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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forcepoint DDR

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AForcepoint DDR, with technology acquired with Getvisiblity, is a solution used to stop potential data loss before it happens with continuous monitoring and AI-driven responses.N/A

    IBM Cognos Analytics

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cognos is a full-featured business intelligence suite by IBM, designed for larger deployments. It comprises Query Studio, Reporting Studio, Analysis Studio and Event Studio, and Cognos Administration along with tools for Microsoft Office integration, full-text search, and dashboards.

    $11.25

    per month per user

    SAS Data Management

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AA suite of solutions for data connectivity, enhanced transformations and robust governance. Solutions provide a unified view of data with access to data across databases, data warehouses and data lakes. Connects with cloud platforms, on-premises systems and multicloud data sources.N/A
    Pricing
    Forcepoint DDRIBM Cognos AnalyticsSAS Data Management
    Editions & Modules
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    On Demand - Standard
    USD 11.25
    per month per user
    On Demand - Premium
    USD 44.90
    per month per user
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    Forcepoint DDRIBM Cognos AnalyticsSAS Data Management
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Features
    Forcepoint DDRIBM Cognos AnalyticsSAS Data Management
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
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    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.7
    138 Ratings
    6% below category average
    SAS Data Management
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.6129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.0136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.5131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.9
    138 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAS Data Management
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.4136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.3139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.397 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.6133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
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    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    9.2
    136 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SAS Data Management
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    Ratings
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.836 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.2132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.833 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.2134 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    124 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAS Data Management
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.9121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.0114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.7110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.947 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.8
    130 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAS Data Management
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.5129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.5127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.4127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.257 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.6111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    6.4
    109 Ratings
    19% below category average
    SAS Data Management
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.8104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings6.390 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings6.696 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    9.2
    87 Ratings
    17% above category average
    SAS Data Management
    -
    Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings7.683 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings7.779 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings9.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings9.915 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Data Management
    8.3
    10 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings00 Ratings8.610 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Data Management
    6.7
    8 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings00 Ratings6.18 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings00 Ratings7.48 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Data Management
    6.7
    8 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings00 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.47 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings00 Ratings6.67 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings00 Ratings6.17 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Forcepoint DDR and IBM Cognos Analytics and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    Forcepoint DDR
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Data Management
    7.9
    9 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings00 Ratings7.69 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings00 Ratings8.27 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
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    7.6
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.4
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    Usability
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    Availability
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    Performance
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    Support Rating
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    In-Person Training
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    8.7
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    Online Training
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    8.0
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    Implementation Rating
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    Configurability
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    7.0
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
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    8.6
    (40 ratings)
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    Data Sources
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    8.3
    (40 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    5.5
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    Product Scalability
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    6.3
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    User Testimonials
    Forcepoint DDRIBM Cognos AnalyticsSAS Data Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forcepoint
    Getvisibility with machine learning algorithms offers my organization to classify unstructured data with unparalleled accuracy and speed, understanding document contexts which increases accuracy, through detailed reports it allows monitoring the security, competence, and success of the impact of the initiative helping us to have maximum development and productivity to advance day by day.
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    IBM
    For Transaction monitoring, we build reports for executive management, providing insights into the number of alerts, the types or categories of detection scenarios, the risk profile, and a snapshot of high- or urgent-priority cases to be reported to AUSTRAC. Congos helps to build the report by ingesting alert data exported from SAS datasets. It joins with other data from Teradata and Customer Hub (Oracle).
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    SAS
    When data is in a system that needs a complex transformation to be usable for an average user. Such tasks as data residing in systems that have very different connection speeds. It can be integrated and used together after passing through the SAS Data Integration Studio removing timing issues from the users' worries. A part that is perhaps less appropriate is getting users who are not familiar with the source data to set up the load processes.
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    Pros
    Forcepoint
    • Getvisibility is helpful in my organization by offering services that help with data protection with great resources like Data Loss Prevention Enablement, Data Visibility, and Insider Threat. It is an intelligent solution that offers us the security of our data in the financial area, benefiting the company by having less chance of making mistakes, it is wonderful because it offers an economical, efficient, and precise service.
    • Getvisibility makes it easy for us to locate unstructured data and documents with a simple discovery process, easily and quickly identifying file shares, cloud platforms, and all file types including PDF.
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    IBM
    • Enterprise reporting - Create, customise, and run reports on sales trends, consumer sentiment, etc.
    • Dashboard creation and data exploration & analysis - Using drag and drop feature to create ad-hoc visualisation. Additionally, using AI powered natural language query feature for data analysis and dashboard input (formation of pie, bar, line charts). It's useful for no-technical person to put queries around the spreadsheet data to get quick answers.
    • Building insights for accurate decision making - Package reports with data backed insights for stakeholders in pdf, and Excel format to support business ad-hoc cases, forecasting and strategic recommendations on relevant asks.
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    SAS
    • SAS/Access is great for manipulating large and complex databases.
    • SAS/Access makes it easy to format reports and graphics from your data.
    • Data Management and data storage using the Hadoop environment in SAS/Access allows for rapid analysis and simple programming language for all your data needs.
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    Cons
    Forcepoint
    • Getvisibility is software that through an accurate classification of unstructured data allows my business to go one step further, with complete solutions and wonderful features it provides tools to protect data and obtain a detailed vision of the landscape of unstructured data, It is smart, easy to use, fast and economical.
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    IBM
    • IBM Cognos Analytics enables customer data segmentation, which is essential for marketing, improving and streamlining purchasing behavior and preferences. This helps companies create more targeted and effective marketing campaigns.
    • Our clients Through data analysis, we can identify and observe trends in the behavior of other clients, allowing us to anticipate needs and adjust strategies to avoid consequences.
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    SAS
    • Requires third-party drivers to connect to common data sources like SFDC, MS SQL, Postgres.
    • Debugging errors from the logs is a complicated process.
    • E-mail alert system is very primitive and needs customization to make it more modern,
    • Cannot send SMS alerts for jobs.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    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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    SAS
    We are happy with the software and its functionality. As a SAS-shop, DataFlux is a logical choice for complex data integration.
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    Usability
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    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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    SAS
    The main negative point is the use of a non-standard language for customizations, as well as the poor integration with non-SAS systems. However, there is no doubt that it is a high-performance and powerful product capable of responding optimally to certain requirements.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    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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    SAS
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    Performance
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    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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    SAS
    It worked as expected.
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    Support Rating
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    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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    SAS
    With SAS, you pay a license fee annually to use this product. Support is incredible. You get what you pay for, whether it's SAS forums on the SAS support site, technical support tickets via email or phone calls, or example documentation. It's not open source. It's documented thoroughly, and it works.
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    In-Person Training
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    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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    SAS
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    Online Training
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    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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    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    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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    SAS
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    Alternatives Considered
    Forcepoint
    Getvisibility is an online solution that allows achieving the correct classification of data and internal threats related to documents, it is a tool that helps to identify critical data with classification and automated search in a consistent way, it is a perfect software to reduce risks and make better decisions, in addition to achieving success in the blink of an eye.
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    IBM
    Power BI is stronger for quick ad-hoc analysis and dashboards, but IBM Cognos Analytics is better when consistency, precision, and mass distribution matter. Tableau is best for interactive analysis, while IBM Cognos Analytics is better for standardized, repeatable enterprise reporting. Sigma shines for customizable dashboards and drill-down analysis while IBM Cognos Analytics holds an edge in data discovery and visualization.
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    SAS
    Because of ease of using SAS DI and data processing speed. There were lots of issues with AWS Redshift on cloud environment in terms of making connections with the data sources and while fetching the data we need to write complex queries.
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    Scalability
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    We rate IBM Cognos Analytics a 9 out of 10 for overall scalability. The platform handles large numbers of users, reports, and analytical workloads very reliably. We have experienced strong performance even in demanding enterprise environments with substantial data volumes. Its architecture provides sufficient flexibility to scale resources according to demand, making it well suited for large, business-critical deployments.
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    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Forcepoint
    • It has had a great impact on my organization from the first day we started using it, it makes it easy for us to protect, discover and simplify all processes, it is a wonderful tool to intelligently process unstructured data.
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    IBM
    • The platform can be pretty pricey.
    • Convoluted contracts and they fine you for any breach during audits.
    • Things are changed between releases without any warning and break.
    • It is second to none at being able to customize list and crosstab type reports.
    • You can easily set up a report to be emailed out every day and even have it export the report to a shared folder.
    • On-prem environments can be scaled up pretty much as much as you would like.
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    SAS
    • We have more users who can connect to the many different data sources.
    • Our users do have existing SAS programming knowledge and that can carry over.
    • Business functions are starting to rely on SAS Data Integration Studio work product shortly after introduction.
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