IBM Cognos Analytics
About IBM Cognos Analytics
Cognos Software by IBM is a family of business intelligence products with tailored solutions for businesses of all sizes. The software combines standard BI features such as reports, dashboards, advanced data visualization, real-time monitoring, analysis, and forecasting, with advanced features such as performance scorecards and strategy management, collaboration tools, and financial planning and analysis. You can also use Cognos to design automated workflows and data integrations.
The kinds of analysis you can carry out in Cognos include trend analysis, what-if analysis, and predictive analysis. You can build interactive dashboards in Cognos with moving data and collaboration tools such as comments and annotations. You can also build scorecards to monitor performance, measure KPIs against corporate objectives and develop strategy. Also included in the suite of products are solutions for sales compensation management, process automation, and planning & budgeting.
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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Cognos- All in one tool for data analytics
Reviewed on 03/02/2022
Pros
decreases support because of complete report inclusion and a zero-impression climate.
abbreviates detailing time because of consistent reconciliation and versatile composing.
Further developed independent direction reports and dashboards present information in handily gotten designs.
Cons
Investment in Cognos R&D by IBM is declining.
Won't work smoothly with large data sets having many parameters.
Cross-browser compatibility is often problematic.
- Industry: Government Administration
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Business Intellegnce Software with Standard Reporting And Self Service BI
Reviewed on 16/10/2018
Overall it is a great product to use
Overall it is a great product to use
Pros
Cognos Analytics is a flexible software for Standard Business Intelligence Reporting as well as for Self Service Data Visualization capability. You have the option to connect to a variety of the Data Sources as well as Multi-Dimensional Cubes. The new invention of Cognos Analytics software provides a greater flexibility for enterprise deployments and upgrades. It has the new feature of NLP (natural language processing) for predictive analytics by IBM Watson.
Cons
Too many modelling tools (Cognos FrameWork Manager, Dynamic Cube Designer, Cognos Transformer) for modelling the content. Too many studios (Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio and Event Studio) for report development. Maintainence and cost is huge
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
IBM Cognos Report Studio
Reviewed on 28/03/2019
I would recommend for company reporting, works great with a big database
I would recommend for company reporting, works great with a big database
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Complex reports can be achieved with IBM Cognos Report studio, great for setting up scheduled reports.
Cons
Interface is not user friendly, certain features are not logically placed.Charts are not great when downloaded into Excel.
- Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Effective Tool for Customer Management
Reviewed on 06/11/2022
Great tool for Sales & Marketing Function
Great tool for Sales & Marketing Function
Pros
- Provides great Dashboards- Provides effective Reports- Helps in Data Visualization
Cons
- Requires training to understand it effectively- Not very intuitive
- Industry: Banking
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
One Of The Best Self-service BI Software
Reviewed on 10/01/2020
one of the best complete solution for delivering insights from data at enterprise level
one of the best complete solution for delivering insights from data at enterprise level
Pros
the powerful framework manager, allow us to implement complicated logic into model and deliver a package to end user, business user can do ad-hoc report easily.
Cons
steep learning curve for beginners. not mention people who doesn't have BI experience, Had a few new team members from tableau background. the FM package complexity is much more than they have done in the tableau data source.
IBM Cognos Analytics FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for IBM Cognos Analytics.Q. What type of pricing plans does IBM Cognos Analytics offer?
IBM Cognos Analytics offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$10.60/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Contact IBM for a quote for any of the Cognos products. Learn more at: https://www.ibm.com/products/cognos-analytics/pricing
Q. Who are the typical users of IBM Cognos Analytics?
IBM Cognos Analytics has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does IBM Cognos Analytics support?
IBM Cognos Analytics supports the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Q. Does IBM Cognos Analytics support mobile devices?
IBM Cognos Analytics supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does IBM Cognos Analytics integrate with?
IBM Cognos Analytics integrates with the following applications:
IBM Planning Analytics, Slack
Q. What level of support does IBM Cognos Analytics offer?
IBM Cognos Analytics offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base
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