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Based on 487 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- ClicData ranks higher in 5 feature sets: BI Standard Reporting, Ad-hoc Reporting, Data Discovery and Visualization, Access Control and Security, Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
- IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 2 feature sets: Report Output and Scheduling, Mobile Capabilities
BI Standard Reporting
10.0
ClicData
100%
8.4
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
84%
ClicData ranks higher in 2/3 features
ClicData ranks higher in 2/3 features
Pixel Perfect reports
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.3
83%
58 Ratings
Customizable dashboards
9.9
99%
3 Ratings
8.5
85%
63 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates
N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
62 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
8.9
ClicData
89%
8.6
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
86%
ClicData ranks higher in 2/4 features
ClicData ranks higher in 2/4 features
Drill-down analysis
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
8.8
88%
65 Ratings
Formatting capabilities
8.9
89%
3 Ratings
8.6
86%
66 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration
9.9
99%
2 Ratings
8.9
89%
64 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages
N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
40 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
8.5
ClicData
85%
8.7
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
87%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 4/5 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 4/5 features
Publish to Web
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
8.3
83%
26 Ratings
Publish to PDF
9.0
90%
2 Ratings
9.2
92%
62 Ratings
Report Versioning
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
8.6
86%
25 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling
8.0
80%
1 Rating
9.2
92%
65 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers
N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
81%
12 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
8.5
ClicData
85%
8.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
80%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 2/3 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 2/3 features
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9.9
99%
3 Ratings
8.3
83%
54 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
7.9
79%
53 Ratings
Predictive Analytics
N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
49 Ratings
Access Control and Security
10.0
ClicData
100%
8.9
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
89%
ClicData ranks higher in 2/4 features
ClicData ranks higher in 2/4 features
Multi-User Support (named login)
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
9.0
90%
61 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
9.0
90%
60 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model
N/A
0 Ratings
8.8
88%
60 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)
N/A
0 Ratings
8.6
86%
43 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
5.9
ClicData
59%
7.1
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
71%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 2/3 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 2/3 features
Responsive Design for Web Access
6.9
69%
2 Ratings
7.7
77%
45 Ratings
Mobile Application
1.0
10%
1 Rating
7.5
75%
40 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
9.9
99%
2 Ratings
7.6
76%
44 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
10.0
ClicData
100%
7.8
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
78%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 4/6 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 4/6 features
iFrames
10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.3
83%
9 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)
10.0
100%
1 Rating
7.1
71%
10 Ratings
REST API
N/A
0 Ratings
8.4
84%
31 Ratings
Javascript API
N/A
0 Ratings
8.4
84%
29 Ratings
Java API
N/A
0 Ratings
6.9
69%
11 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
7 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- ClicData is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability
- ClicData and IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson are tied in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
ClicData
100%
3 Ratings
8.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
80%
89 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
ClicData
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
100%
24 Ratings
Usability
10.0
ClicData
100%
1 Rating
8.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
80%
7 Ratings
Availability
ClicData
N/A
0 Ratings
8.6
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
86%
8 Ratings
Performance
ClicData
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
90%
10 Ratings
Support Rating
10.0
ClicData
100%
1 Rating
10.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
100%
15 Ratings
In-Person Training
ClicData
N/A
0 Ratings
8.7
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
87%
4 Ratings
Online Training
ClicData
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
80%
4 Ratings
Implementation Rating
ClicData
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
70%
14 Ratings
Product Scalability
ClicData
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
100%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
ClicData
We used ClicData dashboards in a somewhat unorthodox way: we used "Indicators", or icons within tables to represent data, and the results looked great. The ability to integrate 3rd party HTML into dashboards was valuable (although Clic Data correctly warns that response time may suffer).The ability to start small and release dashboards incrementally suited our needs very well. We also valued the responsive account team getting us quickly pointed in the right direction.
Operations Manager Service USA
Atlas Copco USAMachinery, 10,001+ employees
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM Cognos Analytics is a good way to streamline the deployment of your AI models. I would recommend taking up the Cognos analytics training and certification for you to be able to navigate the studio well. It covers all aspects comprehensively and you'll be better off if you are already knowledgeable in PostgreSQL.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 5001-10,000 employeesPros
ClicData
- 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.

Verified User
Executive in Product Management
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employeesIBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
- Pixel perfect reports. If a client can provide a pixel-perfect mockup, I can make the report indistinguishable from the mockup.
- Data security. It doesn't matter who the user is; when they log in and run a report, they will only see the data they are permitted to see.
- Performant reports on large data. Many tools have issues running on tables containing only a few million rows. Cognos can consistently run reports on multi-billion row tables without issue.
- Embedding reports in third-party tools. With Cognos Mashup Services, it is possible to build a report in IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson and call it programmatically. Need straight HTML? No problem. JSON? Atom? All good.
Product Manager
PMsquareInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Cons
ClicData
- More widgets.
- Sometimes it takes a while to refresh.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employeesIBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
- OLAP-cubes MUST IMMEDIATELY be upgraded to 64-bit-technology (if not, we are lost as Cognos/IBM-customer).
- Easier integration of complex authorisation systems (concepts) into cubes (vertical as well as horizontal authorisation).
- Much more statistics-functionality in cubes! (IBM bought SPSS 10 years ago!! where is the benefit of Cognos-users!!)!!!

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Non-profit Organization Management Company, 5001-10,000 employeesPricing Details
ClicData
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
$71
Starting Price
$79 per month
ClicData Editions & Modules
Edition
Premium | $791 |
---|---|
Team | $2691 |
Enterprise | Custom Quote |
Business | $5253 |
- per month
- none
- 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.IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
$10 per month per user
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson Editions & Modules
Edition
On Demand - Premium | $40.001 |
---|---|
On Demand - Standard | $10.001 |
- per month per user
Additional Pricing Details
30-day free trial available.Likelihood to Renew
ClicData
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson 10.0
Based on 24 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.
Technical Lead
MindCraft Software Pvt. Ltd.Automotive, 10,001+ employees
Usability
ClicData
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.

Verified User
Executive in Product Management
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employeesIBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson 8.0
Based on 7 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.
Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics
Georgetown University5001-10,000 employees
Reliability and Availability
ClicData
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson 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
Senior Analytics Consultant
Datamensional, LLC1-10 employees
Performance
ClicData
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson 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.
Manager, Data Architecture
Hess CorporationOil & Energy
Support Rating
ClicData
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.

Verified User
Executive in Product Management
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employeesIBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson 10.0
Based on 15 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.
Business Intelligence Architect
Everything But The HouseConsumer Goods, 201-500 employees
In-Person Training
ClicData
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson 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.
Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics
Georgetown University5001-10,000 employees
Online Training
ClicData
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson 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
Senior Analytics Consultant
Datamensional, LLC1-10 employees
Implementation Rating
ClicData
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson 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.
HR Systems Analyst II
First Horizon Corp.Banking, 1001-5000 employees
Alternatives Considered
ClicData
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.
Operations Manager Service USA
Atlas Copco USAMachinery, 10,001+ employees
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM has the best in class and the major reason customers select this tool is the ease of use and the company that stands behind the product. The reputation of the software is key and the fact that IBM has one of the best support organizations around truly makes it stand apart from all of the others.
President
NewIntelligence Inc.Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Scalability
ClicData
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson 10.0
Based on 2 answers
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.
Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics
Georgetown University5001-10,000 employees
Return on Investment
ClicData
- ClicData was by far the most reasonable cost-wise, and we were able to get ROI within just minutes of using it.

Verified User
Executive in Product Management
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employeesIBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
- IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson provides capabilities such as data analysis and reporting that work seamlessly for individuals, departments, and workgroups in all organizations and businesses.
- Customizable and secure data exploration through NLP.
- I can easily connect data analysis with ad-hoc reports.
Senior Software Engineer Team Lead
SafetyCultureComputer Software, 51-200 employees