Geckoboard vs Plecto (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Geckoboard grades higher than Plecto: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Geckoboard grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Geckoboard
Live KPI dashboards for TV screens, Slack and shared links
Plecto
Real-time KPI dashboards with contests for sales and support teams
Which one is for you
Pick Geckoboard if
- Fits if you want a team's live numbers on an office TV
- Works for support and sales teams that want tickets, calls and deals posted to Slack or Teams on a schedule
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you report to clients, as there's no white-labeling on any plan
- Tight if you need more than 2 dashboards or 1 editor, at $24 a dashboard and $20 an editor on Essentials
- Pricey if you want Slack and Teams alerts or drilldown, which need Performance at $319 a month
- Watch out: only yearly-billed prices are shown, they exclude VAT, and a custom logo is a $40 add-on on Essentials
- Tight if you track Shopify, Zendesk or Aircall, as Essentials caps their data volumes
Pick Plecto if
- Fits if you run a sales or support floor and want live scoreboards and contests
- Works for call centers that want KPIs on a screen
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want white-label client reports, as it is built for team performance
- Pricey if you are a small team, because the minimum is 10 licenses at $24
- Not for you if you want contests or a reward store without paying for Large at $37.20
- Watch out: only annual-billing prices were readable
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAGeckoboardFair | 1.8GPAPlectoWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded on a small agency's 5 dashboards, though it's really built for in-house teams. Essentials is $79 a month billed annually for 2 dashboards and 1 editor, and 3 more dashboards at $24 each make $151. That's in the dear half, and alerts need Performance at $319. | D$24 per tracked license a month, minimum 10, so $240 a month for one team against a category middle of $62. Contests and rewards need Large at $37.20. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan. There's a 14-day free trial, and the listing doesn't say whether it wants a card. | DFree 14-day trial. The pages read don't say whether a card is needed, and there is no free plan. |
| Features | CLive dashboards from 90+ sources with goals, TV screens, sharing links and scheduled snapshots, plus alerts and drilldown on Performance. It does that job, but there's no white-labeling on any plan, so it isn't built for reporting to clients. | CLive dashboards, custom KPIs, goals and automated reports. It is a different job from client reporting, and contests, reports and phone support are not in Medium. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Pairing a TV needs no special hardware and apps connect directly, but building the metrics on each dashboard takes some setting up. | CNo store rating on record. You connect your data sources and build KPIs before the scoreboards work. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, plus office TVs paired without special hardware. It connects to HubSpot, Salesforce, Zendesk, Aircall, Shopify, Google Analytics, Sheets and SQL databases, posts to Slack and Teams, and has a Datasets API and an MCP server. | BWeb product with 150+ integrations, an API and mobile access listed. The pages don't say which app stores carry it. |
| Best for | live team numbers on an office TV | sales and support team scoreboards |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Geckoboard and Plecto. How we grade
Price against what you get
Geckoboard starts at $79 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Plecto starts at $24 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Plecto starts $55 a month lower. Of the other marketing reporting and call tracking tools on the chart, 6 score higher than Geckoboard for less, and 1 scores higher than Plecto for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
At a glance
| Geckoboard | Plecto | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $79 per month, billed annually | $24 per tracked license / month, billed annually, minimum 10 licenses |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial | Free 14-day trial |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Geckoboard | Plecto |
| Price read from | geckoboard.com | plecto.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Geckoboard
- Essentials includes only 2 dashboards and 1 editor; extras cost $24 per dashboard and $20 per editor.
- Custom themes and a custom logo are a $40 add-on on Essentials, and there is no white-labeling on any plan.
- Shopify, Zendesk Support and Aircall have data volume limits on Essentials that rise on Performance.
- The page shows yearly-billed prices; the monthly-billed rates were not displayed. Prices exclude VAT.
Plecto
- Pricing is per tracked license with a minimum of 10, so Medium starts at 10 x $24 = $240 a month, billed annually.
- Contests, the reward store, reports and phone support are not in Medium.
- It is built around team performance, not white-label client reports, so it differs from most tools in this category.
- The pricing page lists mobile access, but not which app stores carry it. Only the annual-billing price was readable; a monthly-billing price exists but was not read.
Key features
Geckoboard
- 90+ data sources
- Direct connections to HubSpot, Salesforce, Zendesk, Aircall, Shopify, Google Analytics, Google Ads and more, plus Google Sheets, Excel and SQL databases.
- TV screens and loops
- Pair office screens without special hardware, manage them remotely and rotate several dashboards on a timer.
- Sharing and snapshots
- Share dashboards by link with unlimited viewers, or schedule snapshots to Slack, Microsoft Teams or email.
- Alerts and drilldown
- Performance adds threshold alerts in Slack or Teams, full-screen celebrations, and drilldown to the tickets, calls or deals behind a number.
- Goals and status indicators
- Set goals and status colors on metrics so a team can see at a glance whether a number is on track.
- Metrics MCP and Datasets API
- Ask about your metrics from Claude or ChatGPT through an MCP server, and push custom data in through the Datasets API.
Plecto
- Real-time dashboards
- Build live dashboards with an AI builder, templates or fully custom, with unlimited dashboards on every plan.
- Custom KPIs
- Define what is measured and how it is calculated from connected data.
- Goals and contests
- Set goals for people and teams and turn them into contests; contests need the Large plan.
- Recognition
- Live notifications, achievements and streaks celebrate results; a reward store is on Large.
- Automated reports
- Reports can be exported and sent on a schedule; the Reports feature is listed on Large and above.
- 150+ integrations
- Data connects from more than 150 integrations, with SQL integrations on Large.
Plans
Geckoboard
Essentials$79
per month for 2 dashboards and 1 editor, billed annually
Unlimited viewers and data sources, sharing links, TV screens and snapshots. Extra dashboards are $24 each and extra editors $20 each.
Performance$319
per month for 20 dashboards and 3 editors, billed annually
5 screens, higher data volumes, Slack and Teams alerts, drilldown to source data, templates, folders and custom themes.
EnterpriseCustom
Sold through sales: custom limits, SSO, audit logs, data import controls, a metric-building service and a dedicated support manager.
Plecto
Medium$24
per tracked license / month, billed annually
Minimum 10 licenses. Unlimited dashboards and data sources, onboarding, chat and email support, API access, SSO, achievements and notifications.
Large$37.20
per tracked license / month, billed annually
Minimum 10 licenses. Adds a customer success manager, contests, spinning wheel, reward store, reports, SQL integrations and phone support.
EnterpriseCustom
Quoted by sales: adds on-site setup, volume discount, custom integrations and a custom NDA and DPA.
Ways to pay less
Geckoboard
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Geckoboard's pricing page says annual billing saves 20% against paying monthly; Essentials is from $79 a month billed annually.
- Nonprofit
20% off for non-profits
Through its non-profits program, Geckoboard gives a 20% discount on any plan, which it says lasts forever.
Plecto
- Annual discount
20% off with annual billing
The pricing page labels annual billing as 20% off compared with monthly billing.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Geckoboard or Plecto?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Geckoboard starts at $79 per month, billed annually, and Plecto starts at $24 per tracked license / month, billed annually, minimum 10 licenses. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Geckoboard or Plecto?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Geckoboard nor Plecto has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.