Geckoboard vs. Middesk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Geckoboard
Score 6.3 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
Middesk
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Middesk is a business intelligence (BI) software used to onboarded clients working in three primary verticals — Fintech, Credit Reporting, and Business Marketplaces.N/A
Pricing
GeckoboardMiddesk
Editions & Modules
Starter
$35
per month
Team
$159
per month
Team Plus
$275
per month
Company
$599
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GeckoboardMiddesk
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
GeckoboardMiddesk
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
9.3
5 Ratings
13% above category average
Middesk
7.7
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.04 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
7.7
5 Ratings
5% below category average
Middesk
8.0
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.04 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
9.0
5 Ratings
7% above category average
Middesk
6.4
1 Ratings
26% below category average
Publish to Web10.05 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Report Versioning9.02 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers9.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
8.7
5 Ratings
8% above category average
Middesk
7.3
1 Ratings
10% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.05 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
7.8
5 Ratings
10% below category average
Middesk
8.5
2 Ratings
1% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.05 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.03 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.03 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)6.12 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
9.5
5 Ratings
18% above category average
Middesk
6.3
1 Ratings
23% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access9.05 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile Application10.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.04 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
10.0
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Middesk
8.0
1 Ratings
1% above category average
REST API10.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Javascript API10.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
iFrames10.02 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Java API10.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)10.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
GeckoboardMiddesk
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(6 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
GeckoboardMiddesk
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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Middesk Inc.
Middesk majorly provides us with real-time access to the data and documents which are required for automating KYB and CIP regulatory compliance, mitigating front and backend risk. In addition, it is the easiest way for financial services companies to verify and monitor their business customers. It for us very much makes the process of onboarding customers very easy.
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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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Middesk Inc.
  • Gathering information needed for registration.
  • Making the registration process efficient.
  • Guiding us through the process when we hit snags.
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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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Middesk Inc.
  • Better navigation.
  • More marketing and make it very reachable to customers.
  • Login is difficult.
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Likelihood to Renew
Geckoboard
My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
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Middesk Inc.
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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Middesk Inc.
UI is not as intuitive as other systems we use. For states that require income tax withholding, some of them require registration with multiple agencies - the UI doesn't easily tell you which login credentials are tied to which agency.
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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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Middesk Inc.
The user experience of this tool must be rearchitected. I am able to observe a lot of lag in the process when initiated. There are sometimes when the tool's navigation becomes difficult. The time taken at times is large to process a request and this can also be highly improved in the future.
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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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Middesk Inc.
ADP Workforce Now offers a module to handle payroll tax registrations. The interface is confusing and the information is hard to find. The service and support are awful - nobody ever knows who can answer tax account questions, they escalate to a different department and promise a callback but they never call back.
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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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Middesk Inc.
  • Better speed.
  • Better quality for optimal cost.
  • Saves a lot of time.
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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.

Middesk Screenshots

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