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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

    Rational BI

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Rational BI provides analytics, data science and business intelligence in an analytical platform that connects to databases, data files and cloud drives including AWS and Azure data sources, enabling users to explore and visualize data. Users can build real-time notebook-style reports directly in a web browser with JavaScript and SQL with direct and live connections to data. Filter and query data with an SQL database embedded in the client, without network…

    $0

    single user

    Pricing
    GeckoboardRational BI
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $35
    per month
    Team
    $159
    per month
    Team Plus
    $275
    per month
    Company
    $599
    per month
    Free
    $0
    single user
    Professional
    $129
    single user
    Enterprise
    Varies
    single user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GeckoboardRational BI
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Additional cost per extra user (varies by edition)
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    Features
    GeckoboardRational BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Geckoboard and Rational BI
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.03 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.04 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Geckoboard and Rational BI
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.7
    5 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.04 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.03 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.02 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Geckoboard and Rational BI
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Rational BI
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Publish to Web10.05 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.02 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.03 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.03 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Geckoboard and Rational BI
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Rational BI
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.05 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Geckoboard and Rational BI
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Rational BI
    -
    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 Rational BI
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Rational BI
    -
    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 Rational BI
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Rational BI
    -
    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
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GeckoboardRational BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GeckoboardRational BI
    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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    Rational BI
    Definitely well suited for small companies, but again many of their competitors are also well suited in this segment. We were in general happy with the solution provided, but I'm not blown away by their solution or support. If you want to get more data-driven visual boards with data displayed in nice graphics is in my opinion a good start, and here Rational BI delivers what it should.
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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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    Rational BI
    • Arrange data.
    • Dashboard.
    • Automatic reports.
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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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    Rational BI
    • Not seeing anything at this time, comprehensive product.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Geckoboard
    My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
    Incentivized
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    Rational BI
    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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    Rational BI
    Overall Rational BI is a valuable enterprise reporting tool for any data driven organization. It offers great depth and breadth of features for reporting and analytics that can lead to better business outcomes. Its easy to use and highly configurable to evolve to changing reporting needs of organizations of any scale.
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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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    Rational BI
    I haven't used the support myself, but my colleagues have been satisfied with the support. As I have understood from my colleagues the support is as you could expect. Still, the documentation could be better and that could avoid the need to contact their support, but overall we're still happy with the support as well.
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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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    Rational BI
    Rational BI allows a deeper data analysis with respect to the other software I experimented with. The velocity to perform the analysis is similar to the other one. The predictive analysis could be very useful, but at the moment I do not use it in my activities. Dashboards are nice and easy to understand.
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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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    Rational BI
    • Allows folks to work on other items as reporting is done in the background.
    • Scheduling and delivery of reports with one click.
    • Single pane of management.
    • Ease of use.
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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.

    Rational BI Screenshots

    Screenshot of Modern Business IntelligenceScreenshot of Drag-and-drop InsightsScreenshot of Accessible for everyone, power when you need itScreenshot of Beautiful analytics on every screen and deviceScreenshot of Scheduled reporting: Broadcast your findings to everyoneScreenshot of Connect all your data no matter where it lives