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    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

    Sisense

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASisense is a BI software and analytics platform. With what the vendor calls their In-Chip™ and Single Stack™ technologies, users have access to a comprehensive tool to analyze and visualize large, disparate data sets without IT resources.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsSisense
    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 AnalyticsSisense
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsSisense
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    Using these tools, companies can find, analyze, and visually interact with important company data.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    Both are business intelligence solutions with combined features of business intelligence, data discovery, and analytics that help us collect data, work with it to perform analysis, and interactive reports.
    Incentivized
    Sisense Ltd
    Chose Sisense
    We evaluated IBM Cognos Analytics and it was vastly more expensive and offered less features than what Sisense offered.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sisense
    We evaluated each software and chose 4 candidates to build a proof-of-concept for the most complicated and challenging reporting scenario at our company with real data and business requirement.

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    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 AnalyticsSisense
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Sisense
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.0
    106 Ratings
    Sisense
    9.7
    47 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.896 Ratings10.037 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.3104 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.0101 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Sisense
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    108 Ratings
    Sisense
    8.8
    47 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.3106 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.1107 Ratings9.047 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.874 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.4103 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Sisense
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.8
    107 Ratings
    Sisense
    10.0
    46 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.327 Ratings10.036 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.0101 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.626 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.0104 Ratings10.039 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Sisense
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    6.7
    98 Ratings
    Sisense
    9.5
    45 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.893 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.189 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.486 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.624 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Sisense
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    103 Ratings
    Sisense
    10.0
    45 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.0100 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.899 Ratings10.044 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.199 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.328 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.782 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Sisense
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.6
    84 Ratings
    Sisense
    9.7
    40 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.678 Ratings10.040 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.968 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.974 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Sisense
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.7
    65 Ratings
    Sisense
    -
    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
    User Ratings
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsSisense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (131 ratings)
    10.0
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (27 ratings)
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    9.1
    (47 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (40 ratings)
    9.2
    (47 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)