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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Geckoboard

    Score6.2 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

    Google Charts

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Charts provides a way to visualize data on your website - for free. From simple line charts to complex hierarchical tree maps, the chart gallery provides a large number of ready-to-use chart types. The most common way to use Google Charts is with simple JavaScript that you embed in your web page.N/A
    Pricing
    GeckoboardGoogle Charts
    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
    GeckoboardGoogle Charts
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    GeckoboardGoogle Charts
    Considered Both Products
    Geckoboard
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    GeckoboardGoogle Charts
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Geckoboard and Google Charts
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.03 Ratings8.145 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings9.548 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.04 Ratings8.844 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Geckoboard and Google Charts
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.7
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Google Charts
    9.3
    51 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.04 Ratings8.645 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.03 Ratings9.551 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.02 Ratings9.537 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings9.646 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Geckoboard and Google Charts
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Google Charts
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Publish to Web10.05 Ratings9.549 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings9.646 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.02 Ratings8.643 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.03 Ratings8.737 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.03 Ratings8.830 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Geckoboard and Google Charts
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.05 Ratings8.949 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings8.847 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings8.839 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Geckoboard and Google Charts
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Google Charts
    8.8
    45 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.05 Ratings8.844 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.03 Ratings8.839 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.03 Ratings8.841 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)6.12 Ratings8.831 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Geckoboard and Google Charts
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Google Charts
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.05 Ratings9.546 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.03 Ratings9.629 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.04 Ratings8.744 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Geckoboard and Google Charts
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Google Charts
    8.8
    40 Ratings
    12% above category average
    REST API10.02 Ratings8.932 Ratings
    Javascript API10.02 Ratings8.839 Ratings
    iFrames10.02 Ratings8.826 Ratings
    Java API10.02 Ratings8.926 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.02 Ratings8.828 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.02 Ratings8.828 Ratings
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    GeckoboardGoogle Charts
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    Cyfe
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
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    User Ratings
    GeckoboardGoogle Charts
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (61 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (33 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (33 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.4
    (22 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (22 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GeckoboardGoogle Charts
    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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    Google
    We can easily recommend Google Charts to any company that needs a way to visually represent their data. Another great thing about Google Charts is that it is free to use and does not require any membership fees. Although it requires a skilled used to be able to use the charts, the results are great and can be beneficial to any company who is looking to make better decisions.
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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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    Google
    • they're free with Google suite and they have backing in terms of powerful Google apps which can be plugged in to perform multiple actions like using Google sheets to import raw data into Google Charts
    • they're the most simple app to use when it comes to creating charts and visual dashboards
    • ease of customization
    • ease of using custom APIs from developers side to help make any types of charts and dashboards you want
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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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    Google
    • I would like a couple more introductory videos or a live chat option for when you run into an issue. I think this is a Google-wide problem, not only linked to Google Charts.
    • I have run into some issues with the Dynamic Data but also admittedly could potentially dive in deeper and investigate.
    • It would be great if Google Charts made it possible to integrate Google Chat into the platform.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Geckoboard
    My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
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    Google
    Google Charts is a good product. It's widely supported with deep documentation and a large community. But for me, it wasn't customizable enough. When we started with simple charts, it was great, but as we got deeper and more complex, our needs outgrew the library. If I was going forward, I would choose a more barebones library with more freedom and extensibility.
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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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    Google
    Google Charts is about as easy to use as the rest of their applications. The UI is very well thought out, allowing you to add what you need, and customize it to your exact liking. The default theme is actually really nice, which helps as most of the time, customizing is not needed.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Geckoboard
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Google charts is always available and provides fast output.
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    Performance
    Geckoboard
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Connectivity is occasionally very slow.
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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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    Google
    As a free tool with massively powerful, infinitely customisable charts that can be dynamically updated - Google Charts is my favourite data visualisation tool. However, my hatred of JavaScript does jade my view on it. This is the price of the tool though, and I'm glad it's available for me.
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    Online Training
    Geckoboard
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    The online training was solely done through self training on google's guide to charts.
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    Implementation Rating
    Geckoboard
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Easy to implement
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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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    Google
    Google Charts stacks up better since it is free and does not have the constant pressure for cost overruns, add-ons, annual maintenance and implementation services. The speed of using Google Charts is quick, saving users potentially weeks in getting up and going. For the readers of websites with limited resources, the application shows up nicely is look and feel with charts. Great way of showing data visually.
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    Scalability
    Geckoboard
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Google Charts is essential for quick, easy, reporting. There are opportunities for advanced features.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    • teams were easily able to create charts and find out progress on our learning courses and thus take actionable insights to their managers, professors
    • students could also know their progress on various courses from one single view, same for instructors in terms of imparting education
    • sales team could learn which kind of courses sold more to focus more on those areas
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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    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.