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IBM Cognos Analytics

Composite Score

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

2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

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

Up 1
Since last award

87 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 1
Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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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

Dashboard

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Platform Administration

Spatial Analysis

Data Modelling Tools

BI Security

Real-Time Visualization

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Collaboration

Metadata Management

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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IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews

Sebastian O.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Oct 2024

Driving Business Intelligence

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics from other similar products?

The way IBM Cognos is different from other analytics solutions is its use of artificial intelligence. Data assistance allows users to ask questions in plain language and focus on interesting data for question-answering. This makes analytics work for any person irrespective of his or her technical background.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite feature of Cognos is the easy to use and also the fact that it is customizable. I am able to create individual dashboards adapted to the needs of my team members as well as exporting the reports. Moreover, documentation and learning resources are also great, which enables new users to recognize quickly how the tool is used.

What do you dislike most about this product?

However, there are a couple of gaps that could be closed. Rarely, data loading takes a bit of time when handling large volume of data or when dealing with highly complex sets of data. It is sometimes not the case though for such a system can be disadvantageous in crucial moments.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

That is why, I would suggest IBM Cognos Analytics as it is a powerful tool that does not require a lot of effort to use it. This is very useful in any organization due to its capability in the use of artificial intelligence, nice visualization, and easy to work with interface. In brief, if you need a tool that enables you to get powerful information from data, Cognos is really good for this.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Priyabrat M.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

one of the Very strong and powerful BI tools

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics from other similar products?

IBM cognos analytics is more powerful tool compared to traditional IBM analytics, I loved to work the dashboard features and Predictive analytics.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

security , easy to share end user with minimum

What do you dislike most about this product?

performance while huge data frame

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

i always recommend to business to use IBM analytics data is highly securey

Pros

Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Respectful

Proby P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

Very pricey but had a lot of feature sets.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics from other similar products?

Great BI tools, Visualizations and dashboarding

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Rich data models, multitude of data sources and connectors, great visualizations and day-to-day operations

What do you dislike most about this product?

Highly customizable, must be a SQL master to fully extract the value out of this product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Know SQL well, know your data models Well, play with the dashboarding and customization at every level (individual contributors, managers, Executives.)

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Includes Product Enhancements
Appreciates Incumbent Status
Enables Productivity

Cons

Less Fair
Vendor's Interest First
Less Generous

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IBM Cognos Analytics Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 1 Since last award

87 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Cognos Analytics?

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Sebastian O.

Driving Business Intelligence

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Priyabrat M.

one of the Very strong and powerful BI tools

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Proby P.

Very pricey but had a lot of feature sets.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Data Exploration and Visualization

Dashboard

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Platform Administration

Spatial Analysis

Data Modelling Tools

BI Security

Real-Time Visualization

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Collaboration

Metadata Management

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