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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

    MS SharePoint / SQL

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMS SharePoint / SQL refers to Microsoft Sharepoint, a web-based collaborative platform, being used in tandem with Microsoft SQL Server to provide business intelligence analytics and reporting. They can provide BI content such as data connections, reports, scorecards, dashboards, and more.N/A
    Pricing
    GeckoboardMS SharePoint / SQL
    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
    GeckoboardMS SharePoint / SQL
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    GeckoboardMS SharePoint / SQL
    Considered Both Products
    Geckoboard
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    81%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    GeckoboardMS SharePoint / SQL
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Geckoboard and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    7.6
    58 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.03 Ratings8.639 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings7.055 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.04 Ratings7.348 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Geckoboard and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.7
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.1
    53 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.04 Ratings7.742 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.03 Ratings8.153 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.02 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings8.550 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Geckoboard and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.9
    58 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Publish to Web10.05 Ratings8.852 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings9.449 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.02 Ratings8.348 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.03 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.03 Ratings9.032 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Geckoboard and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.6
    36 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.05 Ratings8.834 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings8.032 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings9.330 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Geckoboard and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    8% below category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.1
    69 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.05 Ratings7.860 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.03 Ratings7.964 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.03 Ratings8.168 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)6.12 Ratings8.854 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Geckoboard and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    9.4
    59 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.05 Ratings9.457 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.03 Ratings9.436 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.04 Ratings8.739 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Geckoboard and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Geckoboard
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.8
    38 Ratings
    12% above category average
    REST API10.02 Ratings9.229 Ratings
    Javascript API10.02 Ratings9.228 Ratings
    iFrames10.02 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Java API10.02 Ratings9.025 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.02 Ratings8.033 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.02 Ratings8.024 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    GeckoboardMS SharePoint / SQL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (77 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.4
    (64 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GeckoboardMS SharePoint / SQL
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    As I mentioned in my previous answers, MS SharePoint is very useful as a shared drive for the organization and is very easy to manage. It also helps us import data from SharePoint directly into PowerBI for creating reports. According to my understanding, only share link features should be improved.
    Incentivized
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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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    Microsoft
    • Flexible - able to make any changes we would like vs traditional service desk system.
    • ROI - We were already using SharePoint for internal intranet, so we are simply getting more use out of licensing we had already committed to.
    • Easy to use for end users.
    Incentivized
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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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    Microsoft
    • It is hard to setup and nightmare
    • It requires a of infrastructure, thus it could be costly because of requirement and licensing required for everything to run smoothly
    • If it is not setup and organized properly from the beginning it could be maintenance nightmare
    • It is hard to have "test" environment to do patches or similar
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Geckoboard
    My company did not renew due to changes in the organization.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    This was a long-term buy-in from a corporate perspective, to remain in the SharePoint space. Migration is certainly possible, which is good for planning and having options further out. At this point, the only planned migration is to eventually move the architecture up to SharePoint/SQL 2013. At that point, we will be able to leverage some greater efficiencies, some enhanced content design and management features, and some more current social features. It is well worth a full consideration in any shop looking at a new implementation of or migration to SharePoint (although you will probably be considering 2013 versions or beyond in those discussions), but the platform should be a strong competitor to any alternatives. Realizing the capability of a fully-branded and customized website was not part of the original choice for the architecture at Lincoln, but seeing it implemented and functioning now with this capacity far beyond original expectations has certainly cemented plans to continue using it.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    I gave this rating due to MS SharePoint being a big help with our userbase. We have a lot of users that are just old enough to not have much technical skills or they have been in this industry long enough to where they haven't really needed to utilize much technology. MS SharePoint helped us move beyond that barrier without too many bumps and bruises.
    Incentivized
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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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    Microsoft
    I've only had to call in to support on one occasion but they were able to work though our issue and find a solution that did fully resolve the issue in a timely manner. I can't always say the same about support from other companies so it was a refreshing change to have support that did help.
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    Implementation Rating
    Geckoboard
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Not implemented in best practice way, there are many customizations
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    At the time of the two large projects, SharePoint was the enterprise solution so we were required to use that. We have since lobbied the enterprise teams to review and consider Atlassian Confluence and were successful. Confluence is cheaper than Sharepoint which is why we wanted to bring that in. The enterprise has now made Confluence an enterprise solution as an alternative to SharePoint. After using both I think SharePoint has many more add-ins than Confluence. It has much more customization ability than Confluence. SharePoint is not good for mobile readiness. Confluence is so there is a difference that might lead you to Confluence over SharePoint. I would also say that SharePoint is very document-centric and that Confluence has better KM than SharePoint does. even with the use of SQL Server. We were told that we could not use Google Drive even though it had features we liked.
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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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    Microsoft
    • ROI for ms SharePoint/SQL considering that is the best database engine with excellent features that help you to have all information in your hand.
    • Something negative could be license format.
    • These are the best relational databases in the market with powerful features that complement your system.
    Incentivized
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    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.