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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Excel4apps

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AExcel4apps is a business intelligence software offering from Excel4apps.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
    Excel4appsGeckoboard
    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
    Excel4appsGeckoboard
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Excel4appsGeckoboard
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Excel4apps and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Geckoboard
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports5.43 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards6.13 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.44 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Excel4apps and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Geckoboard
    7.7
    5 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.54 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.24 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.52 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.14 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Excel4apps and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Geckoboard
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Publish to Web6.73 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.22 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning5.83 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling6.23 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers5.02 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Excel4apps and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.7
    2 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Geckoboard
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.02 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.02 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Excel4apps and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Geckoboard
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.03 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.02 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.23 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.22 Ratings6.12 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Excel4apps and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Geckoboard
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.01 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.01 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.01 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Excel4apps and Geckoboard
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    3.4
    2 Ratings
    78% below category average
    Geckoboard
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    REST API1.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Javascript API5.72 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    iFrames1.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Java API5.92 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)2.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)5.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    Excel4appsGeckoboard
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.7 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Excel4appsGeckoboard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Excel4appsGeckoboard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Excel4apps
    We have to calculate most all Lab / Pilot / Proposals sizing and results. The automated calculations in [Excel4apps] is awesome, as once you are familiar with them, it is easy to quickly implement them when 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
    Excel4apps
    • Easy to install and maintain. After the initial installation, there is little involvement by the technical administrators.
    • Cloning production to a test environment does not require any additional setups unlike Oracle EBS which does.
    • Loading data and reporting on this data is handled via EXCEL spreadsheets which is the "language" of our financial users.
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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
    Excel4apps
    • It is possible but difficult to retrieve data or set criteria from different module into a single report or retrieve. If it is more user friendly instead of having to create a complex formula to retrieve the data, this function will be utilized more often.
    • It will be nice to have visual (graphs, etc.) report template available
    • It is helpful if we can retrieve data for a range of date, instead of just YTD, PTD etc. and multi-year data all at once for comparison too.
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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
    Excel4apps
    No answers on this topic
    Geckoboard
    My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
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    Usability
    Excel4apps
    I am not a power user of Excel. So I find Exel4apps a friendlier version of the things that I could do on Excel and making it easier with a magic wand.
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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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    Support Rating
    Excel4apps
    I have not needed support yet
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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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    Alternatives Considered
    Excel4apps
    Excel4apps is more user friendly and can retrieve data much easier and in a nicer format than Jaspersoft. Qlik Sense is useful and have more visual reporting and dashboard. However, it is usually used for higher level of analyses and review. Yardi is used for specific purpose, which is different than Excel4apps. Excel4apps can pull all the financial data from Oracle, including billing and collections.
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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.
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    Return on Investment
    Excel4apps
    • Increase team transparency
    • Increased reporting
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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.
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    ScreenShots

    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.