Grist vs. Cyfe, by Traject

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Grist
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Grist combines the capabilities of spreadsheets, databases and app builders. Using a familiar spreadsheet interface, information can be organized as a relational database, and dashboards built using drag-and-drop. Solving spreadsheet problems Ensures data is well-structured and stored in one place with no duplication, no spreadsheet-wrangling, no merging documents. Collaboration on sensitive data Data is protected…
$8
per month per user
Cyfe
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Cyfe is all-in-one dashboard software for analyzing data from online services like Google Analytics, Salesforce, AdSense, MailChimp, Amazon, Facebook, etc, from Traject.
$29
Monthly or Annually
Pricing
GristCyfe, by Traject
Editions & Modules
Pro
$8
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Solo
$29
Monthly or Annually
Pro
$49
Monthly or Annually
Premier
$89+
Monthly or Annually
Agency
$150
Monthly or Annually
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GristCyfe
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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More Pricing Information
Features
GristCyfe, by Traject
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Grist
-
Ratings
Cyfe, by Traject
6.9
27 Ratings
16% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.817 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings5.027 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.120 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Grist
-
Ratings
Cyfe, by Traject
8.5
25 Ratings
6% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.715 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.120 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.025 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Grist
-
Ratings
Cyfe, by Traject
9.2
22 Ratings
10% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings6.89 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Grist
-
Ratings
Cyfe, by Traject
8.9
18 Ratings
11% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.614 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Grist
-
Ratings
Cyfe, by Traject
8.6
21 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings6.314 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.416 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Grist
-
Ratings
Cyfe, by Traject
9.3
19 Ratings
16% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.713 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Grist
-
Ratings
Cyfe, by Traject
8.4
6 Ratings
7% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings5.94 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings5.83 Ratings
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User Ratings
GristCyfe, by Traject
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(2 ratings)
8.0
(29 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(9 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GristCyfe, by Traject
Likelihood to Recommend
Grist Labs
This is well suited to someone (or a team) who are technically minded and have a dataset that they need to be able to use in many ways. It's less appropriate for a team who isn't technically minded and/or don't have the data they need to manipulate. It would be useful for things that you could use a database or spreadsheet for such as CRM, Advertising database, Business tracking, Health tracking etc.
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Traject
Cyfe might be for you if you are looking for a cost-effective way to display all of your marketing metrics in one place. If you are looking for a detailed, fine-tuned, niche, or extremely specific metrics, this might not be the best solution. Cyfe is good for a general health check-up of marketing, but not a finely tuned examination.
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Pros
Grist Labs
  • Provides amazing customer service, help, examples, and explains what they are having you do
  • The layout is easy
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Traject
  • Has preset metric groups that pull similar stats together in one "bucket" saving you the time of setting up each stat-line one by one
  • Allows you to easily adjust the timeframe for what stats you want to see, so you can find YOY stats or just last month's stats rather quickly
  • Colored visualizations of stats make it easy to notice when campaigns are taking off
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Cons
Grist Labs
  • Making the user permissions more obvious on how to use them - They are highly adaptable, but hard to understand how to use them
  • Small changes such as auto colouring the choices/toggles options and being able to edit them once set.
  • Being able to copy the formatting from one column to the next
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Traject
  • I'd love to see additional functionality to customize colors. The light/dark option is very nice, but a little more flexibility in the colors would go a long way, especially if it was possible at the dashboard level rather than just the account level. Along the same lines, being able to customize the charts a little more, for example being able to show an x-axis on single data type graphs, could make them easier to read in some cases.
  • Being able to choose to report on converted clicks or conversions in AdWords would be helpful.
  • Needs the ability to show the date range on the shared URL dashboards. Would be even better if the date range was adjustable on that view, too.
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Likelihood to Renew
Grist Labs
No answers on this topic
Traject
It has become a part of our internal tools so unless a competitor comes out with similar functionality as a similar price point it is unlikely that we would not renew. One area that would cause us not to renew would be if a competing service came out with more third-party integrations that match our needs. Price at this point is no longer an issue as it would allow us to automate a somewhat manual process that we have now connecting Cyfe widgets to Google Sheets.
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Usability
Grist Labs
No answers on this topic
Traject
I gave it a rating of 7 because it does a good job at what it does, but there are missing that are missing which I would have benefited from. For instance, if I was able to drill down more on the specific metrics I was able to see, that would have been helpful.
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Support Rating
Grist Labs
No answers on this topic
Traject
Because I had a very minor question and I was able to speak directly to the founder through LinkedIn and through email. I know that as they grow this may not always be an option but the fact that he made himself available to answer my questions said a lot about his passion for the product.
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Implementation Rating
Grist Labs
No answers on this topic
Traject
Cyfe is a 15 minutes implementation, then some time to get your data sources created. This is an easy one person job that will not result in down time or unnecessary wasted man hours.
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Alternatives Considered
Grist Labs
Grist is easier to use, faster, and loads quicker with heavy data.
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Traject
The Salesforce dashboard is comparably flexible and intuitive, but designed more to its internal CRM focus. SumAll shares the social media dashboard capabilities, but lacks all others. Its interesting feature is side-by-side graph analysis for cross-channel performance. Cyfe might borrow from SumAll's default weekly email summary of performance from the dashboard, but implementation could be too complex. Nuvi dashboard is exclusively for social media marketing, but lacks Cyfe's flexibility for third party integration and window customization settings.
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Return on Investment
Grist Labs
  • It's saved a lot of time in both creating an advertising database and managing it week to week effectively. I had previously created in others that haven't worked, and this does, saving me a good 1 hour weekly, and 5 hours or more each time I had problems with the last ones
  • Being able to stay on track with this has meant I'm following up at the right time (advertisers) and keeping a professional manner and not losing business due to missed communication
  • Saving me $ from buying a program like Access (or Airtable monthly) and then the learning curve that that has. This has a much easier learning curve to say the least.
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Traject
  • Cyfe allows us to provide real time data to our clients
  • Cyfe allows us to provide detailed analytics to our clients showing actual results
  • Cyfe reduced our need to provide monthly "reports" to our marketing clients
  • Cyfe allows us to have better situational awareness and know what is going on throughout our multiple organizations
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ScreenShots

Grist Screenshots

Screenshot of the drag and drop dashboard editor used to build layouts.Screenshot of the custom user permissions that determine who can see what, down to each column and row.Screenshot of dynamic charts and reports that update with the click of a mouse.Screenshot of Grist's formula support for Excel-like functions or Python formulas. Technical users can drill into database structure in code view.