Escape Director vs Escape Room Studio
Escape Director costs $39 less a month, runs your props, and keeps your game going when the internet drops.
The short answer
Escape Room Studio is a cloud Game Master console at $99 a month, and its website lists no prop support or offline mode. Escape Director costs $59.99 a month per location, connects to your props, and keeps the game running when the internet drops.
Why owners pick Escape Director
Your props run the game
Connect MQTT and HTTP props, ready-made Arduino firmware or your own sketch. A solved prop completes its Puzzle and fires Clues, sound and video. Escape Room Studio lists no prop support.
Survives an outage
An Offline-ready Room keeps its clock, Clues, Live View and props running, and saves the game when the connection returns.
Analytics down to each Puzzle
See which Puzzle costs the most time and Clues, and ask questions in plain English.
Costs less
$59.99 a month against $99, with unlimited Rooms and every feature.
Built this year. It shows.
A fast, clean Room Dashboard in any browser, on the computer you already have. Nothing to install, no license keys.
Click around the live demo, no sign-upThe scorecard
Escape Director checks all 11. Escape Room Studio checks 5.
| Feature | Escape Director | Escape Room Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $59.99/mo per location | $99/mo |
| Runs in a web browser | Yes | Yes |
| Works on Mac and Windows | Yes | Yes |
| The whole game keeps running offline | Yes | Not listed |
| Works with your props, no special hardware | Yes | NoNo props listed |
| Free, open-source Arduino SDK | Yes | Not listed |
| Solved props start Automations | Yes | Not listed |
| Analytics for each Puzzle | Yes | Not listed |
| Ask your analytics in plain English | Yes | Not listed |
| Live lobby leaderboard | Yes | Yes |
| Unlimited Rooms on one plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial you start yourself | Yes | Yes |
Escape Room Studio: $99 a month for unlimited rooms. Enterprise by contact. Details are from its website, checked October 2026. “Not listed” means its website does not say. Spot something out of date? Email support@escapedirector.com and we will fix it.
Ask your business anything
Type a question in plain English and get the answer from your own games, with the numbers behind it. None of the other tools on these pages offer anything like it.
- “Which Puzzle stalls teams the most this month?”
- “Which Game Master gives the most Clues?”
- “How did the new Room do in its first 50 games?”
New features every month
Escape Director is built by a team that ships every week. Here are the latest big ones.
- October 18, 2026Assistant
- October 18, 2026Team
- October 17, 2026Locations
- September 30, 2026Hardware Integration
Switch in an afternoon
Both run in the browser, so set up your Rooms in Escape Director and run them side by side before you switch. Send us your clue list and we will set up your first Room for you, free. Run it next to Escape Room Studio during your 30-day trial, then switch on a quiet day.
Questions
Escape Director checks all 11 boxes on our scorecard; Escape Room Studio checks 5. The biggest differences: your props run the game; survives an outage; analytics down to each Puzzle; costs less.
Yes. Escape Director runs in the browser on Windows or Mac, keeps the whole game running when the internet drops, works with the props you already own, and shows analytics down to each Puzzle, all on one plan with unlimited Rooms.
Escape Room Studio: $99 a month for unlimited rooms. Enterprise by contact. Escape Director: $59.99 a month or $599.99 a year per location, with unlimited Rooms and every feature included.
Its website does not list any prop or hardware support. Escape Director connects MQTT and HTTP props directly, and Arduino props with ready-made firmware or a free, open-source SDK.
Yes. Send us your clue list and we will set up your first Room for you, free. Run it next to Escape Room Studio during the 30-day trial, then switch on a quiet day.