Geckoboard vs. QlikView

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Geckoboard
Score 6.4 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
QlikView
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
QlikView® is Qlik®’s original BI offering designed primarily for shared business intelligence reports and data visualizations. It offers guided exploration and discovery, collaborative analytics for sharing insight, and agile development and deployment.N/A
Pricing
GeckoboardQlikView
Editions & Modules
Starter
$35
per month
Team
$159
per month
Team Plus
$275
per month
Company
$599
per month
QlikView
Custom
per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GeckoboardQlikView
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsOn an perpetual license basis, based on server plus number of users. Contact vendor for pricing.
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Features
GeckoboardQlikView
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
9.3
5 Ratings
13% above category average
QlikView
8.3
63 Ratings
1% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.03 Ratings8.847 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings8.562 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.04 Ratings7.557 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
QlikView
8.0
63 Ratings
1% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.04 Ratings8.162 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.03 Ratings7.563 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.02 Ratings8.336 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings8.159 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
QlikView
7.9
58 Ratings
6% below category average
Publish to Web10.05 Ratings8.447 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings8.254 Ratings
Report Versioning9.02 Ratings7.840 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.03 Ratings7.347 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
8.7
5 Ratings
7% above category average
QlikView
7.6
54 Ratings
6% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.05 Ratings8.151 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings8.044 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings6.85 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
QlikView
7.8
56 Ratings
10% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.05 Ratings7.256 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.03 Ratings8.252 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.03 Ratings8.151 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
9.5
5 Ratings
18% above category average
QlikView
7.4
45 Ratings
7% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access9.05 Ratings7.942 Ratings
Mobile Application10.03 Ratings7.627 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.04 Ratings7.336 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
QlikView
-
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
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
GeckoboardQlikView
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(6 ratings)
9.0
(83 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(29 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(14 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(4 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
3.4
(15 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(13 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
GeckoboardQlikView
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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Qlik
Sales data validations have helped manage our justifications in the past, especially with regard to new product development and new business introduction. It has also been helpful in identifying trends with business impact and direction specific to quarter and monthly sales from ERP data as well as decisions to purchase equipment of staffing based on run rates and product demand.
One thing that can get out of hand is data output - if you aren't careful in your query, you may be overloaded with data dumps and drown in the amount of info you have to filter through. This is a user caution, not a comment on the software itself.
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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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Qlik
  • QlikView has a simple, relational data model that's REALLY fast. Filtering and changing data is dead simple results are almost immediately available.
  • The free version of Qlikview is almost completely featured, so you roll a pro-level product out to an entire department for really cheap.
  • QlikView is really flexible--if you can imagine it, you can build it.
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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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Qlik
  • We found that QlikView can be a bit slow in supporting some forms of encryption. It is web-based and we needed to upgrade all of our server to not support the older SSL and TLS 1 protocols, only support TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3. However, QlikView could not run with TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3. We had to wait over six months to get a version that would handle the newer TLS versions.
  • There are so many options with QlikView that you can get lost when developing a visualization. There are still items I have not yet figured out, such as labeling a graph with the name of a selected detail item.
  • QlikView works by pulling the data it is going to use for visualization into its database. I am a security reviewer and I need to make certain that PII and PHI is not pulled by QlikView for a visualization, otherwise this could become a reportable indecent.
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Likelihood to Renew
Geckoboard
My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
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Qlik
Ease of use, ability to load from pretty much any data source. today I created an application that loaded time sheets from excel that are not in a table format. With Qlik's "enable transformation steps" I was able to automate loads of multiple spreadsheets and multiple tabs easily. Could not do that with any other tool.
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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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Qlik
QlikView is very easy to implement. The installation is very straight forward. QlikView has several different data connectors that can connect to different data sources very smoothly. The user interface to build the reports is very easy to understand. This helps to have a smaller learning curve. Something very helpful is that QlikView is a browser application for the end users. So, you don't need to install any applications on the user's computer.
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Reliability and Availability
Geckoboard
No answers on this topic
Qlik
We have not had any downtime issues with the product nor uncovered any significant bugs
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Performance
Geckoboard
No answers on this topic
Qlik
It is not a SAAS product.
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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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Qlik
My experience with the Qlik support team has been somewhat limited, but every interaction I have had with them has been very professional and I received a response quickly. Typically if there is a technical issue, our IT team will follow up. My inquiries are specific to product functionality, and Qlik has been very helpful in clarifying any questions I might have.
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In-Person Training
Geckoboard
No answers on this topic
Qlik
My team attended, but I cannot myself rate, but I think it was good as they've successfully launched a training program at our company themselves for users. It was 3-4 day training.
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Online Training
Geckoboard
No answers on this topic
Qlik
Training was as expected. The demo environments tend to be more fully featured that our own environment, but the training was clear and well delivered.
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Implementation Rating
Geckoboard
No answers on this topic
Qlik
"Implementation" can mean a few things... so I'm not sure that this is the answer you want.... but here it goes: To me, implementation means: "Is the user interface intuitive and can I produce meaningful reports with ease?" On that score, I'd say YES. The amount of training required was minimal and the results were powerful. The desktop implementation is a simple, "blank" interface just waiting for your creativity. The pre-populated templates give you a reasonable start to any project -- and a good set of objects to "play around with" if you're just getting started. Finally, note that the "implementation" I used was baked into QuickBooks 2016 Enterprise -- called "Advanced Reporting"..... That integration makes it ultra useful and simple.
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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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Qlik
The only other vendor product that I have worked with that provides a similar experience to Qlikview is Tableau. I would recommend Tableau if your use case is to build a fixed dashboard. You can share reports for free without needing to buy additional licenses. I would recommend Qlikview if your users are looking for a more interactive experience. They can create new objects to represent the data which can't be accomplished as easily in Tableau
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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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Qlik
  • Generate quick reports for requirements that don't require complex calculations. ROI was fine, but Tableau software was much more intuitive for non-technical users on our team
  • When putting Qlikview reports side by side with Tableau, we ended up delivering Tableau reports since they were quicker to generate and required no technical expertise
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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.

QlikView Screenshots

Screenshot of QlikView Sales DashboardScreenshot of QlikView on all devicesScreenshot of QlikView using mobile touch screen