KPI Canvas: Goal-First Dashboards for Agencies
9/10
Demand Score
Custom dashboards consume billable hours and delay onboarding; clients churn when reporting doesn’t align to their goals/branding.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$149-1k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
10 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
A composable dashboard builder that starts from business goals (e.g., “profit at target CAC”) and assembles the right metric blocks and visuals automatically. Powered by a metric-block library tuned f
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gradientgroup.com
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handbook.gitlab.com
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www.growth-memo.com
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www.campaignlive.com
Competitor Landscape
- Looker Studio
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Databox
- Klipfolio
- DashThis
- Whatagraph
Must-Have Features for MVP
Goal-compiler wizard to map business outcomes to KPIs and visuals
Prebuilt metric blocks for Google/Meta/LinkedIn/TikTok/DV360/GA4
Drag-and-drop layout with responsive design and pixel-perfect exports
Brand-kit theming and full whitelabel client portals
Row-level permissions, SSO, and per-client data scopes
Drill-through, annotations, and alerting
Insight callouts, forecasts, and narrative summaries
Caching/streaming layer to keep loads <2s
Template versioning and A/B testing of dashboards
One-click PDF/PowerPoint and Slack/Email share
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Ensuring sub-2s load times at scale
- Complex whitelabeling and multi-tenant theming
- Embedding restrictions from some data sources
- Version control for templates across many clients
Risk Level: Minimal
🎯 Keys to Success
- Launch a new client dashboard in <60 minutes
- Dashboard load time <2 seconds for P95
- Reduce ad-hoc reporting tickets by 70%+
- Increase client NPS/CSAT by 20+ points
- Template reuse across ≥80% of client base
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.