ClicData vs IBM Cognos Analytics | TrustRadius

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Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 9 reviews and ratings

Score 7.6 out of 10

Based on 442 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

ClicData

IBM Cognos Analytics

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

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IBM Cognos Analytics

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Report sharing and collaboration

Integration with R or other statistical packages

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IBM Cognos Analytics

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

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Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

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IBM Cognos Analytics

Multi-User Support (named login)

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Role-Based Security Model

Single Sign-On (SSO)

ClicData

IBM Cognos Analytics

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Dedicated Android Application

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IBM Cognos Analytics

iFrames

Themeable User Interface (UI)

REST API

Javascript API

Java API

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

Ease of use, I can put together a dashboard in about an hour that is used by daily.
Support, their support team is super helpful and always has detailed insight.
Connectors, they have a huge number of connectors that allow easy integration of your data sources.

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Verified User

Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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What IBM Cognos does really well is provide precise data that may otherwise be hard to retrieve from your primary accounting software. While doing so, it organizes this data such that it becomes much more meaningful to analyze.
IBM Cognos also does a fantastic job through the Query Studio module to give certain users the ability to create simple reports and modify existing reports, this allows the flexibility a user needs in getting the intended data.
IBM Cognos also provides the ability to utilize a BI tool for complicated reporting requirements or in cases when there are many data dependencies that exist. This BI tool enables Cognos to tackle many organizational and data challenges that companies face in the industry.

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Finance Manager, Project Accounting Group

Salient CRGTInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

More widgets.
Sometimes it takes a while to refresh.

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C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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With the upgrade from Cognos 10 to Cognos 11, there were a lot of features, like run schedule once, weren't brought over to the newest version of Report Studio.
I felt like they were trying to chase Tableau and Qlik with dashboarding rather than focusing on their bread and butter of Report Studio or which other Business Intelligence tools don't do very well.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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IBM Cognos Analytics 7.9

Based on 23 answers

For an existing solution, renewing licenses does provide a good return on investment. Additionally, while rolling out scorecards and dashboards with little adhoc capabilities, to end users, cognos is very easily scalable. It also allows to create a solution that has a mix of OLAP and relational data-sources, which is a limitation with other tools. Synchronizing with existing security setup is easy too.

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Technical Lead

MindCraft Software Pvt. Ltd.Automotive, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

ClicData 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Like I mentioned before, the ease of use means we not only get very quick results and beautiful dashboards in minutes, it means my team is actually using it because they aren't frustrated in the learning curve or wasting time trying to accomplish simple tasks.

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Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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IBM Cognos Analytics 7.5

Based on 6 answers

We have a strong user base (3500 users) that are highly utilizing this tool. Basic users are able to consume content within the applied security model. We have a set of advanced users that really push the limits of Cognos with Report and Query Studio. These users have created a lot of personal content and stored it in 'My Reports'. Users enjoy this flexibility.

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Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics

Georgetown University5001-10,000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

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IBM Cognos Analytics 8.6

Based on 8 answers

Reports can typically be viewed through any browser that can access the server, so the availability is ultimately up to what the company utilizing it is comfortable with allowing, though report development tends to be more picky about browsers and settings as mentioned above. It also has an optional iPad app and general mobile browsing support, but dashboards lack the mobile compatibility. What keeps it from getting a higher score is the desktop tools that are vital to the development process. The compatibility with only Windows when the server has a wide range of compatibility can be a real sore point for a company that outfits its employees exclusively with Mac or Linux machines. Of course, if they are planning on outsourcing the development anyways, it's a rather moot point

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Senior Analytics Consultant

Datamensional, LLC1-10 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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IBM Cognos Analytics 9.0

Based on 10 answers

Overall no major complaints but it doesn't handle DMR (Dimensionally Modeled for Relational) very well. DMR modelling is a capability that IBM Cognos Framework Manager provides allowing you to specify dimensional information for relational metadata and allows for OLAP-style queries. However, the capability is not very efficient and, for example, if I'm using only 2 columns on a 20-column model, the software is not smart enough to exclude 18 columns and the query side gets progressively larger and larger until it's effectively unusable.

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Meghdeep Raval, PMP

Manager, Data Architecture

Hess CorporationOil & Energy

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Support Rating

ClicData 10.0

Based on 1 answer

We've only needed support a couple times in the beginning as we were learning the system and how to display our data in interesting ways. Every time we reached out we got very detailed responses and were connected to someone that you could tell was very interested in making sure we were happy with how things were going.

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Verified User

Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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IBM Cognos Analytics 7.0

Based on 14 answers

Why is their web application not working as fast as you think it should? They never know, and it is always a a bunch of shots in the dark to find out. Trying to download software from them is like trying to find a book at the library before computers were invented.

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Jonathan Kyrlach

Business Intelligence Architect

Everything But The HouseConsumer Goods, 201-500 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

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IBM Cognos Analytics 8.7

Based on 4 answers

Onsite training provided by IBM Cognos was effective and as expected. They did not perform training with our data which was a bit difficult for our end-users.

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Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics

Georgetown University5001-10,000 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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IBM Cognos Analytics 8.0

Based on 4 answers

The online courses they offer are thorough and presented in such a way that someone who isn't already familiar with the general design methodologies used in this field will be capable of making a good design. The training environments are provided as a fully self contained virtual machine with everything needed already to create the environments. We've had some persisting issues with the environments becoming unavailable, but support has been responsive when these issues arise and straightening them out for us

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Senior Analytics Consultant

Datamensional, LLC1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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IBM Cognos Analytics 7.0

Based on 14 answers

Make sure that any custom tables that you have, are built into your metadata packages. You can still access them via SQL queries in Cognos, but it is much easier to have them as a part of the available metadata packages.

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HR Systems Analyst II

First Horizon Corp.Banking, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

ClicData was the most flexible. It is cloud-based and even has WebService access. You can publish your data for access from other applications. The sheer number of data connectors is amazing. The ability to not only create dashboards, but you can schedule them to be delivered to specific recipients on a scheduled basis via PDF or a static HTML page.

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Operations Manager Service USA

Atlas Copco USAMachinery, 10,001+ employees

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Although Tableau has certain advantages, mostly in its best in class visualization capabilities, Cognos is catching up. Most of the other advantages of Tableau Desktop have been addressed in more recent versions of Cognos, for instance the ability to ingest personal data sources, self-service modeling, and improved dashboarding/visualization features. Tableau still lacks a centralized metadata and governance model and requires a bit more effort to implement at the enterprise level. Also, Cognos is still best in breed for standardized reporting, which is always a crucial need for organizations. More requirements can be centrally addressed by Cognos, but it is unlikely any organization will have just one BI tool.

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Solutions Architect

SenturusComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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IBM Cognos Analytics 10.0

Based on 1 answer

The Cognos architecture is well suited for scalability. However, the architecture must be designed with scalability in mind from day one of the implementation. We recently upgraded from 10.1 to 10.2.1 and took the opportunity to revamp our architecture. It is now poised for future growth and scalability.

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Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics

Georgetown University5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

ClicData was by far the most reasonable cost-wise, and we were able to get ROI within just minutes of using it.

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Verified User

Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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(+) increased efficiency: Less time trying to figure out how to do something w/ another BI tool that may seem impossible -- Cognos will be able to do it 99% of the time
(-) increased training required: Training for Cognos had to be longer and more intensive than other BI tools. For example, my team members go through a week long 8-hour/day class and it was just enough to scratch the surface. A good base if required, but real world experience is the only way to become a Cognos pro.
(-) more end-user training: We do mostly canned reports with Cognos, so out end-users must be trainied. It is much harder to train them with Cognos than other BI tools. This is why I only turn to Cognos if I cannot accomplish my goal in another tool.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Automotive Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

$71*

* data volume, type of data source and level of automation

ClicData Editions & Modules

Edition

Premium	$79¹
Team	$259¹
Enterprise	$499¹
Dedicated	$890¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

All plans include multiple users licenses but dashboards can be shared with external users via live links, no license needed. Plans and pricing vary based on the data connectors, refreshes, and the level of automation needed. A few hours of Expert Service are including in all plans but more hours can be purchased. A white label option is also available for consultants and agencies.

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

15.00

IBM Cognos Analytics Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

On Demand Standard	$15¹
On Demand Plus	$35¹
On Demand Premium	$70¹

per authorized user/per month

SaaS Edition

On Cloud Hosted	Contact for quote

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Rating Summary

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