# What do the numbers on the Dashboard mean?

> The Dashboard sums up where you stand: how much you are above the cheapest shop, how often you are cheapest, and which products need action.
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> en | updated 2026-09-28 | https://priceq.io/help/en/understanding-prices/the-dashboard-explained

The Dashboard is the first page after you log in. It sums up where your prices stand against your competitors and points you to the products that need action. It refreshes by itself while it is open.

While your account is still being set up, the Dashboard shows the getting-started checklist instead. See [The getting-started checklist](/help/en/getting-started/the-getting-started-checklist).

## The top of the page

Next to the greeting you see how many products priceq follows for you. On the right, a percentage followed by **fresh (<24h)** tells you how much of the latest price data was read in the last 24 hours. See [Why does my price data look stale?](/help/en/understanding-prices/why-data-shows-as-stale).

Below it, tabs switch between **All** and a single category. A category you pick here is also picked on the Overview matrix.

## With All selected

**price gap per unit vs cheapest competitor** adds up, over every product where a competitor is cheaper than you, the difference between your price and the cheapest competitor. The line under it counts those products. **Reprice →** opens Repricing.

**avg above cheapest** is the average gap on those same products.

A position bar splits your products into **cheapest**, **equal** and **more expensive**. It only counts products where both your shop and at least one competitor have a price. **equal** means exactly the same price as the cheapest competitor.

## Needs action

Three columns, each with up to five products:

- **Where I am too expensive**: a competitor is cheaper than you. The biggest gap comes first.
- **Room to move up**: you are the cheapest and the next shop is at least 1% dearer. The shop in second place is named.
- **Only I'm in stock**: you have stock while at least one competitor is sold out.

Click a product to open it on the Overview matrix. **Reprice these** at the bottom of a column opens Repricing.

## View by category

Open **View by category** for one row per category. It shows your position as a small bar and chips for **above market**, **stock gap** and **critical** alerts. A category without any of these reads **quiet**. Click a row to open that category on the Overview matrix.

## With a category selected

Everything narrows to that category. Tiles show your position, the **avg gap**, the **stock gap** (you are out of stock while a competitor delivers) and your **alerts**, followed by the same three action columns. **← All categories** takes you back.

Only prices in your home currency count on the Dashboard.