Choosing a Kintone dashboard plugin
The established dashboard plugins in the Kintone ecosystem are capable products — pivot tables, slicers, drill-down, an Excel-like feel. Feature lists rarely decide these evaluations. Three structural questions usually do, and they are easy to miss.
The feature list is rarely the deciding factor
Most mature Kintone dashboard plugins cover the same ground: pivot tables, bar, line, combo, area, pie, scatter, radar and gauge charts, slicers, cross-filters, timelines and drill-down. Teams rarely switch because something is missing from that list.
The reasons that do come up are narrower and more structural: the pricing model, where aggregation happens, and fiscal-year handling. These are worth checking before a trial, not after.
Difference 1 — whether price moves with your user count
Several Kintone plugins in this category publish a price written as "from ¥X per domain". That word is doing real work: under those terms the fee varies with your Kintone user count, and a change application is typically required when the number changes mid-contract. Always read the pricing footnotes, not the headline.
The practical effect is that every time the organisation grows and Kintone seats are added, the plugin cost moves too. For an IT or finance team trying to fix a budget line, that matters more than the headline number. Kinplug Dashboard is a flat per-domain price with unlimited users — no applications, no true-ups when headcount changes.
Difference 2 — where your data is processed
This is the question security review always asks. Kinplug Dashboard runs every calculation in the browser, under the viewing user's own Kintone session. There is no external server holding records, which means the answer to "does our data leave Kintone?" is a single sentence.
It also means Kintone's own permissions are the access control. If someone cannot see a record in Kintone, it does not appear in a dashboard either.
Difference 3 — fiscal years and period matching
Japanese target-vs-actual reporting assumes a fiscal year starting in April. And the common real-world shape is a sales app storing a genuine date field while the targets app stores the period as a dropdown reading "FY2025" or "Q1".
Kinplug Dashboard derives year, quarter and month from the date and matches them to those dropdowns automatically, with the fiscal start month configurable and set to April by default.
What to compare
| What to check | Common in the category | Kinplug Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing basis | often "from ¥X / domain" | ¥9,800 / $69 flat — all plugins included |
| Varies with user count | frequently yes — check the footnotes | no — unlimited users |
| Where aggregation runs | varies — ask before security review | in-browser, under the viewer's Kintone session |
| Fiscal year (April start) | varies — some hardcode January | April by default, configurable |
| Date field ↔ period dropdown | often needs remodelling | matched automatically |
| Prerequisite | Kintone Standard course or above | Kintone Standard course or above |
Category characteristics above are general guidance for evaluation. Always confirm current pricing, architecture and conditions directly with each vendor.
Which to choose
If deep Excel-style pivot analysis is the centre of what you need, the established products are proven. If instead your requirement is a price that does not move with headcount, no external server holding your records, or fiscal-period matching out of the box, Kinplug Dashboard is worth trialling. Most plugins in this category offer a free trial and can coexist in one environment — the fastest way to decide is to run them side by side on your own data.
Common questions
Why do some plugins publish a "from" price?
Because the figure is a floor, not the price. Under those terms the fee varies with your Kintone user count, and a change application is generally required when the number changes during a contract. Confirm the exact figure and the conditions with the vendor before budgeting.
Does Kinplug Dashboard charge by user?
No. It is a flat per-domain price of ¥9,800 / $69 per month with unlimited Kintone users, and every currently available plugin is included at that price.
Can I trial both before deciding?
Yes. Both offer a 30-day free trial, and both can be installed in the same Kintone environment, so you can compare them side by side on your real data.
Does switching plugins require changing our apps?
No. Kinplug Dashboard matches apps on a shared key without schema changes, and dashboard definitions are stored as Kintone records.
Try it for 30 days, every feature
Kinplug Dashboard is included in the single plan — ¥9,800 / $69 per month, unlimited Kintone users, every available plugin, no card required to start.