IBM Cognos Analytics delivers self-service analytics powered by AI and machine learning. It enables users to create impactful visualizations and share insights via dashboards and reports. While integration with other tools may require customization, it efficiently supports the entire analytics process from start to finish.

IBM Cognos Analytics Specifications

Data Visualization

Customizable Dashboards

Data Analysis and Reporting

Scheduled Reporting

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What Is IBM Cognos Analytics?

IBM Cognos Analytics software is a robust business intelligence solution offering real-time insights, self-service data modeling, customizable reporting, and advanced visualizations. It empowers decision-making with predictive forecasting, AI-driven features, and data exploration tools. With usability enhancements, faster performance, and comprehensive analytics, it provides a trusted, complete view of your business. The platform integrates modern features to predict outcomes and explain their drivers effectively.  

IBM Cognos Analytics Pricing

The IBM Cognos Analytics price model comprises two cloud on-demand pricing plans, including:

  • Standard: Starting at $10.60**/month/user
  • Premium: Starting at $ 42.40**/month/user
Get a detailed IBM Cognos Analytics cost estimate to make a valuable decision for your organization.

Disclaimer: Prices are subject to change.

IBM Cognos Analytics Integrations                      

The software comes with diverse third-party integrations, including:

  • Jupyter notebook  
  • Oracle Essbase  
  • SAP BW  
Schedule a free IBM Cognos Analytics demo to learn more about its integration tools.

Who Is IBM Cognos Analytics For?

IBM Cognos Analytics is designed to support unique business processes, including:

  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Operations

Is IBM Cognos Analytics Right For You?

Cognos Analytics presents an AI-driven business intelligence platform that supports the entire analytics process, from discovery to operationalization. It empowers users—whether data scientists, analysts, or non-specialists—to perform analysis aligned with organizational goals, enabling them to explore, identify insights, and share actionable data-driven findings across the organization.

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IBM Cognos Analytics Features

Advanced Reporting The software aims to help Stakeholders stay informed effortlessly through dynamic, customizable reports delivered in formats like HTML, PDF, or Excel. These reports offer personalized, multipage insights tailored to meet diverse organizational needs.

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IBM Cognos Analytics helps create Dynamic dashboards effortlessly, offering real-time interactivity and autogenerated visualizations. Users utilize drag-and-drop data, drill into details, and seamlessly share dashboards through platforms like email or Slack, enhancing collaboration and data-driven decision-making.

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Using time series modeling, users can reveal patterns, predict trends, and uncover valuable insights, all without requiring advanced data science expertise. This approach simplifies forecasting and allows deeper exploration of data for strategic decision-making.

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The Cognos Analytics AI Assistant enables users to query data using natural language for insights from selected sources. It also facilitates the generation of real-time dashboards with dynamic visualizations, facilitating seamless information sharing and improving accessibility to data insights.

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Pros and Cons of IBM Cognos Analytics

Pros

  • Aligns analysis with organizational goals
  • Enables data exploration and insight discovery
  • Facilitates sharing actionable findings across teams
  • AI-powered business intelligence

Cons

  • Can be complex for advanced analytics tasks
  • Integration with other tools requires customization

IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

15 Review(s)

Rating Distribution

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4

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3

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June 2024

Great for generating reports

Edward

Banking

Ease of use

9

Value for money

10

Customer Support

10

Functionality

10

Pros

I found that IBM Cognos Analytics generates reports from our data warehouse very well.

Cons

the cubes were not easy to define at first.

November 2023

Great integration of analytics and reporting

Elena

Management Consulting

Ease of use

8

Value for money

6

Customer Support

8

Functionality

8

Pros

I really really like the interface of this tool. It is user-friendly and easy to navigate, making it accessible to all levels of experience. It offers a large variety of visualization options, which allows me to analyze and explore data from different perspectives. Its ability to quickly handle large amounts of data is remarkable, and the analysis algorithms help me conduct in-depth studies quickly, saving valuable time.

Cons

I think the cost is unnecessarily high as compared to other competitors. This makes it difficult for me to suggest this solution to some of my smaller customers, even though it would be the best option for them operationally.

August 2023

IBM Cognos Analytics Is perfect for creating custom reports

Phil

Civil Engineering

Ease of use

8

Value for money

8

Customer Support

8

Functionality

7

Pros

I appreciate the ability to create custom reports to meet specific user requirements. I can link data from databases using Cognos Framework Manager and create SQL select queries to pull data directly from custom SQL objects. I also like that Cognos Analytics still supports Portals that were created in previous versions of the product. Other features I value are bursting, conditional Styling, exports to excel and Pdf and drillthrough reports.

Cons

I really think crosstabs could use more features and provide more flexibility in formatting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, IBM Cognos Analytics provides API access.