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IBM Cognos Analytics

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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

    ThoughtSpot

    Score8.1 out of 10
    		N/AThoughtSpot is an Agentic Analytics Platform for enterprises where users ask data questions using natural language and get answers with AI. Code-first for data teams and code-free for business users, ThoughtSpot can handle large, complex cloud data at scale.

    $1,500

    per year (5 users)

    Pricing
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    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
    Thoughtspot Analytics - Pro
    $50
    per month (billed annually) per user (25-1000 users)
    Thoughtspot Analytics - Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    I like the cloud native character and ease of deployment with Sigma and ThogthSpot, I also like the metadata modelling capabilities of Power BI. I prefer the ability of Cognos to create and publish a metadata model that provides both ad hoc access and managed reporting and …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson is an enterprise ready tool and could provide end to end functionality expected from a BI tool. Provides integration with custom applications as well as provides not just high end visualizations that Tableau or PowerBI provides but also the very …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    IBM has tried to push its product to be like Tableau and included dashboarding, but we still use Tableau due to better features.

    I haven't found anything that compares to the amazing features we get to use with IBM Cognos Report Studio, which allows you to send emails (PDF, …
    Incentivized
    Muneeb Khan
    Business Intelligence Developer in Information Technology at American Iron & Metal (Renewables & Environment, 51-200 employees)
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    Power BI is stronger for quick ad-hoc analysis and dashboards, but IBM Cognos Analytics is better when consistency, precision, and mass distribution matter. Tableau is best for interactive analysis, while IBM Cognos Analytics is better for standardized, repeatable enterprise …
    Incentivized
    ThoughtSpot
    Verified User
    Chose ThoughtSpot
    Compared to most reporting and analytics tools of a similar nature, ThoughtSpot seems to work particularly well with financial and sales related data. In terms of ease of use, ThoughtSpot ranks above average. On the other hand, there are dozens of basic features (esp. …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose ThoughtSpot
    While Thoughtspot runs on "keyword search" technology, it needs the users to import data and build the data model in thoughtspot which creates a duplicate copy of your data mart. Answer Rocket uses "NLP (Natural Language Processing)" to work on your existing database and while …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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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 AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.0
    106 Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    7.6
    85 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.996 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.3104 Ratings9.185 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.0101 Ratings7.725 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    108 Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    7.8
    87 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.3106 Ratings9.187 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.1107 Ratings7.786 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.874 Ratings5.447 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.4103 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of IBM Cognos Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.8
    107 Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    8.9
    80 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.327 Ratings8.552 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.1101 Ratings9.574 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.626 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.0104 Ratings9.261 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.112 Ratings9.233 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of IBM Cognos Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    6.7
    98 Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    8.1
    83 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.993 Ratings7.782 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.189 Ratings8.876 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.486 Ratings8.062 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.624 Ratings7.710 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of IBM Cognos Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    103 Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    8.6
    82 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.0100 Ratings8.679 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.899 Ratings8.671 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.199 Ratings8.575 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.428 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.882 Ratings8.668 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of IBM Cognos Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.6
    84 Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    7.3
    50 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.678 Ratings7.048 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.968 Ratings7.031 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.074 Ratings6.843 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of IBM Cognos Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.7
    65 Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    6.4
    48 Ratings
    REST API7.562 Ratings4.839 Ratings
    Javascript API8.660 Ratings4.532 Ratings
    iFrames8.39 Ratings8.231 Ratings
    Java API6.911 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.110 Ratings6.932 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.87 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (131 ratings)
    8.3
    (87 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (27 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.7
    (82 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (40 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)