DashThis - Simple, Easy & Limited
December 03, 2018

DashThis - Simple, Easy & Limited

Ali Zakeri | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with DashThis

I use DashThis to visualize data and set up dashboards for reports that I need to generate on an ongoing basis. It requires a one time setup to link data sources and create the template that fits needs. The platform then automatically updates the dashboard every new week/month and cuts down the reporting time significantly.
  • Easily connecting to data sources
  • Widget creation -- Quick and easy
  • Seamless Dashboard sharing
  • Glitchy data sync -- Sometimes widgets need to be "refreshed" in order to display updated data
  • Limited chart types
  • Poor annotation experience -- Making annotations, bullet points etc can become a nightmare. Editor has limited functionality
  • DashThis has reduced the time I spend on reporting by about 50%
  • Visualizations are simple and easy to understand -- Clients like them very much
  • Reduced dependency on files as archive of all dashboards/reports are available online
DashThis definitely not as advanced/customizable as platforms such as Tableau. Visualizations are much more limited and you can't explore your dataset or slice and dice it as you are going along. One big advantage of DashThis is that it is super simple to use and requires almost no prior knowledge or training.
DashThis can be a useful tool if you are working with a small data set that is already cleaned up an does not require any manipulation. However, if you are dealing with a situation that requires data clean-up, custom visualization and you need to slice and dice the data then DashThis is probably not a suitable tool to use.