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IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
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491 Ratings
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Based on 491 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
BI Standard Reporting

D3.js
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.4
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
84%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 3/3 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 3/3 features
Pixel Perfect reports

N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
58 Ratings
Customizable dashboards

N/A
0 Ratings
8.6
86%
63 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates

N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
62 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting

D3.js
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.6
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
86%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 4/4 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 4/4 features
Drill-down analysis

N/A
0 Ratings
8.8
88%
65 Ratings
Formatting capabilities

N/A
0 Ratings
8.7
87%
66 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages

N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
40 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration

N/A
0 Ratings
8.9
89%
64 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling

D3.js
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.7
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
87%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 5/5 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 5/5 features
Publish to Web

N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
26 Ratings
Publish to PDF

N/A
0 Ratings
9.2
92%
62 Ratings
Report Versioning

N/A
0 Ratings
8.6
86%
25 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling

N/A
0 Ratings
9.2
92%
65 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers

N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
81%
12 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization

D3.js
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
80%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 3/3 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 3/3 features
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
54 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

N/A
0 Ratings
7.9
79%
53 Ratings
Predictive Analytics

N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
49 Ratings
Access Control and Security

D3.js
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.9
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
89%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 4/4 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 4/4 features
Multi-User Support (named login)

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
61 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model

N/A
0 Ratings
8.8
88%
60 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
60 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)

N/A
0 Ratings
8.6
86%
43 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities

D3.js
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.2
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
72%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 3/3 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 3/3 features
Responsive Design for Web Access

N/A
0 Ratings
7.8
78%
45 Ratings
Mobile Application

N/A
0 Ratings
7.5
75%
40 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

N/A
0 Ratings
7.6
76%
44 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

D3.js
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.8
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
78%
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 6/6 features
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ranks higher in 6/6 features
REST API

N/A
0 Ratings
8.4
84%
31 Ratings
Javascript API

N/A
0 Ratings
8.4
84%
29 Ratings
iFrames

N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
9 Ratings
Java API

N/A
0 Ratings
6.9
69%
11 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)

N/A
0 Ratings
7.1
71%
10 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)

N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
7 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- D3.js is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
- IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

8.9
D3.js
89%
3 Ratings
8.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
80%
89 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

D3.js
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
100%
24 Ratings
Usability

D3.js
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
80%
7 Ratings
Availability

D3.js
N/A
0 Ratings
8.6
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
86%
8 Ratings
Performance

D3.js
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
90%
10 Ratings
Support Rating

8.0
D3.js
80%
2 Ratings
10.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
100%
15 Ratings
In-Person Training

D3.js
N/A
0 Ratings
8.7
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
87%
4 Ratings
Online Training

D3.js
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
80%
4 Ratings
Implementation Rating

D3.js
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
70%
14 Ratings
Product Scalability

D3.js
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
100%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
D3.js
It's well suited for dynamic data, especially when multiple users are using the application and generating data, it helps us to get analytics of the data for users.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employeesIBM 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
D3.js
- It provides multiple ways of visualizing data easily.
- It is fast and light on system resources. It is built with JavaScript and visualizations can be easily hosted on the web across browsers.
- It has a huge community backing it so it is easy to find people to help with whatever you're doing.
Fellow
Georgia Institute of TechnologyHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees
IBM 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
D3.js
- Hard to code, not a kids play toy.
- No tutorial from official documentation.
- Requires web development experience.
Freelancer in RPA
Self employedInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
IBM 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
D3.js
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—D3.js Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—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
D3.js
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
D3.js
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM 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
D3.js
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
D3.js
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
D3.js
D3.js 8.0
Based on 2 answers
Support can be improved by providing more educational videos.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 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
D3.js
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
D3.js
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
D3.js
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
D3.js
Protoviz does not require as much knowledge of programming to build visualizations as with D3.js or Google Charts. Highcharts or AnyChart are other alternatives that are more specific to building charts only
Fellow
Georgia Institute of TechnologyHigher Education, 5001-10,000 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
D3.js
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
D3.js
- Rapid Development using templates helps faster delivery of the project.
- Documentation requires a lot of time to study.
- D3 creates high-quality visual effects which can be used over large screens.
Freelancer in RPA
Self employedInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
IBM 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