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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cognos Analytics

    Score6.8 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

    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

    Score6.5 out of 10
    		N/AThe SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    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 AnalyticsSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    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 AnalyticsSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    SAP
    Dharmesh Shah
    Associate Principal in Information Technology at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech (Banking, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    MicroStrategy Analytics and IBM Cognos Analytics is costlier compared to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform stacks. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform stacks is user friendly, easy to adapt, easy to train resources and get them …
    Incentivized
    Bryan Arroyo Fernandez
    Supplier Quality Engineer in Quality Assurance at KATERRA (Construction, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    SAP BusinessObjects is the only system of its kind that I've tried.
    Incentivized
    Shiv Shivakumar
    Acquisitions Leader in Information Technology at Abbott (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    When we did the implementation in 2005, BusinessObjects was by far the most advanced transactional level analytical query engine that was available.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Analysis Services and Oracle Discoverer are more developer oriented than true self service tools and their development capabilities as well as their content delivery is limited. The Symantec layer sets BO apart in that regard. Heavy development is also possible and custom …
    Incentivized
    Jody Gitchel
    Developer / Systems Engineer in Information Technology at Quantum Health (Food Production, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    The biggest advantage that SAP Business Objects has over these competitors are value and options. Value wise, it brings together a tool set that delivers a bit of something for everyone. With integration into Microsoft Office, additional options are available to for those …
    Incentivized
    Carla Simoneau
    Software Architect in Information Technology at 5280 Solutions (Computer Software, 201-500 employees)
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    I have recently been evaluating Information Builders, MicroStrategy, and Cognos. IB had some nice dashboard and analytics, but was lacking on the scheduling side. We were looking for something more robust. MicroStrategy had a very impressive UI and the dashboards were among the …
    Incentivized
    Joel Pick
    Director, Business Intelligence in Finance and Accounting at Athene USA (Insurance, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is more dependent on IT for development.
    We had issues with loger development time with Cognos.
    Hyperion Essbase Smartview is a good discovery tool but not a good enterprise reporting tool. It is very business centric with the Excel …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    We selected SAP Business Objects in the previous instance because we were implementing SAP ERP and the choice of Business Objects was favorable from an integration and cost perspective. We did not choose SAP Business Objects most recently because of the predicted long …
    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 AnalyticsSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.0
    106 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    8.2
    51 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.896 Ratings8.646 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.3104 Ratings7.747 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.0101 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    108 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.3106 Ratings7.147 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.1107 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.874 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.4103 Ratings8.647 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of IBM Cognos Analytics and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.8
    107 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.9
    48 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.327 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.0101 Ratings7.446 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.626 Ratings6.742 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.0104 Ratings8.447 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.112 Ratings7.726 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of IBM Cognos Analytics and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    6.7
    98 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.2
    43 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.993 Ratings6.941 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.189 Ratings6.939 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.486 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.624 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of IBM Cognos Analytics and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    103 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    9.2
    48 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.0100 Ratings9.048 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.899 Ratings9.646 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.199 Ratings9.045 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.328 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.782 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of IBM Cognos Analytics and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.6
    84 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    5.8
    34 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.678 Ratings6.733 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.968 Ratings3.928 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.974 Ratings3.930 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of IBM Cognos Analytics and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.7
    65 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.1
    24 Ratings
    REST API7.562 Ratings6.721 Ratings
    Javascript API8.560 Ratings7.319 Ratings
    iFrames8.39 Ratings7.318 Ratings
    Java API6.911 Ratings7.122 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.110 Ratings7.321 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.87 Ratings6.720 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (131 ratings)
    7.7
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (27 ratings)
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    7.6
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    8.2
    (45 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (40 ratings)
    8.3
    (45 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)