Geckoboard vs. ibi WebFOCUS

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
ibi WebFOCUS
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
The ibi™ WebFOCUS® product is an enterprise business intelligence and analytics solution equipped with data management, visual discovery, predictive analytics, and visualizations. Combining these capabilities and data science in one unified containerized platform, the WebFOCUS® solution can be used to make data-driven decisions across the enterprise and provide reports, dashboards, and customer-facing applications at scale.N/A
Pricing
Geckoboardibi WebFOCUS
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
Geckoboardibi WebFOCUS
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Geckoboardibi WebFOCUS
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Geckoboardibi WebFOCUS
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
9.3
5 Ratings
13% above category average
ibi WebFOCUS
7.7
11 Ratings
6% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.03 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.04 Ratings7.011 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
ibi WebFOCUS
9.3
13 Ratings
14% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.04 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.03 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.02 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings10.012 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
ibi WebFOCUS
8.2
11 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web10.05 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Report Versioning9.02 Ratings6.010 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.03 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers9.03 Ratings7.03 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
ibi WebFOCUS
6.3
10 Ratings
25% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.05 Ratings6.08 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings6.07 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
ibi WebFOCUS
9.0
11 Ratings
5% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.05 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.03 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.03 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)6.12 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Geckoboard
9.5
5 Ratings
18% above category average
ibi WebFOCUS
5.9
11 Ratings
30% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access9.05 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Mobile Application10.03 Ratings3.32 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.04 Ratings8.08 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
ibi WebFOCUS
8.6
3 Ratings
8% above category average
REST API10.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Javascript API10.02 Ratings8.02 Ratings
iFrames10.02 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Java API10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)10.02 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Geckoboardibi WebFOCUS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(6 ratings)
7.0
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(5 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Geckoboardibi WebFOCUS
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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IBI (Information Builders)
I would less recommend it because it looks like IBI is receding a bit from the European market. I would not be certain for future support. Knowledge in the market in western Europe is limited Functional wise the application suits almost all situations. I would for sure recommend it purely based on its capabilities
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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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IBI (Information Builders)
  • One thing that has always been good at WebFOCUS is how they interact with the customer on items. They take suggestions and implement them. In addition technical support is timely and very detailed.
  • I think they keep up with and lead in implementing new technologies in the BI space. One case of this are the ability for user to create their own easy dashboard using the green plus buttons. Also the ability to link d3 into and have the ability to implement new types of graphs is nice.
  • I have been to a spoke at one of their user conferences and they are worth going to. In addition to all of the great seminars the interaction you get with vendors and other users is key in the growth of your knowledge. I've learned so much for my time at these conferences.
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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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IBI (Information Builders)
  • The newest versions of WebFOCUS have an unnecessarily complicated security layout that makes configuration difficult to accomplish without bringing in the vendor for installs.
  • This software tries to cover too many bases allowing you to switch from writing code manually to creating reports using only GUI tools. This sometimes complicates screens and functionality where the two methods don't always work well together. -though its nice to have the choice.
  • The sales force is not as top notch as many software companies
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Likelihood to Renew
Geckoboard
My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
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IBI (Information Builders)
This software is deeply engrained with my organization and has become a tool that would not easily be replaced without spending more money and resources to get the same results. License cost is comparable to other report writing tools and the capabilities are greater than the competition without having to buy multiple apps to do the same thing.
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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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IBI (Information Builders)
Best BI tool/product I have used. The others don't compare overall. Some can look fancier, but when you actually use them with large data and data from numerous systems/sources that is where most of the competition falls away. I also don't like downtime. I have basically none for a large user base with WebFocus. Even SAP Crystal Reports went down for 4 days once - 4 days because the admin password got locked out due to a glitch and we had zero reports for 4 days. WebFocus has never had more than a few minutes of downtime. It's like a tank that just keeps rolling. There is no other choice for reliable BI.
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Reliability and Availability
Geckoboard
No answers on this topic
IBI (Information Builders)
Tracking availability formally for almost two years and we are at 99.8%
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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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IBI (Information Builders)
They have extremely knowledgeable techs that I have worked with over the years. Some have actually become really good friends of mine. I see them often at local user groups and when we show them how we are using their tools to save millions of dollars throughout the company
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Online Training
Geckoboard
No answers on this topic
IBI (Information Builders)
It's hit and miss, the last class was overcrowded and people were having trouble connecting which took up much of the time. Instructors vary
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Implementation Rating
Geckoboard
No answers on this topic
IBI (Information Builders)
Plan ahead on what data will be accessible and the type of security required on the database and if you will want to use security that is built into the software. It is worth consulting with the vendor on what your plan is and how they recommend you proceed in order to get results you are happy with.
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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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IBI (Information Builders)
Webfocus handles the side of our business that is involved with our catalogs. Our catalogs is a huge revenue driver for us and this tool has been extremely useful with planning feature catalogs. Tableau is used more for marketing and merchandising purchases since we can filter data based on website sales.
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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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IBI (Information Builders)
  • We are not yet a success story. Though we've been implementing WebFOCUS for over a year, we have very few products in our Production portal. Of course, this is not all the responsibility of Information Builders, but we were ill-advised by our 'training coordinator' in our training of staff and coming up to speed with the tools has been very slow.
  • Once skilled analysts and professional IT staff achieve a grasp of the products, they are able to very quickly create polished and well-received products.
  • The DW/BI project has helped us to establish standards and protocols of communication that will allow us to more quickly meet knowledge transfer requirements
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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.