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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

    Metabase

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMetabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.

    $85

    per month

    Pricing
    GeckoboardMetabase
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $35
    per month
    Team
    $159
    per month
    Team Plus
    $275
    per month
    Company
    $599
    per month
    Starter
    $85
    per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
    Starter
    $85
    per month up to 5 users
    Pro
    $500
    per month up to 10 users
    Growth
    $749
    per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
    Enterprise
    15,000
    per year
    Open Source
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GeckoboardMetabase
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    GeckoboardMetabase
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Geckoboard and Metabase
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Metabase
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.03 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.04 Ratings6.34 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Geckoboard and Metabase
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.7
    5 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Metabase
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.04 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.03 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.02 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Geckoboard and Metabase
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Metabase
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Publish to Web10.05 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.02 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Geckoboard and Metabase
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Metabase
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.05 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Geckoboard and Metabase
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Metabase
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.05 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.03 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.03 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)6.12 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Geckoboard and Metabase
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Metabase
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.05 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.04 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Geckoboard and Metabase
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Metabase
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    REST API10.02 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Javascript API10.02 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    iFrames10.02 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Java API10.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.02 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    GeckoboardMetabase
    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
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GeckoboardMetabase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GeckoboardMetabase
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Metabase
    Metabase is an easy tool to use if you are interested in collecting and aggregating data from multiple platforms. It is also easy to set up and start receiving the data results as a report. It is also easy to integrate with other tools that generate visual reports and take the necessary actions based on the data details.
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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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    Metabase
    • We're currently using it to fetch reports for our products, such as daily sales, pipeline, visits, and attendance reports.
    • Data representation from database directly.
    Incentivized
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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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    Metabase
    • Report Types
    • Updates
    • Colour/Branding
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Geckoboard
    My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
    Incentivized
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    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Metabase
    Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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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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    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Metabase
    It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Metabase
    • It is serving us whatever we're looking for, and we've recommended many organizations to implement it if they want better data analytics as it provides better functionality than we will build.
    • As a negative it gets difficult to get control over data to be fetch initially.
    Incentivized
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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.