IBM Cognos Analytics vs. Jedox

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cognos Analytics
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
IBM 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.
$10
per month per user
Jedox
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Jedox is a Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management solution. According to the vendor, their solution’s unified planning, analysis and reporting empowers decision makers from finance, sales, purchasing and marketing. Additionally, the vendor says this solution helps business users work smarter, streamline business collaboration, and make insight-based decisions with confidence. The vendor also says 1,900 organizations in 127 countries are using Jedox for real-time planning…N/A
Pricing
IBM Cognos AnalyticsJedox
Editions & Modules
On Demand - Standard
$10.00
per month per user
On Demand - Premium
$40.00
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cognos AnalyticsJedox
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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IBM Cognos AnalyticsJedox
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Jedox
Chose Jedox
Pros: - Rapid Time-To-Market - Maximum flexibility due to cell-based approach inherited from Excel (vs. WYSIWYG and drag & drop UI (like BOARD) which is not as flexible)
Chose Jedox
Jedox Base which has been removed from the market used to be a free option in the in-memory database space capable of write back/modelling. Now the company wants to move in the "Enterprise" space but the product doesn't have the required scalability and is still running on …
Chose Jedox
Jedox has the edge over these products on total cost of ownership, borne through its quick deployment roll out, ease of use for end users and ease of maintenance.
Chose Jedox
We normally compete with Cognos TM1, Hyperion and SAP BPC. Functionalities, price and implementation time have no comparison. Jedox is a large the leader in these areas.
Chose Jedox
Setup and maintenance is much easier. Jedox is one product for all purposes: ETL, Excel-Integration, Web-Integration, Mobile.
For TM1 you need the full IBM Cognos Suite to achieve the same. You have to install and configure more than 5 GB of software compared to 400 MB of the …
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Features
IBM Cognos AnalyticsJedox
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
7.9
101 Ratings
4% below category average
Jedox
9.1
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.592 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Customizable dashboards7.899 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.496 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
8.1
103 Ratings
0% below category average
Jedox
8.3
3 Ratings
0% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.1101 Ratings8.23 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.1102 Ratings8.23 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.871 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.499 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
8.3
103 Ratings
1% below category average
Jedox
7.9
3 Ratings
3% below category average
Publish to Web8.327 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.797 Ratings7.93 Ratings
Report Versioning8.626 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.0100 Ratings8.23 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.112 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
8.1
93 Ratings
0% above category average
Jedox
5.6
3 Ratings
30% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.088 Ratings5.93 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.285 Ratings5.53 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.181 Ratings5.63 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
8.3
98 Ratings
3% below category average
Jedox
8.8
3 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.495 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.394 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.294 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.423 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.376 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
7.3
81 Ratings
9% below category average
Jedox
7.4
3 Ratings
8% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access7.975 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Mobile Application7.366 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.172 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
7.5
60 Ratings
5% below category average
Jedox
-
Ratings
REST API7.357 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API7.556 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API6.911 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.87 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
-
Ratings
Jedox
8.4
4 Ratings
1% above category average
Long-term financial planning00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Financial budgeting00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Scenario modeling00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Management reporting00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
-
Ratings
Jedox
9.5
3 Ratings
17% above category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
-
Ratings
Jedox
9.3
4 Ratings
12% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
-
Ratings
Jedox
9.7
4 Ratings
19% above category average
Personalized dashboards00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
KPIs00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
-
Ratings
Jedox
9.0
4 Ratings
8% above category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Cognos AnalyticsJedox
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(126 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.7
(27 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(8 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(4 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(5 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(8 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(4 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(7 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.3
(3 ratings)
4.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cognos AnalyticsJedox
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Our first and most basic scenario was to automatize the creation and publication/sharing of business reports that used to be created manually by employees throughout our organization. Using Cognos for that first use case worked well. The advanced analytics functionalities we used on the aggregated data were also as expected. However, the user interface is not always intuitive, and there is a steep learning curve, so I would recommend Cognos only to large organizations where there is a need for the most advanced functionalities (AI analysis/prediction).
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Jedox AG
Best suited for financial consolidation and / or as a highly customized and compact EPM / BI solution (up to 100 CCU) with individual workflows, planning and reporting functionalities, with moderate number of users (no restrictions for any industry, all industries are covered well). It also has advanced reporting & data analysis requirements and provides an integration and reporting layer of imported data from different external systems (via ETL). It can help with migrating your legacy Excel-based business models to the Web. It is not well suited for Enterprise BI applications with expecting >500 CCU (users at the same time working with the system) - this may cause serious performance issues, as all data is kept in RAM. Jedox is also less suited for applications with heavy document management requirements (document management is not an out of the box functionality in Jedox and rather requires custom development through custom widgets etc.).
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Pros
IBM
  • We use the tool for data modeling as it helps in predictive data analysis for complex data, which is very similar to real-life scenarios.
  • Options of customizing & scheduling reports as per our requirements basis.
  • Has mobile application which works seamless.
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Jedox AG
  • Using the Excel add-in means that our team was almost instantly productive, being able to use a familiar interface to present and manipulate data.
  • Allows us to quickly do analysis and comparison of current and historic data.
  • Really good to produce meaningful management reporting that can be adapted responsively to business requirements.
  • Implementing Jedox in our budget cycle dramatically reduced the time and complexity of the process, while making it more transparent.
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Cons
IBM
  • Sometimes there might be performance issues when dealing with large and complex data.
  • Although IBM provides full documentation but sometimes it's difficult to find answers to questions and connect with their customer support.
  • It relies on external tools for data cleaning, transformation and also for some integration tasks. It can also improve on providing wider range of data sources for integration.
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Jedox AG
  • Diversity. Jedox can be applied to many different use cases from small to large deployments and from budgeting to enterprise class BI solutions. But rarely is one tool able to fulfill all of these requirements in one organisation. This value proposition can be complicated for prospective users.
  • Awareness. Jedox punches above its weight in capability and scalability, but not enough people have heard about it and therefore procurement processes can be drawn out as a result.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Jedox AG
For a period of 5 years all our customers using Jedox have renewed their licenses.
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Usability
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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Jedox AG
To me Jedox deserves 10/10 because it is a consistent one-in-all platform with a modern look and feel. It is intuitive to use and allows you to make intuitive applications integrating traditional business intelligence with performance management functionality. It certainly has a short
learning curve, especially for those that are familiar with MS Excel. An example: I've lost count but Jedox it is available in more than 25 languages. Another: Jedox does not require programming skills... it is developed to be used by the business.
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Reliability and Availability
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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Jedox AG
Jedox has
very few bugs. Reports are available through an Excel add-in, the web and/or
mobile device (IOS/Android). In my opinion, availability also means high
performance, not having to wait for the system to give you the required reports,
analysis, dashboards instantly.
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Performance
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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Jedox AG
Jedox is the fastest OLAP tool on the market. It can use GPU cards to increase performance even more
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Support Rating
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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Jedox AG
Jedox support in general is a professional and fast responding team. An easy-to-use ticketing system is in place. Bug-related questions are solved fast (responses come usually in a few hours after the question), but some questions / tickets, that are not Jedox-related bugs (for example some advanced questions about Jedox functionality), may be forwarded to Application Management team for further processing and then it may take several days or even weeks to get a response here -> there is room for improvement here.
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In-Person Training
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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Jedox AG
No answers on this topic
Online Training
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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Jedox AG
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Implementation Rating
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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Jedox AG
The implementation of SSO, SAML Authentication, HTTPS, Server splitting (Frontend / Backend servers) could be more standardized and made more user friendly to set up (e.g. via setup guide). Otherwise the implementation of Jedox is quick and simple when compared to other similar technologies.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
In the past Management had used Excel and Workiva capabilities to create the reporting dashboards that were being used to make decisions. Since switching to IBM Cognos Analytics the Company has been much more efficient and decision making has been streamlined. IBM Cognos Analytics was chosen due to its reputation and data visualization capabilities and neither have been wrong.
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Jedox AG
Calumo is similar product to Jedox. I have used it extensively in my previous role. It was a major contender when we evaluated a BI platform for NIDA. Calumo is a great product as well and it was a very close call. Where we found Jedox to be a better fit for NIDA was the ability to prepare dynamic reports with ease without the need to learn MDX which was used extensively by Calumo to make dynamic reports which expand or shrink based on the underlying data. Another major benefit we saw in Jedox was the whole ETL process could be managed within Jedox instead of doing it in SQL server which negates having a dedicated SQL specialist role when the scale expands.
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Scalability
IBM
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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Jedox AG
Scalability is often another word for speed. Given enough data, enough users or enough calculations, the tool becomes slower and slower. You will find that Jedox has a very high performance that can even be increased by the use of grafical cards. Other thaen that it does not only offer BI (looking back based on historical ERP data) but also allows you to look forward through integrated budgetting, planning, forecasting, workflow and collaboration. Not easy to find a tool that can support so much business functionality. So, also pretty scalable in that respect.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • High ROI with well designed solutions. Supported by scalable deployment, robust security model and ability to create valuable content.
  • High ROI where well designed data models can be deployed with a common metadata layer to a variety of users and use cases.
  • High ROI in an environment that includes a variety of vendors and best of breed products within the overall platform
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Jedox AG
  • Financial budgeting and Forecasting are done in a centralized fashion in Jedox now instead of a decentralized excel based approach. A lot of cost savings and improved reliability
  • Easy to use self-help Dashboards and detailed reports
  • Web-based reporting instead of excel based
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