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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

    Tableau Server

    Score7.6 out of 10
    		N/ATableau Server allows Tableau Desktop users to publish dashboards to a central server to be shared across their organizations. The product is designed to facilitate collaboration across the organization. It can be deployed on a server in the data center, or it can be deployed on a public cloud.

    $12

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsTableau Server
    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
    Viewer
    $12.00
    Per User Per Month
    Explorer
    $35.00
    Per User Per Month
    Creator
    $70.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsTableau Server
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsTableau Server
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    We selected IBM Cognos because it has all of the features our organization needs for reporting. There are multiple report and dashboard options. Security and scheduling options are good. Tableau does not have good tools for advanced reporting besides dashboards. Power BI does …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    We considered several major commercial visualization and dashboarding tools and decided to adopt Tableau and Cognos. We're a healthcare delivery organization and security and privacy of patient data are a critical feature. For that reason, we preferred a well recognized and …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    We used to use Crystal Reports but transitioned our reports to Cognos when Crystal was no longer supported in conjunction with PeopleSoft. Crystal is a more flexible report-building tool for unique needs, but Cognos has better prompts and is a better server-style report …
    Incentivized
    Miguel Angel Merino Vega
    Analista de Sistemas in Information Technology at Consultor independiente de software (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    IBM is a titan in BI innovation but has arduous competitors as I mentioned before. IBM has prestige in BI and the directors and managers know that. On the other hand, complexity is not the strategy of Cognos, that's why if you need big cubes of data, Tableau, and Microsoft BI …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    Tableau is amazing, user friend, innovative, straightforward in concept. Cognos does not stacks up against another software, it is more due to the insufficiency of this software that we need to accommodate with many others. Such as Excel, Access, SQL, SAS, Tableau. The load …
    Incentivized
    Dwight Taylor
    Manager of BI Reporting in Information Technology at Bezaleel Consulting LLC (Insurance, 10,001+ employees)
    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.
    Tableau
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Server
    Today, if my shop is largely Microsoft-centric, I would be hard pressed to choose a product other than Power BI. Tableau was the visualization leader for years, but Microsoft has caught up with them in many areas, and surpassed them in some. Its ability to source, transform, …
    Incentivized
    Bob Ladd
    Vice President Global Procurement & Manufacturing in Information Technology at Potter Electric Signal Co. (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    Cognos was outdated and much harder to use and implement. Qlik was more expensive and a little harder to manage your data.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Server
    We used and still are using IBM Cognos for business intelligence purposes. It is good for use as a data infrastructure and analytic framework, rather than a BI toolkit, but Tableau is replacing Cognos fast. We used D3.js for a few proofs of concept visualization and …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Server
    • Tableau is a stable and time tested product which can handle hundreds and thousands of users and a huge amount of content, plus tableau has also introduced a web authoring tool which you can [use to] edit dashboards using your browser.
    • However, the recent introduction of NLP …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Server
    It is the most user-friendly and its features are all suitable for our company's needs.
    Incentivized
    Sridhar Akkineni
    Sr.Cognos/QlikView/Tableau Administrator & Architect in Information Technology at AIG (Insurance, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    QlikView can't connect to live data (in general)
    Licensing Costs of QlikView and Cognos are expensive.
    Cognos doesn't have excellent Graphics embedded within the tool
    Incentivized
    George McCarrolle
    Senior Business Intelligence Developer- Tableau in Information Technology at ARCADIS U.S. (Environmental Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    I've personally have used a vast majority of the Business Intelligence products on the marketplace. I've used all of the Oracle products over the past few years. I've used all of the products in the Microsoft stack, along with Cognos, Qlikview, etc. Each are effective if your …
    Incentivized
    Charles Hooper
    Owner at BIAlytics (Information Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    Looked at Cognos, Microstrategy and Business Objects. All were too IT / technical intensive. Moved to Tableau due to ease of use.
    Dwight Taylor
    Principal in Corporate at Bezaleel Consulting LLC (E-Learning, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    IBM COGNOS Insight and Qlik View
    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 AnalyticsTableau Server
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.0
    106 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    9.5
    94 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.896 Ratings9.129 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.3104 Ratings9.793 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.0101 Ratings9.780 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    108 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    9.1
    94 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.3106 Ratings8.994 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.1107 Ratings8.892 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.874 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.4103 Ratings9.888 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.8
    107 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    90 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.327 Ratings9.884 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.0101 Ratings9.783 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.626 Ratings9.169 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.0104 Ratings8.376 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.112 Ratings5.19 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    6.7
    98 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.7
    89 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.893 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.189 Ratings8.984 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.486 Ratings8.563 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 Tableau Server
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    103 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.3
    94 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.0100 Ratings8.392 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.899 Ratings8.389 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.199 Ratings8.391 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.328 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.782 Ratings8.361 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.6
    84 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    78 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.678 Ratings8.276 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.968 Ratings8.160 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.974 Ratings9.067 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.7
    65 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    7.2
    45 Ratings
    REST API7.562 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Javascript API8.560 Ratings9.036 Ratings
    iFrames8.39 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Java API6.911 Ratings5.57 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.110 Ratings6.19 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.87 Ratings4.67 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsTableau Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (131 ratings)
    8.1
    (110 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (27 ratings)
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    5.2
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    3.0
    (18 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    5.1
    (79 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (40 ratings)
    6.6
    (82 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)