Geckboard is a relatively inexpensive way to get actionable data in front of your team quickly and easily.
March 25, 2021
Geckboard is a relatively inexpensive way to get actionable data in front of your team quickly and easily.
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Geckoboard
Initially Geckoboard was used by and for IT/IS staff exclusively. We used several (free at the time) dashboards to monitor system uptime, internal ticketing system SLA, ongoing project statuses (like AWS glacier uploads, file server migrations) as well as a somewhat makeshift Kanban board/task management system by using integrations from other platforms like Planview, etc. In fact, it was so quick and extensible, we often changed and added/removed dashboard frequently. We used wall mounted iMacs and rolling carts with HDTVs and Mac Minis to place dashboards when and where we wanted them. As the agency staff took notice, we began receiving requests from Project Management to create boards to observe things like deployments, website feature rollouts, app development, and client engagement and uptime displays.
- Relatively cheap for what it is Over the years the pricing has gotten more restrictive but if you are rolling your own hardware (thin clients on TVs, etc.) and you are all local in an office it is still affordable.
- Lots of different integrations that don't require coding. From SYsAdmins monitoring AWS or VPN functions to counting website visitors and engagement data to showing CRM reporting.
- Clean and simple interface. Automatic refreshing that is browser independent.
- Pricing model has gotten more restrictive such as limiting to number of TVs, etc.
- The 'support' is bare bones, you will have to learn how to implement your solutions on your own.
- Limited number of database connections means that we would have to pay a huge amount to keep all of our potential dashboards live at a given time.
- 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.
We are a Google shop and our Analytics and Reporting team have and use GDS. However, Geckoboard can output some of the same types of data (albeit maybe not as granular) and can be used by a wide swath of our users (including project managers, account execs, developers, etc.). We can also save and reuse boards for similar products and get our data in front of the eyes that need to see it quickly without a lot of fuss.
Do you think Geckoboard delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Geckoboard's feature set?
Yes
Did Geckoboard live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Geckoboard go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Geckoboard again?
Yes