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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses IBM Cognos Analytics? All enterprise organizations, from small to medium to large. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.2/5** | 137 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: IBM ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$10.60 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Contact IBM for a quote for any of the Cognos products. Learn more at: https://www.ibm.com/products/cognos-analytics/pricing - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Ad hoc Reporting - Alerts/Notifications - Benchmarking - Collaboration Tools - Customisable Dashboard - Customisable Reports - Customisable Templates - Dashboard - Dashboard Creation - Data Connectors - Data Extraction - Data Import/Export - Data Integration - Data Mapping - Data Quality Control - Data Visualisation - Drag & Drop - Forecasting - Functions/Calculations - High Volume Processing - Interactive Reports - KPI Monitoring - Metadata Management - Multiple Data Sources - Performance Metrics - Predictive Analytics - Publishing/Sharing - Real-Time Analytics - Real-Time Data - Real-Time Reporting - Reporting/Analytics - Scheduled/Automated Reports - Search/Filter - Self Service Data Preparation - Strategic Planning - Third-Party Integrations - Trend Analysis - Visual Analytics - Widgets ## Integrations (2 total) - IBM Planning Analytics - Slack ## Support Options - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Business Intelligence Platform](https://www.capterra.ie/directory/23/business-intelligence/software) ## Related Categories - [Business Intelligence Platform](https://www.capterra.ie/directory/23/business-intelligence/software) - [Embedded Analytics Software](https://www.capterra.ie/directory/31697/embedded-analytics/software) - [Heatmap Software](https://www.capterra.ie/directory/30977/heatmap/software) - [Data Preparation Software](https://www.capterra.ie/directory/32747/data-preparation/software) - [Reporting Tools](https://www.capterra.ie/directory/30053/reporting/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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We can customize our report and distribute easy to all teams. > > **Cons**: Drill down in reports seems to take much time which make this software slow sometime. ----- ### "A self-service analytics platform that is able to fulfill almost all BI needs" — 4.0/5 > **Jian** | *7 January 2019* | Civic & Social Organization | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Handles all BI products very well, including but not limited to self-served reporting structure, reports, cubes, dashboards, and scorecards. Project deployment and duplication are easy and quick. > > **Cons**: User administration could be very time-consuming and we use a third-party tool (which is not free of charge). Product upgrade is not simple enough and has to be planned and conducted with extra caution. ----- ### "Cognos review" — 5.0/5 > **Edward** | *9 June 2024* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It generated reports from data warehouse very well > > **Cons**: The cubes were not easy to define at first > > Overall, it was great once it was up and running ----- ### "Great Analytics Tool" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *24 October 2019* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: IBM Cognos Analytics is a great data analytics tool. It can handle a lot of data and makes it easy for users to create reports to view their data. I like that it allows for a variety of output formats. > > **Cons**: Cognos Analytics can be hard to learn how to use. You have to really understand your data first so that you can figure out how to make the tool do what you need it to do. > > Overall, I would recommend using Cognos Analytics for data analysis. My whole company uses it from daily reporting to more advanced analyses. ----- ### "IBM Cognos 11 Analytics, the easy and reliable BI Tool" — 5.0/5 > **Luigi** | *15 January 2019* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Reliability, easy of use, complete set of functions, integration with other web tools, security and maintenance > > **Cons**: The price is not for small companies, the implementation of the whole functions always requires an expert ----- Page: 1 / 7\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ie/software/162441/ibm-cognos-analytics?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ie/software/162441/ibm-cognos-analytics) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data