DashThis vs. Klipfolio - An Accurate Comparison of Marketing Analytics Tools

Comparison

Improvado

Improvado automates the annoying parts of data management. With Improvado, marketers are no longer at the mercy of non-scalable manual processes. Costly and valuable developer time is now freed up, no longer from having to create interfaces, host and maintain databases, normalize data, and visualize reports.

DashThis

Dashthis is an automated marketing reporting tool that allows businesses to create reports quickly and efficiently. By automating marketing reports, it saves marketers a lot of time and they're able to get valuable insights from their marketing data in a fraction of the time compared to other tools. This means that marketers can stop wasting time looking for data and instead spend their time to make decisions based on their data.
And when it comes to data, it features integrations with over 34 marketing platforms where marketers can get their data from.
It's used by digital marketing agencies, various SMBs, as well as several internationally recognized brands.

Klipfolio

Klipfolio is a cloud-based tool that allows you to visualize your data using a dashboarding tool. As a simple (yet extensive) dashboard tool, it allows you to link marketing and sales data sources using API integrations. As such, Klipfolio transforms and projects your data in a way that is easy to understand, track, and relate to your KPIs. Additionally, using their real-time feature, you can view data over time, allowing you to make historical comparisons to assess your business’ progress.

Features comparison

Approach

Marketing sources

Builds New APIs for Customers on Request

Create custom metrics and reports you need for existing connectors

Change configurations after the first setup

Ability to integrate Business Data

How often data sync

Connects to data warehouses? Data lakes?

Data normalization framework

Doesn't require tech resources from your side to maintain the database

Predictable pricing that scales

Professional Services Available for What You Don’t Have In House

Support SLA

Improvado

Enterprise-wide data platform

300+ data sources

Yes

Create custom metrics and reports you need for existing connectors

Yes

How often data sync

Yes / Yes

Data normalization framework

Doesn't require tech resources from your side to maintain the database

Yes

Yes | Enterprise SLA

DashThis

Marketing Reporting Dashboards For Analytics

100 integrations

No / No

Pricing starts at $33.00 per month

Klipfolio

BI platform

100+ data sources

No / No

Pricing starts at $142.00 per month

Connectors: Data sources and destinations

Improvado

Improvado streamlines data from 300+ marketing data sources. Such a range of data sources allows for in-depth cross-channel marketing analytics. With data from different channels on a single dashboard, you can build detailed marketing reports and track metrics like ROAS, CPL, CPA, ROMI, ROI, and many other custom indicators. Users get a single source of truth for all their marketing channels, along with a holistic view of their prospects’ devices, age, gender, preferred channels, and more.

DashThis

DashThis provides 38 connectors for different marketing data sources, including email, SEO, analytics, and social media platforms. The platform also allows users to integrate any unlisted data source using its Google Sheets integration or CSV file tool.

Klipfolio

Klipfolio claims to provide connectors for virtually any data source in the cloud or on-premises. It provides a library of over 500 connectors on its website and allows users to connect to any unlisted data source via its REST/URL API.

Transformations

DashThis

Klipfolio

Support, documentation, and training

Improvado

Improvado’s data dictionary provides a complete overview of all marketing reports across different providers. The dictionary describes metrics, properties, dimensions, and more. Besides, Improvado provides an extensive library of dashboards and explains how to adjust them for your exact use case. If users can’t find the required information in Improvado’s documentation, they always have a dedicated support manager who will answer all their questions. Finally, companies that don’t have enough resources for adjusting dashboards and dealing with data operations can use Improvados’ Professional Services package to augment their in-house team with experienced offsite marketing experts.

DashThis

DashThis provides customer support through a contact form on the website. The platform also provides comprehensive documentation via its help center and blog.

Klipfolio

Klipfolio provides customer support primarily via a ticketing system. The platform also provides a community forum for its users. Documentation comes in the form of a knowledge base, webinars, blogs, and developer API documents.