Item: IBM Cognos Analytics
Rating: 9
Author: Dhruv Goyal

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We mostly use it for data analytics and business intelligence. With the data provided IBM Cognos Analytics provide comprehensive reports and insights in our organisation data. It helps us create KPI's with all the proper metrics. Overall its powerful data analytics helps us create and generate reports regarding our organizations sales and business operations.

Pros and Cons

Data Analytics
Business Intelligence
Data security

User Interface is old and it should be updated
Performance is not same everytime

Return on Investment

Better data analysis means time saving
Reduced costs as provide clear picture if something is working or not
Easy to understand reports

Self-Service

Its advanced AI capabilities help us immensely in data analysis as its very fast in analyzing large amounts of data in lower time frame. and as its running with the help of ai it means we can deploy our resources somewhere else.

Data Security and Quality

By data governance IBM Cognos Analytics ensures our data remains safe. It only allow authorized individuals with access of confidential data. with its accurate data analytics capabilities we are ensured that our data received from it is consistent and accurate. and because of that we are really happy with its reports.

Reporting

Reports are great they are completely customizable according to one needs. it has features such as drill down and drill through which helps us access reports data seamlessly. With multi page reports users can create multiple sections of data which makes sure you have all the information in that one report.

Alternatives Considered

Tableau Cloud and Microsoft Power BI

While all of them have their own advantages. IBM Cognos Analytics is highly scalable and have unmatched data analytics capabilities which makes the data from IBM Cognos Analytics of very high quality and data governance also makes sure your data is safe and protected.

Key Insights

Do you think IBM Cognos Analytics delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Cognos Analytics's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Cognos Analytics live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of IBM Cognos Analytics go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy IBM Cognos Analytics again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

We use it for various purposes such as its great for creating reports as it keeps factoring all the key indicators. its data analytics capabilities are also unmatched we run many ads and it provides us deep insights about that like which ad is performing the best. Its also great for predictive analysis as well.

Great for data analysis

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics