IBM Cognos Analytics

4.2
Overall rating
Reviews

4.2
Overall rating
Reviews

About IBM Cognos Analytics

Cognos Analytics is an upgrade to Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI). By adding cognitive guidance, a web-based interface and new data visualization features, Cognos Analytics provides self-service analytics to large and midsize organizations across all industries. At the same time, it provides security features, data governance and management features. With Cognos Analytics, users can process data from multiple sources, query it to find necessary information, create visualizations and reports and share those data throughout the organization. Use of existing Cognos data modules and reports is supported. Cognos Analytics provides quarterly updates and supports deployment on-premises, on the cloud or both. With its mobile integration, users can also create and share reports from a tablet.
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IBM Cognos Analytics pricing

IBM Cognos Analytics does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. IBM Cognos Analytics paid version starts at US$10.60/month.

Starting Price:
US$10.60/month
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
Yes

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IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews for UK Users

Feature rating

Value for Money
3.9
Functionality
4.2
Ease of Use
3.8
Customer Support
3.8
5 reviews of 139 View all reviews
Federico
Federico
  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 26/07/2022

The best BI Product so far

It was the greatest experience we have with a BI tool. We really loved it.

Pros

This solution has everything for Data Analysis, since ETL to Visualization. Great tool for Business Analytics. Supports a wide variety of data sources, great reporting features and capabilities, you can publish to PDF, predictive analytics, and easy to create Dashboards with multiple templates.

Cons

They need to work on their compatibility with web browsers, it did not work with Opera. The price is a little high per user. You cannot share a Dashboard unless the other party has a license.

Alternatives Considered

Qlik Sense, Tableau and Microsoft Power BI

Reasons for Choosing IBM Cognos Analytics

When we analyzed the ratio price benefit, we preferred Cognos.

Switched From

NetSuite

Reasons for Switching to IBM Cognos Analytics

We really loved Cognos, it is easy to use and have great capabilities.
Avineet
Avineet
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 08/01/2020

New age and Traditional BI tool

Cognos is used for operational reporting and analytics and schedule reports to be sent via email to users on a duly basis. Used in mobile as well.

Pros

Cognos 11 comes with all the latest features expected in a BI tool, the graph generations and story buildings as well as predictions.

Cons

Interactive pdf is not available for reports. Can be difficult to implement without admin support for end users.

Alternatives Considered

MicroStrategy Analytics

Reasons for Switching to IBM Cognos Analytics

As it was cheaper and had more skills available in the market to support the tool.
pavan
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
3
Features
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
3

3
Reviewed on 12/12/2016

Cognos - A good Enterprise Reporting Tool

I used Cognos as an analytical tool by linking our ERP (Microsoft Dynamic NAV) to it. All the financial data would be mapped & a lot of customized reports were taken out like Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). The user interface is pretty good. The CUBEs are little confusing but once you get the grip they work very well. The ability to drill down the reports to very basic level is a plus point
A little tough to learn & customize. It's a little slow when dealing with a medium amount of data.

Pros

Easily integrating with most of the ERPs, very good for customizing reports, very detailed reporting

Cons

Tough to learn & not many resources available, you will get the value of the money invested in it only if you are able to get the most out of it

Henri
Henri
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

4
Reviewed on 30/04/2022

Professional dataviz tool which ensures a unique experience to expertsor first-time business...

We have been using Cognos BI for many years for data reporting and performance analysis. Our business analysts were constantly complaining about the long delays to get data extracts. Withe Cognos Analytics we were in a position to give the BA access to pertinent data extracts in record time and with minimum hands-on training. This empowered them and allowed them to spend more time on building predictions and preparing recommendations for corrective actions.

Pros

The quick learning curve which turns every intuition into a positive experience

Cons

The story telling capabilities are not seamless enough and consume too much efforts to be reach the desired effect.

Alternatives Considered

Tableau

Reasons for Switching to IBM Cognos Analytics

Smooth integration with IBM analytics product suite and quality of support provided by the vendor.
Sameer
  • Industry: Chemicals
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
3

4
Reviewed on 22/07/2020

Cognos

it is a great software depends on the the organisation ability to set up and master its capabilities

Pros

Capabilities of this software is far reaching and varied and it depends on the organisation ability to use it to their advantage.

Cons

the support from the consultant was great but costly.

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