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Feature Set Ratings
BI Standard Reporting

Datadog
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
8.5
85%
63 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates

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

Datadog
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
8.6
86%
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

Datadog
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

Datadog
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

Datadog
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

Datadog
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.1
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
71%
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
7.7
77%
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

Datadog
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
- Datadog is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability
- IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

9.0
Datadog
90%
19 Ratings
8.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
80%
89 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

Datadog
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
100%
24 Ratings
Usability

10.0
Datadog
100%
1 Rating
8.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
80%
7 Ratings
Availability

Datadog
N/A
0 Ratings
8.6
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
86%
8 Ratings
Performance

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

8.8
Datadog
88%
10 Ratings
10.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
100%
15 Ratings
In-Person Training

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

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

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

Datadog
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
100%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Datadog
Datadog is a no-brainer for any environment that relies on multiple servers. Even for one server, it's so much better to use for monitoring and alert capability than anything else I remember looking at before we started using Datadog. Teams can even use it to track their progress of investigating an alert so multiple people aren't unknowingly looking into the same exact issue unnecessarily.

Verified User
Director in Research & Development
Financial Services Company, 1-10 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
Datadog
- APIs, the ability to interact with the data we pull into data dog is key. We port the information over to Servicenow, so the ability to pull everything into DataDog, then Servicenow, is a key component of our success here at Wayfair.
- Simple Interface - clean, useful, effective. Allows users to use DataDog for one reason, get work done.
- Lightweight agent on hosts
ServiceNow Lead Engineer/Architect
WayfairInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ 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
Datadog
- User interface could be improved in some areas, looking for host information and the agent install link takes a bit of time.
- Configuration of the agent is generally done via a config file which is a pro and a con. It would be nice to have some UI to configure various agent options.
- Billing isn't entirely straightforward, they could use more reports to figure out the source of your monthly costs.
Software Architect
SpringAheadInternet, 51-200 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
Datadog
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
$0 Up to 5 hosts
Datadog Editions & Modules
On-premise Edition
Infrastructure | $15.001 |
---|---|
Log Management | $1.272 |
APM | $31.003 |
- Per Host Per Month
- Per Million Log Events
- Per Host Per Month
SaaS Edition
Free | $01 |
---|---|
Standard | $15/host2 |
Enterprise | Custom3 |
- Up to 5 hosts
- Up to 500 hosts
- 500+ hosts
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
Datadog
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
Datadog
Datadog 10.0
Based on 1 answer
The user interface is quite intuitive with the exception of the network map. As a deployer of software, it is trivial to setup.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 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
Datadog
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
Datadog
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
Datadog
Datadog 8.8
Based on 10 answers
The support team usually gets it right. We did have a rather complicate issue setting up monitoring on a domain controller. However, they are usually responsive and helpful over chat. The downside would be I don’t think they have any phone support. If that is important to you this might not be a good fit.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Consumer Goods 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
Datadog
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
Datadog
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
Datadog
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
Datadog
We are still trying other products, but people still like Datadog. After setting up a dashboard, it's great for monitoring instances on Datadog. Also, the DevOps team had a good time setting up Datadog. It means Datadog was way easier to set up compared to those others.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employeesIBM 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
Datadog
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
Datadog
- One of our critical production databases went down a couple of weeks back. Just because we had the Datadog monitoring enabled for that database, Datadog sent the alerts to PagerDuty and we were instantly notified via pager and email alert. We could act right away and bring up the database within a few mins.
- Ability to create custom screenboards have allowed us to track the critical and warning alerts in front of our eyes all the time
Systems Analyst, Engineering
Dreamworks AnimationEntertainment, 1001-5000 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