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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Mosaic

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AMosaic is an AI-powered resource planning and workforce management solution designed to increase profitability and productivity. The vendor states on average, Mosaic customers experience a 5% increase in billable time, resulting in a 10% increase in revenue and a 40% improvement in profitability. It integrates with most project and financial management software to automatically gather data and show who is working on what, when, and how that stacks up to deadlines and budgets. Teams can then…

    $9.99

    per use per month

    Zoho Projects

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AZoho Project is online project management and planning software that provides project teams with a web-based collaborative environment. Zoho Projects can also include a bug tracking module specifically design to support software development project. It is integrated with other Zoho products including Zoho CRM.

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsMosaicZoho Projects
    Editions & Modules
    On Demand - Standard
    USD 11.25
    per month per user
    On Demand - Premium
    USD 44.90
    per month per user
    Professional Plan
    $9.99
    per use per month
    Business Plan
    $14.99
    per user per month
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    $10
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptionalOptional
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    Features
    IBM Cognos AnalyticsMosaicZoho Projects
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Mosaic and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.7
    138 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Mosaic
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    Pixel Perfect reports7.6129 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.0136 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.5131 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Mosaic and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.9
    138 Ratings
    1% below category average
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    Drill-down analysis7.4136 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.3139 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.397 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.6133 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Mosaic and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    9.2
    136 Ratings
    11% above category average
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    Publish to Web9.836 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.2132 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.833 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.2134 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.918 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Mosaic and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.4
    124 Ratings
    8% below category average
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    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.9121 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.0114 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.7110 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.947 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Mosaic and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    7.8
    130 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Mosaic
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    Multi-User Support (named login)7.5129 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.5127 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.4127 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.257 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.6111 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Mosaic and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    6.4
    109 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Mosaic
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    Responsive Design for Web Access6.8104 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.390 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.696 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Mosaic and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    IBM Cognos Analytics
    9.2
    87 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Mosaic
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    REST API7.683 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API7.779 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames9.912 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API10.013 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)9.915 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.99 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Mosaic and Zoho Projects
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    6.6
    20 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.019 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings00 Ratings6.517 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings00 Ratings5.518 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings00 Ratings6.014 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings00 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings00 Ratings5.018 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings00 Ratings6.014 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of IBM Cognos Analytics and Mosaic and Zoho Projects
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    Zoho Projects
    5.0
    13 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings00 Ratings5.012 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings00 Ratings3.013 Ratings
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    Score5.1 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    8.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Usability
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    Availability
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    Performance
    9.0
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    7.4
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    In-Person Training
    8.7
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    Online Training
    8.0
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    7.0
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    7.0
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.6
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    8.3
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    MosaicApp, Inc
    I think mosaic is well suited for businesses who want to have a separate analytics tool. It helps with financial data and is able to pull from other tools you use to gather this information. I would not recommend it if you've already got a well created crm or other software
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    My work involves projects of 5-15 people with numerous projects running simultaneously. Prior to Zoho, I did not have a central location from which to view all project statuses at once. Zoho looks to provide this and also looks like it will deliver. I am anxious to see how our organization's use of it develops. At this time, I feel I am likely to recommend Zoho Projects because my organization has made great software decisions in the past so I have a level of trust already that the research has been done that Zoho is the best solution for our line of work.
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    Pros
    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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    MosaicApp, Inc
    • analytics
    • graph presentation
    • dashboard management
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    Zoho
    • We use it to manage our sales orders as there are lots of moving parts which are necessary to get client orders done properly.
    • I use it anytime I have a new idea I want to put into motion. As I can create a list for brainstorming, feedback, specific actions necessary in order to test and or implement the idea.
    • Unrelated to business, it's a great way to plan travel in order to make sure you don't forget those important things like passport, flight arrangement, client meeting confirmation, and meeting prep as far as what specific documents or things do you need to bring with you.
    • And since everyone is on the go and expected to keep up with work, the mobile/tablet app makes it a breeze to keep up, work on, and create new projects.
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    Cons
    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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    MosaicApp, Inc
    • support
    • data validation
    • reliability
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    Zoho
    • There is no ability to add custom fields in the "Bugs" module - for example, if we want to add fields such as Version Number.
    • Reporting is not integrated - its a fairly expensive add-on.
    • There is no easy way to track actual and completed dates for tasks - so historical variance analysis is not easy.
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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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    MosaicApp, Inc
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    Zoho
    I've reviewed about 8 other project management solutions and Zoho Projects is the best I've seen without being overly complicated. Zoho Projects keeps getting better! Recent new enhancements makes it even easier to navigate. There are new keyboard shortcuts that cut my time way down. The tools are very easy to use.
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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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    MosaicApp, Inc
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    Zoho
    Zoho Projects is an easy project management tool to use. It provides all the functionality that we required for handling projects. We can easily create personal forms for projects and tasks, allowing us to add and report on our own desire. Apart from this we can create and edit documents in real time which saves our time. This allows us to share text docs, presentations, tables with the whole team and we can work on them together
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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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    Zoho
    Has not been down to my knowledge.
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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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    MosaicApp, Inc
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    Zoho
    Speed meets my expectations.
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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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    MosaicApp, Inc
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    Zoho
    Although it might lack intuitiveness, once you get a hang of how Zoho Projects works, you can do a LOT. The impact good project management has on profitability is huge, and it has helped not only improve communication and coordination when working on a project, but more importantly have adequate tracking of time, due dates and potential bottle necks
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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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    MosaicApp, Inc
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    Zoho
    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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    MosaicApp, Inc
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    Zoho
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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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    MosaicApp, Inc
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    Zoho
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    MosaicApp, Inc
    Mosaic is much more robust and in depth than hubspot analytics or other tools I've used. They are only an analytics tool, so they don't have any CRM features, but their analytics are far better than those of any CRM tool. They were the cheapest version of what we needed and got overall decent value
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    Zoho
    Zoho Projects provides a more limited set of functionality and customization options than other task/bug trackers on the market, but what it lacks in functionality it makes up for in ease of use. It probably has 80-90% of the features of its competitors but takes about a third of the time to get up and running and realizing value.
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    Scalability
    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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    MosaicApp, Inc
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    Zoho
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    Return on Investment
    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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    MosaicApp, Inc
    • it took a while to set up
    • it is useful for basic analytics
    • NRR helps a ton
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    Zoho
    • We needed a system to organize our growing business, so anything was better than what we had, which was nothing.
    • Recording time spend is a huge reason for using project software. It has made me aware of the tasks that are taking too long and where we are not being profitable as a company.
    • It has kept our team accountable for what needs to get completed and when projects are not in motion or completed timely. It's helpful to know in order to get billing out faster.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Cognos Analytics Screenshots

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    Mosaic Screenshots

    Screenshot of See who is working on what, when.Screenshot of Adjust projects, workloads, and team staffing quickly. Mosaic automatically adjusts timelines and budgets based on changes.

    Zoho Projects Screenshots

    Screenshot of Task Automation with Blueprint - Map out your entire workflow with no code as flowcharts. Automate your tasks and notifications and set approval criteria with blueprint.Screenshot of Intuitive Gantt Charts - Say what, say who, say when. And done. Zoho Projects' Gantt chart comes feature loaded with advanced operations such as Critical path and Baseline.Screenshot of Inbuilt Issue Tracker - You can log, organize, track, and fix any problems. Features such as status and workflow, can be customized to suit the exact needs of your project.Screenshot of Drag, Drop and Done - A view of your tasks as cards placed along columns. Helps you identify bottlenecks and reorganize quickly using drag and drop.Screenshot of A quick pulse of all your work - The Portfolio dashboard, is a compact overview of all the work that's been happening across projects with widgets that address the project level timeline, status, ownership, budget health, and clients.Screenshot of Looks that matter - A refreshing UI that supports multiple themes, including an eye-catching dark mode.