IBM Cognos Analytics vs. OneStream

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cognos Analytics
Score 7.9 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
OneStream
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
OneStream is an enterprise finance platform that unifies financial and operational data, embeds AI for better decisions and productivity, and can extend to meet the evolving needs of businesses without adding technical debt. Presented as an operating system for modern Finance, it unifies core financial functions and empowering the CFO to become a critical driver of business strategy, innovation, and growth. It is a cloud-based platform that modernizes the Office of the CFO. The…
$12
per month billed yearly
Pricing
IBM Cognos AnalyticsOneStream
Editions & Modules
On Demand - Standard
USD 10.00
per month per user
On Demand - Premium
USD 42.40
per month per user
On Demand - Standard
USD 10.60
per month per user
Free
$0
Basic
$12
per month billed annually
Basic
$15
per month
Standard
$32
per month billed annually
Professional
$39
per month billed annually
Standard
$39
per month
Professional
$49
per month
Enterprise
$83
per month billed annually
Enterprise
$99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cognos AnalyticsOneStream
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional DetailsThe solution is only for Enterprises. Pricing for software is based on number of total users and one user gets all software functionality. Implementation would be based on what business problem or problems the solution will be used to solve, such as financial consolidation and reporting or planning or account reconciliations, etc.
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OneStream
Chose OneStream
OneStream is the only one that seamlessly integrates close/consolidation with budget and planning in one tool. It integrates easily with ERPs and supports full financial statement AND management reporting
Chose OneStream
OneStream combines functionality that is normally spread over multiple solutions with other vendors, and provides an integration that previously could only be achieved via complicated technical structures to integrate and combine solutions for actual reporting and planning on …
Features
IBM Cognos AnalyticsOneStream
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
7.5
112 Ratings
9% below category average
OneStream
7.1
34 Ratings
6% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.5102 Ratings6.628 Ratings
Customizable dashboards7.8110 Ratings7.334 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.2106 Ratings7.432 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
7.6
114 Ratings
5% below category average
OneStream
6.8
44 Ratings
17% below category average
Drill-down analysis7.4111 Ratings6.442 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.5113 Ratings6.843 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.680 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.9109 Ratings7.441 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
8.0
113 Ratings
3% below category average
OneStream
8.4
40 Ratings
3% above category average
Publish to Web8.327 Ratings8.526 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.6107 Ratings8.739 Ratings
Report Versioning8.626 Ratings8.134 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.6110 Ratings8.339 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
7.4
104 Ratings
7% below category average
OneStream
6.6
36 Ratings
15% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.799 Ratings6.536 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.995 Ratings6.536 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.192 Ratings6.931 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.130 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
7.9
109 Ratings
8% below category average
OneStream
8.9
44 Ratings
4% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.0106 Ratings9.343 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.1105 Ratings9.244 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.1104 Ratings8.944 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.134 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.088 Ratings8.143 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
7.1
90 Ratings
10% below category average
OneStream
6.6
20 Ratings
16% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access7.584 Ratings7.118 Ratings
Mobile Application7.274 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.180 Ratings6.016 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
7.6
71 Ratings
2% below category average
OneStream
-
Ratings
REST API7.568 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API8.066 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
OneStream
8.2
47 Ratings
0% above category average
Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.643 Ratings
Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.344 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings8.242 Ratings
Scenario modeling00 Ratings7.241 Ratings
Management reporting00 Ratings8.747 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
-
Ratings
OneStream
8.5
47 Ratings
8% above category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings9.047 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings8.045 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings8.044 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings8.944 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings8.139 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings9.046 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.746 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
-
Ratings
OneStream
8.3
47 Ratings
4% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings9.047 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings8.347 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings7.446 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings7.743 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
-
Ratings
OneStream
7.6
43 Ratings
6% below category average
Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.343 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings7.439 Ratings
KPIs00 Ratings7.640 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings7.838 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings7.337 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.532 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Analytics
-
Ratings
OneStream
8.3
46 Ratings
0% above category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings9.146 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings8.446 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings7.645 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Cognos AnalyticsOneStream
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(136 ratings)
9.2
(45 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(29 ratings)
9.2
(5 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(9 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.4
(9 ratings)
8.3
(4 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(4 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.8
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
2.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cognos AnalyticsOneStream
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
I use predictive analytics techniques, which can help me predict my future sales based on collected data, giving me insight into my market's trends.This market data can be analyzed, giving me the opportunity to gain in-depth insight into my market's competition and positioning it competitively, aided by developing strategies to improve my marketing approach.
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OneStream Software LLC
Financial Planning / Forecasting, People Planning, and Financial Close and Consolidation are well suite while we are still evaluating GL Account Reconciliations and other solutions available via the Solution Exchange. Overall, we believe OneStream is going to allow us to "get out of excel" and perform Global Consolidation in the system
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Pros
IBM
  • We can make dozens of dispatchers all focusing on different types of workloads.
  • Friendly user interface, without the need for coding or complicated editing.
  • Highly functionality reporting tools.
  • We can easily create trigger when a certain threshold are met sending reports or alerts to needed parties.
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OneStream Software LLC
  • Consolidation of Group Results across 600 Entities
  • Flexibility of Reporting through Dashboard Reporting Suite and Excel Interface
  • Ability to create Bespoke Models for specific requirements. (Ifrs15/16/BC/DC/Payroll, Covenance Reporting, etc.)
  • Singular Cube for One source of the Truth
  • Customisable Maintenance Platform to facilitate high growth strategy
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Cons
IBM
  • API integration is not upto the mark with very limited options.
  • Laptops get overheated when the tool is used from moderate to heavy use. Also, there is a lag in the tool times.
  • Licensing & Maintenance can go from cheap to expensive depending on the scope.
  • Lot of scope to improve the customer support & its not upto the industry standards.
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OneStream Software LLC
  • Journal copy feature would be good to have
  • The Excel Add in is limited to only one application. Would be good to have the ability to pull from say Dev and Prod so side by side comparisons could be done
  • Better interface to handle metadata changes
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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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OneStream Software LLC
Currently we are using OneStream with people 80 - 100 to load the PL, BS , Forecast budget and People Planning. OneStream give us more visibility on trend and way forward thinking. Thanks to OneStream for the tool which helps the business in growing way. Thinking of innovation OneStream is right path.
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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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OneStream Software LLC
Overall usability as an end-user is very easy. There are more people in the system getting information now than the prior platform used. People are gathering their information quicker as well. From an administrator standpoint, there are fewer glitches and issues than the prior platform. This is very good.
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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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OneStream Software LLC
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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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OneStream Software LLC
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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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OneStream Software LLC
OneStream support is focused on the infrastructure. Which means mainly when there issues with accessing to the system, they will be able to help. When the question is to much leaning towards functional it really becomes billable. The other issue is that the response time is not optimal. There is a lot of pingpong of messages and the time between the message can sometimes be long. Sometimes this result into a simple ticket to be taking days before it is closed.
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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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OneStream Software LLC
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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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OneStream Software LLC
onestream offers a range of training. I have attended a number of trainings. During the trainings a vast amount of information is discussed. The trainings also include exercises. The speed of the training is pretty high. When reviewing the training material afterwards, I found that the material is not complete as reference as it relies also very much on the verbal explanation and elaboration.
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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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OneStream Software LLC
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
My company selected IBM Congos Analytics because of its advanced features and data representation for data analysis. Its row and column features are very effective for creating dashboards and reports to visualize data. It's chart representation and view format are very attractive and useful for representation.
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OneStream Software LLC
OneStream is the overall clear winner against HFM. There are a few things HFM does better (a couple things in Smart View), but it just doesn't have as much capability. The single, integrated platform that OneStream is provides a massive upgrade from HFM.
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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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OneStream Software LLC
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Positive: It provides collaboration and sharing of knowledge with other users which provides centralized access to data and reports.
  • Positive: It helps organization to save time and be efficient as it provides self service analytics and automated workflows.
  • Positive: With its powerful analytics and reporting capabilities it enables user to explore and analyze their data, identify the trends and make decisions based on those insights.
  • Negative: Implementing Cognos Analytics will take investments on licensing cost, training and infrastructure.
  • Negative: As it provides many features and capabilities, it is an issue with organization having limited IT support configure and maintain the platform.
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OneStream Software LLC
  • Customers have moved from multiple EPM systems as well as multiple EPM applications to OneStream.
  • Their ROI has been quite high as lesser admins are required, no need to move data back & forth, no need for an additional dashboarding / BI tool, once a user is on OneStream can leverage it for more than 50+ use cases at no additional license cost.
  • Automation, direct integration, scheduling, complex calculation capabilities, all help to further improve ROI and free up the time for the team to do value-adding tasks.
  • Last but not the least is the confidence on the numbers is much higher.
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ScreenShots

IBM Cognos Analytics Screenshots

Screenshot of a natural language query, used in IBM Cognos Analytics to get AI-powered insights from data.Screenshot of AI-generated insights and forecasts that can be added with just a click of a button.Screenshot of a dashboard that can be generated automatically using IBM Cognos Analytics by uploading or selecting data.Screenshot of an AI-generated dashboard from a spreadsheet that was just uploaded. This offers a great starting point for the creative process.Screenshot of where to import data to IBM Cognos Analytics from CSV files and spreadsheets. Users can connect to cloud or on-premises data sources, including SQL databases, Google BigQuery, Amazon, and Redshift.Screenshot of a sample operational dashboard of a coffee shop created using IBM Cognos Analytics.

OneStream Screenshots

Screenshot of OneStream DashboardScreenshot of Profitability AnalysisScreenshot of Product and Customer ProfitabilityScreenshot of Account ReconciliationsScreenshot of Cash PlanningScreenshot of Financial Signaling