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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

    Tableau Cloud

    Score7.9 out of 10
    		N/ATableau Cloud (formerly Tableau Online) is a self-service analytics platform that is fully hosted in the cloud. Tableau Cloud enables users to publish dashboards and invite colleagues to explore hidden opportunities with interactive visualizations and accurate data, from any browser or mobile device.

    $15

    per month per user

    Pricing
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsTableau Cloud
    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
    Tableau Viewer
    $15
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Viewer
    $35
    per month billed annually per user
    Tableau Explorer
    $42
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Explorer
    $70
    per month billed annually per user
    Tableau Creator
    $75
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Creator
    $115
    per month billed annually per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsTableau Cloud
    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 AnalyticsTableau Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Tony Higgins
    System operations in Information Technology at DP Wagner (Logistics & Supply Chain, 11-50 employees)
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    We selected IBM Cognos Analytics based on the following. The scalable and robust features for large organizations allowing it to grow as we do. The nest feature is the strong data governance and security features. It also supports a wide variety of data sources. Lastly, it …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    IBM Cognos Analytics is our legacy BI solution. It hadn't stacked up well against its modern contemporaries. We are thinking of replacing it with Microsoft BI.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    We looked at Qlik Sense, SAP Analytics Cloud, and IBM Cognos Analytics for our financial brand's needs. Qlik Sense is super user-friendly, great for quick data digging. SAP Analytics is perfect when we're working with other SAP stuff; it just clicks. But for our big project, …
    Incentivized
    Dhruv Goyal
    Team lead in Information Technology at United software group (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    While all of them have their own advantages. IBM Cognos Analytics is highly scalable and have unmatched data analytics capabilities which makes the data from IBM Cognos Analytics of very high quality and data governance also makes sure your data is safe and protected.
    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
    Olena Sherbinin
    Data Architect in Information Technology at University of Pittsburgh - School of Information Sciences (Higher Education, 51-200 employees)
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    The University of Pittsburgh BI team continues to explore different BI and analytics platforms. Tableau was offered as a reporting tool to complement Cognos users.
    Incentivized
    Jonathan Kyrlach
    Business Intelligence Architect in Information Technology at Everything But The House (Consumer Goods, 201-500 employees)
    Chose IBM Cognos Analytics
    I didn't select IBM Cognos, I only used it in situations where it had already been selected. Cognos was better for a long time than most of the traditional BI vendors. And their modeling is still second to none.
    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
    Tableau
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Cloud
    There are lots of excellent products are available in market for data analysis like SAP BusinessObjects, IBM Cognos, MicroStrategy Analytics, Microsoft Power BI, etc. I found other products are specific to their tools like SAP BusinessObjects suits great with SAP Products …
    Incentivized
    Kruti Vaidya
    Financial Analyst in Information Technology at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Tableau Cloud
    Tableau does a great job compared to all of these mentioned tools. Other tools also have a great shape-up of dashboards but obviously all have their advantages and disadvantages. The reason Tableau has an edge over all the other tools is because of its excellent visual design …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Cloud
    Domo does not fare well against Tableau in terms of visualizations. Our users gave a thumbs up for Tableau, so we went with Tableau Online.
    Incentivized
    Abanish Mishra
    Business Intelligence Analyst in Information Technology at Match.com (Internet, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Tableau Cloud

    My work environment uses both Tableau Online, MicroStrategy & SSRS in parallel. Tableau is much closer to the SSRS in terms of visualization tool where as MicroStrategy is an enterprise data modeling and reporting tool.

    WHY SELECT TABLEAU ONLINE

    Incentivized
    Phil Dana, PMOC
    Business Development Director, Global Government Customer Solutions in Sales at Dun & Bradstreet Canada (Information Services, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Tableau Cloud
    Birst seems very good at getting data aggregated into the tool (ETL), but weaker at the front end visualizations.
    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 AnalyticsTableau Cloud
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.0
    106 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.0
    69 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.896 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.3104 Ratings8.069 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.0101 Ratings6.058 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    108 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    6.9
    69 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.3106 Ratings8.069 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.1107 Ratings6.066 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.874 Ratings6.043 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.4103 Ratings7.567 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.8
    107 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.1
    67 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.327 Ratings7.063 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.0101 Ratings7.562 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.626 Ratings7.050 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.0104 Ratings8.055 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.112 Ratings6.034 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    6.7
    98 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    6.8
    65 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.893 Ratings7.562 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.189 Ratings6.561 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.486 Ratings6.553 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.624 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    103 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.0
    64 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.0100 Ratings7.058 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.899 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.199 Ratings7.054 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.328 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.782 Ratings7.549 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.6
    84 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    6.4
    54 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.678 Ratings5.552 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.968 Ratings6.039 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.974 Ratings7.046 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.7
    65 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    6.4
    36 Ratings
    REST API7.562 Ratings6.031 Ratings
    Javascript API8.560 Ratings6.529 Ratings
    iFrames8.39 Ratings6.529 Ratings
    Java API6.911 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.110 Ratings6.530 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.87 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsTableau Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (131 ratings)
    8.0
    (70 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (23 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    8.0
    (49 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (40 ratings)
    8.3
    (49 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)