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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 |
 SAP Crystal | Score7.5 out of 10 | N/A | SAP Crystal is an analytics and reporting software solution for SMBs. SAP Crystal comprises Crystal Reports for pixel-perfect reporting, and SAP Crystal Server for automated distribution and self-service access to reports, dashboards and data exploration. | $295 per single user license |
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| Additional Details | — | * SAP Crystal Reports 2020 Viewer allows you to view static data within a SAP Crystal Reports file. * SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - Full version allows you to create powerful, richly formatted, and dynamic reports from virtually any data source, delivered in dozens of formats, in up to 28 languages. If you already have an older version of Crystal Reports, buy a license for SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - Upgrade at a discounted, upgrade price. * SAP Crystal Server 2020, 1 NUL includes 1 license of: SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - SAP Crystal Server 2020. * As an add-on to SAP Crystal Server 2020 1 NUL, SAP Crystal Server 2020 5 CAL allows you to support a wider, intermittent audience of end users, up to five logged on at the same time. | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products | Chose IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple data sources connection Cross platform software. Click and drag capabilities. Invited by the Vendor 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 Chose IBM Cognos Analytics IBM Cognos stood out presumably because of the target market - we have been doing it in telco market so IBM Cognos could be a good fit due to its powerful capacity to establish the reports and data sets. 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 Chose IBM Cognos Analytics Crystal Reports does not seem to be as user friendly as IBM Cognos. 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 Chose IBM Cognos Analytics IBM Cognos shines when it comes to setting up slow changing historical reports that need to be delivered on a predefined schedule to a predetermined set of recipients. Chose IBM Cognos Analytics Cognos is more intuitive and I think easier to use. | Chose SAP Crystal We selected Crystal Reports almost 20 years ago due to its feature set, flexibility, and cost. The only other reporting tool evaluate at that time was Cognos and it was much more expensive then. 17 years ago we spent a few thousand dollars on some developer/designer licenses and … Invited by TrustRadius (TR) on Vendor's Behalf 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 Chose SAP Crystal They are really two different beasts, Crystal Reports in its stand-alone form is meant for desktop reporting, although the same report can be pushed up to the web or to the enterprise with SAP's more expensive products. As far as I know, Cognos starts at the enterprise level … 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 Chose SAP Crystal Crystal Reports fits a niche for us in standard reporting. We don't use it for creating dashboards or interactive data analysis. That's where Tableau excels. For on-demand reports, we prefer Microsoft Reporting Service and Analysis Services. Crystal Report is very good when it … Invited by TrustRadius (TR) on Vendor's Behalf 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. TR verified that a representative sample of customers was invited. More Info Chose SAP Crystal Unfortunately, report-writing is just another thing I do, Crystal Reports is all I have used and I can't compare & contrast it to other reporting packages. Our organization uses Cognos and the skill-sets are not interchangeable. But it does indicate that the choice of report … 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 | 10.0 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.4 | 10.0 |
| Usability | 8.1 | 9.5 |
| Availability | 8.6 | 8.0 |
| Performance | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| Support Rating | 10.0 | 8.6 |
| In-Person Training | 8.7 | 10.0 |
| Online Training | 8.0 | - |
| Implementation Rating | 7.0 | 8.8 |
| Configurability | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| Data Sharing and Collaboration | 8.6 | 8.8 |
| Data Sources | 8.3 | 9.2 |
| Ease of integration | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| Product Scalability | 8.2 | 7.0 |
| Vendor post-sale | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| Vendor pre-sale | 7.0 | 7.0 |
