• Have a couple of furniture moving dollies on hand so your team can bring it to the exact location where you plan to install it—delivery drivers will only bring it just inside the door.
• Pro tip: Measure your door in advance! The crate is 34 inches wide, so make sure it will fit before delivery.
• Forklift Price Break: If your location has a forklift or loading dock, let us know—it will reduce your shipping costs by $200 to $300.

International Shipping

We ship via air freight and can work with your customs broker, or you can use ours. Contact us for a quote and answers to any specific questions about shipping to your country.

9. Quick Downloads

Need a PDF version? Download the latest documents here:

Everbright Price List (PDF)

Everbright Datasheet (PDF)

10. How to Get a Quote

Want a detailed proposal including shipping?

Step 1: Send us an inquiry with your size preference, location, and desired install date.

Step 2: We’ll provide a full quote including shipping.

Step 3: If it looks good, you sign the agreement, submit a deposit, and we’ll schedule production.

Ready to get started? Contact us here for an official quote.

TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP

What is the cost of ownership for the Everbright vs. a giant lite brite wall?

Interactive exhibits are enormously popular. Because they attract so much attention from all types of people, they also tend to require more maintenance than, say, a large steel sculpture or a tile mosaic.

How does the Everbright measure up when compared to other interactive light walls?

It makes sense to consider not only the all-in purchase price including shipping and installation, but also the all-in ownership price. What are the total costs of ownership, week by week, year by year?

The value of the Everbright, in comparison to a typical giant lite brite, is that no one has to pick up parts, and it installs quickly right out of the crate.

Some of the known ongoing costs of interactive exhibits, such as picking up parts and pieces, don’t seem like a big deal at first.

If you don’t get many visitors to your space at the same time, picking up pieces may not be much of a concern. But if you have lots of visitors a day, or if staff needs to focus on higher-priority tasks, daily pick-up and setup can become a burden.

Let’s look at this example of a hypothetical public library.

Estimated Costs of Ownership in a Public Library

For a Giant Lite Brite Wall

A librarian in a mid-sized public library spends 10 minutes a day finding and putting away loose pieces from a giant interactive feature wall. That may not seem like much. A minute here, a minute there. Spread out through the day, it’s not too bad.

What is the true cost of 10 minutes a day?

Financial Costs

The average salary of a children’s librarian in the U.S. is $58,635 a year, according to Glassdoor. When you include healthcare, social security, workers comp, medicare, and unemployment, the all-in annual cost of a librarian is approximately $73,339 a year. Divided by 48 weeks (2 weeks vacation plus 12 federal holidays in the U.S.), that’s $38.20 per hour for a 40-hour week.

Ten minutes a day adds up to $31.83 a week,

which adds up to $1,528 a year.

That’s 40 hours a year. One full work week picking up pieces. Over five years, that’s $7,640, assuming no pay raises.

200 hours picking up loose pieces.

Let’s revise the math and say, conservatively, they spend 5 minutes a day.

That’s $764 over 20 hours a year. It’s 100 hours over five years.

$3,820 over 5 years.

To be fair, since this librarian is already on staff and in the building, these aren’t additional costs. They would have spent that time on something. Everyone has a job to be done that isn’t part of their core job description.

Emotional Costs

Consider these questions:

• Is the best and highest value of a librarian to clean up loose parts and pieces? If you had a choice, would you choose to allocate an additional $4,000 to $8,000 of valuable human resources toward this daily responsibility over 5 years?
• Couldn’t these 5 to 10 minutes a day go toward an activity that directly meets the needs and desires of the community, drawing on an educator’s knowledge, resourcefulness, and creativity?
• What do you want your space to look like after storytime is over? Is staff prepared for daily treasure hunts to discover little pieces scattered throughout the building?

Estimated Costs of Ownership in a Public Library

For the Everbright

Cost of Daily Pickup = $0

Go ahead and cross cost of pickup off the list. Staff never need to pick up pegs. They can spend those 10 minutes a day engaging with the community, being a helpful resource.

What Are the Servicing Costs?

Calculating the Average Servicing Costs Over 5 Years

Note: The following example uses the Everbright Classic (8×4, 476 dials) for modeling and cost calculations.

Starting at the 3-year mark, two facilities people (whom you may already have on staff) should come in to give the Everbright a checkup. This will take them 15 to 30 minutes. They can expect to replace 2-3 pixels after three years of active, enthusiastic use in a busy space.

Cost: Free from Years 0 to 3

If they schedule this checkup right at the three-year mark, the replacement pixels ship at no charge under our 3-year warranty. Replacing the pixels requires two strong people to lift the Everbright 2 inches up and off its cleat, then set it down upright to access the back. They’ll need a screwdriver to remove 2 screws from any pixel cups that need to be replaced. Perhaps they need to drive over to the branch, so let’s give them an hour, all in.

$38.20 x 2 people a year =

$76.40 a year, starting at the 3-year mark.

Once they see how straightforward it is, and if they know what to expect, and when to plan it into their schedule, they can handle it just as they might handle replacing a lighting fixture.

Summary of 5-Year Estimated Servicing Costs for the Everbright vs. a Lite Wall with Pegs

Lite Brite Wall Cost: $3,820

In the example of a librarian who spent 5 minutes a day putting away pegs, the cost over five years was $3,820.

The Everbright Cost: $229.20

Facilities was spending less than 1 hour a year starting at the 3-year mark. Averaged out over 5 years, that’s $45.84 a year, or a total of $229.20 over 5 years.

5-Year Savings with the Everbright: $3,590

An Everbright Classic saves an estimated $3,590 over 5 years compared to the estimated costs of daily management of a giant light brite. Plus, visitors are able to immediately use each dial without waiting for others to finish. Every dial turns in either direction through all 158 colors. More flow, easier to stop and start, better intergenerational accessibility. Even babies can turn the dials.

How Often Do Pixels Need to Be Replaced?

Based on field observations across multiple customer sites, we know that a customer shouldn’t expect to need to replace more than 2 to 3 pixels after 3 years of enthusiastic, daily use in a public space.

Our new-edition Everbrights with re-engineered pixels and interactive programming capabilities have been installed in public spaces since 2018. We now have 4 years of real-world data. We have a high degree of confidence in this data, because our lead designer conducted in-person assessments at approximately 70 customer locations in late 2021. Many of these sites continued to operate throughout the pandemic, and their Everbrights were running animations daily.

Thanks to this benchmark, we immediately know there’s an underlying issue in the rare case that a customer needs to replace more pixels than is typical. We work with them to identify and resolve the root problem, so they can get back on track to enjoy years of low-maintenance use.

What Is the Cost of Replacement Pixels After the Three-Year Warranty?

Many years after installation, you may need to replace some LED pixels if the board has been in active use, all day, every day. An annual checkup starting at the end of year 3 is a good idea for a high-traffic public space. The cost of replacement pixels is currently $12 each. We own the design and have these produced by a contract manufacturer, so our costs depend on actual material costs and component availability. We maintain a reserve inventory of replacement pixels on hand so we can provide them whenever needed.

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