Ideal app to show data to your colleagues

What are the best aspects of this product?

I think Geckoboard is an amazing app as it displays complex data in an easy to read manner. I work in the real estate industry and use the system to build dashboards with which I share info with my agents so that they know all the important company figures and stats. The solution also helps me keep track of the sales done by my agents. I use Geckoboard to market our company with our clients. I can easily show our numbers with the dashboards which is an impressive way to showcase our wares and also marks us as a modern real estate company that is ahead of its competitors.

What aspects are problematic or could work better?

It was hard to learn to use the system as I needed to create new spreadsheets to use the product properly. The trouble is Geckoboard doesn’t work with moving cells/formulas in existing spreadsheets. So, you need to create fresh sheets and then link Geckoboard to them. The second issue is the difficulty in obtaining custom widgets. You need coding knowledge to use the widgets. I wish the vendor makes it a plug and play system that does not require coding to use the widgets.

What specific problems in your company were solved by this product?

I had a huge amount of valuable data in spreadsheets that wasn’t being viewed by my agents. I use Geckoboard to show them the useful information and we have a huge TV in our office that shows the dashboards throughout the day. The app also helps us track numbers that are beneficial to home sellers. We can quickly show them how fast we sell homes and the average number of showings needed before they get a purchase offer.

Are you a current user of this product?

Yes