Automated Reporting Tools
A free automated reporting tool that builds branded recurring reports — KPIs, sales, marketing, finance — from a Google Sheet or any public URL. No dashboard login required for viewers.
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What this report looks like
Automated reporting tools fall into two camps. Dashboards (Databox, Geckoboard, Looker) show live data behind a login — great for ongoing monitoring. Recurring report tools (SlideMaker) generate snapshots on a cadence and send them out — great for board updates, exec briefings, and client reports where the audience is not logged into your dashboard tool.
SlideMaker is in the recurring-report camp. Build a report once, point it at a Google Sheet or public URL, pick daily/weekly/monthly cadence, and the report rebuilds itself on every run with the latest data. Free, no per-seat pricing, no dashboard login for viewers.
Three ways this gets used
Concrete examples to picture before signing up.
vs Databox / Geckoboard / Looker
Team pays $200–500/mo for a dashboard tool just to send a weekly KPI summary to leadership who never logs into the dashboard itself.
SlideMaker auto-generates the weekly KPI deck from the same source data, sends a link to leadership. They open it in a browser, no login. Same insights, $0 cost.
Client reporting at an agency
Agency uses per-client dashboard seats ($30+/mo × N clients) just so each client can see their numbers — most never log in.
Auto-generated weekly report per client from each client's analytics sheet. Sent as a link. No per-client cost, no logins.
Founder solo metrics tracking
Founder pays for Geckoboard to track 6 KPIs, only opens it Monday morning, doesn't need real-time.
A scheduled report regenerates Monday morning from the master KPI sheet. Founder gets the deck in inbox, $0 cost, no dashboard to maintain.
Set this up in three steps
Two minutes the first time. Zero minutes every time after.
Connect a data source
Point to a Google Sheet tab or paste any public URL.
Choose a cadence
Daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Set the time and timezone.
Pick a theme + go
The report rebuilds itself on every run with the latest data. Pause or edit any time.
Common questions
How is SlideMaker different from Databox or Geckoboard?
Dashboards (Databox, Geckoboard, Looker, Power BI) show live data behind a login — great for real-time monitoring. SlideMaker generates a snapshot presentation on a cadence and sends it out — better for board updates, client reports, and weekly/monthly summaries where viewers should not need a login.
Which data sources are supported?
Google Sheets and any public URL that returns readable data or HTML. Most teams set up a sheet that's populated from their other tools (Salesforce, GA, Stripe, etc.) and point the report at that sheet.
Is there a free tier?
Everything is free. No seats, no upgrades, no per-report cost. Run as many automated reports as needed.
How is data security handled?
Each report has a private share URL only people you send the link to can access. SlideMaker reads the source data at run-time and embeds the numbers in the deck — no persistent data warehouse.
Other automated report templates
Same engine. Different reports. All free.
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