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Datadog vs IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson

Datadog
149 Ratings
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
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Datadog

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Score 8.3 out of 100

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IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson

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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.

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    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Pros

    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

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    Anthony Zappala | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Paul Mendelson | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Kevin Van Heusen | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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!!)!!!

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Pricing 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
    1. Per Host Per Month
    2. Per Million Log Events
    3. Per Host Per Month
    SaaS Edition
    Free$01
    Standard$15/host2
    EnterpriseCustom3
    1. Up to 5 hosts
    2. Up to 500 hosts
    3. 500+ hosts
    Additional Pricing Details
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    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
    1. 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.

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    Sachin Karkun | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Robert Goodman | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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

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    Gerrit Goewey | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Meghdeep Raval, PMP
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    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    IBM 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.

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    Jonathan Kyrlach | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    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

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    Gerrit Goewey | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Corey Mendelsohn | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    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

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    Rajeshh Raghavan | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Nicholas Maeda | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson

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