Pick Geckoboard when
- Your screens mix Stripe with other tools: CRM, support desk, analytics, spreadsheets.
- You need alerts and drilldowns (Performance plan), or custom themes.
- You want one tool for every team's dashboard.
Geckoboard alternative
Geckoboard and SaaS Monitor: every tool on a TV, or Stripe with a sound
Geckoboard builds TV dashboards from 90+ data sources. SaaS Monitor does one of them, Stripe revenue, with sounds, a voice and celebrations, free and open source. Here is how to choose, or use both.
Geckoboard, in short: real-time dashboards from 90+ data sources, shown on TV screens, through sharing links, with snapshots in Slack and Teams. Source
Side by side
| Topic | Geckoboard | SaaS Monitor |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | GeckoboardReal-time dashboards you build from 90+ data sources, for TVs and sharing links, with snapshots in Slack and Teams. Source: Geckoboard, checked September 30, 2026 | SaaS MonitorOne screen made for Stripe revenue, ready without building anything: MRR, sales, sounds and celebrations. |
| Price | GeckoboardEssentials from $79 a month, Performance from $319 a month, billed annually; 14-day free trial. Source: Geckoboard, checked September 30, 2026 | SaaS MonitorFree during the public beta, and free for good on your own server (MIT license). |
| TV screens | Geckoboard1 on Essentials, $20 each to add more; 5 on Performance. Source: Geckoboard, checked September 30, 2026 | SaaS MonitorAs many as you like, each with its own settings. |
| Celebrations | GeckoboardFull-screen celebrations, on Performance. Source: Geckoboard, checked September 30, 2026 | SaaS MonitorA moment for every sale with confetti, and a full-screen celebration at each milestone. |
| Stripe | GeckoboardA Stripe integration with customer and subscriber counts, and several Stripe accounts. Source: Geckoboard, checked September 30, 2026 | SaaS MonitorMRR as Stripe defines it, revenue, new customers and each subscription change, from one or several Stripe accounts. |
| Data sources | Geckoboard90+ data sources. Source: Geckoboard, checked September 30, 2026 | SaaS MonitorStripe only. |
Facts about Geckoboard come from their own websites, checked on September 30, 2026. Prices and plans change: follow the sources for the current ones, and open an issue if something is out of date. Product names are trademarks of their owners; SaaS Monitor is not affiliated with them.
Sources:geckoboard.com/pricing/geckoboard.com/product/data-sources/stripe/
Which one, when
Pick SaaS Monitor when
- Your screen is about Stripe revenue, and you want it on the wall in minutes.
- You want sound: a sale you hear, and a voice that says what happened.
- You want several screens without paying per screen.
- You'd like to read the code, or keep your Stripe data on your own server.
Or use both
Keep Geckoboard for the dashboards that mix your tools, and give Stripe a screen of its own with SaaS Monitor, where a sale rings when it lands.
Questions
Is there a free Geckoboard alternative for Stripe?
SaaS Monitor is free during its public beta, and free for good on your own server, under the MIT license. It only shows Stripe: for other data sources, you still need a dashboard tool.
Which TVs does SaaS Monitor work on?
Any device with a modern browser: a Raspberry Pi behind a TV (the setup we recommend), a smart TV's browser or a spare laptop. Screens stay awake, recover from outages and reload after updates on their own.
Can I build my own widgets in SaaS Monitor?
No: the screen's layout is fixed and made for revenue. You choose the metric (MRR or ARR), the chart's range, a goal, the sounds, the colors and the language.
Other comparisons
Hear a sale land
The demo runs a fictional SaaS where a sale lands every 20 seconds or so. Click once on the screen to turn the sound on.