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IBM Cognos Analytics - Business Intelligence Software

IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews in April 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews & Ratings

4.1

Very Good

Based on 810 ratings & 172 reviews

Rating Distribution

Excellent

(100)

Very Good

(57)

Good

(11)

Poor

(2)

Terible

(2)

Expert's Review

IBM Cognos Analytics has garnered high praise from users for its user-friendly interface, ease of use, and powerful data visualization capabilities. Users appreciate the intuitive nature of the platform, making it accessible to users of all skill levels. The integration of Artificial Intelligence for visualization enhances decision-making and drives better ...Read more

IBM Cognos Analytics pros and cons

  • Easy report creation, even for novices, reducing training needs.

  • User-friendly interface, suitable for users of all skill levels.

  • Utilizes Artificial Intelligence for visualization and decision-making.

  • Cloud-based tool with a wide range of features for data analysis.

  • Steeper learning curve for beginners without formal training.

  • Limited interactive PDF support for reports.

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TB

Treva B

02/13/19

4.5 out of 5

I enjoy using Cognos Analytics - easy to use

What do you like best? ease of use - the upgrades to AI , exploration, and insights What do you dislike? na - some quirks with reporting and having to start over What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? disparates system reporting

RR

Renata R

02/13/19

4.5 out of 5

Very satisfied, a lot of posibilities

What do you like best? Plenty congigurable options and ad hoc reports What do you dislike? Limited time series data visualisation possibilites What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Data visulization for real time operation in power szstem

PB

prakash b

02/13/19

4 out of 5

Cognos Analkytics

What do you like best? AI feature including chatbot , Instant Data model and replications What do you dislike? discovery prediction grap in AI chatbot. Need to be more decriptive and with slicer. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? instant viz dasboard

UI

User in Financial Services

02/13/19

4 out of 5

Boardroom ready reports for your enterprise

What do you like best? Cognos Analytics allows leadership to request, review and utilize enterpise data to define strategy. Scalability, ability to integrate multiple data sources in today's ever changing digital world, Cognos Analytics is an ally all organization can benefit from. What do you dislike? Implementation cycle were longer than we originally anticipated - not product issue,, just we underestimated size of undertaking What problems are you solving with the product? What ...

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DB

daryl b

02/13/19

4 out of 5

Cognos admin user

What do you like best? The modeling of the data and the fact that the data needs to be structured before it gets ran in reports FM modeling What do you dislike? the complex mature of mass changes. some times the admin is tough What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? solving issues with mass updates and security

MN

Michael N

02/13/19

4 out of 5

Its come a long way

What do you like best? Started using Cognos reporting solution when it was report studio, lots of improvements around visualizations. Dashboards are a huge improvement for our sales folks, and helps display data in a meaningful way. What do you dislike? The new user interface for report authoring seems clunky and disjointed. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? we are able to do all reporting and meet all visualization needs anywhere ...

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AV

Aaron V

02/13/19

3.5 out of 5

Cognos Analytics

What do you like best? Powerful report development. Detailed customization options What do you dislike? Dynamic cubes are cumbersome to build/support. Don't have a good replacement for power play and transformer is no longer recieving enhancments What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Daily reports on key metrics go to the whole company and result in measured improvements on metrics

AI

Administrator in Consumer Goods

02/13/19

3.5 out of 5

Cognos Analytics on cloud

What do you like best? Server Administration off-loaded to cloud support. No longer downtimes, server reboots, OS patching side effects. What do you dislike? Moving process from On-Premise instances is very cumbersome. Single signon to user browsers for non-ibm products hard to implement. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Wide range of users supported for reporting

CI

Consultant in Information Technology and Services

02/13/19

4.5 out of 5

Enterprise ready BI & Analytics Suite with SelfService

What do you like best? That you can adress all types of users you find in a company What do you dislike? Realtime Visualization isn"t there. There are lots of use cases (e.g. in manufacturing) What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Get the right information to the right time to make the right desicions.

HA

hassan a

02/13/19

4 out of 5

good

What do you like best? variety of items available. there is enough booths to enhance the productivity of ibm products. What do you dislike? not enough knowledge on TM1 and cognos with TM1 cubes. Not much contents/demos/labs on dimensional data What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? cubes, summarizing and descripting data