IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded vs. Metabase

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded is an API-based solution that lets developers add end-to-end data visualization capabilities to their applications.N/A
Metabase
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Metabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.
$85
per month
Pricing
IBM Cognos Dashboard EmbeddedMetabase
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Starter
$85
per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
Starter
$85
per month up to 5 users
Pro
$500
per month up to 10 users
Growth
$749
per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
Enterprise
15,000
per year
Open Source
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cognos Dashboard EmbeddedMetabase
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
IBM Cognos Dashboard EmbeddedMetabase
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded
-
Ratings
Metabase
7.6
4 Ratings
7% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.64 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded
-
Ratings
Metabase
8.1
4 Ratings
1% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded
-
Ratings
Metabase
8.7
2 Ratings
6% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded
-
Ratings
Metabase
8.5
4 Ratings
7% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded
-
Ratings
Metabase
9.5
4 Ratings
11% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded
-
Ratings
Metabase
9.0
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded
-
Ratings
Metabase
8.8
3 Ratings
13% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Cognos Dashboard EmbeddedMetabase
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(2 ratings)
8.5
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cognos Dashboard EmbeddedMetabase
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
During the project development phase it becomes easier to visualize the code development in almost real time with charts and drop down and drag and drop features makes it really easy for the effective development process during different phases of the project. Dashboard itself is of great help with features like drag and drop and visualize the artifacts in real time as we are developing those. It wouldn't be very effective with high massive coding and huge coding projects as we may encounter performance issues.
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Metabase
Metabase is an easy tool to use if you are interested in collecting and aggregating data from multiple platforms. It is also easy to set up and start receiving the data results as a report. It is also easy to integrate with other tools that generate visual reports and take the necessary actions based on the data details.
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Pros
IBM
  • Easy to learn and apply in real time projects.
  • Multiple query can be combined to generate simple and easy to understand reports.
  • Mobile access feature helps to integrate with multiple devices.
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Metabase
  • We're currently using it to fetch reports for our products, such as daily sales, pipeline, visits, and attendance reports.
  • Data representation from database directly.
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Cons
IBM
  • How to do guide and there is definitely more training opportunity that company can offer
  • Performance improvements can make the tool more efficient
  • Can be more open to accept the external files
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Metabase
  • Report Types
  • Updates
  • Colour/Branding
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Usability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Metabase
Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
Lower costs—reduces maintenance due to complete report coverage and a zero-footprint environment. Ability to create complex, multi-page layouts using different data sources. Multiple export formats—Excel, Portable Document Format (PDF), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), and Comma Separated Value (CSV).
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Metabase
It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Effectively solves the project blockers by mitigating the integration challanges
  • Monetary impact is not negatively impacted on the projects budgets
  • Great ROI and positive impact on the business because of breath of features and great dashboard features
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Metabase
  • It is serving us whatever we're looking for, and we've recommended many organizations to implement it if they want better data analytics as it provides better functionality than we will build.
  • As a negative it gets difficult to get control over data to be fetch initially.
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