---
title: Analytical vs Operational dashboards - What’s the difference?
description: Discover the main differences between operational and analytical dashboards, who uses each type and examples of metrics in each. Learn more
---

[Hurree's Marketing Blog ](https://blog.hurree.co)

# [Analytical vs Operational dashboards - What’s the difference?](https://blog.hurree.co/analytical-dashboards-vs-operational-dashboards-whats-the-difference)

 Written by [Ashleigh McCabe](https://blog.hurree.co/author/ashleigh-mccabe) | Sep 22, 2022

[Dashboards](https://info.hurree.co/dashboards-essential-guide) shouldn't be daunting. They are specifically designed to improve your efficiency, and ultimately make your working life easier. With so much data available and with each industry, department and teams having different goals and targets, it is easy to get confused trying to decipher the difference between types of dashboards, and which one is right for you.

Whether or not you are currently using dashboards, or are still considering it, this infographic will help you determine the main differences between operational dashboards and analytical dashboards.

*Track and visualise your KPIs on a real-time dashboard with Hurree. [Book a free demo](https://www.hurree.co/try-hurree) today and discover how to truly harness the power of analytics and transform your company reporting using cross-platform dashboards. If you have any questions then feel free to reach out to [contact@hurree.co](mailto:contact@hurree.co), we'd be happy to answer them!*

[View full post](https://blog.hurree.co/analytical-dashboards-vs-operational-dashboards-whats-the-difference)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Ashleigh McCabe"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2023-07-10T14:55:39.970Z",
  "datePublished" : "2022-09-22T08:30:08Z",
  "headline" : "Analytical vs Operational dashboards - What’s the difference?",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 3241,
    "url" : "https://2080894.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/2080894/Analytical%20vs%20operation%20dashboard%20social.png",
    "width" : 5760
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.hurree.co/analytical-dashboards-vs-operational-dashboards-whats-the-difference",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60.0,
      "url" : "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2080894/grey-tradmarked-logo--1.png",
      "width" : 84.90756
    },
    "name" : "Hurree's Marketing Blog"
  }
}
```