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 IBM Cognos Analytics | Score6.8 out of 10 | N/A | IBM Cognos is a full-featured business intelligence suite by IBM, designed for larger deployments. It comprises Query Studio, Reporting Studio, Analysis Studio and Event Studio, and Cognos Administration along with tools for Microsoft Office integration, full-text search, and dashboards. | $10 per month per user |
 Looker | Score8.8 out of 10 | N/A | Looker is a BI application with an analytics-oriented application server that sits on top of relational data stores. It includes an end-user interface for exploring data, a reusable development paradigm for data discovery, and an API for supporting data in other systems. | N/A |
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| Considered Both Products | | Chose Looker We find Looker much easier to develop and manage. The LookML central data repository is far more robust and easy to use. The fact that Looker manages the server for you, means you never have any downtime. The other products have you managing all sorts of servers, which is a lot … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 7.3 | 8.7 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.4 | 9.5 |
| Usability | 8.1 | 8.8 |
| Availability | 8.6 | 10.0 |
| Performance | 9.0 | 6.0 |
| Support Rating | 10.0 | 8.8 |
| In-Person Training | 8.7 | - |
| Online Training | 8.0 | - |
| Implementation Rating | 7.0 | 10.0 |
| Configurability | 7.0 | 10.0 |
| Contract Terms and Pricing Model | - | 10.0 |
| Data Sharing and Collaboration | 8.6 | 8.5 |
| Data Sources | 8.3 | 7.3 |
| Ease of integration | 6.0 | 10.0 |
| Product Scalability | 8.2 | 10.0 |
| Professional Services | - | 10.0 |
| Vendor post-sale | 7.0 | 10.0 |
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