Cyfe Alternatives for Live Business Dashboards (2026)

The Cyfe alternatives most teams compare are Databox (free plan, native mobile apps), Geckoboard (simple office TVs), DashThis and AgencyAnalytics (client reporting for agencies), Looker Studio (free, for Google data) and dashboardbase (for numbers from your own product, fed by your own API). Cyfe itself is still a sensible, low-cost all-in-one, so the right swap depends on what you need that it doesn't do.

Prices below are list prices as of October 2026.*

What Cyfe does well, and where teams outgrow it

Cyfe is one of the longest-running all-in-one business dashboards. Every plan includes TV mode, public URLs, custom logos and themes, and embedded dashboards.* Pricing starts low:

Teams usually go looking for something else when:

• Dashboard counts start to matter. Plans are sized by dashboards and users, so more teams or clients means a bigger tier.*
• The important numbers are in your own product. Like other connector tools, Cyfe is strongest when the data is in services it already integrates with.
• They want native mobile apps with push notifications, rather than a dashboard in the browser.
• They're an agency and want reporting built around clients rather than dashboards.

What to look for

1. Where your data lives: marketing and sales SaaS, Google, a database, or your own API.
2. How pricing scales: per dashboard, per client, per data source, or flat.
3. Phone and TV: native apps and push alerts are rarer than they sound.
4. Agency needs: white-label and client portals, if you report to clients.

The alternatives

1. dashboardbase: when the data is behind your own API

dashboardbase has no connectors. Each widget calls an endpoint in your backend that returns JSON in a fixed shape, and dashboardbase renders it. Nothing is copied to us, and you build as many dashboards as your team needs on one flat plan, without paying per dashboard.

A goal-tracking board for three teams is this response:

{
  "title": "Quarterly goals",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "value": 82,
        "max": 100,
        "label": "Sales"
      },
      {
        "value": 45,
        "max": 100,
        "label": "Marketing"
      },
      {
        "value": 63,
        "max": 100,
        "label": "Support"
      }
    ]
  }
}

That renders as a progress list whose bars slide to each new value on refresh, which reads well on an office TV.

• Price: flat plans from $9.99/month (3 seats), $29.99 (10 seats), $79.99 (25 seats); 14-day free trial.
• Good at: your own product data, native iOS and Android apps with push alerts, and TVs paired by code with no login on the screen.
• Not a fit when: nobody can write an endpoint, or you want Cyfe-style ready-made marketing widgets.

The public endpoint validator renders any response as the real widget, no account needed.

2. Databox: the closest all-in-one swap

• Price: free plan (3 data sources, 1 dashboard); Analyst from $71/month billed annually with unlimited dashboards; Agency from $79/month plus $20 per client pack.*
• Good at: many dashboards from a handful of SaaS tools, goals, and native iOS and Android apps.*
• Not a fit when: you connect lots of sources (tiers are sized by data sources), or the data is in your own product. See Databox alternatives.

3. Geckoboard: a cleaner office TV

• Price: $79/month for 2 dashboards and 1 editor; $24 per extra dashboard; Performance $319/month.* 14-day trial.
• Good at: a polished wall display that a non-technical team builds once.
• Not a fit when: you want lots of dashboards or a native mobile app. See Geckoboard alternatives.

4. DashThis: marketing reports for agencies

• Price: $44/month for 3 dashboards, $139 for 10, $279 for 25, $429 for 50, all white-labelled.* 14-day trial.
• Good at: recurring marketing reports for clients, one dashboard per report.
• Not a fit when: you want live operational numbers or a TV display rather than reports.

5. AgencyAnalytics: priced per client

• Price: $20 per client per month, with white-label portal, custom domain and 85+ integrations included.* 14-day trial.
• Good at: agencies that bill per client and want one portal per client.
• Not a fit when: you're not an agency, or your clients' data isn't in marketing tools.

6. Looker Studio: free, if it's Google data

• Price: free; Looker Studio Pro is $9 per user per month.*
• Good at: reports on Google Analytics, Ads, Sheets and BigQuery.
• Not a fit when: you want live numbers, a TV mode, or data outside Google without extra connectors.

Comparison table

A dash means we didn't verify it either way.

How to choose

• Stay with Cyfe if it covers your sources and you're happy with the dashboard count for the price. It's still one of the cheapest all-in-ones.
• Agency reporting: AgencyAnalytics if you price per client, DashThis if you think in reports. Development agencies, see client dashboards built on your APIs.
• Lots of dashboards from a few SaaS tools, plus mobile: Databox.
• A single office TV, no fuss: Geckoboard.
• Numbers from your own product: dashboardbase.

FAQ

Is Cyfe still around? Yes. As of October 2026 Cyfe lists five plans from $29/month with a 14-day trial.*

Is there a free Cyfe alternative? Databox has a free plan, and Looker Studio is free.*

Which Cyfe alternative works on an office TV? Geckoboard is built around it, and Cyfe has TV mode on every plan.* dashboardbase pairs a TV by code: open www.dashboardbase.com/tv, approve it from your phone, done.

Which is cheapest? dashboardbase starts at $9.99/month; Cyfe at $29; DashThis at $44.*

About the competitor details *

Competitor pricing and features change, and we don't control them. Everything marked with an asterisk reflects each vendor's public pricing and product pages as of 6 October 2026. Check the vendor's current pricing page before you decide, and if something here has gone out of date, tell us and we'll correct it.

Sources

• Cyfe pricing, checked 6 October 2026
• Databox pricing and mobile app, checked 6 October 2026
• Geckoboard pricing, checked 6 October 2026
• DashThis pricing, checked 6 October 2026
• AgencyAnalytics pricing, checked 6 October 2026
• Looker Studio pricing overview (Coupler), checked 6 October 2026