If you need to build a performance dashboard with absolutely no programming, KPInstant is an excellent free alternative.

• Freely available online (just store your excel spredasheets somewhere on tthe Internet)
• Read data from your plain Excel files
• Support multiple dimensions (drill by product, region ...)
• Only define KPIs, navigation is automatic
• Track trend and evolution of your KPIs
• Alert indicators
• Switch dynamically between modern (bulletchart) and classic (gauges) display

Try it yourself:

Classic Style Modern Style

An online dashboard in a snap is a short, step-by-step visual guide to use KPINstant.