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IBM Cognos Analytics vs. Oracle Hyperion (legacy)

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IBM Cognos Analytics

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cognos Analytics

    Score6.9 out of 10
    		N/AIBM 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

    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)

    Score7.5 out of 10
    		N/AOracle's Corporate Performance Management suite was acquired from Hyperion in 2007. Hyperion customers are encouraged to migrate to Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsOracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Editions & Modules
    On Demand - Standard
    USD 10.00
    per month per user
    On Demand - Premium
    USD 42.40
    per month per user
    On Demand - Standard
    USD 10.60
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsOracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsOracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Ray Hirte
    IT Project Management Consultant in Finance and Accounting at Hennepin County (Government Administration, 5001-10,000 employees)
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    It was cost prohibitive to switch platforms we have a huge investment in our Cognos implementation. There was retooling costs for our resources training costs for our users as well as a million $ plus investment in licensing costs. We could have considered a move to the cloud …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    There are a number of reporting systems, but these other systems are really data visualization systems that lack the ability deliver information through an enterprise on their own. IBM Cognos is well suited to be the delivery system for an enterprise's analytics and the …
    Incentivized
    Discontinued Products
    Vishal Shivdasani
    VP of Business Development in Sales at FinPro Solutions (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Oracle has led the charge on the development of true EPM reporting. The development of rudimentary KPIs to much more complex models all can be housed and managed by Hyperion. Integrates with Office through Smartview, which provides flexibility in creating Word documents, board …
    Incentivized
    Federico Shortrede
    CIO in Information Technology at Adeco Agropecuaria S.A. (Farming, 5001-10,000 employees)
    Chose Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    We also took a look to Cognos, but since we have Oracle eBS as our main ERP, we decided without a very deep analysis.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Pricing is one factor and the features offered by the Oracle EPM and IBM Cognos shifted the favour in terms of Oracle EPM.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsOracle Hyperion (legacy)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.0
    106 Ratings
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.896 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.3104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.0101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    108 Ratings
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.3106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.1107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.874 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.4103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.8
    107 Ratings
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.327 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.0101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.0104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    6.7
    98 Ratings
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.893 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.189 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.486 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.624 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    103 Ratings
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.0100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.899 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.199 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.328 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.782 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.6
    84 Ratings
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.678 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.968 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.974 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.7
    65 Ratings
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    REST API7.562 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.560 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API6.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    8.2
    20 Ratings
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings9.917 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings9.917 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings6.013 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsOracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (131 ratings)
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (27 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (40 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)