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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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CI

Consultant in Health, Wellness and Fitness

02/12/19

3.5 out of 5

we have installed it for our subsidiary company

What do you like best? We like to do some analytics for security What do you dislike? It is dificult to integrate with our local systems, What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Data analytics

IC

Internal Consultant in Financial Services

02/12/19

3 out of 5

Familiar but improvements are needed

What do you like best? Cognos Analytics has both list reporting and dashboarding, storytelling capabilities and there are many features that many other dashboard products do not offer. What do you dislike? Learning curve is challenging and not much material is available for training. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Being able to deliver reports catered to users at all levels.

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Nithyananda S

02/12/19

0.5 out of 5

Best one to deploy

What do you like best? Its the best among the avilable and we are using this for some time and out ITS team is happy with the product and support. we have also recommended to the other educational pratners in Qatar and their feedback is great and we are growing by day. What do you dislike? well to be honest there is nothing much we could say on this as we are happy at the moment and so far it is going very well and even our partners in the group are happy and we welcome any thing ...

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CI

Consultant in Information Technology and Services

02/11/19

5 out of 5

Even better than the on premise version of the software

What do you like best? Easy to buy, easy to deploy, with all the power of Cognos. The new interface with a cloud deployment option is a game changer for my clients. What do you dislike? It took too long to get this version of the product released. IBM please put more money into the IBM analytics development team. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Pixel perfect reporting, report distribution, end user report creation and query, all in ...

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ES

Executive Sponsor in Information Technology and Services

02/11/19

3.5 out of 5

IBM Cloud Cognos

What do you like best? The emphasis of trying to make businesss analyzt into data analzst via self-service tools with some advance features What do you dislike? The software still is pretty heavy to get going and would love to see a package solution that contains a warehouse, ETL and analytics What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Variety of clients

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Jamie J

02/11/19

3 out of 5

Painful upgrade on prem

What do you like best? I like the new UI, and the new modules - like explore, dashboard and AI assistant What do you dislike? the change from js to custom js controls was sudden & painful, and writing custom controls does not have good documentation What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I am looking at call center data for relationship and insights that no one has had the resources to so far

UI

User in Retail

02/11/19

2.5 out of 5

Feedback on IBM Cognos on Cloud as part of the IBM OMS CoC Offering

What do you like best? Good analytical platform and works well based on the data/access. What do you dislike? Currently, there are several issues with the Cognos reporting for IBM CoC-OMS solution. We struggled using the Cognos platform for holiday support. Currently there are gaps in keeping the system in sync or run reports on a timely basis. Need to improve on this offering as operational reporting is key part for running the business. What problems are you solving with the ...

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UI

User in Banking

02/11/19

3 out of 5

Additional Analytics

What do you like best? Ability to better understand digital attribution What do you dislike? Cumbersome interface, clucky output and not great data visualization What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? REporting and alaytics within marketing

IC

Internal Consultant in Wholesale

02/11/19

5 out of 5

Cognos Analytics Review

What do you like best? dashboarding, storytelling, new visualizations, augmented intelligence What do you dislike? new user interface might be challenging to adapt to for our users What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? product and geograhic mix. still in progress.

CI

Consultant in Information Technology and Services

02/11/19

4.5 out of 5

CA the All in One reporting

What do you like best? amazing roadmap for future and fast improvements What do you dislike? See the rivals and other compititors improvements Recommendations to others considering the product: All good as of now. Keep adding more features and functionalities to the product and do the innovations faster then other products What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Reporting Automations, Dasboarding. All the change of the way users are ...

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