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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Nexus Dashboard

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ACisco Nexus Dashboard simplifies data-center networks with automation and analytics. The data-center network helps organizations to meet business demands, and provision reliable data-center networking services as fast as possible, when and where organizations need it. As network infrastructure management is becoming more complex, diverse, and distributed, with multiple configuration points, monitoring tools, and vast amounts of data being generated every second. Cisco Nexus Dashboard is…N/A

    Geckoboard

    Score9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Geckoboard enables users to create real time dashboards using data from over 80 cloud services. It integrates with other products such as: AWeber, Basecamp, Campaign Monitor and HubSpot.

    $35

    per month

    Pricing
    Cisco Nexus DashboardGeckoboard
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $35
    per month
    Team
    $159
    per month
    Team Plus
    $275
    per month
    Company
    $599
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Nexus DashboardGeckoboard
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Nexus DashboardGeckoboard
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Geckoboard
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    60 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Cisco Nexus DashboardGeckoboard
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Geckoboard
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Geckoboard
    7.7
    5 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Geckoboard
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Geckoboard
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Geckoboard
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Geckoboard
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Geckoboard
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco Nexus DashboardGeckoboard
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Nexus Series Switches
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Nexus Series Switches
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Nexus DashboardGeckoboard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (64 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Nexus DashboardGeckoboard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    We used Cisco Nexus Dashboard specifically for automating the creation of networks in our private cloud environment using a VXLAN EVPN multisite environment. It integrates into Infoblox well. It's also very suited in network troubleshooting for past and present issues. Where I don't see it being used much is in the campus but it's nice to know we have the ability to add catalyst if needed.
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    Geckoboard
    Great value for the money. Excellent for smaller agencies with multiple projects and teams in a smaller space. We can quickly roll out mobile displays to help with a particular deployment push or monitoring a clients website engagement. It's also useful for showing live data without requiring analytics to run reports from a CRM, etc.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • It is a flexible tool that helps streamline and facilitate the development of new services.
    • Ideal for automating tasks such as network modification, configuration, and removal, which provides great time savings.
    • Ensures services without interruption and without difficult scheduling.
    • It has a simple user interface and excellent support, made up of several providers.
    • It facilitates the administration of managed services.
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    Geckoboard
    • User self-help - the video tutorials and a robust publicly accessible knowledgebase.
    • Geckoboard can aggregate data from a number of other apps into a singular dashboard.
    • Sleek, dark UI.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • With the latest version release of Cisco Nexus Dashboard to version 3.0.1 I can say that most of the features have already improved but one of the wishlists that I want for ND is the possibility of extracting lists of Anomaly.
    • Include older versions of Firmware in the list of choices when doing the firmware upgrade analysis, currently only the recommended is in the list of choices.
    • If possible, include all the prechecks in the Firmware pre-upgrade analysis same in the script provided by Cisco.
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    Geckoboard
    • A bit more flexibility in the number of columns would be nice.
    • Ability to scale to mobile device (web).
    • App capabilities are missing on Android.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    We observe significant product development with each release, along with substantial expansion of functionality. The program code has been consolidated into a single image, which simplifies installation and routine system update operations. Additionally, it is possible to install it outside the production network, which further enhances the solution’s availability.Additionally, the new graphical interface is very simplified and user-friendly.
    Incentivized
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    Geckoboard
    My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Cisco
    For the end user, it is relatively easy to use. However, some training and practice is a must because the NSO is not as straightforward as the traditional router CLI. For the administrator, Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) is just like another program running on the Linux system--there is no big difference.
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    Geckoboard
    With a simple interface and available templates, creating basic dashboards is easy. Obviously depending on the data you want to visualize, there may be higher learning curves. That being said, they have a huge amount of integrations and extensible frameworks. If you are using anything made in the past ten years there is an API function or integration that can get it talking to the platform. As such, it's pretty easy to hit the main data points you want and get it on a cheap display in front of your team.
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    Performance
    Cisco
    For us, it's not yet a single pane of glass for the ACI network as Network Assurance Engine is not yet integrated into the [Cisco] Nexus Dashboard. This will be the case after the next update we plan to do. Today it's a tool I use daily to figure out if something unusual or unexpected happened in the SDN part of our network. The legacy network is still monitored with different tools.
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    Geckoboard
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Cisco
    here was never a need to contact support, as the system includes several commands that allow for self-healing. Even if, after the upgrade process, one of the processes was not running, I was able to quickly find the appropriate sequence of commands that definitively resolved the issue. The entire architecture was designed in such a way as to be resilient to the failure of one node in a three-server setup.
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    Geckoboard
    The support levels vary based on the level of plan that you have but that's to be expected. Virtually everything except the Enterprise plan has basic chat/email support. While they are responsive they are not going to be much assistance in helping you figure out API calls or implementing 3rd party integrations. That is to be expected and the support community can pretty much get you in the right direction if you look.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    Honestly, the product implementation took 1–2 days to comprehensively manage the client’s entire infrastructure. The delivered on-premise solution, provided as physical servers, quickly builds the required environment in which individual data centers are rapidly added. The data collection process takes some time but also depends on the number of devices in the network.
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    Geckoboard
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    The Cisco Nexus Series switches perform admirably in our blended distributed system. We have been dealing with any of these sorts of switches for over 5 years and have been exceptionally happy with their functionality. Several of our other computer networks in our data rooms have proved effective with Cisco equipment. Because of the simplicity of maintenance and the high quality of technical support provided by Cisco representatives, there is a high level of trust in these switches.
    Incentivized
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    Geckoboard
    Domo is more robust. We do use both because Geckoboard is really easy to show the rest of our team without the need for additional licenses.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    It's a very secure platform that can manage all the business networks, monitor various network traffic, and is easy project management software. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller can centralize all the network traffic in one room for easy and secure management and threat detection capability and even the secure channels offered are excellent.
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    Geckoboard
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Bit pricey.
    • Need to be purchased with vendor support. As far as I know, now support other vendors.
    • It's upgrade from DCNM and worth looking into.
    • It's still evolving and may need minor cosmetic adjustment
    • Easy to create and maintain vxlan and non vxlan fabrics.
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    Geckoboard
    • While we originally used this as an internal IS tool, we eventually have expanded it to be used by nearly every department.
    • Because pricing is monthly, we can grow or decrease our usage based on our current client needs.
    • Because it is low cost and easy to deploy, we can utilize it in place of considerable resources in analytics and reporting by delivering snapshots of data without pulling reports.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Screenshots

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    Geckoboard Screenshots

    Screenshot of Create live KPI dashboards in minutes. No coding or training required.Screenshot of Easily pull in real-time data from over 80 different tools, including spreadsheets and databases, as well as popular business tools like Salesforce, Zendesk, Google Analytics and many more.Screenshot of Anyone can build custom dashboards that make data and KPIs look professional and are easy for everyone on the team to understand at a glance.Screenshot of Get important numbers in front of the team or stakeholders, whether they're in the office or WFH.Screenshot of Every part of your organisation can surface metrics that matter to them and show progress towards their goals.