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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Jaspersoft Community Edition

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AJaspersoft Community Edition is a free product that offers embeddable pixel-perfect reports for Java apps and small workgroups.

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    GeckoboardJaspersoft Community Edition
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $35
    per month
    Team
    $159
    per month
    Team Plus
    $275
    per month
    Company
    $599
    per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    GeckoboardJaspersoft Community Edition
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    GeckoboardJaspersoft Community Edition
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Geckoboard and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    28 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.03 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.04 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Geckoboard and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.7
    5 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.04 Ratings9.025 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.03 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.02 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Geckoboard and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.4
    27 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Publish to Web10.05 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.02 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.03 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.03 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Geckoboard and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    21 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.05 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Geckoboard and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.05 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.03 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.03 Ratings9.026 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)6.12 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Geckoboard and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    21 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.05 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.03 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.04 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Geckoboard and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.5
    23 Ratings
    20% above category average
    REST API10.02 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Javascript API10.02 Ratings9.019 Ratings
    iFrames10.02 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Java API10.02 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.02 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.02 Ratings9.013 Ratings
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    GeckoboardJaspersoft Community Edition
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GeckoboardJaspersoft Community Edition
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.8
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (6 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GeckoboardJaspersoft Community Edition
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Cloud Software Group
    Any scenario where you need to reach back into TIBCO support is something I would highly avoid. Most responses at the second round get you pointed to engaging their professional services. The general mentality seems to be "since our product acquisition cost is low, why don't you engage PS to get the value you need" If you are looking at enterprise scenarios, I would highly recommend looking at other more established products.
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    Pros
    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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    Cloud Software Group
    • Very intuitive tool - An Advanced reporting user can figure out in a day on the end to end operations.
    • Easy customization - Simple changes in UI makes it less headache for the end user who maintains the tool. Being an open source product (offers Jasper web services) makes a lot developer friendly compared to SSRS, Cognos etc.
    • Easy Connectivity - Can connect to any data source (can connect to multiple data sources) for a single report - can be customized.
    • Community - A very strong community available online, videos - on basic how to questions, also provides assistance to use case specific scenarios.
    • Ease of Reporting - Can create a reports with in few clicks with out struggle.
    • Domain Designer - A very powerful tool you can create a dataset using clicks with out writing SQL code.
    • OnDemand Scheduling - A very good scheduling feature and a has got lot more simplistic compared to other popular tools like Cognos.
    • Jasper Studio - Very good programmatic tool (desktop tool) lets you customize the reports more company specific, can embed complex coding with 3rd party languages like Java, Groovy (scripting language).
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    Cons
    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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    Cloud Software Group
    • Easier to customize the Jasper Server GUI. More flexibility with the input controls look and feel and maybe more input control types to select from.
    • Have browser event functionality in the reporting itself.
    • An easier way to iterate through an object. Maybe an option that tells the report Java run-time to stop following the report sequential flow and first integrate through this stated object many times.
    • An easier way to create a list and add values to this list.
    • Maybe one could stipulate the process flow of what needs to be computed first in a given field.
    • The crosstab is a bit buggy on the Jasper studio side, so if that could be improved.
    • Better and more examples of custom components
    • The jive functionality on the tables needs an update. It looks so old and outdated.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Geckoboard
    My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
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    Cloud Software Group
    Even though there are challenges with Architecture, sizing and other areas with Jaspersoft provided that Jaspersoft comes up with the right set of innovation, performance, scalability, and documentation in future it will be great expansion (win-win) situation for the clients and as well as Jaspersoft.
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    Usability
    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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    Cloud Software Group
    The overall performance of this platform has been excellent. It is easy to work with the user interface. Creation of digital content and publishing on our social media platforms during marketing has been easy. Running our applications and upgrading our system to meet international standards has been successful. The user dashboard displays reports and performance of all departments effectively.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Cloud Software Group
    We have only had a couple of tickets to be open while using Jaspersoft. Each time we have a very prompte responses that would meet our expectations. We always felt that our issues were being address in a timely manner
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    Online Training
    Geckoboard
    No answers on this topic
    Cloud Software Group
    While the training was somewhat beneficial, a lot of what was taught to us was what we managed to figure out in the weeks prior. It did provide some useful tips and reference material, but overall something more tailored to our requirements would've been better.
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    Implementation Rating
    Geckoboard
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    Cloud Software Group
    New releases can be very buggy, also lacking when it comes to standard time zones and formats that are outside the US. As a company we never feel comfortable implementing a new release for at least 3-6 months due to errors that are found
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Cloud Software Group
    Crystal reports is very expensive and does not integrate well with java based servers. Jasper also provides community edition, if we every want to downgrade the use, we always have the option of eliminating the server and using the reports as they are. Jasper also give you the opportunity to build BI on case by base basis including Dashboards.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Cloud Software Group
    • Jaspersoft Community Edition has not had any significant impact on our ROI as we have purchased the commercial edition of the product.
    • The only impact on ROI is that when we bring on new developers, he or she can begin work using the community edition while awaiting the installation of the commercial edition.
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    ScreenShots

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    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.