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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

    PingPlotter

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APingPlotter is a graphical traceroute and ping tool that visualizes network performance in a way that makes identifying the source of problems quicker and easier for everyone from online gamers and video streamers to VoIP admins and IT pros. Features for remote deployment, network monitoring, scripting, and a web interface are included along with several additional capabilities.

    $0

    per user

    Pricing
    GeckoboardPingPlotter
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $35
    per month
    Team
    $159
    per month
    Team Plus
    $275
    per month
    Company
    $599
    per month
    PingPlotter Free
    $0.00
    per user
    PingPlotter Free
    $0.00
    per user
    PingPlotter Standard
    $6.99
    per user per month
    PingPlotter Professional
    $29.00
    per user per month
    PingPlotter Standard
    $39.99
    per user
    PingPlotter Professional
    $349.00
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GeckoboardPingPlotter
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    GeckoboardPingPlotter
    Considered Both Products
    Geckoboard
    No answer on this topic
    Pingman Tools
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    33 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    31 Answers
    Features
    GeckoboardPingPlotter
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Geckoboard and PingPlotter
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    PingPlotter
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Geckoboard and PingPlotter
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.7
    5 Ratings
    4% below category average
    PingPlotter
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Geckoboard and PingPlotter
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    PingPlotter
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Geckoboard and PingPlotter
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    PingPlotter
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Geckoboard and PingPlotter
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    8% below category average
    PingPlotter
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Geckoboard and PingPlotter
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    PingPlotter
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Geckoboard and PingPlotter
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    PingPlotter
    -
    Ratings
    REST API10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Geckoboard and PingPlotter
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    -
    Ratings
    PingPlotter
    8.5
    34 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings8.724 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings9.434 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings9.624 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings6.919 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GeckoboardPingPlotter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (34 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GeckoboardPingPlotter
    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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    Pingman Tools
    This tool is best suited to get a quick read on basic network access across multiple hops. It provides immediate, very valuable feedback. If you know your stuff, there are other tools that handle the rest you need: packet capture, port scans, etc. We are all looking for that multi-tool, but this is perfect for the basic need of knowing where in the network a problem might be.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pingman Tools
    • Monitor traffic in network
    • Measure stops when contacting network locations such as websites
    • Measures the lag and latency it takes to contact network locations
    • Gives you both induvidual measurements as well as good oversight
    • identifies when network lag or disconnect occurs
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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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    Pingman Tools
    • Being able to export data would have been helpful for a larger analysis.
    • It is a robust program and probably more than we needed for a small business; some options that were better aligned with our budget would have been good.
    • As a non-technical person in the networking space, I found the data helpful for communicating, but not always easy to understand.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Geckoboard
    My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
    Incentivized
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    Pingman Tools
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Pingman Tools
    I installed it and it just started working. I realized I could then tweak it to show what I needed but didn't have to spend a long time configuring it before use, editing YAML files etc. Maybe that's fine for a network professional, but I only need this software if something goes wrong, and then need it to work quickly out of the box.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pingman Tools
    I have not had much contact with the PingPlotter support, only one time have I went to them and it was a positive experience. The questions I had were answered quickly and professionally. I have no issue with the experience I had with the Support team. This was from before and after the purchase of the product.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pingman Tools
    I used Ping.app and UptimeLog.app on the Mac. These both provided different aspects. These two had a menubar to show me green or red for multiple connections. UptimeLog showed me very clearly when my connectivity was on or off and for exactly how long
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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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    Pingman Tools
    • Great ROI, troubleshooting time has been reduced by 90%
    • Network Discoveries used to take 2 to 3 hours and were inconsistent - now it is a matter of minutes
    • lacks integration into our MSP toolkit, and we now use it as a stand alone product
    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.

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