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HaloPSA dashboards vs NexusHaloPSA dashboards, or a wallboard built for the floor?
HaloPSA has its own dashboards, and for plenty of MSPs they're enough. Nexus is for when the board has to live on the office TV all day: readable across the room, with SLA countdowns and your monitoring tools beside the queue. Here's where each one fits.
HaloPSA dashboards and Nexus, in short
Halo's dashboards: already there
Built into HaloPSA under Configuration → Reporting → Dashboards, on the reporting you already use. Nothing extra to install.
Nexus: built for the wall
A board designed to be read from across the room — live SLA countdowns that turn amber then red, rotation, lock mode and themes for a big screen.
PSA and RMM on one screen
Nexus puts Halo's tickets and per-client status beside device, backup and security health from your monitoring vendors (Enterprise plan).
Nexus vs HaloPSA dashboards, side by side.
No spin: where HaloPSA is genuinely the better tool, we say so.
| Feature | Nexus | HaloPSA dashboards |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | An always-on wall the whole floor watches | Reporting inside your PSA |
| Where it lives | Its own board on your server, reading Halo's API | Inside HaloPSA — in-app dashboards are only reachable from within Halo |
| Getting it on a TV | TV mode, lock mode and rotation | Publish the dashboard and open its link in a browser on the screen |
| Who can see the screen | View passcode on the board; view-only, expiring share links on Enterprise | Publish behind a login, or allow anonymous access — anyone with the link |
| SLA urgency | Live per-ticket countdowns, amber then red | Whatever your Halo reports chart |
| Monitoring alongside | RMM, network, backup & security panels beside the queue (Enterprise) | Halo's own data, plus whatever your integrations bring into it |
| Reporting depth | The live floor view — tickets, SLAs, agents, per-client status | All of Halo's reporting — billing, contracts and time included |
| Cost | £29–£119/month flat, unlimited screens & agents | Part of HaloPSA itself |
Stay with Halo's dashboards if you want management reporting where your data already lives. Add Nexus if the screen on the wall has to work all day, at a glance, with monitoring beside the queue. Plenty of MSPs run both.
HaloPSA details from Halo's own dashboard publishing guide, checked October 2026 — products change, so check Halo's current documentation. HaloPSA is a trademark of its respective owner. Nexus is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Halo Service Solutions. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Where HaloPSA genuinely wins
Already part of HaloPSA. Nothing to install or host and no second product to keep running — the dashboards sit in the tool your team already logs into.
Reporting depth. Halo's dashboards sit on Halo's own reporting, so they reach data a wallboard doesn't try to — billing, contracts and time. For month-end and management reporting, use Halo.
HaloPSA dashboards vs Nexus, asked and answered.
Does HaloPSA have built-in dashboards?
Yes. HaloPSA has its own dashboards, set up under Configuration → Reporting → Dashboards. In-app dashboards are only reachable from inside Halo, but you can publish one as a link — either behind a login (Halo suggests a dedicated “Dashboard” user) or with anonymous access, which lets anyone with the link see it.
Can I put a HaloPSA dashboard on an office TV?
Yes — publish it and open the link in a browser on the screen. Halo's publishing guide covers who can see a dashboard rather than a TV or kiosk mode, so the screen, the browser and the sign-in are yours to manage. Nexus is built for that job: TV mode, lock mode and rotation, on a board designed to be read from across the room.
Why use Nexus if HaloPSA already has dashboards?
For the always-on floor screen. Nexus reads the Halo API and shows tickets, live SLA countdowns, agents and per-client status on a board built for a big screen, and on Enterprise it puts RMM, network, backup and security health beside the queue. It runs on your own server at a flat £29–£119 a month.
Is a HaloPSA dashboard with anonymous access safe on a TV?
It depends on what's on it. Halo's guide is clear that with anonymous access on, anyone with the link can view the dashboard, so treat that link like a password or publish behind a login instead. Nexus protects the board with a view passcode, and Enterprise adds view-only and expiring share links.
Where do HaloPSA's own dashboards win?
Reporting depth and convenience. They're part of HaloPSA, so there's nothing else to install, and they sit on Halo's own reporting — billing, contracts and time included — which a wallboard doesn't try to replace. Use Halo for management reporting and Nexus for the live floor screen; plenty of MSPs run both.
See your own desk on the wall.
Demo mode fills the board with realistic sample data in about 30 seconds — no account, no card. Like what you see? Plans start at £29/month flat, with a 14-day free trial — billed only if you keep it.