Check out Superset. https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset
It’s modern, easy to extend. From the same author of apache airflow.
Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?
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Re: Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?
#62Grafana is pretty great. There are a lot of built in connectors, but its ability to query arbitrary REST, JSON, oData etc endpoints along with databases makes it super flexible for what you mentioned. https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/simpod-json-datasource It has a great GUI for building queries, plus solid RBAC, great charting, and a very flexible alert system. Configure in their GUI, then get your dashboard's co…
I wouldn't exactly call its charting abilities great, for example something as simple as aligning the Y axis over multiple charts can't be done, and for BI(-like) charts you need to go through a bunch of hoops to get them right. Also the alerting system is not flexible at all, it's primitive (but functional). All and all it's only through the flexibility of the database we use (Postgres) we're able to massage the data enough to display it the way we want.
Re: Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?
#63Take a look at https://anvil.works - it's not just "low code", it's a full web-dev platform so simple that you can build a dashboard with a few lines of Python - front end, back end and drag-n-drop design. (I'm a founder.) The trouble with "low-code" is that you're stuck on rails - it's very easy to do a few things, but the moment you want something the creators didn't anticipate, prepare for a lot of pain. Anvil is…
Does the open source runtime has the same Free-Tier restrictions (Anvil Branding, Libraries, Domain)?
Not at all!
People still upgrade for editor features - eg we have several Business plan users who primarily deploy with the open-source App Server - but it's by no means required.
Re: Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?
#64There are so many such solutions, that It depends on your use cases. If you're looking for high-level dashboarding/monitoring that connects directly with your sources (REST, 3rd-party apps like Facebook, Adwords, etc), then tools in the realm of Klipfolio, Databox, Grow.com will suit you well. If you're looking for visualization tools that connect to your data-warehouse/SQL database, then BI tools like Holistics, Met…
Grow.com supports both 3rd party, as well as SQL database. It doesn't run SQL directly on your db, but pulls it into the provided data warehouse.
I work at Grow, happy to answer any questions.
Re: Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?
#65Grow.com is a great low-code / no-code option.
Anyone can use the graphical transforms to 'write' SQL and you can pull all the data into the provided data warehouse so don't have to set that up.
Is is not cheap, but it is powerful. I work there, happy to answer any questions.
Re: Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?
#66Send metrics to AWS Cloudwatch as custom Metrics. aws cloudwatch put-metric-data --metric-name registered_users --namespace MySaaS --value 241 Visualize/Filter/Add Alerts using all the builtin tools from Amazon Cloudwatch, you will need no servers and no configurations. Just run in a cron job a set of queries every 5minutes
Then get a nice hefty bill. CW is expensive.
Re: Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?
#67We used SumoLogic at my last job, really nice for dashboards IMHO, much easier than Grafana, it's log oriented but works with any structured data you throw at it.
I think it was expensive though.
Re: Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?
#68Take a look at https://anvil.works - it's not just "low code", it's a full web-dev platform so simple that you can build a dashboard with a few lines of Python - front end, back end and drag-n-drop design. (I'm a founder.) The trouble with "low-code" is that you're stuck on rails - it's very easy to do a few things, but the moment you want something the creators didn't anticipate, prepare for a lot of pain. Anvil is…
This is an incredibly appealing proposition! Well done.
Re: Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is a great reply. A nondev should likely stick to the first group, which has a lot of integrations and the hardest coding will be around excel formulas at most In my experience its best to do the following: Have 1 dashboard specific to business finance and ads metrics. This dashboard includes klipfolio or simpler things like grow or fathom accounting. Another tool connected to your bd, at the most basic starting…
You seem to be kind of shadowban (not sure what the proper term is), you might want to write an email to the hn moderation to clear that up
you were correct. Thanks for pointing this out.
Have a great new year!
Re: Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?
#70Grafana is pretty great. There are a lot of built in connectors, but its ability to query arbitrary REST, JSON, oData etc endpoints along with databases makes it super flexible for what you mentioned. https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/simpod-json-datasource It has a great GUI for building queries, plus solid RBAC, great charting, and a very flexible alert system. Configure in their GUI, then get your dashboard's co…
Grafana sucks in terms of UX, but it's free (it's main selling point) and supports many backends. Creating dashboards is so freaking painful.
I have liked it for what it's worth. My only pain point is bulk editing (no way to add something to every graph on a dashboard) and copying graphs across dashboards didn't seem so easy last time I tried it.