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DashThis vs Quid

DashThis logo

DashThis

Business Intelligence

Fixed-price marketing dashboards for agencies billed by dashboard, not by seat

From
$44/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Quid logo

Quid

Business Intelligence

Consumer and market intelligence combining social listening with unstructured text network analysis

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: DashThis dashboards are the billing unit, so an agency that gives each client a summary and a channel detail view consumes its allowance at twice the expected rate and upgrades jump by roughly a hundred dollars a step.; Quid the company has changed name twice, from NetBase to NetBase Quid to Quid, which fragments documentation, third-party comparisons and support material across three brand identities and makes older guidance unreliable.
  • They diverge on capability: DashThis covers Unlimited users, Quid covers Social listening.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which DashThis and Quid actually diverge.

Attributes where DashThis and Quid differ
AttributeDashThisQuid
Starting price$44/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month by dashboard countquote

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Business Intelligence).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in DashThis

  • Unlimited users
  • Preset templates
  • Multi-source widgets
  • Calculated widgets
  • White labelling
  • Scheduled delivery
  • Data source library
  • Comment annotations

Only in Quid

  • Social listening
  • Network analysis
  • Non-social data sets
  • Quid Terminal
  • Quid Monitor
  • AI agents
  • Image analytics
  • API access

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

DashThis

  • A twenty-person agency that wants every account manager and every client to have a login without per-seat billingnot Quid
  • A PPC team producing the same monthly report for forty accounts and wanting it emailed automaticallynot Quid
  • An in-house marketing lead who needs one cross-channel view for the board without involving a data teamnot Quid
  • An SEO consultancy white labelling client reports under its own domain and sending addressnot Quid

Quid

  • A corporate strategy team mapping which technology clusters in a patent set are accelerating and which companies own them, before an acquisition decisionnot DashThis
  • A consumer insights function that wants to know what themes drive negative sentiment about a category rather than counting mentions of its own brandnot DashThis
  • An innovation group scanning research literature and startup activity for adjacent white space it has no internal expertise innot DashThis
  • A brand tracking how a reputational incident propagates across news, social and forums with sentiment broken down by theme rather than by channelnot DashThis

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

DashThis

  • Dashboards are the billing unit, so an agency that gives each client a summary and a channel detail view consumes its allowance at twice the expected rate and upgrades jump by roughly a hundred dollars a step.
  • There is no data warehouse, SQL layer or real data modelling, so anything requiring joins beyond simple multi-source widgets has to be done in another tool first.
  • Historical data depends on what each connected API will return, so switching to DashThis does not retroactively give you years of comparable history.
  • There is no free tier at all, and the fourteen day trial is short for an agency wanting to rebuild forty client reports before committing.
  • Visualisation options are limited to a fixed widget set, so clients who want a specific chart type or layout often cannot get it.

Quid

  • The company has changed name twice, from NetBase to NetBase Quid to Quid, which fragments documentation, third-party comparisons and support material across three brand identities and makes older guidance unreliable.
  • Nothing is published on price and contracts sit well above ordinary listening tools, so the evaluation cost is high before you know whether the network analysis will actually be used.
  • The network maps require an analyst who knows how to interpret them; teams without a dedicated insights person tend to use the platform as an expensive listening tool and never touch the capability they paid for.
  • Historical data depth and source coverage are scoped per contract rather than included, so a question that needs five years of back data can require a contract amendment mid-project.
  • Social platform access is subject to the same API restrictions that affect every listening vendor, and coverage of closed networks is thinner than the marketing implies, which matters if your category lives in private communities.

Pricing, plan by plan

DashThis

$44/month
  • Individual$44/month
    • 3 dashboards
    • 15 data sources
    • Unlimited users
  • Professional$139/month
    • 10 dashboards
    • 40 data sources
    • Unlimited users
  • Business$279/month
    • 25 dashboards
    • 100 data sources
    • Unlimited users
  • Standard$429/month
    • 50 dashboards
    • 200 data sources
    • Unlimited users

Quid

On request
  • Quid$undefined/year
    • Quid Terminal analyst workspace
    • Social listening and sentiment
    • Network analysis over patents, filings, news and research

Which should you pick?

Choose DashThis if

  • You need unlimited users.
  • You also want preset templates.
DashThis review

Choose Quid if

  • You need social listening.
  • You also want network analysis.
Quid review

Questions people ask

Is DashThis or Quid better?
Neither clearly leads. DashThis starts at $44/month and Quid at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, DashThis or Quid?
DashThis starts at $44/month and Quid at On request.
Does DashThis or Quid run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is DashThis best used for?
DashThis is most often used for a twenty-person agency that wants every account manager and every client to have a login without per-seat billing, a ppc team producing the same monthly report for forty accounts and wanting it emailed automatically, an in-house marketing lead who needs one cross-channel view for the board without involving a data team, an seo consultancy white labelling client reports under its own domain and sending address. Of those, a twenty-person agency that wants every account manager and every client to have a login without per-seat billing and a ppc team producing the same monthly report for forty accounts and wanting it emailed automatically are not what Quid is typically brought in for.
What can DashThis do that Quid cannot?
DashThis covers Unlimited users, Preset templates, Multi-source widgets, Calculated widgets. Quid covers Social listening, Network analysis, Non-social data sets, Quid Terminal.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

DashThis: Does DashThis charge per user?

No. Every plan includes unlimited users and client viewers; you pay for dashboards and data sources.

Quid: Is this the same company as NetBase?

Yes. NetBase and Quid merged in 2020, traded as NetBase Quid, and now sell under the single Quid brand.

DashThis: Is there a free plan?

No. Pricing starts at 44 US dollars a month for three dashboards, after a short trial.

Quid: Is it a social listening tool?

It includes social listening, but the reason to buy it is the network analysis over patents, filings, news and research. If you only need social listening, cheaper tools cover it.

DashThis: Can I blend data from several ad accounts?

Yes, through multi-source widgets and calculated widgets, but there is no general purpose join or SQL layer.

Quid: What does it cost?

Not published. Expect an annual enterprise contract priced by seats, data sources and historical depth.

DashThis: Does it white label fully?

Yes, including logo, colours, sending email address and a custom domain on the higher plans.

Quid: Who uses it day to day?

Corporate insights, strategy and innovation analysts more often than social media managers. It rewards someone trained in analysis.

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