Feder and Geckoboard: keep Geckoboard, check the numbers you run on.
No, Feder is not a replacement for Geckoboard. Keep Geckoboard. Feder does a different job beside it: it reads what your connected apps recorded and compares each number with your own history, so you know when one cannot be trusted.
Why would I need this?
Because the question is not what the number is. It is whether you can trust it.
Is Feder an alternative to Geckoboard?
No. Geckoboard is KPI dashboard software that turns live data from business tools into dashboards teams can see throughout the day. Feder does a different job: it watches the numbers your tools record and says when one cannot be trusted. Nothing here asks you to switch.
Do I need Feder if I have Geckoboard?
They do different jobs, so one does not stand in for the other. Keep Geckoboard for the job it does. Feder's job is to say when a number your tools record has gone quiet or moved outside your own history.
What does Geckoboard do better?
Geckoboard puts live numbers from a team's business tools onto clear dashboards that people can see during the day.
In Geckoboard's words:
Geckoboard is KPI dashboard software that turns live data from your business tools into clear dashboards
KPI Dashboard Software for Live Team Performance | Geckoboard, read 2026-11-12.Geckoboard can post alerts about important metric changes into Slack or Microsoft Teams.
In Geckoboard's words:
Never miss an important change in your metrics, with alerts in Microsoft Teams and Slack.
Alerts | Geckoboard, read 2026-11-12.Geckoboard sends its alerts within about a minute of the dashboard data changing.
In Geckoboard's words:
Expect alerts within a minute of the data changing on your dashboard.
Alerts | Geckoboard, read 2026-11-12.
What can go wrong with Geckoboard's numbers?
Geckoboard explains that Facebook numbers can be up to 48 hours old, a limit that comes from the Facebook API.
In Geckoboard's words:
The Facebook data you see in Geckoboard can be up to 48 hours old.
Data discrepancies between Facebook and Geckoboard | Geckoboard Help Center, read 2026-11-12.Geckoboard refreshes some spreadsheet sources on a schedule, every 15 minutes for a Google Sheet connected by direct link.
In Geckoboard's words:
Google Sheets connected via a direct link will refresh every 15 minutes.
Refresh rates for Spreadsheets widgets | Geckoboard Help Center, read 2026-11-12.Geckoboard alerts can be set on number and gauge widgets, not on every widget type.
In Geckoboard's words:
Alerts are supported on number and gauge widgets.
Alerts | Geckoboard, read 2026-11-12.
How does Feder work with Geckoboard?
- Feder has no connection to Geckoboard today, so it reads nothing from it.
- The two can run side by side: Geckoboard keeps doing its job, and Feder checks the numbers your other tools record against your own history.
- Feder only reads. It never changes anything in a connected app.
What should I ask about my Geckoboard setup?
- Which numbers on my dashboard are counted at the source, and which are modeled or estimated?
- If this number stopped counting tomorrow, who would notice, and when?
- What does a normal week look like for this number, in my own history?
Questions owners ask
- Does Feder replace Geckoboard?
- No. Keep Geckoboard. Feder sits beside it.
- Does Feder send data into Geckoboard?
- No. Feder only reads.
- How accurate is Feder?
- We do not publish an accuracy number yet. When there is a measured one, it will be here with how it was measured.
Where do these claims come from?
Every quoted statement about Geckoboard on this page comes from Geckoboard's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. We read them again by 2027-05-11. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.