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IBM Cognos Analytics

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7.3 /10

CX Score

7.4 /10

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What is IBM Cognos Analytics?

IBM Cognos Analytics offers smarter, self-service capabilities so you can quickly and confidently identify and act on insight. The engaging experience empowers business users to create and personalize dashboards and reports on their own - while providing IT with a proven and scalable solution that is available on-premises or in the cloud.

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cognos Analytics won the following awards in the Business Intelligence & Analytics – Enterprise category

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1 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

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3 Top Rated Features

2023

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2022

IBM Cognos Analytics Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

87 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 82%
Negotiation and Contract:: 73%
Conflict Resolution:: 80%
Strategy & Innovation:: 84%
Service Experience:: 80%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Cognos Analytics?

4% Negative

5% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Continually Improving Product
Includes Product Enhancements
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Data Exploration and Visualization

BI Platform Administration

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Dashboard

Real-Time Visualization

BI Security

Data Modelling Tools

Metadata Management

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Spatial Analysis

Collaboration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

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Business Intelligence & Analytics - Midmarket

Score 8.1

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IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews

Pietro N.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Dec 2023

Cumbersome and somewhat old-fashioned but powerful

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics from other similar products?

IBM Cognos Analytics is a complete suite of business intelligence products, but other products (like Power BI or Tableau) are surely simpler, more straightforward and more powerful, and require less work.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Flexibility

What do you dislike most about this product?

Too much work to set up a project, compared to other products. Security, when complex, is a nightmare. Too many different and separate modules in the Cognos suite, to do things that other products (like Power BI or Tableau) do in a single module.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Compare features and pricing of the Cognos suite with other suites, such as Power BI, Tableau or QlikView

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Cons

Wastes Time
Less Effective Service
Inhibits Innovation

Shobha R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

User friendly and meets all business requirements

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics from other similar products?

Very much user friendly for complex requirements as well

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Report studio and dashboards

What do you dislike most about this product?

Dispatchers monitoring

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Documentation from IBM is available for everyone and it contains complete information on any entity of the product. User can easily go though and fix most of the issues faced if any

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Hosam K.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Efficient Analytical Solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics from other similar products?

IBM Cognos integrates seamlessly with other IBM products, such as IBM Watson, IBM Cloud Pak for Data, and IBM Planning Analytics. Also, the service provides a wide range of deployment options with enterprise-grade scalability.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

IBM Cognos Analytics is user-friendly, efficient, flexible, scalable, and secure. The service has various AI capabilities, advanced analytics features, and natural language processing accuracy that support deeper insights and better data-driven decisions.

What do you dislike most about this product?

IBM Cognos Analytics can be complex for users with no experience in business intelligence tools and has limited integration with third-party services. Also, the pricing can be a barrier for some businesses.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It would be great to start by understanding the basics of business intelligence and the IBM Cognos analytics suite and its built-in AI features and best practices, then apply your knowledge to simple projects.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

IBM Cognos Analytics

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cognos Analytics Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

87 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

BI Platform Administration Centralized console to manage BI portal administration. Management metrics and reports on usage, resource utilization, security, and other activities.

Advanced Analytics and Data Science Techniques including predictive, data and text mining, machine learning, forecasting, what-if analysis, sentiment analysis etc.

Dashboard Includes alerts and notifications, KPIs, visual analytics, and interactive features.

Real-Time Visualization Ability to analyze and visualize data as soon as it becomes available via data-streaming pipelines.

BI Security Data access control management, including access permissions management, user authentication and enforcement of access permissions via technology.

Data Modelling Tools Includes ability to model complex relationships between internal application sources and other parties.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Operational Reporting Capabilities Real-time detailed reporting to support operational business processes.

Spatial Analysis Ability to natively visualize and analyze spatial data out of the box tied to postcode, zipcode or spacial co-ordinates.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews

Pietro N.

Cumbersome and somewhat old-fashioned but powerful

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Shobha R.

User friendly and meets all business requirements

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Hosam K.

Efficient Analytical Solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Data Exploration and Visualization

BI Platform Administration

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Dashboard

Real-Time Visualization

BI Security

Data Modelling Tools

Metadata Management

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Spatial Analysis

Collaboration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization